Distributed computing unites autonomous processors over a network to solve tasks that exceed the capacity of any single machine. Systems software in this domain spans operating systems, middleware, ...

Distributed computing as a concept aims to transform the traditional definition of a computational system by allowing the sharing of physical resources, the distribution of tasks, and extensibility to ...

For NCI’s Prof Horacio González-Vélez, the challenge of computational science is building systems that are not only powerful, but keep up with the changing needs of science, industry and society.