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Professor Albert Zomaya
IT Professor Awarded for High Performance Computing Work
by Jocelyn Prasad, University of Sydney (Australia). May 31, 2011.
Dr. Albert Zomaya's work spans a range of high performance computing technologies such as clusters, grids, data centres and cloud computing systems. Photo: University of Sydney.
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A University of Sydney IT professor has received global accolades for his longstanding contribution to the development of high performance computing systems that provide the computational speeds needed to model the likes of large DNA structures, forecast global weather patterns and track the motion of astronomical bodies.
Professor Albert Zomaya last week received two awards from the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), the world's largest professional association dedicated to advancing technological innovation and excellence for humanity's benefit. The awards acknowledge his commitment to developing resource allocation algorithms and protocols for parallel and distributed computing
The IEEE awarded Professor Zomaya with the 2011 Technical Committee on Parallel Processing (TCPP) Outstanding Service Award and Technical Committee on Scalable Computing (TCSC) Medal of Excellence in Scalable Computing.
Professor Zomaya has been part of the parallel and distributed computing community for more than 20 years and based at the University's School of Information Technologies since 2002. His work has spanned a range of high performance computing technologies such as clusters, grids, data centres and cloud computing systems. These days his research focus is on the development of resource allocation methods for green data centres, aimed at reducing the energy consumption of processors in data centres.
Aside from leading his field with research, Professor Zomaya has published seven books and more than 400 research papers on parallel processing, including the first handbook in the field, first published 15 years ago. He founded the Wiley book series on parallel and distributed computing and is editor in chief of the world's oldest computing journal IEEE Transactions on Computers.
"I feel honoured and very privileged to receive these awards," Professor Zomaya says. "These are prestigious, highly sought after recognitions and researchers in my field consider them important career milestones. What makes these awards very special is that they have never been awarded to the same person in the same year."
Jocelyn Prasad, University of Sydney. May 31, 2011. Media enquiries: Jocelyn Prasad, 9114 1382, jocelyn.prasad ( a t ) sydney.edu.au Media Office out-of-hours 0434 609 790
A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage. — Goethe
Albert Y. Zomaya is currently the Chair Professor of High Performance Computing & Networking and Australian Research Council Professorial Fellow in the School of Information Technologies, The University of Sydney. He is also the Director of the Centre for Distributed and High Performance Computing which was established in late 2009.
Professor Zomaya held the CISCO Systems Chair Professor of Internetworking during the period 2002–2007 and also was Head of school for 2006–2007 in the same school. Prior to his current appointment he was a Full Professor in the School of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering at the University of Western Australia, where he also led the Parallel Computing Research Laboratory during the period 1990–2002. He served as Associate–, Deputy–, and Acting–Head in the same department, and held numerous visiting positions and has extensive industry involvement. Professor Zomaya received his PhD from theDepartment of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering, Sheffield Universityin the United Kingdom.
Professor Zomaya is the author/co–author of seven books, more than 370 publications in technical journals and conferences, and the editor of nine books and 11 conference volumes. He is the Editor in Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Computers and serves as an associate editor for another 19 journals including some of the leading journals in the field, such as, IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems and Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing. He is the Founding Editor of the Wiley Book Series on Parallel and Distributed Computing and the Co–Editor (with Professor Yi Pan) of the Wiley Book Series on Bioinformatics and (with Professor MaryEshaghian-Wilner) the Wiley Book Series on Nature Inspired Computing. He is the Editor–in–Chief of the Parallel and Distributed Computing Handbook (McGraw-Hill, 1996).
Professor Zomaya was the Chair of the IEEE Technical Committee on Parallel Processing (1999–2003) and currently serves on its executive committee. He also serves on the advisory board of the IEEE Technical Committee on Scalable Computing, the advisory board of the Machine Intelligence Research Labs (MIR Labs), is a scientific council member of theInstitute for Computer Sciences, Social–Informatics, and Telecommunications Engineering (Brussels) and member of the board of the IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society Technical Committee on Self–Organized Distributed and Pervasive Systems. Professor Zomaya has delivered more than 100 keynote addresses, invited seminars, and media briefings and has been actively involved, in a variety of capacities, in the organization of more than 570 national and international conferences.
