So..
Peter Glassenbury wrote:
Ian Foster is receiving an honorary doctorate at this years graduation
So will be in ChCh in mid-April. I am not sure if he will be giving
a seminar on his visit -- not all honorary doctorates do give them
(Some do)
Hopefully this link is available.....
http://www.comsdev.canterbury.ac.nz/news/2005/050127a.shtml
This is what listgoers consequently missed out on, apparently:
The Grid: Reality, Technology and Applications
Ian Foster, world leading computer researcher When: Thursday 14th April, 4.30pm Where: Lecture Theatre C3.
The Grid seems to be everywhere, with announcements of sales from major computer vendors, deployment in a wide range of application spaces, and many national and international scale infrastructure deployments.
However, in spite of the popularity of the term, there is often confusion as to what the Grid is and what problems it solves. Is it all just marketing hype?
Professor Foster will address these questions, describing what the Grid is, what problems it solves, and what technology has been developed to build Grid infrastructure and create Grid applications.
He will review the current status of Grid infrastructure and deployment and give examples of where Grid technology is being used not only to perform current tasks better, but to provide fundamentally new capabilities that are not possible otherwise.
All staff, students and members of the public are welcome. Professor Foster will receive an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Canterbury during next Friday morning's graduation ceremony.
From: http://www.comsdev.canterbury.ac.nz/diary/2005/050408.shtml
Anyone able to report? / One less loose process now dumped from memory.
Thanks Peter,
Rik
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