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The BasicsIn June 2015 I joined Northeastern University in Seattle as the Director of the Computer Science Masters programs. Prior to this role, I worked at the Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineering Institute as a Senior Member of the Technical Staff. I worked on several projects focused on the principles of designing massively scalable software architectures for big data applications. An overview of some of our work is here.
Before joining the SEI, I was a Laboratory Fellow in Computational Sciences and Math at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. I managed the Data Intensive Scientific Computing group (approx 25 software engineers), and was the Chief Architect for PNNL's Data Intensive Computing Initiative. I was also PI for multiple projects in environmental modeling, carbon capture and sequestration, and bioinformatics. This experience has led to a particular interest in the design of large scale, highly customizable cyber-infrastructures for scientific research.
I'm also Senior Member of the IEEE Computer Society and a Fellow of the Australian Computer Society. Until July 2006, I led the software architecture R&D at National ICT Australia (NICTA) in Sydney, Australia. My passion is analyzing and designing complex, high performance distributed systems, and embodying design and architecture principles in methods and tools that can be exploited by architects in other projects.
You can see all my publications and citations on Google Scholar and in dlbp.
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Initial release of our knowledge base for big data applications
In July 2015 we made QuABaseBD, a knowledge base for big data systems, available for public access. QuABaseBD (pronounced 'kbase-BeeDee') is a linked collection of computer science and software engineering knowledge specifically for designing big data systems with NoSQL databases. You can read all about the aims and uses of QuABaseBD here. There's also a brief introduction to the research project here.
QuABaseBD is the initial release from the QuABase research project, in which we are investigating how to build technical knowledge bases that can supply current, curated technical knowledge to software engineers. Please be aware of the disclaimers associated with the information provided by QuABaseBD.
New 2015 IEEE Software paper on Big Data Software Architectures
Ian Gorton, John Klein, "Distribution, Data, Deployment: Software Architecture Convergence in Big Data Systems", IEEE Software, vol.32, no. 3, pp. 78-85, May-June 2015, doi:10.1109/MS.2014.51
New conference papers - 2015
Xing Wu, Yan Liu, Ian Gorton: Exploring Performance Models of Hadoop Applications on Cloud Architecture. QoSA 2015: 93-101
New workshop papers- 2015:
John Klein, Ian Gorton, Neil Ernst, Patrick Donohoe, Kim Pham, and Chrisjan Matser. 2015. Performance Evaluation of NoSQL Databases: A Case Study. In Proceedings of the 1st Workshop on Performance Analysis of Big Data Systems (PABS '15). ACM,
John Klein and Ian Gorton. 2015. Runtime Performance Challenges in Big Data Systems. In Proceedings of the 2015 Workshop on Challenges in Performance Methods for Software Development (WOSP '15). ACM,
New paper in IEEE Computer, August 2014
Gorton, I., "Cyberinfrastructures: Bridging the Divide between Scientific Research and Software Engineering," Computer , vol.47, no.8, pp.48,55, Aug. 2014, doi: 10.1109/MC.2013.336
Book: Data Intensive Computing
The book is published by Cambridge University Press.
Book: Essential Software Architecture 2nd Edition (2011)
The 2nd Edition of my book was published by Springer-Verlag in 2011.


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By Jim Karpen on Thu, 02/18/2010
I don't know why I hadn't heard about AppShopper before. A friend sent me a link, and my initial impression is that it's one of the best websites for searching for apps. It has a number of useful features that the App Store lacks. The site seems to be a compendium of the content in the App Store. But unlike the App Store (and please correct me if I'm wrong), when you do a search, you can sort the results.
For example, if you're interested in astrology apps, if you search on "astrology" in the App Store, you get a page that lists apps, podcasts, songs, etc., related to the topic. Click on See All in the truncated apps results, and you'll get a page filled with astrology-related app icons in no particular order.
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Brent Henke has the size to play in the Western Hockey League.
And last season the local product developed a pretty deft touch around the net as well.
Henke scored 21 goals in 34 games for the Canadian Athletic Club Midget AAA squad last season. This year he's looking to transfer some of that scoring to the major junior level with the Edmonton Oil Kings.
"Throughout my hockey career, I haven't been much of a goal scorer up until last year," Henke said. "I think this year I'm going to try and put the puck in the net as much as possible. But I'm also going to bring that physical element to the team that I can with my size. And it's also important not to be a defensive liability."
At six-foot-three, 195-pounds it would be a surprise if Henke was not able to crack the Oil Kings roster once training camp gets underway on Monday.
Henke was selected by the Oil Kings in the WHL expansion. His rights belonged to the Kootenay Ice.
