Main Research Interests

• DARK Lab: The Systems Design and Evaluation Laboratory
• Parallel, distributed, and cluster computing
• Techniques for optimizing power and energy
• Techniques for improving reliability, availability, and manageability
• Internet-related technologies

Selected Publications: journals and top conferences mostly

• I. Goiri, K. Le, T. D. Nguyen, J. Guitart, J. Torres, and R. Bianchini. "GreenHadoop: Leveraging Green Energy in Data-Processing Frameworks". Proceedings of Eurosys 2012, April 2012.

• V. Anagnostopoulou, S. Biswas, H. Saadeldeen, A. Savage, R. Bianchini, T. Yang, D. Franklin, and F. T. Chong. "Barely Alive Memory Servers: Keeping Data Active in a Low-Power State". ACM Journal on Emerging Technologies in Computing Systems, special issue on Sustainable and Green Computing Systems, April 2012.

• N. Vasic, D. Novakovic, S. Miucin, D. Kostic, and R. Bianchini. "DejaVu: Accelerating Resource Allocation in Virtualized Environments". Proceedings of the International Conference on Architectural Support for Programming Languages and Operating Systems (ASPLOS), March 2012.

• O. Crameri, R. Bianchini, and W. Zwaenepoel. "Striking a New Balance Between Program Instrumentation and Debugging Time". Proceedings of Eurosys 2011, April 2011.

• Q. Deng, D. Meisner, L. Ramos, T. Wenisch, and R. Bianchini. "MemScale: Active Low-Power Modes for Main Memory". Proceedings of the International Conference on Architectural Support for Programming Languages and Operating Systems (ASPLOS), March 2011.

• K. Le, O. Bilgir, R. Bianchini, M. Martonosi, and T. D. Nguyen. "Capping the Brown Energy Consumption of Internet Services at Low Cost". Proceedings of the International Green Computing Conference (IGCC), August 2010. Best paper award. Longer version published as "Managing the Cost, Energy Consumption, and Carbon Footprint of Internet Services". Technical Report 639, Department of Computer Science, Rutgers University, July 2008, Revised December 2009.

• F. Oliveira, A. Tjang, R. Bianchini, R. P. Martin, T. D. Nguyen. "Barricade: Defending Systems Against Operator Mistakes". Proceedings of Eurosys 2010, April 2010.

• W. Zheng, R. Bianchini, G. J. Janakiraman, J. R. Santos, and Y. Turner. "JustRunIt: Experiment-Based Management of Virtualized Data Centers". Proceedings of the USENIX Annual Technical Conference, June 2009. Earlier version published as Technical Report DCS-TR-636, Department of Computer Science, Rutgers University, June 2008.

• L. Ramos and R. Bianchini. "C-Oracle: Predictive Thermal Management for Data Centers". Proceedings of the 14th International Symposium on High-Performance Computer Architecture (HPCA 14), February 2008.

• O. Crameri, N. Knezevic, D. Kostic, R. Bianchini, and W. Zwaenepoel. "Staged Deployment in Mirage, an Integrated Software Upgrade Testing and Distribution System". Proceedings of the Symposium on Operating Systems Principles (SOSP), October 2007.

• B. Diniz, D. Guedes, W. Meira Jr., and R. Bianchini. "Limiting the Power Consumption of Main Memory". Proceedings of the International Symposium on Computer Architecture (ISCA), June 2007. Earlier version published as Technical Report DCS-TR-603, Department of Computer Science, Rutgers University, June 2006, Revised November 2006.

• W. Zheng, R. Bianchini, and T. D. Nguyen. "Automatic Configuration of Internet Services". Proceedings of Eurosys 2007, March 2007.

• T. Heath, A. P. Centeno, P. George, L. Ramos, Y. Jaluria, and R. Bianchini. "Mercury and Freon: Temperature Emulation and Management for Server Systems". Proceedings of the International Conference on Architectural Support for Programming Languages and Operating Systems (ASPLOS), October 2006. Earlier version published as Technical Report DCS-TR-596, Department of Computer Science, Rutgers University, January 2006.

