Anton: A Special-Purpose Machine That Achieves a Hundred-Fold Speedup in Biomolecular Simulations

Why it was recommended

There is brilliant video by the hedge fund manager DE Shaw about molecular dynamics simulation. Its very accessible and I found it very interesting

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What it covers

David Shaw of D. E. Shaw Research presents Anton, a special-purpose machine that speeds up biomolecular simulations about a hundred-fold. The lecture covers molecular. It is for someone who already knows the basic terms and wants the next step.

Video details

Channel

NC State

Length

1 hr 20 min

Year

2012

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