Reed's Ruminations: The Past, Present, and Future

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

Tag: Microsoft

  • Pinball, War Games, and Universities
    Pinball, War Games, and Universities

    One way to drive the flippers and anticipate how the silver pinball of university futures may bounce and move is via war games

  • A Plain of Excellence: Dan’s New Adventure
    A Plain of Excellence: Dan’s New Adventure

    I will be joining the University of Iowa as Vice President for Research and Economic Development and holder of Iowa’s inaugural University Computational Science and Bioinformatics Chair, with joint appointments in Computer Science, Electrical and Computing Engineering and Medicine. For details on this, see the University of Iowa announcement.

  • White Spaces and Adaptive Communication
    White Spaces and Adaptive Communication

    The demand for wireless communication continues to grow, placing unprecedented demands on spectrum management and allocation. Spectrum is like beach front property; we can’t make more and we must use it wisely. New, more adaptive management approaches are needed.

  • HPC In The Clouds: ISC Reflections
    HPC In The Clouds: ISC Reflections

    When any new technology appears, there is a great temptation to see it through the lens of the old, either in nomenclature or behavior. As with previous HPC technology transitions, clouds bring a set of technical and cultural challenges , but I believe we are moving down the path of successful adoption.

  • On Licking the Cookies
    On Licking the Cookies

    Licking the cookies refers to claiming action or skill in an area but in a way that prevents anything from happening. It is intended to conjure an image of a cookie plate, where one licks the cookies then returns them to the plate, rendering them inedible by all.

  • Microsoft/NSF Cloud Research Partnership
    Microsoft/NSF Cloud Research Partnership

    Today, Microsoft and the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) announced the latest awardees for the joint Microsoft-NSF research partnership in cloud computing. All of the award recipients were selected via NSF’s rigorous peer review process, which emphasized the scientific merit of the proposed work. The Microsoft/NSF partnership is but one part of a broader international…