RCC Director Prof. David Abramson has received the annual High Performance Parallel and Distributed Computing (HPDC) Achievement Award for his pioneering research in the field.
The award announcement said Prof. Abramson is “well known for creating the Nimrod family of distributed computing systems, for pioneering work in grid and cloud economic models, and for creating techniques for the debugging and verification of complex systems.”
The award will be presented at this year’s HPDC conference in Washington DC, 26–30 June, where Prof. Abramson will deliver a keynote address.
The purpose of the HPDC Achievement Award is to recognise individuals who have made exceptional contributions to the field of HPDC. Visit the HPDC website for more information.
