Reflections on science, technology, and computing — leavened by personal experience


I will be joining the University of Utah as its Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs (SVPAA).

Suddenly we were playing Ender’s Game, making software decisions that controlled life and death.

Research is about the unknown. There are no answers in the back of the textbook, for there is no textbook

Education pays bountiful dividends. The nurtured dreams of our children are our most precious asset.

“The time has come,” the Walrus said, “To talk of many things: big data, extreme computing, energy efficiency, and autonomous vehicles.

The brave new world of edge computing and big data has profound implications for the future of high-performance computing. Come to the edge!