Ongoing Research at CISTER presented in the scope of the International Partnership with CMU
10, Oct, 2011
UNL, Lisbon, included the presence of CISTER. In this event, CISTER researchers presented the project entitled Sustainable ENergy-Optimized Datacenters (SENODs), funded by the Carnegie Mellon – Portugal program. It was also presented joint work developed by PhD Student Vikram Gupta, in collaboration with Carnegie Mellon researchers.
The Carnegie Mellon – Portugal Program is a research/educational partnership with the Carnegie Mellon University and several top-rated Portuguese research institutions, which involves professors, researchers and students. This collaboration includes an emphasis on information processing and networking, including applications to critical infrastructures and risk assessment, as well as complementary areas of applied mathematics, technology, innovation and policy.
The Annual Conference of the Carnegie Mellon – Portugal Program is an event in which CISTER has already a tradition of participation and aims at presenting the research efforts developed under the framework of the Carnegie Mellon – Portugal partnership. As in previous years, the conference as a strong emphasis on collaborations between universities, companies and end users. This year the conference had the presence of many representatives from industry such as Portugal Telecom, Outsystems and Novabase. The event also had, amongst others, the presence of the Secretary of State for Science, the President of Carnegie Mellon University, and the President of the Council of Rectors.
More information at http://www.cmu-portugal.org.
