Key research themes
1. How do consistency protocols impact the availability and performance of replicated files in distributed systems?
This area focuses on the design, evaluation, and comparison of consistency protocols that maintain data consistency in replicated file systems under site failures and network conditions. It matters because the choice of protocol directly affects data availability, reliability, fault tolerance, and system overhead in distributed environments.
2. What strategies and algorithms optimize data replication and placement for performance and resource efficiency in distributed and cloud file systems?
This theme explores techniques and models that predict, select, or dynamically adjust replication factors, replica placement, and replication policies to improve access performance, improve data locality, lower network overhead, and balance storage costs in distributed and cloud storage systems. This is essential given large-scale data volumes and the importance of efficient data access under resource constraints.
3. How can emerging technologies like blockchain and advanced security mechanisms improve file synchronization and security in distributed and cloud file replication systems?
This research theme investigates novel applications of blockchain technology and fragmentation-replication combined security schemes aiming to enhance immutability, auditability, and integrity for file synchronization and distributed storage, addressing challenges in trust, data provenance, multiuser access, and resilience against data attacks in cloud systems.