Talk by Matti Hiltunen

Abstract:

An adaptive system is one that can change its behavior dynamically at
runtime to optimize performance, dependability, resource usage or
other similar properties.  While many systems exhibit a degree of
adaptive behavior, a system that realizes the full complement of
self-* properties is still an ambitious goal, especially for
distributed environments. This talk will give an overview of these
challenges, as well as describe some of the research underway at AT&T
Labs-Research to provide fundamental support for building this type of
system. The latter will include our most recent work on automatically
generating adaptation policies for multi-tier enterprise applications.

Bio:

Dr. Matti A. Hiltunen is a Principal Member of Technical Staff in
the Dependable Distributed Computing and Communication department at
AT&T Labs Research, Florham Park, New Jersey. He holds a M.S. from the
University of Helsinki and a Ph.D. from the University of Arizona,
both in computer science. During his Ph.D. he developed and released
the Cactus micro-protocol framework, a system for constructing highly
configurable and adaptive protocols and services for distributed
systems. Matti is a member of ACM, IEEE, and the IFIP Working Group
10.4 on Dependable Computing and Fault-Tolerance. His research
interests include dependable distributed systems and networks,
adaptive and autonomic computing, grid computing, and pervasive
computing.