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Author Archives: gulaftab
Pakistan Contribution in CERN
On Tuesday 21 July 1998, Director General Chris Llewellyn Smith unveiled the sign naming the Route Abdus Salam on the Meyrin site.Formerly the southern portion of the Route Pauli, the road passes near the site of the Gargamelle bubble chamber … Continue reading
Posted in Grid Computing, Pakistan, Research
Tagged Abdus Salam, CERN, CMS, LHC, LHC first beam, Pakistan
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LHC Successful switch on
Scientists have hailed a successful switch-on for an enormous experiment which will recreate the conditions a few moments after the Big Bang. They have now fired two beams of particles called protons around the 27km-long tunnel which houses the Large … Continue reading
LHC and Google Homepage
Hmmm guys at google are really fast and they never miss an event of international importance, here is how google page looks today.
LHC First Beam (Big Bang Day) Today
Scientist around the world are excited and eager today as the big moment is nearing ,more than 20 years of wait is about to end and CERN is finally flipping the switch on the billion dollar Large Hadron Collider (LHC) … Continue reading
Posted in Cluster Computing, Grid Computing, Uncategorized
Tagged Add new tag, Big Bang day, CERN, LHC
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The Last Lecture
“Brick walls are there for a reason they let us prove how badly we want things” said Professor Randy Pauche in his famous lecture “The Last Lecture” (over 6.5 Million youtube dowloads at the time of this post).Randy sadly died … Continue reading
Around The Corner
Around the corner I have a friend, In this great city that has no end, Yet the days go by and weeks rush on, And before I know it, a year is gone. And I never see my old friends … Continue reading
Technology Review: Spare Some Bandwidth?
Pakistani scientists have a way to boost download speeds: Internet access is growing steadily in developing nations, but limited infrastructure means that at times connections can still be painfully slow. A major bottleneck for these countries is the need to … Continue reading
