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SUMMARY:Simulation and data analysis with Windows Azure - Austin Donnelly 
 (Microsoft Research)
DTSTART:20100701T100000Z
DTEND:20100701T110000Z
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CONTACT:Dr Fabien Petitcolas
DESCRIPTION:*Abstract*: Research is being increasingly driven by the gener
 ation and analysis of datasets. Traditionally\, datasets were manually ent
 ered into computers\, but today’s datasets can be huge because they are 
 computer generated: either the results of simulations or automated observa
 tions of the real world. In this talk I’ll describe Windows Azure\, an e
 nvironment for running your code on servers located around the world in Mi
 crosoft’s datacenters. This allows you to run large-scale simulations\, 
 and analyse the results before your paper deadline!\n\n*Biography*: Austin
  Donnelly is a Research Software Development Engineer (RSDE) in the System
 s group at Microsoft Research\, Cambridge. His most recent interests are i
 n enterprise storage\, from both a power-management and performance perspe
 ctive. He helped build a system which can redirect disk writes across a ne
 twork to allow disks to be spun down for extended periods of time\, saving
  power. He has worked on a number of projects\, including the Ethernet top
 ology discovery protocol which shipped in Windows Vista.
LOCATION:Small Lecture Room\, Microsoft Research\, Roger Needham Building\
 , 7 J J Thomson Avenue\, Cambridge CB3 0FB
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