Community Grids Lab atPervasive Technology Labs
Geoffrey Fox [email protected]
Fickle Interdisciplinary Background
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Theory, phenomenology, experimental Physics, computational science, Internetics, computer science ….
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Caltech Hypercube
NASA JPL Mark II 1985Chuck Seitz 1983
One of the firstsuccessfulparallelcomputers(initially 64-128simultaneous CPU’s)
Sundry Roles• Caltech 1970-1990: Professor of Physics, Department chair;
Co-founder CNS Computation and Neural Systems Program; Dean for Educational Computing, Associate Provost for Computing
• Syracuse 1990-2000: Directed InfoMall economic development program 1992-2000; Professor Physics & Computer Science; developed Internetics curriculum
• FSU 2000-2001: Chief Technologist Distance & Distributed Learning Program; Professor of Computer Science
• Co-founder WebWisdom.com and Anabas corporations• Indiana July 2001-:Director Community Grids Laboratory;
Professor Informatics, Computer Science, Physics
InfoMall and Partners 1995
virtual corporation
April 1994Telemedicine
2/22/2001 JSUFall97Master http://www.npac.syr.edu
Programming for the WebProgramming for the WebGeneral IntroductionGeneral Introduction
Course at Jackson State University Spring98 Course at Jackson State University Spring98 and Fall 97and Fall 97
http://www.npac.syr.edu/users/gcf/jsufall97introNancy McCracken
Geoffrey Fox, Tom Scavo
Syracuse University NPAC
111 College PlaceSyracuse NY 13244 4100
3154432163
JSU
Syracuse
Teaching Jackson State Fall 97 to Fall 2001
Fall 2001 Technology
Desktop A/V
Community A/VThe Access Grid
Startup first round VC funding September 2000
Teaching X-Informatics• This semester, teaching “Opennet Technologies” –
XML and Java for defining and manipulating data• Next semester will offer X-Informatics locally and
probably at a distance (current course to 27 students in Jackson & Vicksburg Miss.)
• X-Informatics is an overview of information-based applications and their associated technologies– Internet Infrastructure, Data-mining, Search, XML,
Semantic Web, (Peer-to-Peer) Collaboration, Security, Portals, Information Visualization, Grids ..
– Bio/Geo Informatics, New Media, Experimental physics, Distance education, Health including Telemedicine
Community Grids Research• 27 Students, 4 Postdocs (~50% new)• PDA Interface and other new approaches to Collaborative
Environments• Online Knowledge Center – Interactive XML based
resource for web pages, reports etc. (modern library built with .opennet technologies)
• Computing and Information Environment to support Earthquake Science– Real time discussion of quake data
• Science Research and/or Education as a Web Service– Interoperable modules
• Indian Nation Community Grid – cultural customization and collaboratory to allow preservation of tribal lands
• Information System for new Physics Experiment
Some Issues/Futures• Other expertise:
– Parallel and high performance algorithms– Multi-media infrastructure– Neural Networks– Complex Systems
• Expect to start other IU collaborations– Gannon(CS), Dzierba(Physics)
• Issues– Security– Conflict of Interest