Red Hat and Boston University Collaborate to Advance Emerging Technologies and Open Source Research and Education
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
RALEIGH, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
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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