Abstract:

e-Science involves the application of advanced computational methods to
other areas of science and technology. It It has attracted a good deal of
support over the past 10 years, and numerous groups have developed new
techniques and software prototypes. Importantly, e-Science requires advanced
in both computer science and the application area, making it an ideal driver
for computer science research.

In this talk, I will explore whether any of this work is actually making a
difference. I will discuss our own projects work at the Monash e-Science and
Grid Engineering (MeSsAGE) Lab, a computer science research laboratory
devoted to new software development techniques that support e-Science
applications. I will show how high throughput (aka parallel) scientific
workflows have not only contributed to the state of the art in computer
science, but are being adopted in research labs at Monash and
internationally. In particular, I will highlight case studies in the medical
imaging, chemistry and cardiac science.

SHORT BIO:
Professor David Abramson has been involved in computer architecture
and high performance computing research since 1979. Previous to
joining Monash University in 1997, he has held appointments at
Griffith University, CSIRO, and RMIT. At CSIRO he was the program
leader of the Division of Information Technology High Performance
Computing Program, and was also an adjunct Associate Professor at RMIT
in Melbourne. He served as a program manager and chief investigator in
the Co-operative Research Centre for Intelligent Decisions Systems and
the Co-operative Research Centre for Enterprise Distributed Systems.

Abramson is currently an ARC Professorial Fellow; Professor of
Computer Science in the Faculty of Information Technology at Monash
University, Australia, and science director of the Monash e-Research
Centre. He is a fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery
(ACM) and the Academy of Science and Technological Engineering (ATSE),
and a member of the IEEE.

Abramson has served on committees for many  conferences and workshops,
and has published over 200 papers and technical documents. He has
given seminars and received awards around Australia and
internationally and has received over $8 million in research funding. 

He also has a keen interest in R&D commercialization and consults for
Axceleon Inc, who produce an industry strength version of Nimrod, and
Guardsoft, a company focused on commercialising the Guard relative
debugger. 

Abramson's current interests are in high performance computer
systems design and software engineering tools for programming
parallel, distributed supercomputers  and stained glass windows.