Celebrating Successes andCelebrating Successes andAchievements for 2007Achievements for 2007

IS&T All Hands MeetingIS&T All Hands MeetingTuesday, January 8, 2008Tuesday, January 8, 2008

1:00-3:00; W20-2021:00-3:00; W20-202

In and Around the WorldIn and Around the WorldSuccesses and Happy News from 2007Successes and Happy News from 2007

Chechnya's President Ramzan Kadyrov dances during a show atGrozny airfield March 8, 2007, to celebrate the arrival of the first

flight from Moscow. Russia's troubled Chechnya reopened itscivilian airport in a move intended to show that the war-ravaged

region is recovering under its pro-Moscow government. REUTERS/Said Tsarnayev

British novelist Doris Lessing smiles on the doorstep of her house inLondon October 11, 2007. Lessing won the 2007 Nobel Prize for

literature on for a body of work that delved into human relations andinspired a generation of feminist writers.

REUTERS/Kieran Doherty

Polar bear cub Knut is reflected in the water during the bear's firstpresentation in Berlin zoo, March 23, 2007. Knut, born on

December 5, 2006, had to be hand fed every four hours by Berlinzoo employee Thomas Doerflein after its mother Tosca refused the

baby. REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz

Argentina's Juan Monaco celebrates after winning against Italy'sPotito Starace during their final match at the ATP Austrian Open

tennis tournament in Kitzbuehel July 29, 2007. REUTERS/Dominic Ebenbichler

A resident on a kayak watches as the spaceshuttle Discovery leaves the launch pad 39A

at the Kennedy Space Center in CapeCanaveral, Florida October 23, 2007.

REUTERS/Carlos Barria

The space shuttle Discoverylifts off from Launch Pad 39Aat the Kennedy Space Center

in Cape Canaveral, FloridaOctober 23, 2007. Discoverybegins Mission STS-120 to

the International SpaceStation.

REUTERS/Charles W. Luzier

Apple CEO Steve Jobs introducesthe new Apple iPod Nano in San

Francisco, California September 5,2007.

REUTERS/Robert Galbraith

Apple introduces the newApple introduces the newNanoNano and and iPhoneiPhone

Celebrating New England SportsCelebrating New England Sportsin 2007in 2007

The Boston Red SoxThe Boston Red Sox……

Boston Red Sox pitcher JonathanPapelbon celebrates winning the

World Series against the ColoradoRockies in Game 4 of Major LeagueBaseball's World Series in Denver

October 28, 2007. REUTERS/Rick Wilking

World Series Most Valuable PlayerBoston Red Sox' Mike Lowell

celebrates in the clubhouse after theRed Sox defeated the Colorado

Rockies in Game 4 of Major LeagueBaseball's World Series in Denver

October 28, 2007.REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

……Win the World SeriesWin the World Series

The Boston CelticsThe Boston Celtics……

Ending 2007 with a 25-3 record!

KevinG a r n e t t

RayA l l e n

PaulP i e r c e

Close the GAP with theacquisition of Kevin Garnett

The New England PatriotsThe New England Patriots……

Closing a Perfect Season 16-0

The Boston BruinsThe Boston Bruins……2007 not so good…

Maybe in 2008???

Celebrating MIT SuccessesCelebrating MIT Successesfor 2007for 2007

Adapted from Susan Hockfield’s article in the Faculty NewsletterDecember 2007

Setting Aspirations High:Setting Aspirations High:““The SkyThe Sky’’s the Limits the Limit””

• New appointments in the senior administrationat MIT

• Transition of leadership in the schools

• Launch of new “Campaign for Students” – theHuman Factor which resonated profoundly withour alumni and friends, who made this a record-breaking year for fundraising.

Increasing Strength inIncreasing Strength inFinancial PerformanceFinancial Performance

• Total cash gifts in 2007 was $332 million whichis the highest annual level in MIT’s history and a37% increase over the previous year.

• 22.1% return on the endowment

• Between fundraising and investment returns,the endowments total assets have increased toalmost $10 billion.

Magnet for TalentMagnet for Talent“Recruiting the most talented individuals to MITis the most critical element of our success.”(Susan Hockfield)

• MIT received 9% more applications in each ofthe last two years (record high last year of12,445)

• Only admitted 12.3% (a record low)

• With 69% of those students admitted choseMIT (a record high yield)

MIT Energy InitiativeMIT Energy Initiative• Inaugural industry research partners committedover $50 million to the Initiative. The partnersinclude BP, Ford Motor Company, and OrmatTechnology, a geothermal company.

• Invests in next-generation ideas and researchprojects

• Will fund over 100 student energy fellows overthe next five years -- the future technologists,scientists, policy makers, and energy economists –who will help work toward a future with a clean,secure, and stable supply of energy.

Engineering with theEngineering with theLife SciencesLife Sciences

• In October MIT announced a gift of $100 million, to support theDavid H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research – a hubfor cancer biologists to work side by side with engineers.

