Ian Foster's Blog
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January 2020: Globus Turns 10...18
January 15, 2020 | Ian Foster
Reflections from Globus Co-Founder Ian Foster 2020 marks the 10-year anniversary of the Globus service as we know it today. It also promises to be a monumental year for the...
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Remembering Steve Tuecke
November 04, 2019 | Ian Foster
It is with tremendous sadness that we share the news of the death of our dear friend and colleague Steve Tuecke on November 2, 2019. Our thoughts are especially with...
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January 2018: Looking Back and Ahead
January 30, 2018 | Ian Foster
New Year's Reflections from Globus Co-Founder Ian Foster Happy New Year! As 2017 fades into memory, I thought it might be interesting to reflect a bit on where we’ve been...
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Globus Online ensures research data integrity
August 08, 2013 | Ian Foster
Researchers who move data over the Internet with tools such as FTP on the TCP communication protocol to detect and retransmit data packets that have become corrupted in transit. It...
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Using "If This Then That" to manage Globus Online activities
December 14, 2011 | Ian Foster
If This Then That (www.ifttt.com) is an intriguing new service for managing and integrating social media. It lets you specify simple rules of the form: if <this event> then do...
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Building Hosted Services for Scientists: 4 Important Lessons Learned
October 31, 2011 | Ian Foster
In our work with many hundreds of researchers who work in smaller labs, we’ve learned a few things about what is likely to be adopted and what is likely to...
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Welcome!
May 09, 2011 | Ian Foster
Welcome to the Globus Online blog! On these pages we plan to present/discuss/debate a range of topics dear to the hearts of computational researchers: data movement, information sharing and collaboration,...
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Research from the coffee shop
May 09, 2011 | Ian Foster
As I pondered what tone to setting for this blog, I tried to put myself in the shoes of the professional researcher. While I’ve lived that life, the everyday life...