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An alternative name in the WP article for Computational Science is Scientific Computing. – Kaveh Apr 26 '11 at 8:35

@KEvin Vermeer: The description should at least be changed to reflect the merge. HPC is not only about science. – Alexis Dufrenoy May 27 '11 at 8:18

I advocate for Computational Science instead of Scientific Computing. See my arguments here – user815423426 Jul 28 '11 at 0:10

29 Example Questions (8 closed)

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added by mbq Feb 3 '11 at 1:09

While the subject material is highly on-topic, the question is not great: It's a shopping question, and will be outdated. Better to ask and answer "How do I evaluate libraries for implementing SVD on CUDA". Upvoting nonetheless. – Kevin Vermeer May 26 '11 at 17:19

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added by mor22 Feb 16 '11 at 12:11

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added by Charles Stewart Feb 3 '11 at 1:14

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added by Jim Hunziker Feb 10 '11 at 15:28

I'm unsure about this one. It's not traditional HPC, it's not motivated by a particular computational technique. I guess it's still on topic, but it would be on topic for SO. Do we really want this in our top ten qns? – Charles Stewart Feb 17 '11 at 6:25

up vote 20 down vote

added by celion Feb 13 '11 at 15:15

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added by celion Feb 13 '11 at 15:22

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added by Charles Stewart Feb 3 '11 at 1:11

up vote 14 down vote

added by Lorin Hochstein Feb 9 '11 at 15:07

up vote 11 down vote

added by mdsumner Mar 1 '11 at 9:00

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added by mbq Feb 3 '11 at 1:01

	This could be on maths.sx. – Charles Stewart Feb 3 '11 at 1:20
	@Charles Not physical implications, like velocities and positions "in phase". – mbq Feb 14 '11 at 21:50
	Wait, why is this OT? Discussion of integrator algorithms is very relevant in molecular dynamics, and probably other computational fields as well. – AcidFlask Feb 21 '11 at 5:52
	This would have been a good example if it were more descriptive, e.g. "Why is leapfrog integration better than Verlet integration for molecular dynamics simulations?" – las3rjock Mar 5 '11 at 22:10
	@las3rjock Fair enough. – mbq Mar 5 '11 at 23:12

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added by shellholic, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around May 4 '11 at 6:44

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added by mbq Feb 3 '11 at 0:58

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added by Giacomo Verticale Mar 29 '11 at 16:18

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added by shellholic Mar 4 '11 at 14:36

closed as off topic by Greg, mor22, Tobias Kienzler, Dori, chl Mar 26 '11 at 17:24

This question does not relate to the topic of the proposal.
It was closed as part of an automated migration of off-topic to close votes on September 29, 2011.

up vote 3 down vote

added by Till B Mar 28 '11 at 10:41

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added by mbq Feb 3 '11 at 1:00

up vote 1 down vote

added by jonsca Mar 24 '11 at 11:30

up vote 0 down vote

added by Tobias Kienzler, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around May 4 '11 at 6:43

closed as off topic by shellholic, Dori, chl, mjcopple, mbq Mar 27 '11 at 22:17

This question does not relate to the topic of the proposal.
It was closed as part of an automated migration of off-topic to close votes on September 29, 2011.

up vote 0 down vote

added by Michael McGowan Apr 12 '11 at 22:02

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added by KilledKenny, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around May 4 '11 at 6:42

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added by Tom May 6 '11 at 9:33

Is the role of this site the implementation of computational physics - or can theory be discussed too? Do computations have to be HEAVY - or are simple computational physics algorithms legitimate topics. (Free energy minimisation often isn't demanding computationally - its just hard to setup). – Tom May 6 '11 at 9:42

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added by Yuval Filmus May 10 '11 at 15:16

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added by Ben Hocking May 26 '11 at 18:44

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added by Tobias Kienzler Mar 23 '11 at 14:06

closed as off topic by shellholic, chl, mjcopple, mbq, akid Apr 3 '11 at 10:30

This question does not relate to the topic of the proposal.
It was closed as part of an automated migration of off-topic to close votes on September 29, 2011.

	off-topic example for mistaking this for Computer science (I know, it'd be probably too basic there, too) – Tobias Kienzler Mar 23 '11 at 14:08
	Well, I guess that is also not computer science, that is more like a computer hardware/electrical engineering question. :) – Kaveh Apr 26 '11 at 7:42

up vote -1 down vote

added by winwaed Apr 6 '11 at 14:41

closed as off topic by user815423426, Charles Stewart, Martin Bøgelund, Giacomo Verticale, Cary Chow Apr 15 '11 at 7:19

This question does not relate to the topic of the proposal.
It was closed as part of an automated migration of off-topic to close votes on September 29, 2011.

Intended as an off-topic CompSci question – winwaed Apr 6 '11 at 14:41

up vote -1 down vote

added by winwaed Apr 6 '11 at 14:42

closed as off topic by jeargle, Giacomo Verticale, Martin Bøgelund, Kaveh, zemoxian Apr 26 '11 at 19:24

This question does not relate to the topic of the proposal.
It was closed as part of an automated migration of off-topic to close votes on September 29, 2011.

Intended as another off-topic CompSci question. – winwaed Apr 6 '11 at 14:43

up vote -2 down vote

added by mor22, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around May 4 '11 at 6:44

closed as off topic by shellholic, mbq, Tobias Kienzler, Ivo Flipse, Dori Mar 25 '11 at 19:06

This question does not relate to the topic of the proposal.
It was closed as part of an automated migration of off-topic to close votes on September 29, 2011.

Markov solvers are on topic, but this is a question for SO. – mbq Mar 9 '11 at 10:46

up vote -3 down vote

added by Daniel Standage Feb 3 '11 at 17:26

closed as off topic by Thomas McDonald, irrelephant, Julian, Soumya, Charles Stewart Feb 7 '11 at 21:03

This question does not relate to the topic of the proposal.
It was closed as part of an automated migration of off-topic to close votes on September 29, 2011.

up vote -5 down vote

added by mbq Feb 3 '11 at 1:02

closed as off topic by Bolo, Dr_bitz, mor22, chl, WikiSpeedia hang-around May 4 '11 at 6:46

This question does not relate to the topic of the proposal.
It was closed as part of an automated migration of off-topic to close votes on September 29, 2011.

Well, this was intended as an on-topic example of pure HPC problem (although maybe not too demanding). – mbq Feb 14 '11 at 21:50

Maybe it just needs to be reworded? How about something like "When using PBS (Portable Batch System), what does adding -A to the command line do?" I didn't know what PBS was until I googled it, but maybe everyone who does HPC knows. – celion Feb 19 '11 at 9:59

Most clusters in HPC centers do use some kind of PBS to handle tasks, so most people doing calculations there suffer from its specific issues; thus I think it is a good technical topic for this site. – mbq Mar 5 '11 at 23:17