Mass Group Nomenclature

The names of the various projects undertaken by our group are inspired by the Boston University neighborhood and are chosen to reflect the "nature" of the individual projects. The following is a list of these names and what they signify.

Name	Technical Meaning	Relationship to BU
MASS Group	Massively Accessed Scalable Servers are web servers that contribute significant traffic to the Internet.	Boston is the capital of the Commonwealth of MASSachusetts (also known as the Bay State).
Beacon Project	To diagnose is to shine light (as with a Beacon) on an otherwise black box (i.e. the Internet).	Beacon street marks the southern edge of the BU Campus. The new CS building will be on Beacon.
BackBay	An architecture for the integration of diagnosis and control functions in Mass servers.	Boston's Backbay area is the only planned section of town. It has a wealth of unique architectures.
Turnpike	Getting rid of variability improves the efficiency of frequently traveled, often congested Internet super highways.	The Mass Turnpike runs parallel to the BU campus. It will ultimately run under the planned CS building.
CommonWealth	Clustered servers deliver a Wealth of performance from Common (i.e. commodity) components.	Commonwealth Avenue runs through the heart of the BU campus.