The Cloud

I'm two class meetings into the Cloud Computing class and I already know that Computer Science is my interest, not Industrial and Systems Engineering.  When I graduated in math with a computer science minor in 1973, I wanted to go to grad school in applied math and/or computer science.  At that time, the only opportunity at Auburn for that was Industrial Engineering, so I entered grad school in the Industrial Engineering Department.  Auburn has changed a lot in 35 years.  There is now a degree in Computer Science and Software Engineering.  That is where I belong.  I'm still interested in computer science and programming.  I'll finish my Industrial and Systems Engineering Masters degree in December, but if I decide to continue my education, I think it should be in Computer Science and Software Engineering.

The Cloud is interesting.  What is the cloud?  Is there "a" cloud or several clouds?  I don't think there's a definitive answer to these questions today.  We watched a video of James Patterson speaking about UC Berkley's view of  "The Cloud."  This is the paper that inspired the talk.  I still have many questions and hope that this course will enlighten me.  On Thursday, part of our class time will be in the lab learning Python (it's a computer language).