• E. Pinheiro, R. Bianchini, and C. Dubnicki. "Exploiting Redundancy to Conserve Energy in Storage Systems". Proceedings of the Joint International Conference on Measurement and Modeling of Computer Systems (SIGMETRICS), June 2006. Earlier version published as Technical Report DCS-TR-570, Department of Computer Science, Rutgers University, March 2005, Revised November 2005.

• F. Oliveira, K. Nagaraja, R. Bachwani, R. Bianchini, R. P. Martin, and T. D. Nguyen. "Understanding and Validating Database System Administration". Proceedings of the USENIX Annual Technical Conference, June 2006. Earlier version published as Technical Report DCS-TR-584, Department of Computer Science, Rutgers University, October 2005.

• V. Pandey, W. Jiang, Y. Zhou, and R. Bianchini. "DMA-Aware Memory Energy Conservation". Proceedings of the 12th International Symposium on High-Performance Computer Architecture (HPCA 12), February 2006.

• E. V. Carrera and R. Bianchini. "PRESS: A Clustered Server Based on User-Level Communication". IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, volume 16, number 5, May 2005.

• K. Nagaraja, G. Gama, R. Bianchini, R. P. Martin, W. Meira Jr., and T. D. Nguyen. "Quantifying Performability in Cluster-Based Services". IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, volume 16, number 5, May 2005.

• K. Nagaraja, F. Oliveira, R. Bianchini, R. P. Martin, and T. D. Nguyen. "Understanding and Dealing with Operator Mistakes in Internet Services". Proceedings of the International Symposium on Operating Systems Design and Implementation (OSDI), December 2004. Earlier version published as Technical Report DCS-TR-555, Department of Computer Science, Rutgers University, June 2004.

• R. Bianchini and R. Rajamony. "Power and Energy Management for Server Systems". IEEE Computer, volume 37, number 11, November 2004. Special issue on Internet data centers. Invited paper. Computer made an editing mistake in our paper for their hard-copy issue. The paper you find here is the correct (and slightly expanded) version.

• T. Heath, E. Pinheiro, J. Hom, U. Kremer, and R. Bianchini. "Code Transformations for Energy-Efficient Device Management". IEEE Transactions on Computers, volume 53, number 8, August 2004.

• E. V. Carrera and R. Bianchini. "Improving Disk Throughput in Data-Intensive Servers". Proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on High-Performance Computer Architecture (HPCA 10), February 2004. Earlier version published as Technical Report DCS-TR-500, Department of Computer Science, Rutgers University, September 2002, Revised May 2003.

• R. Pinto, R. Bianchini, and C. L. Amorim. "Comparing Latency-Tolerance Techniques for Software DSM Systems". IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, volume 14, number 11, November 2003.

• E. Pinheiro, R. Bianchini, E. V. Carrera, and T. Heath. "Dynamic Cluster Reconfiguration for Power and Performance". Compilers and Operating Systems for Low Power, Luca Benini, Mahmut Kandemir, and J. Ramanujam (eds.), Kluwer Academic Publishers, September 2003. Earlier version published in Proceedings of the Workshop on Compilers and Operating Systems for Low Power, September 2001. Longer version published as Technical Report DCS-TR-440, Department of Computer Science, Rutgers University, May 2001.

• K. Nagaraja, X. Li, B. Zhang, R. Bianchini, R. P. Martin, and T. Nguyen. "Using Fault Injection and Modeling to Evaluate the Performability of Cluster-Based Services". Proceedings of the 4th USENIX Symposium on Internet Technologies and Systems (USITS'03), March 2003. Earlier version published as Technical Report DCS-TR-491, Department of Computer Science, Rutgers University, May 2002, Revised August 2002.

• K. Nagaraja, N. Krishnan, R. Bianchini, R. P. Martin, and T. Nguyen. "Evaluating the Impact of Communication Architecture on the Performability of Cluster-Based Services". Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on High-Performance Computer Architecture (HPCA 9), February 2003.

