Promote!

R.D. Silverman · 2006-07-27, 14:22

We need to promote the project!!!!!!

I am a bit surprised that CWI has been taking so long to achieve their
results. The C158 from 12,229+ just isn't that big.
Peter works for Microsoft Research. I'm sure that they must
have lots of computers..... Is Peter perhaps losing interest?
[maybe he is working on a kilobit factorization in secret?]

Arjen Lenstra seems to have lost interest. Mark Manasse, a
heavy contributor with Arjen from the early 90's has moved on.
Others who have contributed in the past have moved on....
Richard Brent and Sam Wagstaff Jr. now seem content to just
collect results...

NFSNET no longer has the resources it once had......

Does anyone have any interested students? I'd be happy to
provide my lattice source code to them in case they might be
interested. (maybe in a joint project?) Maybe someone might like
to take a crack at improving the code while learning how NFS
works? I have real project work and don't have much free time.
And I certainly have no free time at home with 3 teenagers....

Marketing! Marketing!

We need fresh talent and a new generation willing to take over
when we old-timers move on. Let's get some current college students
interested in NFSNET!!!

ewmayer · 2006-07-27, 16:24

It certainly wouldn't surprise me if Peter & MSR were stealthily working on a kilobit factoriztion - that would be a big publicity coup for Microsoft. Maybe we can get Paul to act as a mole and find out... ;)

It sounds like NFSNET could use an "in" with a company like Microsoft, Apple or Google, one willing to dedicate some relatively small fraction of their massive computational and human resources to this kind of effort, that is, one with no immediate profit but which is a good OS-and-hardware testbed and has excellent PR potential.

R.D. Silverman · 2006-07-27, 18:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by ewmayer

It certainly wouldn't surprise me if Peter & MSR were stealthily working on a kilobit factoriztion - that would be a big publicity coup for Microsoft. Maybe we can get Paul to act as a mole and find out... ;)

It sounds like NFSNET could use an "in" with a company like Microsoft, Apple or Google, one willing to dedicate some relatively small fraction of their massive computational and human resources to this kind of effort, that is, one with no immediate profit but which is a good OS-and-hardware testbed and has excellent PR potential.

Peter works for Microsoft... This is why I am surprised at his
(relative) silence over the last 1-2 years.....

2006-07-27, 14:22	#1
R.D. Silverman Nov 2003 2²×5×373 Posts	Promote! We need to promote the project!!!!!! I am a bit surprised that CWI has been taking so long to achieve their results. The C158 from 12,229+ just isn't that big. Peter works for Microsoft Research. I'm sure that they must have lots of computers..... Is Peter perhaps losing interest? [maybe he is working on a kilobit factorization in secret?] Arjen Lenstra seems to have lost interest. Mark Manasse, a heavy contributor with Arjen from the early 90's has moved on. Others who have contributed in the past have moved on.... Richard Brent and Sam Wagstaff Jr. now seem content to just collect results... NFSNET no longer has the resources it once had...... Does anyone have any interested students? I'd be happy to provide my lattice source code to them in case they might be interested. (maybe in a joint project?) Maybe someone might like to take a crack at improving the code while learning how NFS works? I have real project work and don't have much free time. And I certainly have no free time at home with 3 teenagers.... Marketing! Marketing! We need fresh talent and a new generation willing to take over when we old-timers move on. Let's get some current college students interested in NFSNET!!!

2006-07-27, 16:24	#2
ewmayer ∂²ω=0 Sep 2002 República de California 103×113 Posts	It certainly wouldn't surprise me if Peter & MSR were stealthily working on a kilobit factoriztion - that would be a big publicity coup for Microsoft. Maybe we can get Paul to act as a mole and find out... ;) It sounds like NFSNET could use an "in" with a company like Microsoft, Apple or Google, one willing to dedicate some relatively small fraction of their massive computational and human resources to this kind of effort, that is, one with no immediate profit but which is a good OS-and-hardware testbed and has excellent PR potential.