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High Productivity Computing Series 2008
Dr. Terence Hung Institute of High Performance Computing
Dr. Terence Hung is a Programme Manager at the Institute of High Performance Computing (Singapore). He manages a group of researchers and provides management and technical leadership in areas such as HPC, grid computing, data mining, digital modeling and visualization. In 2008, Terence manages a new initiative in computational social cognition. He holds an adjunct associate professor position with the School of Computer Engineering at the Nanyang Technological University of Singapore. Since 2006, Terence serves as council member of the Gerson Lehrman Group, providing consultancy in HPC and grid computing. He was also invited as external grant proposal reviewer for the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada and the Chilean Research Fund Council. In 2008, Terence was also appointed as the Asia/Pacific Director of the HP-CAST (Hewlett-Packard Consortium for Advanced Scientific and Technical computing user group) board.
Terence plays an active role in formulating strategic research visions and spearheading local/international collaborations for key research initiatives. He serves as PI and co-PI for 6 key international/local initiatives. He has worked on e-Science and HP-funded projects and co-directed a joint research effort with HP Labs to investigate new technologies for IT/HPC as shared services.
Terence has also been active in driving national level R&D agenda in grid computing. Internationally, he champions IHPC’s membership in PRAGMA and GELATO. Besides assisting in the organization of international conferences (e.g. ICCSA, ccGrid, HPCAsia, GridAsia, GELATO ICE), he also reviews papers for IEEE Transactions on Computers and IEEE Internet Computing.
Terence graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1993 with a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering. He had also held the position of VP Technology at Commerce Exchange Pte Ltd in the area of e-commerce, e-financial and e-logistics.
