{"id":451,"date":"2016-05-27T10:04:05","date_gmt":"2016-05-27T10:04:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/demo.teslathemes.com\/relive\/2016\/05\/27\/national-cuisine-as-a-first-impression-copy\/"},"modified":"2017-04-17T02:18:43","modified_gmt":"2017-04-17T02:18:43","slug":"philip-emeagwali-inventor-of-the-worlds-fastest-computer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gifted.one\/index.php\/2016\/05\/27\/philip-emeagwali-inventor-of-the-worlds-fastest-computer\/","title":{"rendered":"Philip Emeagwali: Inventor of the World\u2019s fastest computer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dr. Philip Emeagwali, who has been called the \u201cBill Gates of Africa,\u201d was born in Nigeria in 1954. Like many African schoolchildren, he dropped out of school at age 14 because his father could not continue paying Emeagwali\u2019s school fees. However, his father continued teaching him at home, and everyday Emeagwali performed mental exercises such as solving 100 math problems in one hour. His father taught him until Philip \u201cknew more than he did.\u201d<\/p>\n

At the age of 17, he was awarded a full scholarship to Oregon State University where he majored in math. Upon graduation, he attended George Washington University and was awarded two engineering master\u2019s degrees, one in civil engineering and the other in marine engineering, a master\u2019s in mathematics from the University of Maryland. He later achieved his doctorate from the University of Michigan in civil engineering (really scientific computing).<\/p>\n

Philip Emeagwali\u2019s greatest achievement, that warranted him the most praise, was The Connection Machine. The Connection Machine utilizes 65,000 computers linked in parallel to form the fastest computer on Earth. This computer can perform 3.1 billion calculations per second. This is faster than the theoretical top speed of the Cray Supercomputer. Though he did not \u201cinvent\u201d The Connection Machine, his work on it won Philip Emeagwali the Gordon Bell Prize of 1989. The parallel computer was twice as fast as the previous year\u2019s computer. The Connection Machine was a great advancement over previous designs built by IBM\u2019s design teams of Thomas J. Watson, Jr. and Fred Brook.<\/p>\n

At the Army High Performance Computing Research Center at the University of Minnesota, Emeagwali conducts research on next-generation supercomputers that will enable scientists and engineers to solve important problems in diverse fields: meteorology, energy, the environment, health, etc. He has also worked with the Maryland State Highway Administration, U.S. National Weather Service, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, and the University of Michigan, where he conducted his award-winning research.<\/p>\n

\u201cI find supercomputing to be a fascinating, challenging, and critical technology that can be used to solve many important societal problems, such as predicting the spread of AIDS, and many other computational `grand challenges.\u2019 These are scientific problems whose accurate solution requires that a quadrillion or more arithmetical calculations be performed,\u201d the computer wiz says. Such problems are impossible to solve on traditional computers, but massively parallel supercomputers will make it possible.<\/p>\n

Major Awards and Prizes Mr. Emeagwali has won many awards and prizes including:<\/p>\n

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The Nigeria Prize-Africa\u2019s largest scholarly prize Scientist of the Year-from The National Society of Black Engineers<\/p>\n

Pioneer of the Year-from The National Society of Black Engineers<\/p>\n

The Nigerian Achiever Award-In 1994<\/p>\n

Distinguished Scientist Award-In 1991 from The National Society of Black Engineers in America<\/p>\n

Gordon Bell Prize-In 1989 for The Connection Machine Contributions to Computer Science and to the World Community<\/p>\n

Philip Emeagwali designed the program and formula for the fastest computer on earth, the Connection Machine. He designed the system of parallel computers that are used by all search engines, for example Yahoo or Search.com. The parallel computer idea was also worked on by individuals such as Burton Smith and Daniel Hillis.<\/p>\n

The Connection Machine with a program developed by Philip Emeagwali solved a 350 year old packing problem that was considered to be one of the great unsolved mathematics problems. The Connection Machine and Mr. Emeagwali also designed equations to explain how sperm swim, how polluted groundwater flows, how the Earth\u2019s interior moves and causes volcanic eruptions, finally how to recover petroleum safer and in larger quantities.<\/p>\n

Finally Philip Emeagwali designed the Hyperball computer which is able to forecast long-term global warming patterns.<\/p>\n

Bibliography:<\/p>\n

1) \u201cBrain to Brain: Network links 3 million computers worldwide.\u201d July 8, 1991 Detroit Free Press.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.emeagwali.com\/usa\/michigan\/brain-to-brain-detroit-free-press.html
\n2) \u201cAward Winner Cites NSFNET Reliability.\u201d Link Letter of the Merit Network, Inc. May\/June 1990.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.emeagwali.com\/usa\/michigan\/NSFnet-merit-network-supercomputer-centers-national-science-foundation.html<\/p>\n

3) \u201cPractical Math: Emeagwali puts math to work in real world.\u201d May 29, 1990. Detroit Free Press.
\nhttp:\/\/www.emeagwali.com\/usa\/michigan\/practical-mathematics-supercomputers-d etroit-free-press.html<\/p>\n

4) \u201cSuperbrain of Africa: He\u2019s developed the world\u2019s fastest computer-and that\u2019s just the beginning.\u201d March 19, 1998. Drum: http:\/\/emeagwali.com\/africa\/south-africa\/drum.html<\/p>\n

5) \u201cPhilip Emeagwali.\u201d The Philip Emeagwali official web site.:http:\/\/www.emeagwali.com\/education\/inventions-discoveries\/<\/p>\n

6). NSBE Interview (2002) with Philip Emeagwali All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergartem.<\/p>\n

7) communications with other Black computer scientists.<\/p>\n

Source: Africanleadership.co.uk<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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