Panel: Cloud Computing—What Do Researchers Want?

Cloud computing for science is seeing take-up in many disciplines, but many researchers are skeptical. In this panel session, we discuss:

  • How researchers are using the cloud today
  • What they want/need for the future
  • Why they might not want to use the cloud

Speaker Details

Dennis Gannon is a professor in the department of Computer Science at Indiana University which he chaired from 1997 to 2004. His previous positions include the department of Computer Science at Purdue University. He was also a senior visiting research scientist at the Center for Supercomputer Research and Development, University of Illinois. He was a partner in the NSF Computational Cosmology Grand Challenge project. He is a founding member of the DOE Common Component Architecture software group and the NCSA Alliance. From 1998-2000 he worked on the NASA Information Power Grid. He is on the steering committee for the Global Grid Forum. Gannon is also the Science Directory for the Indiana Pervasive Technologies Labs.

Marty A. Humphrey received the Bachelor of Science degree in electrical and computer engineering in 1986 and Master of Science degree in electrical and computer engineering in 1988 from Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY, and a PhD in computer science from the University of Massachusetts in 1996. From 1998 to the present, he has been with the Department of Computer Science at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA where he was first a Research Assistant Professor and is currently (2002-) an Assistant Professor. His areas of research include many aspects of Grid Computing, including security, programming models, performance, Grid testing, and Grid usability. He is active in the Global Grid Forum, where he recently completed a term on the GGF Steering Committee.

In the present position since July 2008. In this position part of an EMEA team responsible for MSR Connections in EMEA. Based in Geneva with main office at the MSR research centre in Cambridge UK.

As part of this job supporting and contributing to MSR Cloud computing strategy in Europe, including the incubation of a major EU project (www.venus-c.eu), and with direct engagements with major national funding agencies. Responsible for the strategic planning of the Cloud Computing team at the MSR ATLE in Germany.

He joined Microsoft in November 2005, when after the last EGEE (www.eu-egee.org) conference in his home town of Pisa, Fabrizio Gagliardi took responsibility for the company Technical Computing Initiative in Europe, Middle East, Africa and Latin America.

Before then and starting at the end of the 90’ he was among the pioneers in developing and introducing Grid computing in Europe, this led to projects like EU-DataGrid and EGEE, of which he was Principal Investigator and Director from 2000 till 2005.

In 2004-2005 while still Director of EGEE he contributed to the incubation and launching of more than 10 other EU projects all inspired and supported by the EU EGEE flag-ship.

Date:
Speakers:
Dennis Gannon, Fabrizio Gagliardi, Marty Humphrey, and Paul Watson
Affiliation:
Microsoft Research, University of Virginia, Microsoft Research Connections, Newcastle University
    • Portrait of Dennis Gannon

      Dennis Gannon

    • Portrait of Fabrizio Gagliardi

      Fabrizio Gagliardi

    • Portrait of Jeff Running

      Jeff Running