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Cluster Computing: Strength In Numbers

By Howard Strauss · May 15, 2005

The three great battles against monsters by Beowulf, heroic king of the Geats, are described in a circa 1000 AD English poem named for the king. A Beowulf computer cluster, such as OIT’s adrOIT cluster,...

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Dr. Olga Troyanskaya

By Howard Strauss · May 15, 2005

An interview with Dr. Olga Troyanskaya, Assistant Professor of Computer Science,Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics Most people who use common bread yeast use it to bake crusty loaves of bread. Olga Troyanskaya is using bread...

Posted in Faculty Spotlights, Princeton Specific, Research Computing

Say What You Mean

By Lorene Lavora · May 15, 2005

Adding audio with the Wimba tools in Blackboard can give your course a voice. Many language courses at Princeton have known about the audio tool kit at their disposal within Blackboard - the voice tools...

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Now Showing

By Lorene Lavora · May 15, 2005

Video course introductions increase interest and help students in the course selection process. How many times have you wondered what film to see when embarking on a night out? That choice has become a lot...

Posted in New Media, News from OIT, Princeton Specific

Office Hours Made Easy

By Lorene Lavora · May 15, 2005

New software makes scheduling office hours easier for both students and faculty. For anyone who holds office hours or who manages office hours for someone, a new tool is available that can make this...

Posted in News from OIT, Princeton Specific, Tools for Teaching