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Ian Foster
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Deep computing for deep science. UChicago & Argonne Nat Lab. Work with amazing people. Globus. AI, HPC, robotics for discovery. And sailing. And books. And music. And beauty.
I guess one king is ok
October 18, 2025 at 9:12 PM
October 16, 2025 at 4:41 PM
New Globus-by-the-numbers slide. So much data 😀
July 16, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Seen on train in Chicago
June 14, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Reading new Mary Beeker AI Trends www.bondcap.com/reports/tai. Full of fascinating material. E.g. the following graph showing exploding US computing-related patents
May 31, 2025 at 10:13 PM
GlobusWorld next week in Chicago, April 21-24. globusworld.org. Not too late to sign up! Among other things we will show off streaming support in Globus Transfer: memory-to-memory with user-specified transformations. John Bresnahan uses it to embellish a video of me giving a talk. I like the look.
April 18, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Wooded Isle in Hyde Park
April 12, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Today i learned that Abraham Ortelius first proposed continental drift in 1570 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham...
April 8, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Trade negotiations
April 4, 2025 at 1:52 AM
April 3, 2025 at 9:01 PM
March 8, 2025 at 11:44 AM
3 exabytes transferred by @globusorg.bsky.social
February 4, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Old one but good one
January 9, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Please welcome @globusorg.bsky.social to Blue Sky!
January 2, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Paul Claudel, Tête D'or: Words of wisdom for 2025 -- "Mais rien n’empêchera que je meure du mal de la mort. À moins que je ne saisisse la joie ..." (But nothing will keep me from dying of the malady of death, Unless I lay hold on joy)
January 2, 2025 at 6:19 PM
About 30 days until globus.org reaches 3 EB transferred
December 30, 2024 at 10:53 PM
Corey Wilkes Quartet, Jazz Showcase. Last show tonight.
December 15, 2024 at 9:49 PM
At #AGU today? 16:25-16:35 IN14A-03 "Towards a New Era of AI-assisted Discovery in Earth System Science", Marriott Marquis 3-4.
December 9, 2024 at 11:31 AM
In DC for a couple of days. Tree from hotel window and visited on run
December 4, 2024 at 10:32 PM
New article proposes "Foundation models for the electric power grid" to address the increasing complexity and uncertainties stemming from the energy transition --
authors.elsevier.com/c/1kCag925JE...
December 3, 2024 at 4:55 PM
The Globus.org team did well in 2024 HPCwire Editors' Choice Award (ECA) and Readers' Choice Award (RCA) at #SC24:
- ECA: Best HPC Response to Societal Plight
- ECA: Best Use of HPC in Physical Sciences (TIE)
- RCA: Best HPC In the Cloud (Use Case)
See www.globus.org/news/globus-...
November 22, 2024 at 4:04 PM
I am giving a talk tomorrow at noon in the MAGIC meeting at SC24, at noon in Room A313. I will discuss what emerging AI agents mean for scientific practice, infrastructure, and middleware.
November 19, 2024 at 11:03 PM
I am giving a talk tomorrow (Tuesday) at the DOE booth, #3401, on the AuroraGPT project. It is early days but we have already learned a lot. Please join to discuss the why, what, and how of foundation models for science.
November 18, 2024 at 5:45 PM
I am in distinguished company. An honor for @globus @LabsGlobus @argonne @uchicago. Thanks #HPCwire!
November 16, 2024 at 8:51 AM
Spring sun and wildness on Lake Michigan
November 16, 2024 at 9:14 AM