http://www.ece.cmu.edu/research/dssc/news_events/ This is an RSS feed of news stories from the Data Storage Systems Center at Carnegie Mellon University. en-us Copyright 2008, DSSC Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:21:24 EDT 60 http://www.ece.cmu.edu/research/dssc/images/logo/DSSCfinalsmall.gif http://www.ece.cmu.edu/research/dssc/news_events/ Carnegie Mellon's Data Storage Systems Center (DSSC) hosted their spring technical review last week. The agenda featured sessions in hard disk drive mechanics, novel material development, controls and tribology, materials, nanofabrication and devices, and signal processing and circuits. In addition, the DSSC held a special session as part of this Review that explored opportunities in solid state disk and alternative data storage technologies. http://www.ece.cmu.edu/research/dssc/news_events/story/2008/04/dssc_spring_review/ Wed, 02 Apr 2008 21:36:00 EDT Jimmy Zhu, Director As we welcome the New Year, the Data Storage Systems Center at Carnegie Mellon University is entering its 25th year after her initial birth in 1983 as the Magnetic Technology Center (MTC). Seven years after graduating from the National Science Foundation Engineering Research Centers Program as the Center for Excellence in 2001, we are stronger than ever. http://www.ece.cmu.edu/research/dssc/news_events/story/2008/02/directors_notebook/ Fri, 08 Feb 2008 14:04:00 EST The January 2008 issue of the DSSC Newsletter, DSSCourse has been published. Items in this issue include: Director's Notebook: DSSC Blazes Trails James Williams Rejoins DSSC DSSC Launches MSSD Research NSF Honors DSSC as Graduated ERC Developing L1 FePt Perpendicular Media Laughlin Elected TMS Fellow Jimmy Zhu Elected IEEE Fellow And much more http://www.ece.cmu.edu/research/dssc/news_events/story/2008/02/january_2008_newsletter/ Fri, 01 Feb 2008 18:01:00 EST Like the swallows of San Juan Capistrano, the former Deputy Director of the DSSC has come home, at least on a part-time basis. In his new position, as Director of Technology Transfer, Jim will be helping us continue to ensure that our research programs and technology development activities are relevant to the needs of our industrial partners and that industry benefits directly from these efforts. http://www.ece.cmu.edu/research/dssc/news_events/story/2008/01/james_williams_rejoins/ Tue, 01 Jan 2008 18:11:00 EST David E. Laughlin, the ALCOA Professor of Physical Metalurgy in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, has been elected "Fellow of the TMS Society" and will be inducted at its annual meeting in March of 2008. http://www.ece.cmu.edu/research/dssc/news_events/story/2008/01/laughlin_elected_tms/ Tue, 01 Jan 2008 10:31:00 EST Professors Mark Kryder and Jimmy Zhu of DSSC, gave the opening and closing talks, respectively, at the recent IDEMA (Industrial Disk Drive Equipment and Materials Association) Symposium "Beyond 1 Tbits/in2". http://www.ece.cmu.edu/research/dssc/news_events/story/2007/12/idema_symposium_features/ Thu, 06 Dec 2007 18:43:00 EST For the past 57 years the National Science Foundation's (NSF) goal has been to "promote the progress of science" and for over two decades they have been doing so with projects like the Engineering Research Centers Program. The ERC Program funds research centers in U.S. Universities, fostering government/industry/university partnerships and strengthening the position of U.S. firms in the world. http://www.ece.cmu.edu/research/dssc/news_events/story/2007/12/nsf_honors_dssc/ Wed, 05 Dec 2007 18:26:00 EST The December 2007 issue of IEEE Transaction on Magnetics features, on the front cover, the results of a joint research project among the Data Storage Systems Center at Carnegie Mellon University, Samsung Information Systems of America (SISA), and Fuji-Electric. http://www.ece.cmu.edu/research/dssc/news_events/story/2007/12/dssc_joint_project/ Sat, 01 Dec 2007 18:48:00 EST University Professor Mark Kryder has received a Public Service Medal from the President of Singapore for helping them to establish the Data Storage Institute (DSI). Kryder is the founding director of the Data Storage Systems Center (DSSC) at Carnegie Mellon and retired CTO and VP of Research at Seagate. He has worked with the Singaporean government since 1991 in helping to establish the DSI and has taught multiple short courses there. He has been on the Scientific Advisory Board of the DSI since its inception and currently serves as Chairman. http://www.ece.cmu.edu/research/dssc/news_events/story/2007/11/kryder_awarded_singapores/ Tue, 27 Nov 2007 09:00:00 EST Cited for his contribution to micromagnetic modeling research in magnetic data storage, Jimmy Zhu, ABB Professor of Engineering and Director of DSSC has been elected as Fellow of IEEE. http://www.ece.cmu.edu/research/dssc/news_events/story/2007/11/jimmy_zhu_elected/ Wed, 21 Nov 2007 18:37:00 EST ECE Emeritus Professor Stanley Charap was selected for the IEEE Reynold B. Johnson Data Storage Device Technology Award. His citation was "for quantative prediction of the superparamagnetic limit for magnetic recording." The award, sponsored by Hitachi Global Storage Technologies and one of the IEEE's most prestigious honors, is presented for "outstanding contributions to the advancement of information storage with emphasis on technical contributions in computer data storage device