Grant: Collaborative Research and Training Experience
Queen's University
$150,000.00
NSERC CREATE Graduate Specialization in Ultra-large scale Software Systems
EF 2011-12
Résumé
Celebrating 40 years since accreditation, the Queen's School of Computing is internationally recognized for software research and education and is home to the NSERC RIM Industrial Research Chair in Software Engineering for Ultra Large Scale Software (ULSS) Systems. The School is part of a larger software research community in the Kingston, ON area, including strong ties with the Departments of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at Queen's and at the Royal Military College of Canada (RMCC). The School also has a global focus on the explosive international growth in ULSS development with frequent collaborative visitors from around the world, including, among others, the Fraunhofer Institute (Germany), Fondazione Bruno Kessler (Italy) and the Software Engineering Institute (USA).
The NSERC CREATE Graduate Specialization in Ultra-large-scale Software Systems (NSERC CREATE in ULSS) will be built on this expertise with the long-term goal of establishing a sustainable Canadian collaborative research and education solution for the unique challenges in the architecture and use of ULSS systems. These systems process the financial, healthcare and network connections data of millions of people worldwide. They must minimize or eliminate vulnerabilities to maintain the level of service demanded by Canada and the world. ULSS outages can bring whole economies to a halt.
To address the current and foreseeable demand in both industry and academia, the NSERC CREATE in ULSS will train over 80 highly qualified personnel, including postdoctoral fellows, PhD, MSc and undergraduate students in the specialized methods and advanced design concepts of ULSS. As well, professional development skills and training transition streams relevant to ULSS will be integrated with a core graduate computer science education in ULSS. No such graduate program is currently offered in Canada or elsewhere in the world, despite the growing importance of ULSS and the demand for experts trained in the unique set of new problems that ULSS poses.
Programme
Collaborative Research and Training Experience
Bénéficiaire
Emplacement
Ontario, Canada
Type de bénéficiaire
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
Tel que publié
Application id
397879-2011
Name nom
Cordy, James
Department département
Computing, School of
Organization id
29
Institution établissement
Queen's University
Province en
Ontario
Province fr
Ontario
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2011
Competition year année de concours
2011
Award amount
150000
Program id
CREAT
Program nane en
Collaborative Research and Training Experience
Program name fr
Programme de formation orientée vers la nouveauté, la collaboration et l'expérience en recherche
Group en
Discovery grants programs
Group fr
Programmes de subventions à la découverte
Committee code
1078
Committee name en
CREATE Program
Committee name fr
Programme FONCER
Area of application code
801
Area of application group en
Information and communication services
Area of application group fr
Services d'information et de télécommunications
Area of application en
Computer software
Area of application fr
Logiciel
Research subject code
2706
Research subject group en
Information technology
Research subject group fr
Technologie de l'information
Research subject en
Software engineering
Research subject fr
Génie logiciel
Partie
1
Nb partie
6
Application title
NSERC CREATE Graduate Specialization in Ultra-large scale Software Systems
Keyword
NSERC
Application summary
Celebrating 40 years since accreditation, the Queen's School of Computing is internationally recognized for software research and education and is home to the NSERC RIM Industrial Research Chair in Software Engineering for Ultra Large Scale Software (ULSS) Systems. The School is part of a larger software research community in the Kingston, ON area, including strong ties with the Departments of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at Queen's and at the Royal Military College of Canada (RMCC). The School also has a global focus on the explosive international growth in ULSS development with frequent collaborative visitors from around the world, including, among others, the Fraunhofer Institute (Germany), Fondazione Bruno Kessler (Italy) and the Software Engineering Institute (USA).
The NSERC CREATE Graduate Specialization in Ultra-large-scale Software Systems (NSERC CREATE in ULSS) will be built on this expertise with the long-term goal of establishing a sustainable Canadian collaborative research and education solution for the unique challenges in the architecture and use of ULSS systems. These systems process the financial, healthcare and network connections data of millions of people worldwide. They must minimize or eliminate vulnerabilities to maintain the level of service demanded by Canada and the world. ULSS outages can bring whole economies to a halt.
To address the current and foreseeable demand in both industry and academia, the NSERC CREATE in ULSS will train over 80 highly qualified personnel, including postdoctoral fellows, PhD, MSc and undergraduate students in the specialized methods and advanced design concepts of ULSS. As well, professional development skills and training transition streams relevant to ULSS will be integrated with a core graduate computer science education in ULSS. No such graduate program is currently offered in Canada or elsewhere in the world, despite the growing importance of ULSS and the demand for experts trained in the unique set of new problems that ULSS poses.