Professor Zomaya is a Fellow of the IEEE, Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology, a Distinguished Engineer of the ACM and a Chartered Engineer (CEng). He received the 1997 Edgeworth David Medal by the Royal Society of New South Wales for outstanding contributions to Australian Science. In September 2000 he was awarded the Meritorious Service Award and in 2006 was made a member of theGolden Core (both from the IEEE Computer Society). His research interests are in the areas of algorithms, complex systems, parallel and distributed systems and networking.
And new Philosophy calls in doubt, The Element of fire is quite put out, The Sun is lost, and th'earth, and no mans wit, Can well direct him, where to look for it. — John Donne
A scientist worthy of the name experiences in his work the same impression as an artist; his pleasure is as great and of the same nature. — H. Poincare'
Against stupidity the gods themselves fight unvictorious. — Schiller
Founding Editor (with Prof. M. Pan) of the Wiley Book Series on Nature Inspired Computing (2008–).
Founding Editor (with Prof. Y. Pan) of the Wiley Book Series on Bioinformatics (2005–).
Founding Editor-in-Chief of the Wiley Book Series on Parallel and Distributed Computing (1997–).
Editor in Chief, IEEE Transactions on Computers (2011–).
Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Cloud Computing (2010–).
Editorial Board Member, Nano Communication Networks Journal (2010–).
Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems (2009–).
Editorial Board Member, Springer’s Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunication Engineering (2008–).
Editorial Advisory Board Member, Advances in Bioinformatics (2008–).
Editorial Advisory Board Member, Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology (2008–).
Editorial Advisory Board Member, Communications of SIWN (2007–).
Advisory Board Member, Journal of Interconnection Networks (2007–).
Associate Editor, Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing (2006–).
Editorial Board Member, Journal of Algorithms and Computational Technology (2006–).
Advisory Board Member, International Journal of Parallel, Emergent and Distributed Systems (2005–).
Associate Editor, Journal of Ubiquitous Computing and Intelligence (2005–).
Chair of Advisory Board, Journal of Pervasive Computing and Communications (2005–).
Editorial Board Member, Mobile Information Systems (2004–).
Associate Editor, International Journal of Bioinformatics Research and Applications (2004–).
Member of Advisory Board, International Journal of Wireless and Mobile Computing (2004–).
Founding Editorial Board Member, International Journal of High Performance Computing and Networking (2003–).
Associate Editor, International Journal of Foundations of Computer Science (1999–).
Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Computers (2006–2010).
Associate Editor, International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks (2004–2008).
Associate Editor, Journal of Interconnection Networks (1999–2006).
Associate Editor, Journal of Future Generation of Computer Systems (1997–2006).
Associate Editor, International Journal of Computers and Applications (2003–2006).
Associate editor, International Journal on Parallel and Distributed Systems and Networks (1996–2002).
Associate editor, IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems (1998–2001).
Associate editor, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (Parts A–C) (1997–2000).
Associate editor, International Journal of Parallel Algorithms and Applications (1996–2000).
Associate Editor, International Journal in Computer Simulation (1993–1998).
Associate Editor, IFAC Journal of Control Engineering Practice (1993–1996).
There is no sense in trying to do anything unless you give it your maximum effort. You may not succeed but at least the dedication and effort and interest should be there. — JFK
Honorary Advisory Board Member of the Machine Intelligence Research Labs (MIR Labs) (2008–)
Member of Advisory Board of the IEEE Technical Committee on Scalable Computing (2008–).
Scientific Council Member of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social–Informatics, and Telecommunications Engineering (Brussels) (2007–).
Member of the Executive Board of the IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Parallel Processing (2003–).
Member of the Executive Board of the IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society Technical Committee on Self-Organization and Cybernetics for Informatics (2006–).
Member of the Executive Board of the IEEE Task Force on Cluster Computing (1999–).
Board Member of the IFAC Working Committee on Algorithms and Architectures for Real-Time Control (1993–).
Chair of the IEEE Technical Committee on Parallel Processing (June 1999–July 2003).
Member of the Executive Board of the IEEE Technical Committee on Parallel Processing (1994–1999).
