Dear TCSC Members:
I am pleased to present a report of major TCSC activities so far in 2007. Please browse it from from: http://www.ieeetcsc.org/tcsc_files/TCSC2007AnnualReport.pdf
Below I have enclosed executive summary and looking forward statements. I hope you will find the report useful and it will be great to hear your comments.
Executive Summary:
This has been a great year for the IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Scalable Computing (TCSC). We were able to strengthen existing programs and services in addition to creating new and innovative programs for the benefit of our community. The key achievements of TCSC in 2007 are:
* Organisation of well attended and highly successful conferences both technically and financially. For example, CCGrid 2007 held in Rio, Brazil has attracted 330 participants, a number greater than any other CCGrid event in its seven-year history. In addition, the conference offered first class service to all participants and at the same time able to generate a profit of over $20,000 for the Society.
* Rapid growth of Young Researcher Forum with creation of a resource centre and events such as Doctoral Symposium. All PhD students whose papers were accepted for TCSC Doctoral Symposium were awarded TCSC travel support scholarships. On a related matter, one of TCSC’s conferences (Supercomputing Conference) has launched IEEE/ACM HPC Fellowship for research students.
* Strong participation of industries in TCSC conferences and community activities. For example, CCGrid 2007 and e-Science 2007 have received substantial financial support from various companies such as Google, Microsoft, HP, IBM, Intel, NEC, SGI, Sun and their active participation in industrial track by featuring presentations from their best and brightest researchers.
* Over 40 PhD students from all over the world have received TCSC sponsored travel support/scholarship to attend our key conferences such as CCGrid 2007, Cluster 2007, Grid 2007, and e-Science 2007.
* TCSC events have worked with Govt. bodies from host countries and raised substantial funding to support participation of researchers from developing countries by offering them subsidized registration fees.
* Several Technical and Regional programs and their Resource Centres have been strengthened with addition of new content to their websites. As a result, it is fair to say that TCSC is the leader amongst Technical Committees within the Computer Society in offering topmost cyber services to its members.
* TCSC has proactively recognised its 29 distinguished volunteers by nominating for the Service Awards and the Computer Society has accepted them.
* To ignite the minds of young researchers and recognise a prominent researcher and volunteer annually, TCSC has recently initiated two new programs: (i) IEEE International Scalable Computing Challenge and (ii) IEEE Medal for Excellence in Scalable Computing.
As a result of the above achievements in 2007, TCSC was able to actively expand its volunteers’ base and membership, and positively impact the community.
Looking Forward
As all of our events held in 2007 are highly successful technically, socially, and financially, TCSC in 2008 will have (1) access to a strong community, (2) many more enthusiastic and active volunteers, and (3) availability of a large budget (from the profit made by TCSC sponsored conferences). These resources help sustain the current TCSC programs and support recently announced programs such as: (i) IEEE International Scalable Computing Challenge and (ii) IEEE Medal for Excellence in Scalable Computing. These programs will contribute towards igniting minds of young researchers and recognizing outstanding volunteers for their contribution and innovation. It is also expected that TCSC will work with the organisers of its events such as SCxy and contribute towards the initiation of new awards such as Ken Kennedy Award for excellence in the creation software technologies for supercomputing.
I believe strongly that TCSC activities will go from strength to strength and offer excellent services to its members and the community. TCSC and its members should definitely look forward to a highly successful future.
Thank you
I have enjoyed working for the TCSC, IEEE Computer Society, and serving the community during the last two years as the first elected Chair of the TCSC.
Thank you all for providing me the opportunity to lead TCSC. It has been my honor and pleasure to serve TCSC, IEEE Computer Society, and our community in my role as TCSC Chair. I will continue to look for opportunities to further serve you all.
Dr. Rajkumar Buyya
TCSC Chair
