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Prof. Dr. Wu-chun Feng
Associate Professor of Computer Science and Electrical & Computer Engineering &
Director Synergy Laboratory
Virginia Tech (VT), USA
Wu-chun Feng (or simply "Wu") is an Associate Professor of Computer Science and Electrical & Computer Engineering at Virginia Tech (VT). He also directs the Synergy Laboratory at VT. Previous professional stints include The Ohio State University, Purdue University, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Orion Multisystems, Vosaic, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, NASA Ames Research Center, and most recently, Los Alamos National Laboratory. He has well over a hundred peer-reviewed technical publications in high-performance networking and computing, high-speed systems monitoring and measurement, low-power and power-aware computing, and bioinformatics.
Back in 2001, Wu introduced the controversial notion of "low power" to the world of supercomputing at SC|01. Shortly thereafter, he debuted Green Destiny, a 240-node cluster supercomputer in five square feet that consumed a mere 3.2 kilowatts of power (when booted diskless). This cluster ultimately produced a Linpack rating of 101 Gflops, which would have placed it in the TOP500 List at the time. As a consequence, this green supercomputer achieved a level of notoriety that led to international news coverage, including the New York Times, CNN, the International Herald Tribune, PC World, slashdot, and BBC News. Since that time, Wu has worked to establish a low-power supercomputing company called Orion Multisystems and has been actively involved in architecting power-aware software that "raises the gas mileage of your high-octane supercomputer," i.e., it reduces energy consumption while maintaining performance. Finally, he developed the concept of a Green500 List (http://www.green500.org/) in 2006, which officially made its debut in 2007 at SC|07.
He received B.S. degrees in Electrical & Computer Engineering and Music in 1988 and an M.S. in Computer Engineering in 1990 from Penn State University in 1990. Upon returning from a stint in industry, he completed a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1996. He is a senior member of the IEEE and was listed on HPCwire's Top People to Watch List in 2004.
Back in 2001, Wu introduced the controversial notion of "low power" to the world of supercomputing at SC|01. Shortly thereafter, he debuted Green Destiny, a 240-node cluster supercomputer in five square feet that consumed a mere 3.2 kilowatts of power (when booted diskless). This cluster ultimately produced a Linpack rating of 101 Gflops, which would have placed it in the TOP500 List at the time. As a consequence, this green supercomputer achieved a level of notoriety that led to international news coverage, including the New York Times, CNN, the International Herald Tribune, PC World, slashdot, and BBC News. Since that time, Wu has worked to establish a low-power supercomputing company called Orion Multisystems and has been actively involved in architecting power-aware software that "raises the gas mileage of your high-octane supercomputer," i.e., it reduces energy consumption while maintaining performance. Finally, he developed the concept of a Green500 List (http://www.green500.org/) in 2006, which officially made its debut in 2007 at SC|07.
He received B.S. degrees in Electrical & Computer Engineering and Music in 1988 and an M.S. in Computer Engineering in 1990 from Penn State University in 1990. Upon returning from a stint in industry, he completed a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1996. He is a senior member of the IEEE and was listed on HPCwire's Top People to Watch List in 2004.
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