When people agree with me, I always feel I must be wrong. — Ambrose Bierce
Professor Zomaya consulted on the following topics: computer architecture and embedded systems, Internet solutions and web technologies, scientific computation, operations research, and process control. Overall, his interests lie in the wide area of “Information Technology” and many of its related applications.
Professor Zomaya has been involved in a number of IT ventures. His general interest in the area of IT has given him the capability in utilizing his background to serve IT-intensive organizations by, for example, critically evaluating and independently examining functional parameters of existing and up-coming internet and communications related technologies (both hardware and software) and even recommending improvements (where appropriate). This also applies to all electronic componentary on board computers from PCs to high performance computers including peripherals.
The end result is to be able to review, audit, upgrade or re-engineer an organization's entire IT system and business processes in order to recommend medium to long-term solutions that is within the organization's budget and consistent with its future growth objectives.
Professor Zomaya is able to provide consulting activities and media interviews on the following subjects:
A sample of recent media briefings is given below:
June, 2011: Supercomputing Group Sets Sights on 'Green' Cloud. An Interview in “iTWire”, June 6, 2011. (https://www.itnews.com.au/News/259680, supercomputing-group-sets-sights-on-green-cloud.aspx).
February, 2010: Green, Cloud and Grid Computing. An Interview in the Silicon Graphics Inc. Newsletter.
September, 2009: Several media venues carried a piece of news related to a recent invention related to the area of Green Computing. Some of these links are listed below.
September, 2009: The New Scheduling Algorithms Significantly Reduce Data Center Energy Consumption. Interview appeared in “CSDN” (https://server.csdn.net/n/20090921/4717.html), September 21, 2009. Also appeared in “CTOCIO” (https://datacenter.ctocio.com.cn/203/9190703.shtml), September 22, 2009, and“China Byte” (https://datacenter.chinabyte.com/200/9192200.shtml), September 23, 2009.
September, 2009: Energy Conscious Scheduling in Data Centres. (https://www.thegreenitreview.com/2009/09/ energy-conscious-scheduling-in-data.html). Interview appeared in “The Green IT Review”. Also, appeared in “Chloregy” (https://www.chloregy.com/home/technology/ 68290-energy-conscious-scheduling-in-data-centres), September 21, 2009.
September, 2009: Scientists Promise Software for Greener Computing (Vědci slibují software pro zelenější výpočetní techniku). (https://www.newstin.cz/tag/cz/145786412). Interview appeared in “Newstin”, September 19, 2009. Also appeared in “ITnews” (https://www.itnews.sk/vyhladavanie?q=zomaya), September 21, 2009.
September, 2009: University Projects Looks at Limiting Power Consumption. (https://govx.socitm.gov.uk/spaces/lgciodiscussion/tags/albert-zomaya). Interview appeared in “Socitm Gov X”. September 18, 2009.
September, 2009: University Researcher Points to Greener Computing. (https://www.greendatacenternews.org/search/results/?q=zomaya). Interview appeared in “Green Data News” and “ComputerworldUK” (https://www.computerworlduk.com/management/it-business/it-department/news/index.cfm?newsid=16656&tsb=email), September 18, 2009.
September, 2009: Un nuovo algoritmo limita il consumo di energia dei computer. Interview appeared in“Programmazione” (https://programmazione.it/index.php?entity=eitem&idItem=42756), September 14, 2009.
September, 2009: Neuer Algorithmus halbiert Stromverbrauch im Rechenzentrum. Interview appeared in“CIO” (https://www.cio.de/dynamicit/898130/), September 14, 2009.
September, 2009: Ny Forskning Can Halvere Datacentrets Strømforbrug. (https://nyhederne.tv2.dk/it/index.php/id-52953.html?forside). Interview appeared in “TV 2”. September 10, 2009.
September, 2009: Data Centre Energy Consumption Cut Using Mathematics. (https://www.globalgold.co.uk/web-hosting-news/dedicated-servers-uk/data-centre-energy-consumption-cut-using-mathematics-19355214.html). Interview appeared in “Global Gold”. September 10, 2009.
