National Science Foundation
Cloud and Autonomic
Computing Center
A New Industry/University Cooperative Research Center
Site At Texas Tech University
Site Launch
Alan Sill, Ph.D
Site Director
May 12, 2014
A New Research Effort
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A New Research Effort
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CAC Participants At Launch:
CAC@TTU Initial Funding Members:
Technical Partnerships:
Other CAC Universities:
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Texas Tech People!
Technology!
Trust
Alan Sill, Ph.D
Site Director
Ravi Vadapalli, Ph.D
Associate Site Director
Yong Chen, Ph.D
Associate Site Director
Texas Tech People
Many Researchers, Deep Expertise
FACULTY MEMBERS
COMPUTER SCIENCE
Rattikorn Hewett, Ph.D.
Mohan Sridharan, Ph.D.
Chairperson in the Department
of Computer Science
Assistant professor in the
Department of Computer Science
Areas of expertise » Security and privacy in cloud environments
» Intelligent data management & understanding
» Automated web service composition
Areas of expertise » Learning and estimation in Big Data domains
» Stochastic machine learning
» Robotics and AI
Noe Lopez-Benitez, Ph.D.
Eunseog Youn, Ph.D.
Associate professor in the
Department of Computer Science
Assistant professor in the
Department of Computer Science
Areas of expertise » Cloud computing
» Parallel and distributed computing
» High-performance computing
Areas of expertise » Large-scale machine learning
» Feature selection
» Text mining
» Bioinformatics
Yong Chen, Ph.D.
Assistant professor in the
Department of Computer Science
Areas of expertise » Cloud computing storage systems
» Data management and data centers
» Cloud programming and software environments
» Cloud platform architecture and virtualization
SCHOOL OF LAW
Victoria Sutton, Ph.D.
in the School of Law
Sunho Lim, Ph.D.
Assistant professor in the
Department of Computer Science
Areas of expertise » Wireless networks and mobile computing
» Mobile data management
» Mobile software
» Network security
Areas of expertise » Biosecurity
» Emerging technologies
» Energy
» Constitutional law
Experienced
researchers
carrying out
projects with
real-world
applicability
that draw on
decades of
experience and
the best, newest
techniques.
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Many Researchers, Deep Expertise
FACULTY MEMBERS
INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
COMPUTER SCIENCE
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Fazle Hussain, Ph.D.
Mohan Sridharan, Ph.D.
Timothy Matis, Ph.D.
Rattikorn Hewett, Ph.D.
Professor in the Department of
Mechanical
Engineering
Assistant professor
in the
Department of Computer Science
Associate professor in the
Chairperson
Department
Department in
ofthe
Industrial
Engineering
of
Computer Science
Areas of expertise » Operations research
Areas of expertise » Security
and privacy
in cloud environments
» Stochastic
processes
» Intelligent
data
management & understanding
» Queueing
theory
» Automated
web service composition
» Ad-hoc communication
networks
» Conceptual learning theories and virtual
learning environments
Areas of expertise » Fluid Flow, turbulence, & transport phenomena
Areas of expertise » Learning
Microseismology
and estimation
and inverse
in Bigscattering
Data domains
Modeling cancer
tissue
growth and
» Stochastic
machine
learning
delivery
» targeted
Robotics drug
and AI
» Atmospheric boundary layers and wind
turbine aerodynamics
Noe Lopez-Benitez, Ph.D.
Eunseog Youn, Ph.D.
Associate professor in the
Department
of Computer
Ismael Regis
de Farias Science
Jr., Ph.D.
Associate professor in the
of Industrial Engineering
Areas of expertiseDepartment
» Cloud computing
» Parallel and distributed computing
» High-performance computing
Areas of expertise » Mixed-integer programming, theory and
computation
» Nonlinear programming, theory and
Yong
Chen, Ph.D.
computation
» Operations research probabilistic methods
Assistant
the
» Applied professor
managementin
science
Department of Computer Science
MATHEMATICS
& STATISTICS
Areas of expertise » Cloud computing
storage systems
» Data management and data centers
» Cloud programming and software environments
» Cloud platform architecture and virtualization
Philip W. Smith, Ph.D.
Sunho
Lim, Ph.D.
Senior director,
High Performance
Computing Center
Assistant professor in the
Department of Computer Science
Areas of expertise » Optimization
» Design and implementation of parallel and
serial codes
Areas of expertise » Wireless
networks and mobile computing
Code optimization
» Mobile
data management
» Numerical
analysis and linear algebra
Mobile software
» Network security
Assistant professor in the
Siva
Parameswarn,
Ph.D.