"I thought it was a good opportunity for me getting selected by Edmonton, it was a chance to play at home in front of your friends and family and I was very excited to be picked up by the Oil Kings," Henke said. "I'm excited about camp. My main goal is to give myself a good chance to make the team by going out there and doing everything I can and do what I do best."
Initially Henke was upset when he didn't stick with the Ice as a 16-year-old last season. But in hindsight, it might have helped his development getting a lot of ice time in midget hockey.
"We really like his size," said Oil Kings general manager Bob Green. "He's a big, strong kid that plays a solid two-way game. He's gotten a little bit stronger over the summer which is great and being a local guy, I think he's pretty excited about being here and competing for a job."


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LOS ANGELES, Sept. 18 (UPI) -- Northrop Tuesday said it would trim its payroll by 590 jobs in Southern California due to cutbacks in defense spending.
The workers, most of whom signed up for a voluntary job buyout program, will be gone by Dec. 14, the company said.
Northrop employs 21,000 workers in its aerospace division, most of them in Southern California, the Los Angeles Times reported.
"Because of defense budget uncertainties and pressures on current and projected business, we must adjust our budgets by the end of this year to be prepared to meet the challenges of what shapes up as a demanding 2013," company spokesman Thomas Henson said in a statement.
"This is a necessary step to address the affordability that will allow us to effectively compete in a very cost-conscious marketplace," the statement said.


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I just found a big envelope in my mailbox with the following messages on the outside.
Yawn. Those messages make it 95% likely that I did not request the information and that it is unimportant. Spammy marketers like this make us all so jaded that we end up throwing out truly important items like bank and tax notices. Lazy marketers make the world a worse place.
But of course I opened it just in case. I'm one of those anal retentive people who still checks their spam folder too. Sure enough, it is a cookie cutter sales pitch to buy space at a design conference. Then I noticed the signature with the cute dotted i and I felt even more sad for the world. This is the same company that I recently praised for fun marketing.
Oh well. I'm not going to give up on the marketing world, but I certainly won't buy anything from this company.


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DJ Mahogany (a.k.a. Mark Weathersby) began hosting dance parties during the summer of 2004 and quickly amassed an ecstatic following. Taking his stage name from the 1975 ghetto-Cinderella story "Mahogany" (a movie starring Diana Ross), DJ Mahogany often shares his love by donating proceeds from his parties to charitable causes. With his intellectual knowledge of blue-eyed, soul-heavy funk and disco, he mixes up deep cuts with old favorites sure to get your booty shakin' on the dance floor. He'll offer all of it up Friday at 10:30 p.m. at Little Kings (corner of Hill and Hancock). Also on the mixing board will be DJ Strawberry Julius, poet laureate Jeff Fallis and stand-up comedian Saucy Sellers.
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Elton John, "The Complete Thom Bell Sessions"
Elton John teamed up with '70s super producer Thom Bell to create one of the best soul efforts of that decade. My favorite song is the 81/2-minute exuberant duet with The Spinners, "Are You Ready For Love," which gets my head bopping in the car every time I listen to it. I never get tired of listening to this CD.
Donna Summer, Donna Summer
Donna Summer is my favorite singer of all time and I haven't had a chance to play any of her music at my shows. So I pulled out this 1981 gem that she recorded with producer Quincy Jones to check out the awesome frenetic-electro jam "Love Is In Control (Finger On The Trigger)" to see if it was viable dance goodness, and it still is. My dad bought the 45 of that song for me as a kid and I used to dance to it in my Spider Man Under-roos. I still have that 45!
Johnny Rivers, "Anthology 1964-1977"
Johnny Rivers is one of the suavest MFs ever! His music is so awesome, from his '60s foot-tappin' rock goodness to his sweet, frothy '70s schlockiness. Every time I listen to this anthology it just makes me want to pop open a bottle of Welch's Sparkling Grape Juice and consume some sweet baked goodness while sittin' around relaxing and lookin' "ugly."
Gene Page, "Hot City"
I found this album at a store in Atlanta several months ago. I buy so many records that I finally got a chance to listen to it a couple of weeks ago and it really hasn't left my turntable since. Gene Page was a talented arranger who worked with many artists throughout the '70s and '80s. He worked very closely with Barry White and helped develop his sound. White returned the favor, producing Page's debut album. My favorite song is the hip-swivelling "All Our Dreams are Coming True." Sadly, this isn't available on CD, but I'm hoping one day it will be.
