Massivizing computer systems: A vision to understand, design, and engineer computer ecosystems through and beyond modern distributed systems

Alexandru Iosup, Alexandru Uta, Laurens Versluis, Georgios Andreadis, Erwin Van Eyk, Tim Hegeman, Sacheendra Talluri, Vincent Van Beek, Lucian Toader

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Abstract

Our society is digital: industry, science, governance, and individuals depend, often transparently, on the inter-operation of large numbers of distributed computer systems. Although the society takes them almost for granted, these computer ecosystems are not available for all, may not be affordable for long, and raise numerous other research challenges. Inspired by these challenges and by our experience with distributed computer systems, we envision Massivizing Computer Systems, a domain of computer science focusing on understanding, controlling, and evolving successfully such ecosystems. Beyond establishing and growing a body of knowledge about computer ecosystems and their constituent systems, the community in this domain should also aim to educate many about design and engineering for this domain, and all people about its principles. This is a call to the entire community: there is much to discover and achieve.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2018 IEEE 38th International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems, ICDCS 2018
EditorsPeter Pietzuch, Dejan Kostic, Marco Canini
Place of PublicationPiscataway, NJ, USA
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Pages1224-1237
Number of pages14
Volume2018-July
ISBN (Electronic)978-1-5386-6871-9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2018
Event38th IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems, ICDCS 2018 - Vienna, Austria
Duration: 2 Jul 20185 Jul 2018

Conference

Conference38th IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems, ICDCS 2018
Country/TerritoryAustria
CityVienna
Period2/07/185/07/18

Keywords

  • Cloud Computing
  • Datacenters
  • Design
  • Distributed Systems
  • Edge Computing
  • Engineering
  • Massivizing Computer Systems
  • Science
  • Vision

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