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MS Research e-Science Workshop and GGF
As Dan Fey wrote in his blog, there is going to be an e-Science event here in Redmond early in October, the Microsoft Research eScience Workshop 2005. I will get the chance to meet some of my friends from the e-Science/Grid community and see Jim Gray again after HPTS. Also, Tony Hey is giving a…
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Welcome John!
John Bristowe joins Microsoft. Welcome John! (he he, I’ve only been here for five days and I have the nerve to welcome others! 🙂
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Windows Server 2003 Compute Cluster edition!
Hey, if you have a cluster around, you should definitely try this. Hmmm, I probably need to go and introduce myself to that team and check out what they are up to. I guess the feature set, mostly MPI-based at the moment from what I can see, is already set in stone for release one.…
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I am blue (which means I got my MS ID)
Things are going great! The weather has been fantastic since I came (however, I am assured by those living here that it’s not always like this). The trip to/from work is very pleasant due to the fantastic landscape. I am still seriously jetlagged. Today I woke up at 6am (yesterday it was 5am) to come…
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First date at Microsoft (orientation)
I was surprised with the number of new recruits starting on the same date (3 digits and still bellow the average for a Monday!!!). Tim Russell of Human Resources was extremely enthusiastic and did an excellent job throughout the day. A great presenter. He managed to convey so much information to us (culture, benefits, security,…
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Mark Baker on an Ian Foster paper
Mark Baker picked up on an early draft of a paper about managing and accessing state that Prof. Ian Foster wrote some time ago and sent to a mailing list for comments. Paul Watson, Mark Mc Keown, and I are now co-authors on that paper (well, I hope our names are still there given that I haven’t…
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Seattle, I am here!
I have finally arrived! After a looooong journey, which lasted around 40 hours, I am now settled in a fantastic building in downtown Seattle, “The Olympus”. I had noticed this building during my previous visits here because it looked like a nice place to live but didn’t know how it was called. Imagine my surprise when…
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British Airways: “Not so fast…”
Well, next stop was supposed to be Seattle but thanks to British Airways I am still around 🙂 My flight from Newcastle to London was cancelled and as a result I have been stranded at Newcastle airport for the last 7 hours (all the other flights in between were fully booked). Of course I missed…
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Moving to Seattle
I’ve been very slow with blogging these days. Sorry all, I’ve been very busy with my move to Seattle and going out with friends and saying goodbyes. My last few days in Newcastle have been excellent. Even the weather was fantastic (I wasn’t expecting to ever say that for Newcastle 🙂 Today the movers picked…
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WEBSA 2006 CfP
I really don’t remember how I got into this Programme Committee but it does look like an interesting multi-conference and it’s IEEE sponsored. Please note the location 🙂 You can find the call for papers on the ICIW06 web site.