Chicago, "Greatest Hits 1982-1989"
Oh my gawd ... this is one of most sweetly smarmiest CDs ever. I listen to this almost every night when my children (my two cats Smokey & The Bandit) and I get ready to retire for the night. From "Hard Habit To Break" to "Hard To Say I'm Sorry," this CD gets me in the mood to relax from a long day. Also, if anybody wanted to seduce me, all they would need to do is put on this CD and that would seal the deal.
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Dr. Thamer's Website
We give you a diamond smile!
We give you a diamond smile!
This website was the first for Dr. Thamer, a Prosthodontist. The snapshots of the design were given to a flash designer on a later stage after the content of each page was finished.
Unfortunately for me, and after a good exposure of this website, Dr. Thamer decided that he needed a different website design to address his needs.
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Mr. and Mrs. Dan Norton of Lubbock celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary Saturday at their daughter and son-in-law's home with a reception and party. Their children and grandchildren hosted the celebration. They are the parents of Randy and Nikki Norton of Lubbock, Jeff and Carrie Norton of West and Brett and Renee' Mistrot of Lubbock. Norton and Bobbie Willis married Jan. 17, 1958, in Lubbock. They have nine grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
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Wild Card not part of Yankees' plan
Wild Card not part of Yankees' plan
Even though the official standings said the Yankees have the slightest of leads while being even in the loss column, Jeter said he can't quite figure the half-game factor. What he does recognize is that this series is one of importance.
"They're all big now. We have 19 games left and we're pretty much tied," Jeter said. "This is the position you want to be in. You don't have to worry about what another team is doing, you don't have to look at any scoreboards. We control what happens."
The Yankees have seven games remaining against the Rays, including a four-game showdown in New York on Sept. 20-23, so the AL East race could very well be decided by those contests.
"Neither one of us are in yet, so there's still a lot of work to be done," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. "The division is important because everyone wants their home fans behind them as long as you can. We had it last year and it worked out very well for us. It's important to us."
Girardi said the Yankees are not looking at the AL Wild Card as a potential fall-back cushion. If the season had ended Sunday, the Yankees would have played the Rangers in the first round, with the Wild Card-winning Rays meeting the Twins. But that's all far from guaranteed.
"You understand what it is -- we have a lot of tough games left," Girardi said. "It's seven with these guys and six with Boston, and Baltimore is playing better and Toronto has been tough on us. We have two teams basically chasing us in that [Wild Card] race, Chicago and Boston. The cushion is never enough."


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Obsidian Entertainment - More Onyx Engine RPGs
Chris Avellone's twitter reveals Obsidian is working on more projects using their own Onyx engine - here's the tweet:
More information.
Sounds good!
I already mentioned in various threads that the engine is very solid, and quite suitable for party based RPGs. If only NWN2 had been made with an engine as smooth as the Onyx engine.
More Obsidian stuff = good
what other games have them made using the Onyx engine please?
So far Dungeon Siege III is their only game using the Onyx engine. The cancelled Aliens RPG also used the Onyx engine, but it obviously never was released :P
This is definitly good news - not that I wouldn't mind Obsidian games with other engines, but like it or not, Dungeon Siege III was by far the most stable Obsidian game and I doubt it's a coincidence. The engine also seems to be rather versatile considering Aliens was a third person RPG much like Mass Effect.
Now I just wish we'd know what games Obsidian are working on. Hopefully they'll annouce something sooner rather than later.
Hmm.. I wasn't impressed with Onyx, but that probably had a lot more to do with DSIII than the engine itself.
Someone should tell Avellone to finally start making Torment2 instead of advertising engines.
1 multiplayer (and I prefer Single Player much more)
2 'consolized' (you know what I mean, quest markers, GPS and all that stuff…)
3 poor story and characters
4 just one ending (and of course, it will be unsatisfied)
Personally, I want a new IP from Obsidian, and possibily apart of D&D brand, but that's just me of course ;).
Torment 2 would be the only game ever i will buy blindly. To me that game had the best ending and beginning in a game since the dawn of time. well except fallout perhaps….
I thought DS3 looked very average, but I can't deny that the engine was smooth and more polished than the typical Obsidian stuff.
The actual game was quite bland and unworthy - so I hope they return to their roots with their next stuff.
How about picking up that Aliens game again? :)
I second the motion to finish the Aliens Rpg. Did anyone see the concepts and early game screenshots?
Its a shame as the game was almost finished and Sega cancelled the project.
Planescape:Torment reimagined as a first person shooter, I can hardly wait!
DS3 was the first Obsidian game I wasn´t even slightly excited about and playing the demo didn´t change that. I suspected they first and foremost used its development as a warm up/testing ground for their engine and the game itself was sorta, um, secondary, so this was kinda expected (though good to hear).
