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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Baton Rouge is an armpit

[DesScorp]

Red Stick is a horrible place to live and work, with some of the nastiest people you'll ever meet. Think "Deliverance" with more whiskey.

Leaving CalTech for LSU? Asswipe...