• The Novartis-MIT Center for Continuous Manufacturing, a $65million collaboration that will bring chemical engineers andchemists together with industry leaders to invent more effectiveway to produce pharmaceuticals for the world’s medical needs.

• MIT’s Brain and Cognitive Sciences is a key node in the BostonArea Autism Consortium

• MIT scientists at the Broad Institute have launched the StanleyCenter for Psychiatric Disease to mount a new attack on thecauses of schizophrenia and bipolar disease.

A Beacon Beyond our BordersA Beacon Beyond our Borders• International Advisory Committee convened to:

• contribute to the design of an MIT-wide internationalstrategy• advise the MIT administration on the appropriateness andviability of new institutional initiatives and partnerships,and• report regularly to the administration and the faculty ontheir progress in these roles

• Launched the Legatum Center for Development andEntrepreneurship which will provide fellowships for aspiringentrepreneurs to explore practical, enterprise-based solutionsto address deep-rooted problems in developing nations.

Celebrating IS&T Successes andCelebrating IS&T Successes andAchievements for 2007Achievements for 2007

MITSIS UpgradedMITSIS Upgraded

No One NoticesNo One Notices……

Congratulations!!!Congratulations!!!

MITSIS is the student system at MIT.MITSIS is the student system at MIT.

YouYou’’ve been ve been KerberizedKerberized......……and didnand didn’’t know it!!!t know it!!!

Key Key Founding Sponsors Founding Sponsors and and SupportersSupporters

MIT launches theMIT launches theKerberos ConsortiumKerberos Consortium

September 2007September 2007

•Centrify Corporation•The Department of Defense of the USA•Duke University•The Financial Services Technology Consortium•Google•Iowa State University•Michigan State University

•The National Aeronautics and Space Administration of the USA•Pennsylvania State University•Stanford University•Sun Microsystems•TeamF1, Inc.•The University of Michigan•Apple

Congratulations toCongratulations toThe Kerberos TeamThe Kerberos Team

Steve BuckleyExecutive Director

Sam HartmanChief Technologist

Ken RaeburnSr. Programmer

Alexandra EllwoodSr. Programmer

Tom YuSr. Programmer

Kevin KochSr. Programmer

IT EnergyIT EnergyInitiativeInitiative

Pedal-powered laptop

IS&T Energy Tricycle“Saving EnergyOne Pedal at a Time”

Guidelines for Personal Computer Energy Savings

N42 Building Energy Audit

Continuing to pick up steam…More to come in 2008!

Voice OverVoice OverIT (IT (VoIPVoIP))

PilotPilot

Rollout of Service beginning in January 2008!

•• Service successfully pilotedService successfully piloted to several to several DLCsDLCs•• Evolved Evolved VoIPVoIP infrastructure infrastructure to more robust service for to more robust service for the future the future•• Updated support planUpdated support plan•• Integrated Integrated VoiceMailVoiceMail•• Lots of Benefits!!!Lots of Benefits!!!

Undergraduate AdmissionsUndergraduate Admissions““Phase 2Phase 2””

Move Admissions Office functionality off the mainframeMove Admissions Office functionality off the mainframe

Save

Updated Technology Platform

Provide Better Service to Users!!!

One Step Closer to Retiring the Mainframe

IBM

Payroll

Admissions

Property

If you build If you build ““itit”…”…

W91 Data Center is a Home run!!!W91 Data Center is a Home run!!!

They will comeThey will come

BeforeRenovations…

After Renovations…

ItIt’’s huge and its huge and it’’s fast and its fast and it’’s just beens just beenunleashedunleashed……

MITMIT’’s Regional Optical Networks Regional Optical NetworkConnecting Boston, Albany, NY City and Baltimore at theConnecting Boston, Albany, NY City and Baltimore at the

speed of light!!!speed of light!!!

MIT’s researchers able to share gigabyte files & massive real time data sets

““Researchers, Faculty, Staff andResearchers, Faculty, Staff andStudents say,Students say,

IS&T Listens through increasedIS&T Listens through increasedCollaborationCollaboration””

• IT Leaders Meetings• IT Student Advisory Board (ISTAB) – RELAUNCHED• MITvoip Advisory Board Launched• Community Forums – annually and service targeted• ACCORD – collaboration with Libraries and DUE to better serve Faculty• Communicating at the early stages of initiatives• Engaging the community in all major IT projects• Living the Mantra of “Customer Focus”• Balancing service and support of Research/Administrative/Academic• And much, much more….

The Headline we strive for in FY08!!!

IS&T WelcomedIS&T Welcomed60 new staff in 200760 new staff in 2007

and 2 more in early 2008!and 2 more in early 2008!

The VPThe VP’’s Office welcomeds Office welcomed……

Elliot EichenVoIP Transition Mgr.

Taeminn SongSr. IT Project Mgr.

Leo BrowneAdmin. Assistant (W92)

Piedad ValenciaCommunications Officer

Geoff BrownAdmin. Assistant (E19)

Tanya TownesAdmin. Assistant (N42)

Quentin AlexanderFinancial Assistant

Keith McCluskeyRelationship Mgr

Client Support Services WelcomedClient Support Services Welcomed

Aaron SwiftSr. Computer Asst.

