I would much rather have myself and my group thinking about theory and science, rather than maintaining computational hardware
Axel Becke, Department of Chemistry, Dalhousie University
I will always be thankful for opportunity to have been part of the ACENET community. Not just because of their world-class research facilities, but more importantly because of the people. The resources, research support, and creative community that is offered by ACENET allowed me the ability to pursue ground-breaking research during my PhD – work in the areas of Computer Science, Information Retrieval and Computational Chemistry. This research would not have been possible without the unique environment that ACENET offers. Everything from the excellent supercomputing resources, to the diversity of researchers (allowing me to span multiple disciplines), to the sense of community and growth. Simply put I would not be where I am today without the experiences gained during my PhD, and without ACENET my PhD would not have happened. The experiences gained while being part of the ACENET community have been extremely valuable to me in my roles at Microsoft, especially when it comes to being able to bridge the gap between Research and Development. Since arriving at Microsoft I’ve worked in the areas of High Performance Computing and Large Scale Distributed Cloud Based Systems (Windows Azure), Game Engine Development (Xbox One), and Large Scale Data Processing and Learning Systems (Microsoft Research).
Mark Staveley, Microsoft Corporation