Dr. Lauritz Thamsen | Uni of Glasgow | Systems Section
I am a Lecturer / Asst. Prof. (Research and Teaching track) in the School of Computing Science at University of Glasgow, where I work on resource-efficient and reliable distributed computer systems in the Glasgow Systems Section (GLASS), focusing on resource management for data-intensive systems in edge/cloud infrastructures. Previously, I was a guest professor in the Department of Computer Science at HU Berlin, where I lectured on Data-Intensive Systems, and a senior researcher at TU Berlin, where I drove the work on Adaptive Resource Management (ARM) in the research group on Distributed and Operating Systems (DOS) and lectured on Cloud Computing and Distributed Systems. Additionally, I started the Distributed Systems Engineering Laboratory (diselab), a collaborative effort with researchers from TU Berlin and Hasso Plattner Institute (HPI).
My research interests include scalable and reliable data processing, edge and cloud computing, resource management and scheduling, and sustainable computing. With that, my research is often located at the intersection of distributed systems, database systems, and operating systems, yet I am generally passionate about systems research and making computing more sustainable and accessible. Currently, I am focusing on carbon-aware data processing in edge and cloud computing.
I got my PhD from TU Berlin, working on resource management for distributed dataflows in the BMBF-funded Berlin Big Data Center and the DFG Research Unit Stratosphere under Odej Kao. Prior to that, I was part of the Software Architecture Group of Robert Hirschfeld and the Research School at HPI. I also worked at SAP Labs in Palo Alto, California, in the Technology Infrastructure Practice group, under Dan Ingalls, and at Signavio in Berlin.
contact
lauritz.thamsen at glasgow.ac.uk+44 141 330 2000 (x0652)
office
Room S152Sir Alwyn Williams Bldg
news
- August 2022: The 28th International European Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing (Euro-Par) is taking place as a hybrid event at the University of Glasgow end of the month. It is in large parts being organized by the School of Computing Science's System Section. I am helping as local chair. The program is made up, there is still time to register online to take part in-person or on zoom, and there is also a full paper we are presenting (on "Renewable-Aware Admission Control for Delay-Tolerant Cloud and Edge Workloads").
- July 2022: Our paper "Phoebe: QoS-Aware Distributed Stream Processing Through Anticipating Dynamic Workloads" (arXiv preprint) was selected as the Best Paper at the 2022 IEEE International Conference On Web Services (ICWS).
- May 2022: I am looking for a PhD student to join me in Glasgow, where I recently started on a permanent academic post, to set up a new lab on Resource-Efficient and Sustainable Distributed Computer Systems in the Systems Section of the School of Computing Science. As new and early-career faculty I am currently receiving priority for one of the School of Computing Science studentships. If you are interested in doing your PhD in Computing Science with me at the University of Glasgow, please get in touch.
- April 2022: We are organizing our International Workshop on Testing Distributed Internet of Things Systems (TDIS) again with IEEE IC2E this year. If your work involves testing, simulation, or modeling of software systems for edge-cloud infrastructures (or other emerging distributed compute architectures of the IoT), we will be super happy about your contribution to our workshop and do have a great PC ready to review submitted papers.
- March 2022: I started as a new Lecturer in the School of Computing Science at University of Glasgow and am looking for research students as well as collaborations in the area of resource-efficient and resilient distributed computer systems.
- February 2022: I successfully wrapped up my guest professorship at HU Berlin, where I was substituting for Ulf Leser in the Department of Computer Science and in context of the DFG-funded Collaborative Research Center FONDA, teaching two new courses on Data-Intensive Systems / Data Engineering.
- January 2022: We are calling for workshops and tutorials for IEEE IC2E 2022, which will take place in Northern California from September 27 to 30. If your work is related to cloud computing, consider submitting a workshop or a tutorial proposal.
collaborations
- Academic and industry collaborations: If you are interested in making distributed computing more accessible, reliable, or sustainable with me, let me know.
- Student and project supervision: I am always looking to work with motivated research students. Please have a look here and get in touch.
- Community service: I am available for scientific community service in areas such as resource management and scheduling, edge and cloud computing, low-carbon and sustainable computing, as well as distributed data processing.