Kevin JamesIT Consultant II

Ranjani SaigalWeb & Database

ConsultantRyan Flanagan

Windows Admin.

Jessica ReedIT Consultant II

Lucas VilladaComputer Assistant

Patrick McNealMacintosh

Platform Coord.

Greg WaltonDesktop Support Assoc.

Katherine WahlUsability Consultant

……and Client Support Servicesand Client Support ServicesWelcomedWelcomed

Jessica SmithConsultant

Dept IT Resources

Carole TrainorIT Consultant

Brian BulmerDept IT Resources

Analyst

Andrew MunchbachConsultant

Dept IT Resources

Kate Eliza LindbergIT Help Desk

Receptionist (N42)

Infrastructure Software DevelopmentInfrastructure Software Developmentand Architecture Welcomedand Architecture Welcomed

Joanne ProulxUser Interface

Designer

Arti SharmaCCS OutreachCoordinator

Kevin KochLead SW EngineerKerberos

Steve BuckleyExec Director

Kerberos Consortium

Rayna Leteva-DemirevProgrammer Analyst III

Gongqin LiDeveloper –CCS Systems

Craig CountermanArchitect

Content & Collaboration

John ScanlonDW Reporting

Consultant

Janet Riley BowkerWeb Developer

…… and Infrastructure Software and Infrastructure SoftwareDevelopment & Architecture WelcomedDevelopment & Architecture Welcomed

J. Hunter HeinlenApplications

Administrator

Arnis KletnieksIT Project

Coordinator

Patricia SheppardISDA

BusinessManager

Robin ColodzinSr. Java Web

Server Developer

Laura WattsWeb Designer –

Content & Collaboration

Michael GettesConsulting

Technical ArchitectDerek Jaeger

ManagerContent & Collaboration

David CohenDeveloper

Operations and Infrastructure ServicesOperations and Infrastructure ServicesWelcomedWelcomed

Christian LoidlSr. Network

EngineerEric JohnsonUnix SystemsAdministrator

Nirmal Singh ArriSr. Oracle

Database Administrator

Mark ManleyUnix SystemsAdministrator

Anne SilvesterManager

Server and Enterprise Systems

Mitchell BergerSystem Administrator

Robert GrenierSr. Oracle

Database Administrator

Student and Administrative SystemsStudent and Administrative SystemsWelcomedWelcomed

Bob AdamsSenior

ProgrammerAnalyst

Dean BriggsProgram ManagerStudent Systems

Stuart BrownSenior

ProgrammerAnalyst

Matthew BurfeindTeam Leader

Academic Services

Mary DonovanSenior

ProgrammerAnalyst

Cynthia StantonBusiness

Systems Analyst

Suna GulenSenior

ProgrammerAnalyst

Ross RunnionProgrammerAnalyst II

……and Student and Administrativeand Student and AdministrativeSystems WelcomedSystems Welcomed

Paul CroninSystemsAdmin

Infrastructure Team

Sophie WongIT ProjectManager

Adam ListerWeb

Developer

Deborah NugentSAP BASIS

System Administrator

Mary DonovanSenior

ProgrammerAnalyst

Kevin MullinsTeam Leader

Infrastructure Services

Webly Jean-BaptisteProgrammerAnalyst II

Nelson ChenProgrammer

Analyst

Awards in 2007Awards in 2007

ThaliaThalia –– won a won a 2007 InfoWorld2007 InfoWorld100 Award.100 Award.

ThaliaThalia –– MIT MIT’’s application framework for the management ofs application framework for the management ofimage and other digital media that was developed byimage and other digital media that was developed byInformation Services and Technology Information Services and Technology –– was nominated by was nominated byQuestconQuestcon (our partner for Quality Assurance of (our partner for Quality Assurance of ThaliaThalia) and) andwon a won a 2007 InfoWorld 100 Award.2007 InfoWorld 100 Award.

Congratulations to the Development team withinCongratulations to the Development team withinInfrastructure Software Development and Architecture (ISDA)Infrastructure Software Development and Architecture (ISDA)on unleashing this new service and this well deserved award!on unleashing this new service and this well deserved award!

ComputerworldNamesIS&T

Among“100 Best Places to Work

In IT”2007

IS&T Infinite Mile AwardsIS&T Infinite Mile Awards

• Jody Housman, Senior System Administrator and Team Leader Server Operations System Administration Team, OIS

• Elena Zhitnikov, Data Administrator Data and Reporting Services, ISDA

• Ron Parker, Senior SAP Basis Administrator and Team Leader R3 Administration Team, SAIS

IS&T also awarded several “spotlight” awards to staff throughout the year!

2007 MIT Excellence Award2007 MIT Excellence Award

George PetrowskyGeorge PetrowskyIS&TIS&T’’ss UnSungUnSung Hero Hero