As the Technical Committee on Scalable Computing (TCSC) has already emerged as one of the most successful TCs within the IEEE Computer Society, it is important to maintain that leadership and at the same time create new innovative programs to further enhance for the benefit of its members and the overall community.
Views of eScience – from the 3rd IEEE eScience and Grid Computing Conference
By: Omer Rana, Cardiff University, UK and Rajkumar Buyya, University of Melbourne, Australia
New year wishes, TCSC recent activities, and looking forward
Dear Colleagues:
I hope that all of you have enjoyed Christmas holidays and energised yourself to launch into a new year with many exciting ideas.
Let me share some recent developments from the TCSC along with its final annual report:
First IEEE International Scalable Computing Challenge (SCALE 2008)
(Sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Scalable Computing (TCSC) and endorsed by the IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Parallel Processing (TCPP))
IEEE Medal for Excellence in Scalable Computing
A medal and a honorarium of $1000 is awarded for significant contributions to the scalable computing community through TCSC (Technical Committee on Scalable Computing) and/or its activities, coupled with an outstanding record of high quality and high impact research.
Nominations:
TCSC 2007 Annual Report Report
Dear TCSC Members:
I am pleased to present a report of major TCSC activities so far in 2007. Please browse it from from: http://www.ieeetcsc.org/tcsc_files/TCSC2007AnnualReport.pdf
Below I have enclosed executive summary and looking forward statements. I hope you will find the report useful and it will be great to hear your comments.
TCSC Newsletter Volume 9, No.2, 2007
Announcements about TCSC Activities and Achievements
TCSC Recognises its Distinguished Volunteers and Nominates them for IEEE Computer Society Service Awards
Dear Colleagues:
As you know TCSC runs all of its core activities (such as conferences, technical forums, young researcher forums, managing TCSC student travel scholarship) through volunteers who dedicate their significant time and effort for the benefit of our community. Please browse through TCSC webpage: http://www.ieeetcsc.org/ to get the feel of volunteers services in action.
TCSC - University of Melbourne Student Travel Scholarship for eScience 2007 (For India-based Students)
The IEEE Technical Committee on Scalable Computing (TCSC) is pleased to offer assistance for Indian students to attend the 3rd International Conference on e-Science and Grid Computing (eScience 2007) to be held in Bangalore, India in December 2007. The grants are to be used for the reimbursement of travel and other expenses of selected students. The scholarship, valued at AUD 5,000, is sponsored by The University of Melbourne, Australia.
A Compilation of Discussion on Parallel Languages by Greg Pfister, IBM
1. Greg Pfister, IBM, <pfister at ibm.com> initiated the discussion by posting the following:
Does anybody have a pointer to a history of parallel and/or concurrent languages? Unfortunately, this is a time-critical request; I need to give a talk on it in a week (company internal, but I'll of course share what I'm helped on with the community). There are a number of computer histories I can find; for example, Gregory V. Wilson's was particularly useful, but it mostly ignores languages. There are sites that do list many languages -- "Nan's Parallel Computing Page", Jonathan Hardwick's list of research groups, and the Internet Parallel Computing Archive, for example. But they tend to simply list efforts in alphabetical order, and seldom provide dates and origination information. Any pointers will be appreciated. Thanks. Greg Pfister IBM Distinguished Engineer, Member IBM Academy of Technology.
