Computer News/メモ, 06/02/04

"＜気象庁＞予報システムの見直し着手　暖冬外れの汚名返上へ", （毎日新聞） - 2月3日15時8分更新
　http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20060203-00000055-mai-soci
　"暖冬予測が大きく外れるなど天気予報を度々修正した気象庁が、中長期（１、３カ月）
　 予報システムの見直しに乗り出した。スーパーコンピューターの能力を上げて天候予測ソフト
　 を作り直し、２年計画で「３カ月予報」の精度向上を目指す。"
驚いたのが！
　"今回、正確な予報を実現するため、スーパーコンピューターの計算スピードを
　 従来の３５倍に引き上げるなどして天候予測ソフトを刷新する。"
アルゴリズム改善と最新システム導入での相乗効果ってこと？ たった 2年計画で？
でも新ソフトは開発済みで、"３月から、新ソフトを１カ月予報に利用する予定。"




"DOD tackles parallel processing challenges with new program", 02/01/06
　http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/38163-1.html
　"A programming tool for parallel-processing environments that was originally
　 developed with Defense Department funding is now available commercially from
　 Management Communications and Control Inc. of Arlington, Va."
　"The Army Research Laboratory in Aberdeen, Md., has used the software to develop
　 a heat flow program that now runs on a 2,000-processor system, Robbins added."
　 Christopher Robbins, MCCI president
　　Management Communications and Control, Inc.(MCCI): Profile
　　　http://www.mcci-arl-va.com/initialpage.htm
　　Products: Autocoding Toolset:
　　　http://www.mcci-arl-va.com/initialpage.htm
　　http://www.mcci-arl-va.com/ の紹介ムービーを見ていると、まるで夢物語


"February 02, 2006 - ASL 1.0.13 Released",
　http://opensource.adobe.com/
　"Adobe's open source web site is the home for the Adobe Source Libraries (ASL) and
　 information about other Adobe open source projects."
　"ASL provides peer-reviewed and portable C++ source libraries. The libraries are
　 intended to be widely useful, leveraging and extending both the C++ Standard Library
　 and the Boost Libraries."
ASL SourceForge Home:
　http://sourceforge.net/projects/adobe-source/
　"The Adobe Source Libraries (ASL) are a collection of C++ libraries building
　 foundation technology to allow the construction of commercial applications
　 by assembling generic algorithms through declarative descriptions."

Boost.org
　http://www.boost.org/
　"Boost provides free peer-reviewed portable C++ source libraries."


"NIST finalizes biometric specification for HSPD-12", 02/02/06
　http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/38173-1.html
　"The National Institute of Standards and Technology has issued the final biometric
　 specifications for Federal Information Processing Standard-201.

　 Special Publication 800-76 comes about seven weeks after NIST released the draft
　 specification calling for agencies to use minutia as the acceptable way to store
　 fingerprint biometric data on smart cards to meet Homeland Security Presidential
　 Directive-12."
　"NIST said the document “describes technical acquisition and formatting specifications
　 for biometric credentials of the PIV system, including the PIV card itself.”"

　　"Biometric Data Specification for Personal Identity Verification",
　　　NIST Special Publication 800-76, February 1, 2006.
　　　http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/800-76/sp800-76.pdf (753 KB)

　　"Personal Identity Verification(PIV) for Federal Employees and Contractors",
　　　NIST Federal Information Processing Standards Publications (FIPS PUBS) 201, February 25, 2005
　　　http://www.csrc.nist.gov/publications/fips/fips201/FIPS-201-022505.pdf (1,020 KB)
　　　Errata for FIPS 201, June 21, 2005.
　　　　http://www.csrc.nist.gov/piv-program/fips201-support-docs/Errata-for-FIPS-201.pdf
　　
　　"Homeland Security Presidential Directive/Hspd-12", August 27, 2004
　　　Subject: Policy for a Common Identification Standard for Federal Employees and Contractors
　　　http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/08/20040827-8.html