IBM will be sponsoring a free one-day workshop in Washington, DC on high performance computing for humanities and social
science research. [read more...]

The Chronicle of Higher Education published this article on the new NEH initiative on HPC: http://chronicle.com/free/2008/04/2580n.htm

"We are offering one million hours of high-performance computing," said Brett Bobley, director of the endowment's new Office of Digital Humanities.

From the NEH: "The NEH's Office of Digital Humanities (ODH) recently launched a Humanities High Performance Computing (HHPC) initiative. As part of this initiative we're offering several grant programs and other opportunities to provide time on the U.S. Department of Energy's high performance computers, as well as grant money and training. [read more...]

The following email may be of interest to those of you who are not subscribed to the Humanist mailing list:

Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 06:30:49 +0100
From: "Bobley, Brett"
Subject: Humanities High Performance Computing (HHPC)

Willard and Humanist Readers, [read more...]

This paper, by John Bonnett, presents two opportunities for humanities and social science scholars to exploit High Performance Computing (HPC). Although from a Canadian perspective, this paper provides valuable insights for UK humanities scholars seeking to exploit recent advances in computer technology. [read more...]

For persons interested in an introduction to computational and high performance computing tools and techniques applicable to undergraduate humanities, arts and social science courses. [read more...]