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Saturday, February 6, 2010

Rutgers among universities awarded Google grant for greener internet | - NJ.com

Rutgers among universities awarded Google grant for greener internet | - NJ.com:

"NEW BRUNSWICK — Rutgers University will share a grant awarded by Google for research on how to make the internet more energy efficient, according to a report in the Asbury Park Press.
A team of computer scientists from the university studying 'green computing,' along with computer scientists at the University of California at Santa Barbara, the University of Michigan and the University of Virginia, were given the largest share of the $5.7 million Google awarded this week to 12 university projects, the paper reported.
Researchers will use the two-year grant to find ways to improve poorly efficient data centers, which consume huge amounts of power. A study by"