Selected Research Talks

• Wrangling Massive Task Graphs with VineReduce,
  Throughput Computing Conference , July 2026.
• Evolving Programming Models for Massively Scalable Scientific Applications,
  Stevens Institute of Technology , November 2025.
• Wrangling Complex Notebook Workflows with Floability,
  Throughput Computing Conference , July 2025.
• Building Data Intensive Function Oriented Workflows with TaskVine,
  Throughput Computing Conference , July 2024.
• TaskVine: Workflow for Data Intensive and Serverless Applications,
  Throughput Computing (HTC) , July 2023.
• Data Intensive Computing with TaskVine,
  Greater Chicago Area Systems Research Workshop (GCASR) , April 2023.
• Virtual Clusters for Community Computation,
  DOE Collaborative Projects PI Meeting , September 2019.
• Scalable Application Design: Pitfalls and Possibilities,
  CVMFS Workshop at CERN , June 2019.
• Reduction of Workflow Resource Consumption Using a Density-based Clustering Model,
  Workshop on Workflows at Supercomputing (WORKS) , November 2018.
• VC3: A Virtual Cluster Service for Community Computation,
  Practice and Experience in Advanced Research Computing, 2018. (PEARC) , June 2018.
• Challenges in Delivering and Deploying Software on Large Clusters,
  Workshop on Runtime and Operating Systems for Supercomputers (ROSS) , June 2018.
• A Strategic Overview of Docker in Fifteen Minutes,
  MAGIC Interagency Working Group , February 2018.
• Provisioning Complex Software Environments for Scientific Applications,
  CERM-VM Workshop , January 2018.
• VC3: Virtual Clusters for Community Computation,
  DOE Next Generation Network Systems PI Meeting, October 2017. (NGNS) , October 2017.
• Seamless Scientific Computing from Laptops to Clouds,
  ScienceCloud Workshop at HPDC , June 2017.
• Reconsidering the Filesystem for DAG Structured Workflows,
  Huawei Labs , March 2017.
• A First Look at Reproducibility and Non-Determinism in CMS Software and ROOT Data,
  Computing in High Energy Physics (CHEP) , October 2016.
• Combining Containers and Workflow Systems for Reproducible Execution,
  DASPOS Workshop on Container Technology , May 2016.
• Preservation and Portability in Distributed Scientific Computing,
  Grid 5000 Winter School, Grenoble, France , February 2016.
• Analyzing LHC Data on 10K Cores with Lobster,
  Workshop on Data Intensive Computing in the Clouds at ACM/IEEE Supercomputing , November 2015.
• Techniques for Preserving Scientific Software Executions: Preserve the Mess or Encourage Cleanliness,
  International Conference on Digital Preservation (iPres) , November 2015.
• Reproducibility and Preservation of Scientific Applications,
  Trends in HPDC Workshop, IBM Almaden , March 2015.
• Lobster: Personalized Opportunistic Computing for CMS at Scale,
  CVMFS Workshop, CERN , March 2015.
• Toward a Common Model of Highly Concurrent Applications,
  MTAGS Workshop at Supercomputing , November 2015.
• Scaling Up Without Blowing Up,
  Greater Chicago Area Systems Research Workshop , May 2013.
• Portable Resource Management for Data Intensive Workflows,
  HTCondor Workshop , May 2013.
• Computational Abstractions: Strategies for Scaling Up Applications,
  Initiative for Computational Economics, University of Chicago , July 2012.
• Real-World Barriers to Scaling Up Scientific Applications,
  Vrije University, The Netherlands , March 2012.
• Unsolved Computer Science Problems in Distributed Computing,
  Workshop on Grid Computing: The Next Decade, Zakopane, Poland , January 2012.
• High Throughput Scientific Computing with Condor: Computer Science Challenges in Large Scale Parallelism,
  University of Alabama at Birmingham , October 2011.
• Scaling up Data Intensive Science with Application Frameworks,
  Michigan State University , September 2011.
• Models and Frameworks for Data Intensive Cloud Computing,
  IDGA Cloud Computing Summit, Washington DC , February 2011.
• Experience with Cloud Adoption at Notre Dame,
  IEEE Cloud Computing , November 2010.
• Scaling Up Data Intensive Science to Campus Grids,
  Clemson University , September 2009.
• Science in the Clouds: History, Challenges, and Opportunities,
  Cloud Computing and the Geosciences Workshop, IUPUI, Indianapolis , September 2009.
• Getting Beyond the Filesystem,
  High End Computing File Systems and I/O Workshop, Washington DC , August 2009.
• Scaling Up Data Intensive Scientific Applications to Campus Grids,
  Large Scale Application Performance (LSAP) Workshop at HPDC , June 2009.
• Using Abstractions to Scale Up Applications to Campus Grids,
  Purdue University , April 2009.
• Using Small Abstractions to Program Large Distributed Systems (and multicore computers),
  Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory , February 2009.
• Using Small Abstractions to Program Large Distributed Systems (and multicore computers),
  Distributed Programming Abstractions Workshop , December 2008.
• Cooperative Computing for Data Intensive Science,
  NSF Bridges to Engineering 2020 Conference , March 2008.
• Efficient Access to Many Small Files in a Filesystem for Grid Computing,
  IEEE Grid Computing , September 2007.
• Data Intensive Abstractions for High End Biometric Applications,
  High End Computing FSIO Working Group , August 2007.
• Operating System Support for Space Allocation in Grid Storage Systems,
  IEEE Grid Computing, Barcelona, Spain , September 2006.
• Positioning Dynamic Storage Caches for Transient Data,
  Workshop on High Performance I/O Systems at IEEE Cluster Computing, Barcelona, Spain , September 2006.
• Tactical Storage: Simple, Secure, and Semantic Access to Remote Data,
  European Condor Week , July 2006.
• Debugging Distributed Systems via Data Mining,
  IEEE High Performance Distributed Computing , June 2006.
• Enabling Data Intensive Science with Tactical Storage Systems,
  Fermi National Accelerator Laborator, Batavia, Illinois , February 2006.
• Transparently Adapting Scientific Applications for the Grid,
  DutchGrid Computing Colloquium, Netherlands Institude for High Energy Physics (NIKHEF), Amsterdam, Netherlands , January 2006.
• Enabling Data Intensive Science with Tactical Storage Systems,
  EGEE Computing Seminar, European Laboratory for High Energy Physics (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland , January 2006.
• Separating Abstractions from Resources in a Tactical Storage System,
  ACM/IEEE Supercomputing , November 2005.
• Identity Boxing: A New Technique for Consistent Global Identity,
  ACM/IEEE Supercomputing , November 2005.
• Tactical Storage Systems,
  Purdue RCAC/CRI , October 2005.
• Enabling Data Intensive Science with Tactical Storage Systems,
  INFN, Bologna, Italy , May 2005.