technology." http://www.ece.cmu.edu/research/dssc/news_events/story/2007/11/charap_receives_ieee/ Wed, 21 Nov 2007 10:00:00 EST Carnegie Mellon's Data Storage Systems Center (DSSC) hosted their fall technical review last week. The agenda featured sessions in hard disk drive (HDD) heads and media, HDD servos and channels, tribology and mechanics, and signal processing and controls. Over 100 participants attended, including industrial affiliates, faculty, staff, and students. Samsung Electronics, a new industrial affiliate, participated in the review. http://www.ece.cmu.edu/research/dssc/news_events/story/2007/10/dssc_fall_review/ Mon, 01 Oct 2007 09:00:00 EDT ECE Department Head T.E. (Ed) Schlesinger has been invited to serve on the International Advisory Panel of Singapore's Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) Graduate Academy. The A*STAR Graduate Academy was set up in 2003 to nurture and develop Singapore's R&D human capital through various scholarships, fellowships, awards and collaborative Ph.D. programs at both Singaporean and international universities. http://www.ece.cmu.edu/research/dssc/news_events/story/2007/09/schlesinger_invited_to/ Wed, 19 Sep 2007 11:00:00 EDT Carnegie Mellon's Data Storage Systems Center (DSSC) will host the 11th MagnetoOptic Recording International Symposium (MORIS) September 24-26. The conference focuses on heat assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) and all topics related to thermo-magnetics and magneto-optics. ECE Department Head T.E. (Ed) Schlesinger (pictured) is chair of the workshop, with Professor James Bain, Associate Director of the DSSC, as the steering committee chair and ABB Professor Jimmy Zhu, DSSC Director, as a program co-chair. http://www.ece.cmu.edu/research/dssc/news_events/story/2007/09/dssc_hosts_moris/ Wed, 12 Sep 2007 12:00:00 EDT ECE Department Head T.E. (Ed) Schlesinger (left) and ECE Professor Vijayakumar Bhagavatula (right) presented invited talks at the Optical Data Storage (ODS) Topical Meeting in Portland, Oregon. Schlesinger spoke on "Application-Driven Optical Storage," while Bhagavatula's talk was on "Channels Strategies for Handling Low Signal-to-Noise Ratios in Holographic Data Storage Systems." In addition, ECE alumnus Tim Rausch (Ph.D. 2003) was a program committee co-chair. http://www.ece.cmu.edu/research/dssc/news_events/story/2007/06/schlesinger_and_bhagavatula/ Mon, 04 Jun 2007 09:00:00 EDT Carnegie Mellon's Data Storage Systems Center (DSSC) hosted their spring technical review March 27-28. The agenda featured sessions in materials and devices, nanofabrication, metrology and instrumentation, modeling and simulation, mechanics and tribology, and signal processing and controls, with 29 oral talks and 32 poster presentations. Over 100 participants attended, approximately half of whom were industrial affiliates. http://www.ece.cmu.edu/research/dssc/news_events/story/2007/04/dssc_spring_review/ Sun, 01 Apr 2007 16:51:00 EDT Carnegie Mellon has been awarded a six-year, $4.2 million grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to create a new type of reconfigurable integrated circuit for chip manufacturers. "Through our new Center for Memory Intensive Self-Configuring Integrated Circuits (MISC IC), we will create new nanoscale chip designs and architectures that will be intelligent enough to fix themselves," said Ed Schlesinger, center director and ECE Department Head. http://www.ece.cmu.edu/research/dssc/news_events/story/2006/10/carnegie_mellon_awarded/ Thu, 19 Oct 2006 15:16:00 EDT Carnegie Mellon's Data Storage Systems Center (DSSC) hosted their fall technical review last week. The agenda featured sessions in hard disk drive (HDD) heads and media, HDD servos and channels, tape systems, patterned media, heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR), chip-based systems, and optical systems. Over 100 participants attended, including industrial affiliates, faculty, staff, and students. The center also hosted a number of guests from companies that are considering membership. http://www.ece.cmu.edu/research/dssc/news_events/story/2006/10/dssc_fall_review/ Sun, 01 Oct 2006 09:00:00 EDT This week, more than 200 scientists are participating in the 2006 Magnetic Recording Conference sponsored by Carnegie Mellon's Data Storage Systems Center (DSSC). The conference will highlight new technologies in data storage. Attendees will exchange research information and hear lectures on the latest technology for a new generation of hard disk drives. During the last three decades, the DSSC has helped industry design nanometer-scale technology that will ultimately lead to very fast, low-cost, compact information storage devices. http://www.ece.cmu.edu/research/dssc/news_events/story/2006/08/data_storage_systems/ Tue, 08 Aug 2006 17:00:00 EDT ECE Professors Jimmy Zhu and T.E. (Ed) Schlesinger will present invited keynote talks at the Asia-Pacific Data Storage Conference in Hsinchu, Taiwan, August 28-30. Professor Zhu, Director of the Data Storage Systems Center at Carnegie Mellon, will give the opening presentation on "Thermal and Current Driven Noise in Magnetoresistive Sensors." Professor Schlesinger, Head of ECE, will present on "Challenges in Optical Recording Technology." The conference will cover a broad range of topics in magnetic and optical information storage. http://www.ece.cmu.edu/research/dssc/news_events/story/2006/08/ece_professors_to/ Wed, 02 Aug 2006 16:00:00 EDT