High Performance Parallel and Distributed Systems: Resource Management and Middleware

计算系统和通信网络以合理成本的可用性正在增加并行和分布式系统的使用。一般的分布式系统和特别是基于互联网的系统正在成为现代社会中日常生活的一部分，并且跨越包括以下的领域：（i）按需向企业和科学应用提供计算和存储资源的通用云，（ii）基于无线传感器网络的系统，诸如智能家居和患者监测系统，以及（iii）用于管理智能关键基础设施的系统，例如配备传感器的桥梁和风力涡轮机。有效的资源管理是至关重要的，利用这种分布式systems.Research的潜在权力提出了在这三个新兴的和相互关联的主题设计的资源管理技术。将被调查的技术需要在应用程序设计，操作系统和中间件的背景下部署在外地的系统。这项研究的结果将推进最先进的技术，并有助于实现系统用户所需的服务质量，为服务提供商提供足够的收入，以及为公众提供安全和经济的基础设施。学生的培训是该计划的一个组成部分，该研究项目将有助于建立加拿大作为全球市场的领导者。申请人从事资源管理研究25年。他的工作包括对多程序并行系统上的并行作业调度的开创性研究，以及用于处理大量异构资源集的新技术，以及对云上请求运行时间的易出错用户估计。他的贡献已通过最佳论文/演讲奖和他作为IEEE计算机学会的杰出访问者的选择得到认可。申请人在过去六年中的活动反映在9篇期刊论文，3篇对书籍的贡献，34篇参考会议论文，6次受邀演讲，在各种会议的计划和指导委员会中服务，并主持了2次国际会议。

The availability of computing systems and communication networks at a reasonable cost is increasing the use of parallel and distributed systems. Distributed systems in general and internet-based systems in particular are becoming part of the daily life in a modern society and span domains that include (i) general purpose clouds that provide computing and storage resources on demand to enterprise and scientific applications, (ii) wireless sensor network based systems such as smart homes and patient monitoring systems and (iii) systems for management of smart critical infrastructures such as sensor equipped bridges and wind turbines. Effective management of resources is crucial for harnessing the underlying power of such distributed systems.Research is proposed for devising techniques for resource management in these three emerging and inter-related topics. Techniques that will be investigated are needed in the context of application design, operating systems and middleware for systems deployed in the field. The results of this research will advance the state of the art and contribute to the achievement of the desired quality of service for system users, adequate revenues for the service providers as well as safe and economically maintained infrastructures used by the public. Training of students is an integral part of the plan and the research program will aid in establishing Canada as a leader in the global market.The applicant is involved in research on resource management for 25 years. His work includes pioneering research on parallel job scheduling on multiprogrammed parallel systems and novel techniques for handling a large heterogeneous set of resources and error-prone user estimates of request run times on clouds. His contributions have been recognized through best paper/presentation awards and his selection as a Distinguished Visitor for the IEEE Computer Society. The applicant's activities in the past six years are reflected in 9 journal papers, 3 contributions to books, 34 refereed conference papers, 6 invited presentations, service in various program and steering committees for conferences and chairing of 2 international conferences.