This is a few weeks old news, but my one paper, "CellMR: A Framework for Supporting MapReduce on Asymmetric Cell-Based Clusters" was officially accepted to IPDPS 2009 in Rome, Italy!! I've always wanted to travel overseas and now this gives me the perfect chance to do just that, especially if the school is taking care of my travel expenses.

However on a slightly sadder note, the other paper I was involved with didn't quite make it into the conference. It is however being resubmitted to Computing Frontiers 2009 which is also in Italy at almost the exact same time as IPDPS 09.

I'm very excited about the CellMR paper because it is the culmination of my research work starting in the spring and was ongoing over this past summer. Work continues on this area of research as it will evolve into my Master's Thesis.

Lots of things happening! The last thing I want to worry about right now is this Numerical Analysis final at 10am tomorrow morning. However it will be the last final I have to take... so its time to just bite the bullet.