Automated Application and Resource Management in the Cloud

Cloud computing has become a prominent feature of the modern computing landscape. Cloud computing is a model in which providers own configurable computing resources (e.g., servers, storage), and customers access them on demand, typically on a pay-per-use basis. The model brings benefits to both providers and customers. Providers increase the utilisation of their resources, while customers pay only for actual resource use. To optimise the value that providers and customers draw from the cloud, these actors must continuously manage resources and applications in response to changes in their operating environments.
This HDR presents my research activities on cloud management, conducted over the last decade within the MYRIADS team. The overall goal of these activities was to develop methods and tools to assist cloud actors in managing cloud resources and applications in line with their objectives. Our contributions focused on building provider-side management systems, customer-side management systems as well as systems that jointly satisfy the objectives of all actors.

Bio :

Nikos Parlavantzas is an associate professor at INSA Rennes and member of the Myriads research team at IRISA/Inria Rennes since 2009. He has previously worked as a researcher at Inria Grenoble, Inria Sophia Antipolis, the University of Westminster, and Lancaster University. His research interests include cloud computing, autonomic computing, and adaptable middleware. He has a Ph.D. from Lancaster University, UK, and a Diploma in Computer Engineering and Informatics from the University of Patras, Greece.