C Gordon Bell
Abstract
James Nicholas Gray's understanding and experimentation gave him a special perspective. From 1995 his commitment was building indefinitely scalable tools by working on really hard data-intensive application problems with other scientific disciplines. His attention to research for both understanding and use made him a unique researcher. Jim pioneered a new kind of 21st century science based on data analytics, requiring computer scientists to collaborate as an equal with scientists in other fields.
Gray was an advocate and principal supporter of the MyLifeBits project aimed at extending our memory, memex. The by-product includes digital immortality that we herein speculate and explore.
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- Bell, C. G., Gray, J. "What's next in high-performance computing?", CACM, V.45 (2) Feb. 2002, pp. 91--95. Also see MS-TR-2001-76. Google ScholarDigital Library
- Bell, C. G., Gray, J., Szalay, A, "Petascale Computational Systems: Balanced Cyber-Infrastructure in a Data-Centric World," Letter to NSF Cyberinfrastructure Directorate, IEEE Computer, V. 39(1), January, 2006 pp 110--112. Google ScholarDigital Library
eScience Talk at NRC-CSTB meeting Mountain View CA, 11 January 2007. Available on research.microsoft.com/~grayGoogle Scholar- Bell, C. G., Gray, J., "The Revolution Yet to Happen", in Beyond Calculation, The Next Fifty Years of Computing, PJ Denning, RM Metcalfe editors, Springer Verlag, NY, 1997. Also see MSR-TR-98-44 Google ScholarDigital Library
- Bell, C. G., J. Gray, "Digital Immortality" CACM V.44(3) Mar. 2001, pp. 28--31. Also see MSR-TR-2000-101 Google ScholarDigital Library
- Interview of Jim Gray, Behind the Code, March 3, 2006
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Index Terms
- Scaleability and immortality
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