Red Hat and Boston University Collaborate to Advance Emerging Technologies and Open Source Research and Education
February 01 2017 - 08:00AM
Business Wire
Red Hat plans five-year, $5 million commitment
to Boston University’s Cloud Computing Initiative to advance
research on cloud computing, machine learning and automation, and
big data
Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open
source solutions, today announced a collaborative research and
education agreement with Boston University (BU), an internationally
recognized institution of higher education and research, to advance
research and education on open source and emerging technologies,
including cloud computing, machine learning and automation, and big
data. Via the five-year agreement, Red Hat plans a broad
educational and research collaboration with BU with grants totaling
$5 million administered by BU’s Cloud Computing Initiative.
Hosted within the Hariri Institute for Computing and
Computational Science & Engineering, Boston University’s Cloud
Computing Initiative (CCI) is dedicated to leading integrated
initiatives in research, education, and technology development
targeting all layers of the cloud computing ecosystem. The CCI
pursues projects that provide the impetus for collaboration and
advancement by not only involving members of BU’s academic
community, but also industry leaders such as Red Hat, and users of
prototypical applications whose needs may not be met by existing
cloud platforms.
Red Hat, recognized as one of the world’s most innovative
companies, has become synonymous with open source and is also a
leader in emerging technologies, including hybrid cloud computing
and Linux containers. In September 2016, Red Hat announced plans
for a new facility in Boston to showcase and advance open source
innovation.
Through the collaboration - spanning research, incubated
projects, and fellowship and internship programs for students and
visiting scientists - Red Hat and Boston University aim to advance
research projects focused on emerging technologies, including open
source operating systems, cloud computing technologies and
services, machine learning and automation, and big data platforms.
A fundamental goal of the collaboration is to combine the strengths
of research and open source innovation, developing techniques and
best practices to integrate the rigor and focus of academic
research with the power of community-powered open source
innovation.
The agreement includes plans for:
- Red Hat Emerging Technology Lab at
BU (RHET Lab@BU), aiming to provide a platform for exploratory
development and research projects. RHET Lab@BU will support
research projects from the broad Red Hat and BU research
communities, and each project is expected to include participants
from academia and Red Hat, bringing broader perspective to emerging
technology research.
- Red Hat Graduate Fellows,
providing funding for Ph.D. fellowships during the five years of
the collaboration. Awarded to select applicants from BU’s
Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science Ph.D.
programs, Red Hat Graduate Fellows will have an opportunity to
participate in one or more paid summer internships at Red Hat and
spend a significant portion of their time working in the dedicated
Red Hat Research spaces, both at BU and at Red Hat’s new Boston
facility.
- Red Hat Postdoctoral and Visiting
Scientist Fellowships, providing support for both full- and
part-time postdoctoral and visiting scientists for up to two years,
and enabling non-BU academic researchers, including those from
universities engaged in the Massachusetts Open Cloud (MOC). The
Fellows will be expected to organize a Red Hat Cloud Computing
Colloquium, including talks and workshops that include researchers,
students, and various industry leaders.
This collaboration with BU is an outgrowth of Red Hat’s
multi-year collaboration with the Massachusetts Open Cloud (MOC).
Hosted by the CCI, the MOC is a collaboration between the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, universities (including Boston
University, Harvard University, Northeastern University, the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and the University of
Massachusetts) and industry to create an open cloud where multiple
entities can offer computing resources and services and collaborate
on various projects.
Supporting Quotes
Paul Cormier, president, Products and Technologies, Red Hat
“When we announced plans for a new facility in Boston, we also
made a commitment to become an active part of Boston’s thriving
tech community and to help develop the next generation of open
source talent in collaboration with the city’s world-class
universities. This grant and collaboration with Boston University
is designed to achieve just that, while also helping to keep Red
Hat at the forefront of open source innovation. We are excited
about the potential that this broad collaboration holds.”
Dr. Robert A. Brown, Boston University President
“We’re very pleased to launch this partnership. Red Hat is in
the vanguard of innovation in open source and cloud-based
computing, as are our researchers at the Hariri Institute. I am
confident that our collaboration can result in important
breakthroughs that impact real-world application.”
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