<div dir="ltr"><div>Didn't spot that. It does sound interesting as a talk though.<br><br><p><b>Title : The Raspberry Pi Cloud</b></p>
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<p>Speaker: <b>Dr Posco Tso</b>, School of Computing, Liverpool John Moores University</p>
<p> Data Centres used to support Cloud services often consist of tens of</p>
<p>thousands of networked machines under a single roof. The significant capital outlay
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<p>required to replicate such infrastructures is a major obstacle to practical</p>
<p>implementation and evaluation of research in this domain. </p>
<p> </p><p>Currently, most research into Cloud computing relies on either limited software simulation,</p>
<p>or the use of a testbed environment with a handful of machines. The introduction
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<p>of the Raspberry Pi, a low-cost, low-power single-board computer, has made</p>
<p>the construction of miniature Cloud Data Centres more affordable.</p>
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<p>In this talk, Dr Tso will describe a Raspberry Pi Cloud, a scale model of a</p>
<p>Data Centre composed of clusters of Raspberry Pi devices. The Pi Cloud emulates</p>
<p>every layer of a Cloud stack, ranging from resource virtualisation to network
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<p>behaviour, providing a full-featured Cloud Computing research and educational
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environment.<br><br><br></div>Time and location are:<br><p>Venue : The Foresight Centre, </p>
<p> University of Liverpool, </p>
<p> 1, Brownlow Street, Liverpool, L69 3GL</p>
<p> Tel: 0151 794 8060</p>
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<p>Date : Wednesday 4th March 2015</p>
<p>Time : 18:00 (Buffet) for 18:30 (AGM), 18:45 (Talk)</p>
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<p>For directions to the venue, see map at</p>
<p><a href="http://www.foresightcentre.co.uk/Pages/Article.aspx?id=292" target="_blank">http://www.foresightcentre.co.uk/Pages/Article.aspx?id=292</a></p>
<p> Parking, Take a ticket from the machine on entry.</p>
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<p>As usual, an excellent buffet will be available from 18:00pm.</p>
<p><b>The talk is free and open to non-BCS members, bring your friends and colleagues.
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Only BCS Members may participate in the AGM, of course - please bring your BCS membership card.<br><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">It might be interesting to go to it. We can always adjourn to the pub later.<br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Tony<br></div></div>