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IBM AIDS GEORGIA TECH AUTONOMIC
COMPUTING RESEARCH
The Georgia Institute of Technology says it plans to use IBM hardware and
software to advance the university's development of technology for autonomic
computing, an emerging development area focused on intelligent, open systems
capable of running with minimal human intervention. IBM is supplying Georgia
Tech with technology to be used in the university's new Enterprise Computing
Laboratory.
"We believe the faculty and students at Georgia Tech have what it takes to
help IBM succeed in driving computing into a new era," said Alan Ganek, vice
president of IBM Autonomic Computing. "The new lab supports IBM's goals in
autonomic computing by pushing the limits of research for reducing the
complexity of working with computers."
IBM says its "hardware will be used in the laboratory for research on
system
functionality, such as self-healing and self-optimizing functions, for
enterprise applications specifically focusing on information systems,
electronic commerce, Web, digital and media data and related application
services. The IBM equipment will also enable the lab to develop software that
will make it easier for data to stream through small devices like PDAs and
cell phones."
Georgia Tech will integrate IBM's equipment and software systems into
existing
classes on Linux-based operating systems and real-time adaptive systems. It
also plans to introduce a new graduate-level course on e-commerce
software.
"Georgia Tech has many crucial links with IBM, including strategic
initiatives
with Research," said Karsten Schwan, professor director of the Center for
Experimental Research in Computer Systems (CERCS). "The grant will enable us
to better interact with IBM in our future research and to continue to attract
the best and brightest computer science students with unparalleled
opportunities to work on cutting-edge projects such as autonomic
computing."
Georgia Tech plans to provide a server showcase space so visitors can view
IBM's donated server hardware and the hardware can be visibly used in demos.
The school also plans to donate lab space for use by students and staff
conducting the research and for classes using IBM's WebSphere and DB2
middleware.
IBM hardware to be awarded to Georgia Tech includes 16 front-end
workstations,
IBM xSeries 345, IBM HS20 BladeServer and an xSeries 360 back-end server. The
autonomic computing projects Georgia Tech is working on includes cooperative
middleware and system-level methods to guarantee quality of service for
continuous data applications, plus Linux kernel support for distributed web
services.
IBM's Shared University Research (SUR) program awards computing equipment
(servers, storage systems, personal computing products, etc.) to colleges,
universities and institutions of higher education around the world to
facilitate research projects in areas of mutual interest including: Life
Sciences, grid computing, autonomic computing and deep computing. The SUR
awards also support the advancement of university projects by connecting top
researchers in academia with IBM Research personnel, along with
representatives from product development and solution provider communities.
IBM awards approximately 50 SUR awards per year worldwide.
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