September, 2009: Sydney Researchers Develop Energy–Efficient Model for Cloud Computing. (https://insidehpc.com/2009/09/09/u-sydney-researchers-patent-energy-aware-job-scheduling-algorithm/). Interview appeared in “Australian Anthill Magazine”. Also appeared in “RSSmeme” (https://www.rssmeme.com/tag/articles/) and “Open Cirrus” (https://opencirrus.org/aggregator), September 10, 2009.
September, 2009: U. of Sydney Researchers Patent Energy–Aware Job Scheduling Algorithm. Interview appeared in “insideHPC” (https://insidehpc.com/2009/09/09/u-sydney- researchers-patent-energy-aware-job-scheduling-algorithm/). Also appeared in “ACCRE’s High Performance Computing News Aggregator” (https://www.accre.vanderbilt.edu/rss/HPC/index.html), September 9, 2009.
September, 2009: Using Mathematics to Reduce Data Center Energy Consumption. (https://www.azocleantech.com/Details.asp?newsID=6563). Interview appeared in “AZ Cleantech”, September 9, 2009.
September, 2009: Green Mathematics: Reducing Data–Centre Energy with Algorithms. (https://www.forthcast.com/s?s=zomaya), Interview appeared in “Forthcast”, September 8, 2009.
September, 2009: Research Project Limits Computer Power Consumption. (https://www.techworld.com.au/article/317721/ research_project_limits_computer_power_consumption).
Interview appeared in “TechWorld”. Also appeared in “The Standard” (https://www.thestandard.com/news/2009/09/08/ research-project-limits-computer-power-consumption), “HPCwire” (https://www.hpcwire.com/news/ Research-Project-Limits-Computer-Power-Consumption.html), “CIO” (https://www.cio.de/news/cio_worldnews/897605/index2.html), “IDG Connect” (https://www.idgconnect.com/index.cfm?cid=116&pk=10274&event=showarticle), and “ComputerWorld” (https://www.computerworld.com.au/article/317721/ research_project_limits_computer_power_consumption), September 8, 2009. Appeared in “ACM Technews” (https://cacm.acm.org/news/40924-research-project-limits-computer-power-consumption/fulltext), September 11, 2009. Appeared in “Lifeline Data Centres” (https://blog.lifelinedatacenters.com/blog/lifeline-data-centers/0/0/ computerworld-research-project-targets-computer-power-consumption), September 15, 2009. Appeared in “UKWebHelp” (https://wildyeastbakery.com/hosting-news.html?news_id=9997), September 18, 2009.
September, 2009: Software the next Battlefield for Datacentre Efficiency. (https://www.arnnet.com.au/article/317717/ expert_software_next_battlefield_datacentre_efficiency). An Interview in “ARN Net Magazine”, September 8, 2009.
September, 2009: Research Promises to Slash Data Centre Energy Consumption. Interview appeared in“iTWire”, (https://www.itwire.com/content/view/27532/53/). Also appeared in “Silobreaker” (https://www.silobreaker.com/research-promises-to-slash-data-centre- energy-consumption-5_2262583976201814046), September 8, 2009.
February, 2009: Panel Member, Panel on Models for Open Innovation in a Digital Economy, Voices for Innovation Forum, Microsoft Australia, Feb. 10, 2009.
July 2006: A Proud History and New Beginnings. An article (by invitation) in the ‘talk from the top’ section of theVoice and Data Magazine, Vol. 5, No. 5, Page 6, 2006.
September 2005: Local Researchers Flex Blue Gene Muscle, An Interview in ComputerWorld, Sept. 14, Vol. 28, No. 11, Page 6, 2005. Also appeared in “Bio.ITWorld.com”, October 5, 2005 (https://www.bio-itworld.com/).
November 2004: University Expands Its Grid Computing, An Interview in the newspaper “The Australian”, IT Today Section, Tuesday, Page 31, November 30, 2004. (article)
June 2004: Grid to Speed Analysis of Genomic Heritage, An Interview in the Australian Life Scientist Magazine (www.biotechnews.com.au), Issue 9, June 2004, Page 10. (article)
September 2002: Interview on the ABC TV Business Breakfast Program on the theme of “Companies Crackdown on Cyber-Terrorism”.
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