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: 

§        Biologically- and Nature-Inspired Computing

§        Bioinformatics

§        Cloud Computing

§        Cluster and Grid Computing

§        Green Computing

§        Mobile Computing and Wireless Networks

§        Parallel and Distributed Computing

§        High Performance Computing & Supercomputing

§        Control Systems

§        Networking Solutions and The Internet

§        Research Policy

§        Computer Science and Engineering Education

A sample of recent media briefings is given below:

·        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” (http://server.csdn.net/n/20090921/4717.html), September 21, 2009. Also appeared in “CTOCIO” (http://datacenter.ctocio.com.cn/203/9190703.shtml), September 22, 2009, and China Byte” (http://datacenter.chinabyte.com/200/9192200.shtml), September 23, 2009.

§        September, 2009: Energy Conscious Scheduling in Data Centres. (http://www.thegreenitreview.com/2009/09/energy-conscious-scheduling-in-data.html). Interview appeared in “The Green IT Review”. Also, appeared in “Chloregy” (http://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). (http://www.newstin.cz/tag/cz/145786412). Interview appeared in Newstin, September 19, 2009. Also appeared in “ITnews” (http://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. (http://www.greendatacenternews.org/search/results/?q=zomaya). Interview appeared in “Green Data News” and “ComputerworldUK” (http://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” (http://programmazione.it/index.php?entity=eitem&idItem=42756), September 14, 2009.

§        September, 2009: Neuer Algorithmus halbiert Stromverbrauch im Rechenzentrum. Interview appeared in “CIO” (http://www.cio.de/dynamicit/898130/), September 14, 2009.

§        September, 2009: Ny Forskning Can Halvere Datacentrets Strřmforbrug. (http://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. (http://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. (http://insidehpc.com/2009/09/09/u-sydney-researchers-patent-energy-aware-job-scheduling-algorithm/). Interview appeared in “Australian Anthill Magazine”. Also appeared in “RSSmeme” (http://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” (http://insidehpc.com/2009/09/09/u-sydney-researchers-patent-energy-aware-job-scheduling-algorithm/). Also appeared in ACCRE’s High Performance Computing News Aggregator (http://www.accre.vanderbilt.edu/rss/HPC/index.html), September 9, 2009.

§        September, 2009: Using Mathematics to Reduce Data Center Energy Consumption. (http://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. (http://www.forthcast.com/s?s=zomaya), September 8, 2009.

§        September, 2009: Research Project Limits Computer Power Consumption. (http://www.techworld.com.au/article/317721/research_project_limits_computer_power_consumption). Interview appeared in TechWorld. Also appeared in “The Standard” (http://www.thestandard.com/news/2009/09/08/research-project-limits-computer-power-consumption), “HPCwire” (http://www.hpcwire.com/news/Research-Project-Limits-Computer-Power-Consumption.html), “CIO” (http://www.cio.de/news/cio_worldnews/897605/index2.html), “IDG Connect” (http://www.idgconnect.com/index.cfm?cid=116&pk=10274&event=showarticle), and “ComputerWorld” (http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/317721/research_project_limits_computer_power_consumption), September 8, 2009. Appeared in “ACM Technews” (http://cacm.acm.org/news/40924-research-project-limits-computer-power-consumption/fulltext), September 11, 2009. Appeared in “Lifeline Data Centres” (http://blog.lifelinedatacenters.com/blog/lifeline-data-centers/0/0/computerworld-research-project-targets-computer-power-consumption), September 15, 2009. Appeared in “UKWebHelp” (http://wildyeastbakery.com/hosting-news.html?news_id=9997), September 18, 2009.

§        September, 2009: Software the next Battlefield for Datacentre Efficiency. (http://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, (http://www.itwire.com/content/view/27532/53/). Also appeared in “Silobreaker” (http://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 the Voice 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 (http://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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