As SC10 wound down, ESnet started disassembling the network of connections that brought experimental data from the rest of the country to New Orleans, (and at least a bit of the universe as well). We detected harbingers of 100Gbps in all sorts of places. We will be sharing our observations on promising and significant networking technologies with you in blogs to come.

We were impressed by the brilliant young people we saw at the SC Student Cluster Competition organized collaboratively part of SC Communities, which brings together programs designed to support emerging leaders and groups that have traditionally been under-represented in computing.  Teams came from U.S. universities, including Purdue, Florida A&M, SUNY Stonybrook, and University of Texas at Austin, as well as universities from China and Russia.

At ESnet, we are always looking for bright, committed students interested in networking internships (paid!). We are also still hiring.

 

As SC10 concluded, the computer scientists and network engineers on the streets of the city dissipated, replaced by a conference of anthropologists. SC11 is scheduled for Seattle. But before we go, a note of appreciation to New Orleans.

Across from the convention center is a memorial to the people lost to Katrina; a sculpture of a wrecked house pinioned in a tree. But if you walk down the street to the corner of Bourbon and Canal, each night you will hear the trumpets of the ToBeContinued Brass Band. The band is a group of friends who met in their high school marching bands and played together for years until scattered by Katrina. Like the city, they are regrouping, and are profiled in a new documentary.

Our mission at ESnet is to help scientists to collaborate and share research. But a number of ESnet people are also musicians and music lovers, and we draw personal inspiration from the energy, technical virtuosity and creativity of artists as well as other engineers and scientists. We are not alone in this.

New Orleans is a great American city, and we wish it well.