Beowulf Pioneer Lured From Cal Tech to LSU

An anonymous reader writes "Thomas Sterling, a pioneer of clustered computing, including /.'s beloved Beowulf cluster, has has accepted a fully-tenured professorship at Louisiana State University's Center for Computation and Technology, ditching his old post at Cal Tech. From TFA: "At LSU, he hopes to develop the next generation of high-performance computers that will give birth to true artificial intelligence. By making computer chips more efficient, Sterling believes he can change computing by "one to three orders of magnitude" that will transform how humans interact with technology.""

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[capnchicken]

Hurricane Katrina + Beowulf Cluster = Comedy Gold!!

Caltech

[janneH]

I know that even the bleeping bookstore has decals and T-shirts with Cal Tech, but everyone knows that it should be Caltech.

Re:What did they offer?

[DNS-and-BIND]

Typical California provincial attitude. Take the blinders off, pal, there's a whole world out there.

You actually want to *move* to New Orleans? That city is a dangerous cesspool. And I'm talking before the hurricane hit. A nice place to visit, to be sure, but a horror to live in. Sort of like L.A., actually.