[Crib-list] SPEAKER: Patrick Dreher (Renaissance Computing Institute) -- COMPUTATIONAL RESEARCH IN BOSTON SEMINAR -- Friday, Oct. 2, 2009

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			COMPUTATIONAL RESEARCH in BOSTON SEMINAR


DATE:		Friday, OCTOBER 2, 2009
TIME:		12:30 PM
LOCATION:	Building 32, Room 144  (Stata Center)

(Pizza and beverages will be provided at 12:15 PM outside Room 32-144).


TITLE:		Building a Cost Effective Cloud Computing 
		Architecture for Education and Research


SPEAKER:	PATRICK DREHER  (Renaissance Computing Institute)


ABSTRACT:

Interest in cloud computing has grown significantly over the past few 
years.  This talk focuses on the design and implementation of a cloud 
computing system for a university environment including a live 
demonstration of this system.  Operational data from this cloud computing 
installation that has been in production in North Carolina for the past 5 
years will be presented showing how this architecture can serve both the 
educational and research missions of a university in a very economical and 
cost effective manner.  A discussion of some of the challenges and 
opportunities of expanding this cloud computing architecture across a 
multi-institution environment will also be discussed.

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Cambridge, MA  02139

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