1. Software Technology for
Adaptable Distributed Middleware
(STADiUM)
Sam Michiels
sam.michiels@cs.kuleuven.be
DistriNet research group
• DistriNet: Distributed systems & computer Networks
– 8 professors | 12 postdocs | 50 junior researchers
• Annual budget: 5 MEuro
• Extensive expertise in collaborating with industry
– Active in 50+ research & innovation projects (2003-08)
– 30+ projects in close collaboration with industry
• Research areas in distributed software
– Adaptable middleware
– Architectures for distributed software (SOA, multi-tier architectures)
– Support platforms (.NET, JEE, web services)
• STADiUM project partners
– IMEC/NES (Prof. R. Wuyts, Dr. M. D’Hondt)
– VUB/PROG (Prof. T. D’Hondt)
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Project overview
• Rationale
– Emerging network technologies trigger development of large-scale
distributed applications
– Resulting in highly sophisticated software requirements
• Multi-level heterogeneity, complex dynamics & extreme scale
– Need for tailoring middleware to changing operational conditions
• Main Objectives
– Enable advanced reconfiguration of host infrastructure middleware
• Optimized execution strategies of memory management & concurrency
– Define domain-specific distribution middleware architecture
• Interoperability between large-scale networks & Internet
– Develop advanced middleware services
• Factor out common functionality
– Define domain-specific configuration languages
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2. STADiUM project in a nutshell
(1/3)
middleware
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STADiUM project in a nutshell
(2/3)
• Research focus
– Software technology
• Simple/uniform API
• Software toolkit to program, query, manage & maintain
common middleware platform
– Adaptability
• Domain-specific policy (configuration) languages
• Automated management & maintenance
– Advanced distribution middleware
• Middleware platform to enable load, install, update of services
• Customized to application-specific quality requirements
• Interoperability between backend/gateways/(sensor)networks
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STADiUM project in a nutshell
(3/3)
• Six research tracks
– Track 0: Integrated architecture
– Track 1: Application case studies
• Transport & logistics
• Digital media distribution
– Track 2: Configuration languages
– Track 3: Customizable service frameworks
– Track 4: Adaptation architecture
– Track 5: Execution environment
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3. Industrial advisory board
Alcatel-Lucent,
IBM De Lijn, DSP
Duo, IDxS, Valley,
Inno.com, Porthus, H.Essers,
Essensium, NIKO, Punch Telematix, iCity, LMS
RMONI TASS
STADiUM
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Looking for?
• Related real-world software monitoring & management
challenges
• Complementary scenarios in the context of the two case
studies
– Transport & logistics
– Distributed media
• Relevant domain-specific expertise
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Contact
• Project lead
– Prof. Wouter Joosen & Dr. Sam Michiels (DistriNet-K.U.Leuven)
• Contact details
– Sam Michiels, Industrial Research Fellow
sam.michiels@cs.kuleuven.be
016/32.70.68
Celestijnenlaan 200A, box 2402
B-3001 Leuven
– Project ID: STADiUM, IWT-SBO 80037
• Project web site: http://distrinet.cs.kuleuven.be/
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4. Software Technology for
Adaptable Distributed Middleware
(STADiUM)
Sam Michiels,
Industrial Research Fellow
sam.michiels@cs.kuleuven.be
30 september 2008
Zuiderpoort, Gent