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...several thousand desktop computers in roughly the floor space of two desks, will be used to study complex systems such as blood circulation and galaxy formation, according to Director of Information Technology Joy Sircar. Harvard’s Blue Gene is called CrimsonGridBGL and will be part of the DEAS??s Crimson Grid, a technology initiative aimed at creating a campus-wide technology infrastructure for research purposes. DEAS acquired the system from IBM early this fall and researchers began operating at the beginning of October, according to Dean of the Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences Venkatesh Narayanamurti...
...Engineering and Applied Sciences (DEAS) from the rest of the liberal arts-oriented Faculty of Arts and Science (FAS) has always been blurry and ill-defined. DEAS, which administers Harvard’s computer science, applied math, and engineering concentrations, is currently a part of FAS. But the DEAS??s focus on “applied” knowledge makes the division’s mission subtly different from that of most College concentrations. Differences notwithstanding, DEAS continues to be an important portion of FAS. Up to now, however, its place beneath FAS’s liberal arts...
...Harvard’s seasonal thank-you notes to them were inadvertently sent to a list of Boston-area DEAS alumni. The notes suggest that Microsoft CEO Steven A. Ballmer ’77 and Compass Advisors Partner Stephen M. Waters ’68 had donated to the DEAS??s Challenge Fund, a fundraising initiative launched in 2002 to subsidize the development and expansion of the division. The notes also provide a rare window into the inner workings of efforts by the Harvard development machine to maintain its donor relationships. The donors’ names were revealed...
Narayanamurti also said that improving the undergraduate curriculum by broadening course material to attract concentrators from other disciplines will be one of DEAS?? most pressing priorities over the next year...
...added that while DEAS?? small size made recruitment challenging, the recent expansion has made it possible for him to hire people in electrical engineering, computer science and bioengineering, “which were a very tough recruit before...