REU: FutureGrid Introduction
Project Information
- Discipline
- Computer Science (401)
- Orientation
- Education
This project/class serves to provide an overview of FutureGrid capabilities to a group of NSF REU students.
Intellectual MeritThe project/class will provide the NSF REU students with an understanding of the uses of FutureGrid and similar other cloud computing services.
Broader ImpactsEncourage students to use FutureGrid and inculcate an interest in Cloud computing technologies.
Project Contact
- Project Lead
- Mohammed Rangwala (mmrangwala)
- Project Manager
- Mohammed Rangwala (mmrangwala)
- Project Members
- Cameron Farnsley, Cynthia Franklin, Sedinam Gadzekpo, Alyxandria Henry, Eric Lovelace, Austin Miller, Gwendolyn Tennell, Ryan Wu, Wei Peng, Blake Howell
Resource Requirements
- Hardware Systems
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- hotel (IBM iDataPlex at U Chicago)
- india (IBM iDataPlex at IU)
- sierra (IBM iDataPlex at SDSC)
To briefly explain the capabilities of FutureGrid by demonstrating the use of virtual machines on Hotel and virtual clusters on Sierra.
Scale of UseNeed systems to demonstrate experiments everyday for 8 hours everyday for 10 weeks.
Project Timeline
- Submitted
- 05/29/2013 - 23:30