[Beowulf] massive parallel processing application required

[Mitchell Wisidagamage]

> is this "e-science" term more popular where you are?  I don't really
> hear it here (Canada, probably NA in general.)  many (most) branches of 
> science are so dependent on computers that it seems redundant and archaic.
> 

"e-science" is huge here, in universities and scientific research . It's
associated with grid computing in the science area.


>     - how long will it transfer this 50GB blob of data?
> 
>     - if I provide neurophysiology data from my lab, can I
>     be sued if the subjects' privacy is violated?
> 
>     - do I have time to spend explaining how the data is encoded?
> 

and
  - hassle of going up the ladder to get permission from bosses
  - explain the formulas and how to process the data.