Overview
From Self-Organizing Systems Group
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The Emmy Noether Research Group of Thomas Fuhrmann studies self-organization in computer networks and distributed computing systems. Their results are being applied to adhoc networks, embedded systems, the Internet, peer-to-peer software, and high performance computing. The group is funded by several research grants, both from the federal government and the German Research Foundation |
Self-Organizing Systems Group
Dr. Thomas Fuhrmann |
Today's featured project:
J-Cell – A highly scalable distributed runtime environment for heterogeneous multi-core processors
The goal of the J-Cell project is to develop a robust, highly scalable, distributed runtime environment for clusters of heterogeneous multi-core processors such as the IBM Cell processor. The scenario we have in mind is a dynamic system where nodes may enter and leave at any time. Therefore, it is not known in advance which resources will be available at a given time. To be able to gain a near-to-optimal utilization of the available resources at all times we use self-organization mechanisms. These are built into a virtual machine that hides the underlying heterogeneous topology and provides a single system image to the user.
For further information see the list of all our projects.
