Transcript Berkeley NOW - Computer Science Division

Directions for EECS Computing and
Networking
David Culler
U.C. Berkeley
Introducing...
• Hua-Pei Chen (Pei) - new Titan lead
– former LBNL chief technologist, unix group leader, …
– Rebuilding the group from top down
• Ken Lutz - Networked Systems Architect
– former Inktomi director of technical operations
– 25% lead departmental technical position
– 75% lead Millennium staff
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And re-introducing, ...
Pei Chen
Jon Forrest
Project
Research
Groups
Net
Titan
Katlin Voros
Rob McNicholas
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Fred Archibald
Computer
Services
Group
Administrative
Computing
Group
Instruction and
Electronics
Support Group
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Jan Pardoe
Kevin Mullally
Ferenc Kovac
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NEWS
• SimMillennium NSF research infrastructure grant
awarded!
– 1.7 M$ for networking, UI/Viz, Computational Economy.
– Campus Millennium staff support extended
• MARCO center grant awarded
• Campus Blue Ribbon Committees pushing for
improved Comp. And Networking
– 35 M$ Campus Network program
» new earthquake proof backbone, risers, depts.
– “Raise the floor”
» Computer and support for every faculty
» Instruction labs + PC requirement
» Assoc. VC for Educational Technology
• Campus switch to Exodus for ISP
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Basic research infrastructure
• Rebuilding Titan core team to provide departmentwide state-of-the-art research infrastructure
– clearer relationship to CSG
• Streamlining and sharing SWW on-going
development
• Completing transition to Pleiades clustered
storage and information server
– Cory starting similar development
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Coherent NT infrastructure
Deep Unix/NT fusion
Elimination of clear-text passwords
Beyond the workstation/PC
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Networking
• Cory network officially done (7/1/98)
– 1.7 M$ (within 5%)
– further enhancements expensed as upgrades
– working with Bay to improve manageability of the core
» ATM -> gigabit ethernet
• Working on further switched 100BT enhancement to
Soda
– gigabit core already in place
– via Titan
• Major discount agreement in place with Bay (NorTel)
– up to 5M$ at 30%
• SimMillennium will build new gigabit experimental
campus “tier”
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Towards Organizational Cooperation
• Projects cross tech. Staff
group boundaries.
• Provide project-oriented
technical guidance
NS Arch
Project
Research
Groups
Net
Titan
Computer
Services
Group
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– translated strategic direction
into tech. requirements and
design
– guide development
Administrative
Computing
Group
Instruction and
Electronics
Support Group
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Clarify the interfaces
Focus missions
Enhance tech. expertise
Continuity across VCs
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PC Support
• Current situation ‘filled the vacuum”
– Titan NT-SWW => informal soda desktop support + “do it
yourself” directions
– IESG instructional labs and electronics => cory infrastructure +
desktop support + intel donations
– CSG HW support
– Research groups did own thing
• Working group will define common infrastructure
– include NT/Unix integration, division of responsibilities, funding
• CSG will offer a coherent, economical support
contract with help desk
– external tracking of progress and responsiveness
– specific work assignment handled internally
• IESG will drive forward state-of-the-art instructional
and AV capabilities
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Beyond the desktop
• Powerful infrastructure (0.5 TB coming up)
– continue to grow
• IBM has donated 150 PalmPilots to build new tier
on Millennium via Ninja project
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the research group members and relevant tech. Staff
CS 160 / 260 classes
interested first year grads
… then we’ll talk
• Building PDA instructional lab
• Building PDA connectivity infrastructure
– initially ugly cradles all over
– soon (hopefully) a clean wireless infrastructure
• plan to grow project to entire EECS community
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AV situation
• Seminar rooms have been upgraded with new
PCs.
• New high-tech seminar room in 405 Soda.
• Simplifying fancy rooms by separating off hightech from basic presentation needs.
=> Enhance project design and management
capability
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Upcoming initiatives
• Next Intel instructional request
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interpret instructional broadly - read “lab”
focused on the upper division
apply strong guano filter
open for input
• Working on a separate “new faculty” grant
– utilize external research grants for onsey, twosey
• Plan to put Sun / DEC thrust together
• Expand wireless capability
• ideas???
– CSE ???
– NCs ???
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On-going CNR tasks
• DHCP
• Security
– SSH, Kerberos, CA
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IMAP, exchange
Calendar support
Authoring support
Division of labor with DCNS for host master, ip
master, network maintenance
• Department, COE, CSG need to upgrade
databases
• Modem bank
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