REU: FutureGrid Introduction

Project Information

Discipline
Computer Science (401) 
Orientation
Education 
Abstract

This project/class serves to provide an overview of FutureGrid capabilities to a group of NSF REU students.

Intellectual Merit

The project/class will provide the NSF REU students with an understanding of the uses of FutureGrid and similar other cloud computing services.

Broader Impacts

Encourage students to use FutureGrid and inculcate an interest in Cloud computing technologies.

Project Contact

Project Lead
Wei Peng (pengw) 
Project Manager
Wei Peng (pengw) 
Project Members
Ashley Arambula, Kevin Butterfield, Taylor Brandstatter, Emily Peterson, Devkishen Sisodia, Tierra Montgomery , Abu Kebbie-Anthony, Paul Witcher, Anthony Short  

Resource Requirements

Hardware Systems
  • hotel (IBM iDataPlex at U Chicago)
  • india (IBM iDataPlex at IU)
 
Use of FutureGrid

Teach the REU students how they can use provision and manage Cloud resources and do useful computation.

Scale of Use

Each student will create a few VMs and play with them.

Project Timeline

Submitted
06/03/2014 - 22:05 
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