• T. Heath, E. Pinheiro, J. Hom, U. Kremer, and R. Bianchini. "Application Transformations for Energy and Performance-Aware Device Management". Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Parallel Architectures and Compilation Techniques, September 2002. Best student paper award.

• E. V. Carrera, S. Rao, L. Iftode, and R. Bianchini. "User-Level Communication in Cluster-Based Servers". Proceedings of the 8th IEEE International Symposium on High-Performance Computer Architecture (HPCA 8), February 2002. Also published as Technical Report DCS-TR-453, Department of Computer Science, Rutgers University, August 2001.
• R. Bianchini and E. V. Carrera. "Designing and Evaluating a Cost-Effective Optical Network for Multiprocessors". Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing (JPDC), volume 61, number 2, February 2001.
• E. V. Carrera and R. Bianchini. "Disk Caching with an Optical Ring". Applied Optics -- Information Processing, volume 39, number 35, December 2000.
• R. Bianchini and E. V. Carrera. "Analytical and Experimental Evaluation of Cluster-Based Network Servers". World Wide Web journal, volume 3, number 4, December 2000. Earlier version published as Technical Report 718, Department of Computer Science, University of Rochester, August 1999, Revised April 2000.
• V. Santos Costa, R. Bianchini, and I. Dutra. "Parallel Logic Programming Systems on Scalable Architectures". Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing (JPDC), volume 60, number 7, July 2000.
• R. dos Santos, R. Bianchini, and C. L. Amorim. "A Survey of Messaging Software Issues and Systems for Myrinet-Based Clusters". Parallel and Distributed Computing Practices, special issue on High-Performance Computing on Clusters, volume 2, number 2, June 1999.
• A. Agarwal, R. Bianchini, D. Chaiken, F. Chong, K. Johnson, D. Kranz, J. Kubiatowicz, B.-H. Lim, K. Mackenzie, and D. Yeung. "The MIT Alewife Machine". Proceedings of the IEEE, special issue on Distributed Shared-Memory Systems, March 1999.
• R. Bianchini, E. V. Carrera, and L. Kontothanassis. "Evaluating the Effect of Coherence Protocols on the Performance of Parallel Programming Constructs". International Journal of Parallel Programming (IJPP), April 1998.
• L. R. Monnerat and R. Bianchini. "Efficiently Adapting to Sharing Patterns in Software DSMs". Proceedings of the 4th IEEE International Symposium on High-Performance Computer Architecture (HPCA 4), February 1998. Earlier version published as Technical Report ES-425/97, COPPE Systems Engineering, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, March 1997.
• R. Bianchini, E. V. Carrera, and L. Kontothanassis. "The Interaction of Parallel Programming Constructs and Coherence Protocols". Proceedings of the 6th ACM SIGPLAN Symposium on Principles and Practice of Parallel Programming (PPoPP), June 1997. Earlier version published as Technical Report ES-417/96, COPPE Systems Engineering, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, December 1996.
• F. Chong, B.-H. Lim, R. Bianchini, J. Kubiatowicz, and A. Agarwal. "Application Performance on the MIT Alewife Multiprocessor". IEEE Computer, special issue on Applications for Shared-Memory Multiprocessors, December 1996.
• R. Bianchini, L. Kontothanassis, R. Pinto, M. De Maria, M. Abud, C. L. Amorim. "Hiding Communication Latency and Coherence Overhead in Software DSMs". In Proceedings of the 7th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Architectural Support for Programming Languages and Operating Systems (ASPLOS 7), October 1996. Earlier version published as Technical Report ES-356/95, COPPE Systems Engineering, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, November 1995.
• R. Bianchini and B.-H. Lim. "Evaluating the Performance of Multithreading and Prefetching in Multiprocessors". Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing (JPDC), special issue on Multithreading for Multiprocessors, August 1996.
• B.-H. Lim and R. Bianchini. "Limits on the Performance Benefits of Multithreading and Prefetching". In Proceedings of the ACM International Conference on Measurement and Modeling of Computer Systems (SIGMETRICS '96), May 1996. Extended version published as Technical Report RC 20238, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, October 1995.
• A. Agarwal, R. Bianchini, D. Chaiken, K. Johnson, D. Kranz, J. Kubiatowicz, B.-H. Lim, K. Mackenzie, and D. Yeung. "The MIT Alewife Machine: Architecture and Performance". Proceedings of the 22nd ACM/IEEE International Symposium on Computer Architecture (ISCA '95), June 1995. Included in the Anthology of the 25 Years of ISCA.
• R. Bianchini. "Exploiting Bandwidth to Reduce Average Memory Access Time in Scalable Multiprocessors". PhD Thesis TR 582, Department of Computer Science, University of Rochester, April 1995.
• R. Bianchini. "Introduction to the Parallel Execution of Logic Programs" (in Portuguese). Journal of the Brazilian Computer Society, vol. 6, no. 1, 1990.

