Systems & networking
Researching and inventing new technologies for next-generation infrastructures and platforms for sensors, devices and the cloud.
Publication
The Emerging Landscape of Edge-Computing
Project
Cluster scheduling
We consider various scheduling problems that arise in large clusters including multi-resource packing and dependency-aware scheduling. Our solutions have analytical foundations and are used in Microsoft’s data-parallel clusters. Some have also shipped with Yarn. Skim…
Project
Quickr: Cost-Effective Data Analytics at Scale
Quickr explores cost-effective data analytics at scale, breaking new ground in research on offering approximate answers for complex ad-hoc queries.
Tool
Microsoft Embedded Social – sample for syncing topics between your own service and Embedded Social
Service that synchronizes topics between OneBusAway servers and the Microsoft Embedded Social service.
Project
Project Sirius
Project Sirius is investigating whether ultra-fast optical switching within data centers could allow us to sidestep these disruptions. It aims to develop an all-optical, data-center-wide network that is completely flat, in contrast to the hierarchy…
Project
Project Iris
Project Iris explores novel designs of regional and Wide Area (WAN) cloud networks from the ground-up motivated by the rapid growth of cloud network traffic across data centers. Building upon recent advancements in optical technologies,…
Event
Microsoft @ NSDI ’20
The 17th USENIX Symposium on Networked Systems Design and Implementation will be in Santa Clara, California on February 25–27, 2020. NSDI focuses on the design principles, implementation, and practical evaluation of networked and distributed systems.…