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SUMMARY:Tools and services for data intensive research - Roger Barga (Micr
 osoft Research)
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CONTACT:Dr Fabien Petitcolas
DESCRIPTION:*Abstract*: For many important research investigations\, espec
 ially in science\, efficiently analyzing large data sets is a major challe
 nge. Microsoft’s Dryad is a high-performance\, general-purpose distribut
 ed computing engine that handles some of the most difficult aspects of clu
 ster-based distributed computing. It's powerful: Microsoft routinely uses 
 Dryad applications to analyze petabytes of data on clusters of thousands o
 f computers. Microsoft Research has also developed DryadLINQ\, which allow
 s developers to use an extended version of the LINQ programming model and 
 API to implement Dryad applications in managed code. DryadLINQ code is sim
 ilar to what you'll see in a conventional LINQ-to-objects application\, an
 d the application core is often only a few lines of code. Behind the scene
 s though\, a DryadLINQ provider automatically converts the LINQ query into
  a Dryad job and executes the query as a distributed application on a clus
 ter. Using Dryad through DryadLINQ\, even a novice at parallel processing 
 or cluster-based computing can implement a high-performance distributed ap
 plication to efficiently analyze terabytes of data.\n\nIn this talk we pre
 sent an introduction to Dryad and DryadLINQ for data intensive research an
 d we compare and contrast it to other related technologies. We describe ou
 r ongoing efforts to collaborate with external researchers to explore the 
 application Dryad and DryadLINQ to big data research problems in science. 
 We also highlight our efforts to offer software and services to researcher
 s across the world\, through the academic release of Dryad and DryadLINQ w
 ith associated programming user documentation. \n\n*Biography*: Roger Barg
 a is Principal Architect at Microsoft Research\, where he leads the Advanc
 ed Research Services and Tools (ARTS) team. The ARTS team is responsible f
 or developing innovative tools and services using Microsoft products and t
 echnology to revolutionize and accelerate research\, and it provides strat
 egic and tactical hands-on technological leadership to many research proje
 cts. Roger joined Microsoft in 1997 as a Researcher in the Database Group 
 of Microsoft Research\, where he directed both systems research and produc
 t development efforts in database\, workflow and stream processing systems
 . He has developed ideas from basic research\, through proof of concept pr
 ototypes to incubation efforts in product groups. Roger has published over
  50 peer reviewed papers\, filed over 30 patent applications\, and served 
 more than 70 times on program committees for more than 30 different intern
 ational conferences and workshops.\n\n
LOCATION:Large public lecture room\, Microsoft Research\, Roger Needham Bu
 ilding\, 7 J J Thomson Avenue\, Cambridge CB3 0FB
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