Simulated models of the Earth are traditionally conducted on supercomputers built for the job, but with the rise of cloud services, new solutions are arising. Amazon Web Services (AWS), Amazon’s cloud computing service, recently helped run 30 simulations of what the Earth would look like in 2050 in the face of climate change. While AWS has fewer cores to run the simulations, necessitating some effort in getting the simulations to run, it’s cheaper to buy time on the cloud versus building a supercomputer from scratch. Read full article here
Research
Researcher uses AI to make texts that are thousands of years old readable
The Gilgamesh Epic, the oldest work of world literature, has been brought back to life by LMU researchers in the Electronic Babylonian Literature project. Using their new Fragmentarium tool, they have discovered hundreds of manuscripts, including the most recent tablet of the Gilgamesh Epic which dates from 130 BC – thousands of years after the earliest known version. This shows how highly valued the Epic was, even at a late period. With the public release of the Fragmentarium, anyone can now explore the thousands of cuneiform fragments and explore the ancient Babylonian literature. Read full article here
Merv
March 12, 2023
