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# CSSE scores 2 finalists in computer science innovation prize
(Source: Engineering e-bulletin - Friday 6th August 2010, Melbourne School of Engineering)
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CSSE scores 2 finalists in computer science innovation prize

Congratulations to Professor Peter Stuckey and Professor Raj Buyya from the
Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, who have been chosen as
finalists in the Australian Museum's Google Australia Eureka Prize for Innovation in
Computer Science.

The $10,000 prize, sponsored by Google, is awarded to a team or individual for a
recent innovation in computer science that has the potential to improve the lives of
many Australians.

Professor Stuckey has been nominated for his work on Lazy Clause Generation, which is
a new approach to combinatorial optimization problems, such as rostering in
hospitals, scheduling trains and allocating water. By combining the strengths of
constraint programming and Boolean satisfiability, Lazy Clause Generation finds
optimal solutions to problems, saving time, money and reducing environmental impact.

Professor Buyya has been nominated for his work on the Cloudbus Project, which will
see the internet evolve through cloud computing, allowing IT infrastructure and
services to be delivered to homes similar to a utility like water, gas or
electricity. Cloud computing aims to enable the dynamic creation of next-generation
data centres by assembling services of networked virtual machines so that users are
able to access applications from anywhere in the world on demand. The Cloudbus
Project is a Melbourne initiative in cloud computing for conducting fundamental 
research on the design and development of different market-oriented cloud platforms
for a range of applications.

Professor Stuckey and Professor Buyya are two of three finalists nominated for the
prize; the other is Associate Professor David Moss, from the University of Sydney.

More information about the Australian Museum’s Google Australia Eureka Prize for
Innovation in Computer Science is available online at
http://eureka.australianmuseum.net.au/eureka-prize/innovation-in-computer-science

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