New Study by Zhou Presents Technique to Reduce Energy Consumption of Cloud Data Centers

With the rapid growth of cloud computing, frequent workload bursts show an increasing influence on the quality of service and energy efficiency of cloud-based data centers. Existing virtual machine placement schemes are expected to optimize either quality of service or energy efficiency for cloud data centers running under bursty workload conditions. To bridge this gap, new research by TSYS School computer scientist Yi Zhou and his colleagues at Jinan University, Hainan University, University of Exeter and Auburn University proposes a burst-aware and thermal-efficient virtual machine placement technique that leverages a split-and-recombine algorithm to deal with bursty workloads. Their technique prioritizes critical workloads while preventing low-priority workloads from starvation, thereby assuring quality of service. It does so by utilizing an enhanced simulated annealing algorithm to offer optimal thermal-efficient virtual machine placement solutions, aiming to minimize the energy consumption of data centers. To facilitate estimating energy consumption, a thermal model that takes into account heat re-circulation effects is integrated into their technique. Experiments discussed in the study, which is set to appear in a future issue of IEEE Transactions on Services Computing, indicate that the proposed new technique reduces workload delay by 18%, while also lowering total energy consumption by anywhere between 27.8% and 49.4%.

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Four Turner College Faculty Recognized for Outstanding Teaching

CSU Head Women's Soccer Coach Jay Entlich recently released a list of CSU faculty who have been chosen by a player as a member of the CSU faculty who has impacted the player in a positive way along their journey at CSU. Four Turner College faculty were included on the list, along with the player who nominated each. Management professor Phil Bryant was named by Sophia Leal , a freshman midfielder from Oxford, Georgia. Sophia attended Eastside High School and was a two-time all-region selection during her high school career. Through the first 10 games of 2024, she has scored one goal and recorded three assists. Next, management professor John Finley was named by Lizz Forshaw , a graduate student forward from Stockton, England. Lizz, who attended IMG Academy in south Florida, has scored four goals and recorded four assists this season. During her senior year in 2023, she scored three goals and recorded two assists. As a junior in 2022, Lizz scored three goals ...

Turner College Grad Publishes Academic Study on Corporate Culture and Strategy

Former Turner College student Tamara Todorova , now an associate professor of economics at American University in Bulgaria (AUB), recently published a study on corporate culture and strategy. Todorova earned an MBA from the Turner College in 1996 and then went on to earn a doctorate in international economics from the University of Economics - Varna in 2001. She has been on the faculty at AUB since August of 2000. Todorova's study, which appears in the current issue of the International Journal of Business Performance Management , investigates how corporate culture helps to economize on the transaction costs of internal organization. As she explains, the dimensions of corporate culture that assist in this task include increasing trust and reducing intrafirm opportunism. Todorova's study demonstrates that setting common goals and a common direction reduces the sizeable costs of internal organization. Tamara's prior research appears in Economics of Transition , International ...

Hammer joins Turner College Finance Faculty

The Turner College's Department of Accounting and Finance welcomes Melissa Ingle Hammer , who joins the group as an adjunct faculty in finance. Hammer graduated from the Turner College in 2005, after earning a BBA in finance. She later went on to earn an MBA from Auburn University, a Specialist Certificate in Conduct Risk from the University of Manchester, a Certificate in Team Culture from the University of Pennsylvania, and a Certificate in Executive Presence from Cornell University. Hammer is the SVP of Fair Lending Product Management with RiskExec at Asurity. She previously worked as Compliance Manager of Fair Lending at Synovus, a senior regulatory consultant with Wolters Kluwer, and as VP of Compliance at TD. This semester Hammer will be teaching FINC 3135, Financial Institutions and Technologies. Turner Business welcomes Melissa and wishes her a great first semester in the Turner College.

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