{"id":85976,"date":"2018-10-12T11:20:54","date_gmt":"2018-10-12T21:20:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=85976"},"modified":"2020-03-13T12:46:09","modified_gmt":"2020-03-13T22:46:09","slug":"tmt-donation-hilo-physics-astronomy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2018\/10\/12\/tmt-donation-hilo-physics-astronomy\/","title":{"rendered":"TMT<\/abbr> donation supports cutting edge physics and astronomy at UH<\/abbr> Hilo"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>
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Pierre Martin (right), associate professor of astronomy and observatory director, with students in the upgraded computer lab. (Photo credit John Coney)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Students and researchers in the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Hilo Department of Physics and Astronomy<\/a> are celebrating the installation of 12 new high-end desktops and monitors, along with a new data processing and storage Linux computer system, thanks to a donation by the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT<\/abbr>) International Observatory<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The TMT<\/abbr> donation totals more than $28,000 in equipment, supporting the replacement of 10 aged computers purchased in 2010 that no longer met department needs.<\/p>\n

“Previous small hard drives and slow processors made for slow going,” said John Coney<\/strong><\/a>, an educational specialist in the department within the Natural Sciences Division. “And with the age of the computers at eight years, we worried that they might start to fail.”<\/p>\n

Coney emailed Sandra Dawson, TMT<\/abbr>\u2019s community outreach coordinator, explaining that the UH<\/abbr> Hilo physics and astronomy computer lab was out of date.<\/p>\n

“We value this department and we understand the need for a good computer lab,” said Dawson. “I told John to tell us how much it would be to make it a functional lab. He gave us an estimate and my manager quickly approved.”<\/p>\n

The new computers and the dual Xeon 12tb<\/abbr> data processing server are the only dedicated Linux lab on campus. It is an operating system used by astronomy and physics scientists; the majority of the world uses Linux as a server operating system platform.<\/p>\n

“The updated lab will aid in promoting cutting edge physics and astronomy at UH<\/abbr> Hilo, both for physics and astronomy programming and computational projects,” said Coney.<\/p>\n

Read the full story at UH<\/abbr> Hilo Stories<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

—By Susan Enright<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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