The Distributed Software Systems Group carries out fundamental and applied research in the area of distributed software systems. Our long-term research goal is to make distributed systems more autonomous, scalable, adaptive, survivable and easier to develop. Our research efforts address the research issues that cross the boundaries among distributed computing, software engineering and artificial intelligence.

• Project BEYOND (Biologically-Enhanced sYstem architecture beyond Ordinary Network Designs)
  • SymbioticSphere: Symbiotic Networking
  • iNet: Immunologically-inspired Self-Regulatory and Evolvable Network Applications
  • BEYONDwork: Model-Driven Development Framework for Biologically-inspired Network Applications

• Sensor Networks
  • BiSNET: Biologically-Inspired Sensor Networking
  • Agentilla: A Mobile Agent Middleware Supporting Composite Needs of Reliability, Timeliness and Energy Efficiency in Applications
  • SpaceTime Oriented Programming (STOP): A Macro Programming for Spatio-Temporal Data Collection and Processing
  • Model-Driven Development of Sensor Network Applications

• Utility Communication Networks
  • Evolutionary Algorithms for QoS Adaptation in Power Delivery Systems

• Model-Driven Software Engineering
  • Matilda: A Distributed UML Virtual Machine
  • Modeling Turnpike: A Model Transformation Framework for Domain Specific Languages
  • Non-Functional Modeling for Service Oriented Architecture

• The Bio-Networking Architecture
• iNet
• OpenWebServer
• Persona
• UML eXchange Format (UXF) and SoftDock

A list of papers produced by the members of the Distributed Software Systems Group.

A list of theses and dissertations produced by the members of the Distributed Software Systems Group.

Principal Investigator: Prof. Jun Suzuki (jxs_@_cs.umb.edu)

Graduate students:

• Ayse Bahar Akbal
• Pruet Boonma
• Paskorn Champrasert
• Chonho Lee
• Taehyun Park
• Hiroshi Wada

Undergraduate students:

Visitors:

Administrative assistant:

• Mai Wada (maiwada.boston_@_gmail.com)

A list of honors and awards that the members of the Distributed Software Systems Group have received.

If you are interested in working at the Distributed Software Systems Group, please consult research opportunities web page.

• Java Coding Style
• Attribute-Oriented Programming

Distributed Software Systems Group, c/o Jun Suzuki
Department of Computer Science
University of Massachusetts, Boston
100 Morrissey Blvd.
Boston, MA 02125-3393

Phone: 617-287-6696
Room: S-3-124 (directions)

• Bruce Mahfood, undergrad student (independent study in CS478, 2006)
• Matthew Lincoln, MS student (independent study in CS696, 2006)
• Manikya Madhu Babu Eadara, MS student (graduated in May 2006), currently at Prolifics, Inc.
• Tomoko Itao, visiting researcher from NTT Network Innovation Laboratories
• Adam Malinowski, MS student (graduated in May 2005), currently at Motorola, Inc.
• Akio Ohtsuka, visiting researcher from Electric Power Development Co., Ltd.