The mission
for the MIST group is to
investigate system support for building next-generation Internet-scale
distributed applications. Specifically, we are exploring the following
three directions:
Sustainable Computing
We intend to develop energy-proportional
systems by
exploiting the cross-layer optimization and reducing the extra overhead
of operating systems, ranging
from mobile devices to the ultra-dense severs for data centers.
We are also developing tools for fine-grain power profiling for
systems and applications. We also examine how IT can help improve
the sustainability of cyber-phyical systems, such as safety and
smart grid. (See CodeGreen,
including pTop,
SPAN, and Waste-Free
subprojects)
Domain-Specific Cloud Compting We investigate mechanisms to
enforce efficient and trusted
resource (e.g., hardware, software, and data) sharing
among distributed heterogeneous resources. In this context, we are
interested
in robust and optimized resource and system management in terms of node
behaviors,
failures, power, and large-scale data management requirements.
Specifically, we
target Genomics computing. (See the
HOURS and SlimCloud
projects)
Mobile Computing for Environmental, Social and Healthcare Applications We investigate both
the challenges of these mobile applications, such as
programming framework, code reuse, trust,
privacy and energy. Two applications that we are current working on are
smartphone/sensor-assisted independent living and social
participatory sensing systems. (See the StressBar,
SPA , Orchis projects)
These
projects encompass a set of approaches from fundamental research
through
prototypes, up to real usable systems.
Our
research has been partially
sponsored
by the National Science Foundation, Air Force, Michigan
Life
Science
Corridor, Wayne State University, Chrysler, and so on.
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