Description

Workshop on Hyperconverged Infrastructure. Presented by the NSF Sponsored - Center for Research on Intelligent Storage (CRIS)

Our mission is to push the boundaries of file, memory and storage systems by exploring and developing new technologies and techniques to improve the usability, scalability, security, reliability, and performance of storage systems.

Outline

Workshop on Hyperconverged Infrastructure

Presented by NSF Sponsored - Center for Research on Intelligent Storage (CRIS)

Tuesday, April 30th, 2019 8:00AM - 5:00PM

UMN Digital Technology Center - Room 402 Walter Library

Program Agenda:

08:00   Continental Breakfast – Networking

08:30   Introductions and Welcome  | Dr. David Du, Qwest Chair Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, CRIS Director, UMN

08:40   Center for Hyperconverged Infrastructure (CHI): Overview | Dr. David Du

08:55   HI Big Data/IoT Opportunities & Challenges | Dr. Andrei Khurshudov

09:45   Storage Device Industry Trends & Implications for HI | Dr. Tom Coughlin, Coughlin Associates

10:35  Coffee Break – Networking

11:05  HI Storage Requirements & Architectures | Nelson Liao, VP, Huawei US Storage Lab

12:00   Lunch - Networking

12:45  Intelligent Infrastructure Platforms | Ayman Abouelwafa, 3PAR-CTO  HPE

1:35   The 3G That Still Matters: data Growth, data Gravity, data Governance | Jason Feist, Managing Technologist – CTO Office, Seagate

2:25   Coffee Break – Networking

2:55   UMN: CHI Mission & Research Pathways | Dr. David Du

3:15  Texas A&M: CHI Mission & Research Pathways | Dr. Narasimha Reddy, J.W. Runyon Professor, ECE, CRIS Site Director, Texas Professor, ECE, CRIS Site Director, Texas A&M University

3:45  Temple: CHI Mission & Research Pathways | Dr. Krishna Kant, Professor, CIS, CRIS Site Director, Temple University

4:15   Panel Discussion – HI Research Needs | All Speakers

4:50   Summary and Wrap Up | Dr. David Du and Dave Aune