Macroprogramming refers to the theory and practice of expressing the macro (scopic)
behaviour of a collective system using a single program. Macroprogramming approaches …

Large distributed systems challenge traditional schedulers, as it is often hard to determine a
priori how long each task will take to complete on each resource, information that is input for …

The design of elastic file synchronization services like Dropbox is an open and complex
issue yet not unveiled by the major commercial providers, as it includes challenges like fine …

Large scale grid computing systems may provide multitudinous services, from different
providers, whose quality of service will vary. Moreover, services are deployed and …

Embarrassingly parallel grid applications require no inter-worker interaction. Thus, the
underlying communication infrastructure is based on the simple but well understood …

Grid technologies are well-established solutions for delivering high-performance
computational power to e-Science projects. However, not all users can effectively benefit …

Abstract While Desktop Grid Computing has become a promising alternative to classical
Grids for certain kinds of applications, it has not yet reached the same level of …

After over thirty years of distributed computing, debugging distributed applications is still
regarded as a difficult task. While it could be argued that this condition stems from the …

I would like to thank my Ph. D. supervisors Prof. Dr. Kurt Rothermel and Prof. Dr. Wolfgang
Küchlin for giving me the opportunity to work in their groups. My special thanks go to my co …

I want to thank my second supervisor Professor Zahir Tari, who has lent me support of
various forms during difficult moments. Also thank you to my research consultant Dr Pablo …