Introducing myself....

For my first blog entry I'd like to take the time to introduce myself. My name is Chris Smith, and I'm a product architect at Platform Computing. What does this really mean? I spend time looking at what sorts of problems people are trying to address in the Grid and HPC community, and I try to figure out how to either apply Platform's technologies to solve those problems, or look at new technologies that can be used with Platform's technologies and know how to solve the problem.

I also am very involved in the Open Grid Forum, where I have attended for a number of years engaged in writing specifications for interoperable job management. I also happen to be the VP of the standards function of the OGF, meaning I help organize a great group of people, who together manage the working groups and the document process of the OGF.

On this blog, I hope to talk a little bit about my research interest areas, as well as talk a little bit about what is going on in the world of standards.