Derek Mathieson, project leader at Cern, explains the use of Java apps by the Atlas detector, a six-storey-high, 100-megapixel camera with 100 million data channels
At the JavaOne Conference in San Francisco, Derek Mathieson, project leader for the world's largest particle physics laboratory, Cern, shows off the Atlas detector, a six-storey-high, 100-megapixel camera with 100 million data channels.
Mathieson explains how the detector uses open-source Java applications to collect data and how grid computing allows the data to be processed.
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Red Hat expands Linux offerings for research and academic organizations
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