IBM Inks Blue Gene Supercomputer Deals With Rice

Parashar is director of Rutgers' Center for Cloud and Autonomic Computing and the Applied Software Systems Laboratory, and associate director of the Center for Information Assurance. He was program director of the National Science Foundation's Office of Cyberinfrastructure, where he managed an roughly $150 million technology portfolio, from 2009 to 2011.

"HPC is a real need because large-scale data is now central to all sciences and engineering," Parashar said. "Science is changing dramatically, becoming very computation- and data-intensive. Large-scale computing is now critical for scientists to address innovation challenges in diverse fields, from biochemistry and genomics to material sciences and climate modeling."

"We intend to develop a premier center that sets a new standard for industry collaboration in high-performance computing," Brennan-Tonetta said in a statement. "The institute will be engaging business and provide a valuable resource that goes far beyond hardware and software, offering real expertise and assistance. Industry will be able to come here with a problem involving data analysis, and our experts will help them develop a solution."

The Vice President for Innovation

Rutgers' Office of the Vice President for Innovation and Economic Development promotes excellence in innovation at the university. Research is fundamental to the university's overall mission and enhances its education and service missions. Rutgers increasingly is engaged in commercialization of research through the transfer of new technologies to industry, contributing to economic development in New Jersey and nationally. From the discovery of streptomycin-the first cure for tuberculosis-to the research behind Ask.com, Rutgers continues to make an impact in the commercial world, IBM officials said.