Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2014

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TUESDAY, DEC. 2, 2014

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MEN’S BASKETBALL

Hoosiers welcome Panthers tonight

$6.6 MILLION

COMPUTER

By Sam Beishuizen sbeishui@indiana.edu | @Sam_Beishuizen

Largest grant IU has ever received will fund supercomputer By Kathrine Schulze schulzek@indiana.edu | @kas_schulze

The National Science Foundation has awarded IU the largest grant the University has ever received. A grant of $6.6 million has been awarded to the Pervasive Technology Institute at IU to create Jetstream. Jetstream is a user-friendly cloud environment that will give researchers, as well as students, access to computing and data analysis resources nationwide, according to an IU press release. “This latest major grant to PTI, which will establish the National Science Foundation’s first cloud environment for science and engineering research, reflects the outstanding record of accomplishments by researchers in the Institute and elsewhere at IU, as well as their record of highly successful collaboration with other leading research centers nationally,” President Michael A. McRobbie said in the release. PTI is devoted to both the development and delivery of innovative information technology in order to advance research, education, industry and society, according to the release. Craig Stewart, associate dean of IU Research Technologies is the principle investigator of Jetstream. In addition to the PTI team working on the project, several other organizations and experts will be implementing Jetstream, including University of Chicago, University of Texas at Austin’s Texas Advanced Computing Center and University of Arizona, among others.

Professors Beth Plale, Katy Börner and Volker Brendel, all from the School of Informatics and Computing, will also work on the Jetstream project for IU. The project is estimated to receive a grand total of about $11 million from the NSF over the next five years. Users will be able to access Jetstream via their tablets, laptops or desktop computers. “They can work from hand-held devices or even old PCs and have bundles of the most useful software tools for their research available via Jetstream,” Wheeler said in the release. “As research becomes more sophisticated with big data and computation, tools like Jetstream make it easy for faculty and students to make the best of the tools they need from just about anywhere.” Jetstream will be an interactive system where users will use a “virtual machines” menu designed to support research in several disciplines, such as biology and atmospheric science. Earth science, economics, network science, observational astronomy and social sciences research will also be available, according to the release. “Jetstream is like an ‘easy button’ giving researchers simple access to supercomputing tools and data sets,” Vice President for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer Brad Wheeler said in the release. Jetstream will allow its users to create virtual machines that feel like their lab workstation but are using thousands of times the computing power, according to

What is Jetstream?

Jetstream is a cloud-based computing service that allows users to stream supercomputer capabilities without going to a supercomputer.

These virtual supercomputers are accessible through desktop computers, laptop computers and tablets. Half of Jetstream’s physical computing servers will be located in Bloomington at IU, and the other half will be located in Austin, Texas, at the University of Texas in Austin.

IU has a communication problem, and the defense is suffering because of it. At the base of IU’s defensive communication is a system IU Coach Tom Crean calls “echoing” When a Hoosier calls a play or a defensive switch, everyone that hears the call repeats it. That way, everyone knows who’s accounted for on defense. Heading into tonight’s matchup against Pittsburgh, the echo hasn’t been there, and it’s causing IU’s defense to struggle. “Nobody is doing a good job of that,” Crean said. “Our echo and communication is not good enough. We have to get it fixed quickly.” IU (5-1) will have its chance to fix its defensive problems tonight when the Hoosiers play the Pittsburgh Panthers at 7 p.m. at Assembly Hall as part of the 16th annual ACC/Big Ten Challenge. Pittsburgh (4-2) provides IU with another opportunity to put an upset loss to Eastern Washington behind, while adding a marquee win against a Pittsburgh program ranked No. 110 in ESPN’s RPI projections. The game marks Pittsburgh’s first visit to Bloomington in 73 years, but Crean doesn’t need playing history to know what to expect out of Pittsburgh tonight. “They get up in you,” Crean said. “They’re very aggressive defensively. It’s going to be different, to say the least, for our young guards on this team the way that they’ll be pressured especially in the half court with the defensive abilities that they have.” But Indiana’s offense hasn’t been the problem. IU’s 88.5 points per game is the sixth best in the country. Where IU has struggled early on is on the defensive end, which Crean has repeatedly said needs to improve. Through six games, IU is allowing 72.7 points per game, ranking 269th in the nation. In the last three contests, IU has allowed just shy of 80 points per outing. What’s bothered Crean the most about his defense, he said, is the way IU has been beat. The Hoosiers haven’t been able to keep up with its opponents’ tendencies, allowing SEE BASKETBALL, PAGE 6

Jetstream is expected to be available for use in January 2016.

SEE JETSTREAM, PAGE 2

GRAPHIC BY ANNA BOONE | IDS

MEN’S BASKETBALL (5-1) vs. Pittsburgh (4-2) 7 p.m. Dec. 2, Assembly Hall

Knitters raise funds for Local folk singer plans tour, new EP YMCA scholarships By Adam Smith

adbsmith@indiana.edu | @adbsmithIU

By Tori Fater vrfater@indiana.edu | @vrfater

Monroe County YMCA visitors followed their Monday morning workout with literal warm fuzzies at the YMCA’s annual holiday sale of handmade winter clothes and Christmas gifts. The three-day holiday bazaar at Monroe County YMCA raises money for the organization’s “Y for All” scholarship fund, which provides financial assistance to visitors. “It allows people in our community, who otherwise couldn’t, purchase memberships or pay for classes,” Bazaar Organizer and YMCA Adult Wellness Director Gayle Ebel said. Items for the sale are made by the Service in Friendship crafting and

knitting group, which meets monthly to sit, knit and share updates on their work, Ebel said. Members knit in their spare time between meetings. “We do kind of show and tell,” Ebel said. “As you can see, they’re super productive.” The bazaar, hosted in the lobby of the Monroe County YMCA’s Southeast building, features tables of warm winter clothing as well as doll clothes, purses and even knitted stress balls. The group also makes non-knitted items — felt Christmas ornaments on the front table are popular, as well as quilted hot pads. One member of the group created heart-shaped earrings that have “made with love” etched into one side. YMCA development director

Myah Evans is new in town. She just moved to Bloomington at the end of the summer from her Indianapolis, her hometown. However, with a new EP due for release on Christmas and the plans for her first full-length album in the works, she doesn’t intend to be a stranger for long. Her new EP, a five-song album titled “Y,” became available for preorder on Bandcamp Nov. 28. Evans said she chose the name because, “‘Why?’ is an important question to ask yourself if you want to move forward.” With a musical education that launched from tinkering with a piano, Evans started to dabble in music at an early age. Then at age 14, she started composing songs on

SEE BAZAAR, PAGE 6

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