Computer science today is driven by two main trends: the use of computing resources on demand (outsourced computing) and the need of processing a huge amount of data coming from different sources (data-centric computing). The effects of these two trends will lead the future computing platforms towards hybrid systems composed of distributed specialized subsystems with specific and complementary features that operate synergistically. These systems will interact with the users by means of multiple devices (desktops, smartphones, embedded systems), will use sensors and actuators networks to interact with the environment and will use remote computing and storage resources. Such systems will be used in multiple application domains, either on an individual scale as on a collective scale: from personalized medicine to complex systems analysis like biologic or social economics systems, from environmental monitoring for the civil defence or the eco-sustainable growth to the various domain of the smart platforms.
The aim of the (DS)2 laboratory is focused on the implementation, integration and the management of applications and services for distributed computing systems and/or their components. It provides support and technology transfer services to the other labs as well as to external organizations. The support services will include activities on system administration, design and development of secure software, and implementation, benchmarking and tuning of HPC and distributed computing applications.
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