Developing a thorough test plan and benchmarks for a distributed system takes careful planning. Follow this advice on tracking down bottlenecks and analyzing performance results. This is the second in ...

The eminent computer scientist Leslie Lamport once described a distributed computer system as one in which “the failure of a computer you didn’t even know existed can render your own computer unusable ...

A computer is a programmable device that can automatically perform a sequence of calculations or other operations on data once programmed for the task. It can store, retrieve, and process data ...

Kartik Gopalan researches experimental computer systems, including virtualization, cloud computing, security, distributed systems and networks. He heads the Operating Systems and Networks (OSNET) ...

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is funding a proof-of-concept study at Virginia Tech to develop highly connected computer systems that operate in a wireless environment. Small handheld ...

A distributed system is comprised of multiple computing devices interconnected with one another via a loosely-connected network. Almost all computing systems and applications today are distributed in ...

All proposals must be submitted in accordance with the requirements specified in the funding opportunity and in the Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) and its supplements. All NSF ...

In the houses of today and tomorrow the presence of capillary distributed computer systems is going to be more and more intense. In recent years the number of commercial products for the intelligent ...

The purpose of the Systems Preliminary Exam is to give students an opportunity to demonstrate their ability to analyze, evaluate, and present a pre-existing body of specific research in the area of ...