The Alien RPG or Icewind Dale 3 would certainly piqued my interest. Even moreso with extensive use of honeycomb quest design :).
In this context, I´m not sure what to think about of this: http://i.picpar.com/959e438070c24d4f…5424b0a6a2.jpg
("currently developing unannounced project for leading animation franchise")
Also, no Planescape: Torment 2, please.
I´d be fine with Planescape: Something Else Than Torment 2 though, the setting is/was underused.
While the Aliens RPG would be sweet, I seriously doubt it's ever going to get resurrected and I fear the decision is not up to Obsidian at all. However, why not salvage all those early designs and make a sci-fi RPG of their own IP. Of course they'd need to drop and/or rewrite all the direct references to the Alien(s) franchise and make it their own universe. Not a small task, I know, but doable surely with Obsidian's talented writers.
An Obsdian sci-fi RPG would be fantastic.
Yeah the Alien IP is at Sega, it's them who decided to cancel the Aliens RPG to begin with and handle the videogames IP. To be blunt they seem to be handling it very poorly: the RPG was announced at the same time as Gearbox's "Alien: Colonial Marines" and then suddenly Alien Crucible was cancelled while reports were coming that Colonial Marines was being restarted from scratch while Sega annouced a new Alien VS Predator game.
That's all rather weird, and I'd certainly wish to know how everything went down. Uruqart expressed several time he'd like to explain it, but it can't due to a NDA. Hopefully we'll know someday.
That being said the cancellation of Aliens might have been a bad for a good: because Aliens' team went and did Fallout: New Vegas - had Aliens not have been cancelled, New Vegas might not have happened since Obsidian might not have had the manpower to handle it.
I didn't play DS3 or bite on it even when it went on sale (which is unusual for me; cheap usually=buy) but I did read quite a number of comments that the GUI and the game itself was very consolized and the PC version suffers as a result.
I'm not sure getting more games like this, even if they are a bit more fleshed out than DS3, is such a good thing…
I'm not sure what's your point since I don't think "consolization" has anything to do with the engine used.
Just because DS3 was meant to aim at consoles players (it's basically a Dark Alliance clone after all) doesn't mean every game they'll do will be.
That being said what Obsidian needs is to work more into doing PC specific controls/UIs: that's two games (Alpha Protocol and Dungeon Siege III) that plays perfectly on a PC… with a controller, and suffers from obvious issues with a mouse/keyboard combo. I personally don't mind since I tend to play with controllers when I can, but this rather sucks.
Of course Obsidian is not the only culprit of this, but I have trouble excusing this when I see that even Arcania went to the hassle of offering a diffrent UI on PC and Console.
Basically, I'm pretty much assuming they'll be as lazy as possible with their UIs but hopefully I'm proven wrong.
I don't think that "engine" means "UI" here.
In my opinion, both are separate parts of the whole game.
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Oprah: Is Gary Barlow a big deal?
Oprah Winfrey confessed she had no idea who Gary Barlow was after watching him perform at the Weinsteins' Academy Awards party.
The Take That star performed a set for stars including Oprah and Meryl Streep, and sang songs from the Weinstein's new musical Finding Neverland at the pre-Oscars bash at the Scarpetta bar, in the Montage Hotel in Beverly Hills.
But Oprah said to the Daily Mirror: "Who is that Gary Bailey? Is he a big deal in your country? He's on a reality show or in a boyband?"
Gary shouldn't be too offended though as the singer told the newspaper he was not staying to party after his performance and wanted to get straight back to the UK.
Gary said: "It's not really my thing. When I'm away on big trips like this I've got the missus in my ear saying, 'When are you coming home, hurry up!' It's not worth the grief - and I would rather be back at home with the family."


text: I just read through a good chunk of this thread on shoulder injuries and treatment: http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=179256 It got me wondering as I had a cortisone shot in my shoulder back in the 90's and thought I had been cured...for a few days! It was amazing how the pain went away (even though its an anti-inflamatory, not a pain reliever), but it had zero long-term effect as far as I could tell. I don't know if I've ever met someone who had a cortisone shot and that "cured" them so my question is simple: Do you feel your cortisone shot sginificantly helped cure your issue long-term? Yes or No? I realize many also have concurrent Physical Therapy, Ultrasound treatments and maybe even surgery, but want to know your feeling on whether the Cortisone shot actually significanlty contributed to your long-term treatment. Cortison Shot explanation: http://orthopedics.about.com/cs/paindrugs/a/cortisone.htm