MIT Faculty Search — two open gigs at MIT, one around climate change and one “undefined.” Great job ad.
Scalability at What Cost? — evaluation of these systems, especially in the academic context, is lacking. Folks have gotten all wound-up about scalability, despite the fact that scalability is just a means to an end (performance, capacity). When we actually look at performance, the benefits the scalable systems bring start to look much more sketchy. We’d like that to change.