2011-06-09: Java Talk: JESSICA2 Project Update  This event is organised in association with Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Hong Kong Polytechnic University Location: Room QR512, R Core, Hong Kong Polytechnic University Time: 9 June, 2011 From 18:30 - 20:30 Topic: (From http://i.cs.hku.hk/~clwang/projects/JESSICA2.html)
JESSICA2 (Java-Enabled Single-System-Image Computing Architecture version 2) is a distributed Java Virtual Machine (DJVM) to support parallel execution of multithreaded Java applications in a networked cluster environment. Implemented as a cluster middleware at the Java virtual machine level for realizing single system image, JESSICA2, makes the whole cluster look as a single machine running a single JVM. With JESSICA2 DJVM, a single Java program can span multiple computing nodes, and enjoy extreme computation power, huge memory space, and strong I/O capabilities.
Dr C.L.Wang has previously spoken at HKJUG event on the project - he would provide an update to the latest development of the project.
Speaker Bio:
Dr. Cho-Li Wang is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science, Hong Kong University. He received his BS degree in Computer Science and Information Engineering from National Taiwan University in 1985. He obtained his MS and PhD degrees in Computer Engineering from University of Southern California in 1990 and1995 respectively. Dr. Wang is very active in the cluster and grid computing research. He is currently a member of the executive committee for IEEE Task Force on Cluster Computing (TFCC) and IEEE Technical Committee on Parallel Processing (TCPP). He is also a core member of Hong Kong Grid (HKGrid) and Asia-Pacific Grid (ApGrid). Dr. Wang has served as the program committee member for more than 15 international conferences and has been the Program Chair of the 2003 IEEE International Conference on Cluster Computing. He and Dr. Francis Lau co-lead the Systems Research Group (SRG). Their team built the Gideon300 cluster in October 2002, which was ranked #175 onthe TOP500 Supercomputers list (Nov 2002). It was the first largest self-made PC cluster in Hong Kong. Dr. Wang's research interests include cluster and grid computing, ubiquitous/pervasive computing.
The talk will start at 7pm, and there is a short networking session from 6.30pm until 7pm, and more networking session afterwards. |