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Larry Smarr, UCSD/Calit2
Eric Frost, SDSU
Joaquín Alvarado, SFSU
John Graham, SDSU
Bob Goldberg, UCLA
Scott Friedman, UCLA
Doug Cremer, CVC
Alan Willner, USC
Harvey Newman, Caltech
Pierre Thiry, CCSF
Dennis Davino, Cypress
Richard Weinberg, USC
John Avakian
Ed Johanson
Radhika Mysore, UCSD
Tom DeFanti, UCSD/Calit2
Leonard Kleinrock, UCLA
Rich Wolski, UCSB
Steve Vogt, UCSB
Shaya Fainman, UCSB
Tim Calhoon, CCC Tech Ctr.
Brian Shepard, USC
John Orcutt, UCSD/SIO
David Lassner, U Hawaii
Amin Vahdat, UCSD
Blaine Morrow, CCC Confer
Holger Schmidt, UCSC
Paul Wright, CITRIS
Lee Thompson

CSU East Bay
CSU Virtual Computing Lab 		[Lee Thompson Picture]
When budget restrictions are becoming ever tighter while demand grows, California's research and education community is on the lookout for solutions that can help extend its reach in the most cost-effective way possible. One of those solutions, currently underway at CSU East Bay and CSU Northridge with the support of the CSU Chancellor's Office, is a VCL or Virtual Computing Lab, which enables students to access the computing power they need in a platform-independent way from their own desktops or laptops 24/7.

The manager of the new project is the Deputy CIO for CSU East Bay Lee Thompson, who has been part of the senior IT management since his arrival in 1999. Prior to coming to Cal State East bay, Thompson worked for seven years as an IT consultant for several major companies focusing on higher education although with some work in the nonprofit arena as well. Aside from his current employment, Lee has consulted for many other universities including Princeton, USC, University of Mississippi, and Fordham University.