Recent Advances in Virtualization and Cloud Computing

Speaker:	Professor Kai HWANG
		University of Southern California

Title:		"Recent Advances in Virtualization and Cloud Computing"

Date:		Tuesday, 20 July 2010

Time:		4:00pm - 5:00pm

Venue:		Room 5583 (via lift nos. 27 & 28), HKUST


Abstract:

In this talk, Dr. Hwang will address recent advances in virtualization for
HPC ((high-performance Computing) and HTC (high-throughput Computing) and
their applications in advancing cloud computing paradigm. In particular,
he will address the datacenter design, virtualized infrastructure,
security, trust management, and data integrity issues for harnessing a
virtualized cloud platform over distributed datacenters. He will assess
the role of virtualization technology in protecting cloud resources and
datasets in infrastructure (IaaS), platform (PaaS), and application (SaaS)
services in the clouds. The interaction with SOA (service oriented
architecture) and the support of Internet of Things (IOT) by cloud
technology are also discussed towards the building of a "smart earth" on
which we live.


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Biography:

Kai Hwang is a Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at
the University of Southern California. He is also an endowed visiting
chair professor at Tsinghua University in China. He received the Ph.D. in
EECS from UC Berkeley in 1972. He has published 8 books and over 210
scientific papers in computer architecture, parallel and distributed
computing, network security, and cloud and Internet applications. He has
been recognized as an IEEE Fellow for making significant contributions in
computer architecture and parallel processing.

Dr. Hwang received the 2004 Outstanding Achievement Award from China
Computer Federation. He is the founding Editor of the Journal of Parallel
and Distributed Computing.  His current research coves e-commerce, cloud
computing, P2P networks, reputation systems, grid performance, and
copyright protection. He has delivered over 30 keynote addresses in major
IEEE/ACM Conferences. He has also performed advisory and consulting work
for IBM, Intel, MIT Lincoln Lab., Academia Sinica, ETL in Japan, and INRIA
in France.