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The PS3 PhD Project is focused on doing bleeding edge research using the PS3 as a platform for simulation and experimentation. The intent of this project is to harness the sophisticated computation technology that can be found in the PS3 to investigate breaking edge and novel research ideas. After all, the PS3 is said to be a supercomputer in a small box.

This project currently concerns itself with investigating interactions of multicore architectures and the software deployed on these such systems. More specifically the Cell architecture (the brains of the PS3) is a heterogeneous multicore architecture composed of one complex multithreaded superscaler core (PPE - PowerPC Processing Element) and 6 (programmable) simpler in-order scaler (and vector capable) simpler cores (SPUs - Synergistic Processor Units). The PS3 PhD Project is interested in how VEEs (Virtual Execution Environments) and the OS (Operating System) can interact with these new technological advances to improve and extend the possibilites of what we can currently do.

Another primary direction of this project is the exploration of novel applications of multicore hierarchal computation. We want to explore new problems that may be very well suited to these kinds of machines.

Who are You?

My name is Jason Mars, I am a PhD student of computer science at the University of Virginia. I have a passion for research and bringing novel ideas to life. My research focuses right now are in the domains of virtual execution environments on multicore architectures and procedural modeling of 3d geometry. I am currently, and very actively, working on projects involving these directions. I don't see this changing anytime soon.

I also play games when I have time.

I'm luvin it!

Check out the rest of the site and see what we are doing. If you have any great insights, project ideas, or anything you feel would make a good contribution to the project you are more then welcome to become a collaborator and get involved. Use the contact information.