Talk by Prof. Raimundo Macedo

Abstract:

Given a distributed system configuration - processes, communications channels and related properties -, a conventional dependable distributed system is, by definition, adaptive regarding a number of component failures that may occur. However, when the system configuration may change over time, the dependability mechanisms may have to adapt to new configurations with possibly degraded (or upgraded) dependability levels.  Further complications may arise when, besides the system configuration, application requirements may change at run-time. In such a dynamic environment, distributed systems are required to be adaptive at run-time concerning both application requirements and system configurations. In this talk it will be briefly presented  the approaches which are being investigated in LaSiD (Distributed Systems Laboratory) at UFBA to design  and implement such systems, both in the system model and
architectural level.

Bio:
Professor Titular do Departamento de Ciência da Computação, Instituto de Matemática, Universidade Federal da Bahia - UFBA (http://www.macedo.ufba.br). Coordenador do Laboratório de Sistemas Distribuídos (http://www.lasid.ufba.br/)  e do
Doutorado em Ciência da Computação (http://dmcc.dcc.ufba.br/). Formação em Ciência da Computação. Graduação na UFBA, Mestrado na
UNICAMP/Brasil e Doutorado na Univ. de Newcastle/Inglaterra.