Researchers hunt for weaknesses in large node-based systems. U.S. government computer scientists are studying how computer grids react to volatile conditions to understand how events such as virus ...

What is a distributed system? A distributed system is a collection of independent computers that appear to the user as a single coherent system. To accomplish a common objective, the computers in a ...

A Columbia University alumna and University Gold Medalist, Shah represents the next generation of system architects who are redefining how computing infrastructure is designed In a rapidly advancing ...

Gaurav Bansal is a Senior Staff Software Engineer at Uber with 12+ years of experience in scalable, high-performance distributed systems. Every new tech business today builds distributed systems and ...

From power grids and telecommunications to water supply and financial systems, digital data controls the infrastructure systems on which society relies. These complex, multi-tier systems depend on ...