Patrick T. Homer

Patrick T. Homer
Senior Lecturer
CS login: patrick
email can be sent to my CS login at cs.arizona.edu

Computer Science
University of Arizona
PO Box 210077
Gould-Simpson Bldg., Rm 811
Tucson, AZ 85721-0077
520-621-7267

Spring 2008 Office Hours for Final Exam Week
Monday, May 12: 3 - 5 pm
Tuesday, May 13: 3 - 5 pm
Wednesday, May 14: 3 - 5 pm
And by appointment.

Spring 2008 Class Schedule

Course	Class Time
CSc 252 -- Computer Organization	12:30 - 1:45 pm, TR, M LNG 311 Honors: 10 - 10:50 am, W, GS 805
CSc 422 -- Parallel and Distributed Programming	9:30 - 10:45 am, TR, GS 906 Honors: 2 - 2:50 pm, F, GS 942

Research

Patrick's research interests are in HPC export controls, heterogeneous computing, operating systems, scientific computing, and K-12 computing. He has been the primary architect of the Schooner Interconnection System, a tool to facilitate the construction of scientific applications from heterogeneous resources.

Schooner has been used in a number of collaborations. These include:

Support for the Numerical Propulsion System Simulation (NPSS) Project, managed through NASA Lewis Research Center. Schooner has been used in a prototype simulation environment, and is currently in use on a prototype zooming project. The zooming project includes researchers at the U. of Toledo and Cleveland State U.
An eco-system modelling project at the U. of Arizona with researchers in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department and the School of Renewable Natural Resources.

Sy Goodman (U. of Arizona), Peter Wolcott (U. of Nebraska-Omaha), and Patrick conducted a study in 1997-1998 for

concerning trends in HPC technology development and HPC national security applications, and their impact on the HPC export control regime.

Patrick is a member of ACM, IEEE and IEEE Computer Society

Publications

Education

Career History

When not working, Patrick hangs out with Ann. Together they make periodic backpacking trips into Grand Canyon National Park and other spots. Patrick is always ready to answer questions about the Canyon, and maintains a small file containing Canyon information and things he enjoys doing there. Other off-hours activities include petting Ginger and Thomas (our cats) and Shishka (our dog); reading science fiction, history; model railroading; hiking the mountain and desert trails; and dancing the occasional two-step with Ann.

Grand Canyon Photos from trip North Kaibab trailhead to river to Indian Gardens, then along Tonto Trail to Hermit's Creek and out the Hermit Trail to Hermit's Rest. October, 1995. With Ann, Cliff, and Phil.

North Kaibab trail, Bright Angel Creek, The Tapeats Narrows

Along the Tonto Plateau, Hermit Loop

Redwall Limestone, Hermit Trail