My origins, like those of most people born in North America during this century, are ambiguous and questionable. I am currently on leave from being a Professor in the Computer Science Department at the University of California, Santa Barbara which is, of course, located in Goleta California for all intents and purposes that do not involve the U.S. Mail. My past is checkered (it used to be plaid, but I've been politely informed that a past can only be so retro). Formerly, I enjoyed the hospitable climes offered by the Computer Science Department at the University of Tennessee. I've also done time as research faculty member in the U.C. San Diego CS&E Department where I researched CS and a little E (every now and then) in a decidedly pedagogical manner. My research interests include, but are not limited to, Cloud Computing, Computational Grid computing for performance, parallel and distributed systems, and the endless metaphysical search for the perfect coffee cup.

Researchwise, my most recent endeavors include

• Eucalyptus -- an open-source implementation of cloud computing that can emulate Amazon's EC2 on your own resources ,
• the Network Weather Service,
• EveryWare -- a toolkit for building high-performance globally distributed programs, and
• G-Commerce -- market-based resource allocation strategies for the Grid.

• The Logistical Computing and Internetworking Laboratory at the University of Tennessee,
• The Innovative Computing Laboratory at the University of Tennessee,
• The Grid Research and Innovation Laboratory at the University of California, San Diego,
• The Grid Application Development Software project.

The Intrepid and Often Deranged Members of my Group

• Matthew Allen
• Chris Grzegorczyk
• Andrew Mutz
• Daniel Nurmi
• Graziano Obertelli
• Lamia Youseff
• Wei Zhang

• John Brevik
• Wahid Chrabakh
• Ryan Garver
• Larry Miller
• Erik Peterson
• Saranyan Rajagopalan
• Martin Swany
• Rajiv Thondanoor
• Fred Tu
• Vladimir Veytser
• Ye Wen