Department
of Computer
Science
Professor in the Department of
Mechanical
Areas of expertise
» Large-scaleEngineering
machine learning
» Feature selection
» Text mining
Areas of expertise » Modeling
Bioinformatics
HF oscillatory ventilators
» Aerodynamics of ground vehicles
» Wake development behind wind turbines
SCHOOL OF LAW
PHYSICS
Victoria Sutton, Ph.D.
in theSill,
School
of Law
Alan
Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor in the
Department
Areas of expertise
» Biosecurity of Physics
» Emerging technologies
» Energy
Areas of expertise »» High
performance
Constitutional
law computing
» Data-intensive scaled resource management
» Large-scale distributed computing
» Standards development
Experienced
researchers
carrying out
projects with
real-world
applicability
that draw on
decades of
experience and
the best, newest
techniques.
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Many Researchers, Deep Expertise
FACULTY MEMBERS
PETROLEUM ENGINEERING
COMPUTER SCIENCE
Marshall Watson, Ph.D., P.E.
Rattikorn Hewett, Ph.D.
Roy Butler Chair and chairman
of the Bob L.in
Herd
Chairperson
the Department
of Computer
PetroleumScience
Engineering
of
Areas of expertise
Areas of expertise » Security
and privacy
in cloud environments
» Production
optimization
» Intelligent
data
management & understanding
» Coal bed
methane
» Automated
web service
composition
» Unconventional
reservoir
analysis
RAWLS COLLEGE OF BUSINESS
Peter H. Westfall, Ph.D.
Mohan Sridharan, Ph.D.
Statistics
the Rawls
of
Assistantin
professor
in College
the
Business
Administration
Department
of Computer Science
Areas of expertise » Advanced analytics
Areas of expertise » Learning
Business and
intelligence
estimation in Big Data domains
Statistics machine learning
» Stochastic
Biostatistics
»» Robotics
and AI
» Bioinformatics
Mohamed
Soliman, Ph.D.,
Noe Lopez-Benitez,
Ph.D.P.E.
EunseogLin,
Youn,
Ph.D.
Zhangxi
Ph.D.
George P. Livermore
Associate
professorChair
in theand
Professor in the
Bob L. HerdScience
Dept.
Department
of Computer
of Petroleum Engineering
Assistant professor in the
Associate
Department of
of ISQS
Computer Science
Department
Areas
computing
Areasofofexpertise
expertise» »Cloud
Fracturing
» »Parallel
andengineering
distributed computing
Reservoir
» »High-performance
Well test analysis computing
» Conformance
Yong Chen, Ph.D.
Assistant professor in the
Assistant professor
in the Science
Department
of Computer
Bob L. Herd Department of
Petroleum Engineering
Areas of expertise » Cloud computing storage systems
Areas of expertise» Data management and data centers
» Cloud programming and software environments
» »Cloud
Reservoir
platform
simulation
architecture and virtualization
» Advanced well completion
Sunho Lim, Ph.D.
Ravi Vadapalli, Ph.D.
Assistant professor in the
Department
of Computer
Adjunct Professor
in the Science
Department of Petroleum
Engineering
Areas of expertise » Wireless networks and mobile computing
Areas of expertise » High
Mobile
performance
data management
computing
» Mobile
Reservoir
software
modeling
» Network
Cancer radiotherapy
security
informatics
» Cloud and autonomic computing
Areas of expertise » Large-scale
Big data analytics
machine learning
» Feature
Businessselection
intelligence
» Text
Information
mining systems
» Bioinformatics
Electronic commerce
Mayukh Dass, Ph.D.
SCHOOL OF
LAW
Assistant
Professor of Marketing
in the Rawls College of Business
Areas of expertiseVictoria
» Brand analytics
Sutton, Ph.D.
» Business strategy analysis
» Dynamic environment modeling
Network
analysis
in»the
School
of Law
Areas of expertise » Biosecurity
» Emerging technologies
» Energy
» Constitutional law
Experienced
researchers
carrying out
projects with
real-world
applicability
that draw on
decades of
experience and
the best, newest
techniques.
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Technology
Experience In Global-Scale Computing
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Basis: TTU High Performance Computing Center
TTU HPCC:
In Top500!
!
3rd in Texas and Big 12!
!
In Top 100 academic
institutions in the world !
Supports highquality academic
research across
many fields of
science, business
data analysis
and engineering.
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Managing Explosive Growth of Business Data
Typical
storage !
sizes:
1,000 x!
larger in!
less than!
a decade!!
"
"
"
And
growing!
Now:!
Phones: 100+ Gigabytes!
Science and Business: 100s to 1000s of Petabytes
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