Other Publications in English

Other Publications in Portuguese

Recent Invited Talks

• "Optimizing Datacenter Placement and Load Distribution in Internet Services", Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, March 2011.

• "MemScale: Active Low-Power Modes for Main Memory", EE580A -- Green Information Technology, Princeton University, November 2010.

• "Managing the Cost, Energy Consumption, and Carbon Footprint of Internet Services", Penn State University, December 2009.
• "Energy Management in Data Centers", Rutgers WINLAB, July 2009.
• "Energy Management in Data Centers", EPFL Summer Research Institute, June 2009.
• "System Infrastructure for Managing Data Centers", NEC Labs America, February 2009.
• "Power and Temperature Research at the Rutgers Dark Lab", Intel, Hillsboro, October 2007.
• "Conserving Energy is Out; Limiting Power is In", Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, July 2007.
• "Automatic Configuration of Internet Services", Ask.com/NJ, Feb 2007.
• "Conserving Energy is Out; Limiting Power is In", UC Berkeley, Dec 2006.
• "Conserving Energy is Out; Limiting Power is In", Google/CA, Dec 2006.
• "Conserving Energy is Out; Limiting Power is In", HP Labs, Dec 2006.
• "Limiting the Power Consumption of Main Memory", Princeton University, Nov 2006.
• "Mercury and Freon: Temperature Emulation and Management in Server Systems", Ask.com/CA, Oct 2006.
• "Mercury and Freon: Temperature Emulation and Management in Server Systems", Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, July 2006.
• "Automatic Configuration of Internet Services", ETH Zurich, June 2006.
• "Mercury and Freon: Temperature Emulation and Management in Server Systems", Princeton University, Feb 2006.
• "Mercury and Freon: Temperature Emulation and Management in Server Systems", IBM Austin Research Lab, Feb 2006.
• "Mercury and Freon: Temperature Emulation and Management in Server Systems", University of Karlsruhe, Feb 2006.
• "Understanding and Validating Database System Administration", ETH Zurich, Feb 2006.
• "Understanding and Validating Database System Administration", University of Paris VI, Oct 2005.
• "Understanding, Validating, and Guiding Operator Actions in Internet Services", NEC Research Institute, Feb 2005.

Current Graduate Students and Postdocs

• Qingyuan Deng (PhD)
• Inigo Goiri (Postdoc)
• Kien Le (PhD, co-advised with Thu Nguyen)
• Cheng Li (PhD)
• Wei Zheng (PhD)

Former Graduate Students and Postdocs

• Maria Carolina Carneiro (MSc, 1996)
• Luiz Rodolpho Monnerat (MSc, 1997)
• Rodrigo dos Santos (MSc, 1998)
• Eduardo Pinheiro (MSc, 1999)
• Lauro Whately (MSc, 2001)
• Cristiana Seidel (DSc, 1998)
• Enrique V. Carrera (DSc, 1999)
• Raquel Pinto (DSc, 2001)
• Eduardo Pinheiro (PhD, 2005)
• Taliver Heath (PhD, 2007)
• Fabio Abreu de Oliveira (PhD, 2010)
• Rekha Bachwani (PhD, 2011)
• Luiz Ramos (PhD, 2011)
• Enrique V. Carrera (Postdoc, 2000--2003)