QUAM Lab - Department of Information Security and Communication Technology
NTNU QUAM Lab: Quantitative modelling of dependability and performance
The NTNU QUAM Lab at the Department of information security and communication systems focuses on quantifying dependability and performance in complex, digital eco-systems. {QUAM (Latin) - how, to what degree)}
The ICT infrastructure for service provisioning in the private and public sector is a digital eco-system lacking coordinated engineering and management. Optimizing the resources allocated to a service makes it possible to manage dependability and performance in normal operation, with failures having minor consequences. Furthermore, the system (including societal, operational and technical aspects) must be prepared for restoration of service after a major event such as the failure of a software platform, security attacks or natural disasters.
There is currently no theoretical foundation to control the societal and per service dependability of ICT infrastructure in the digital eco-system. No foundation has been established for optimization, consolidated management and provision of this infrastructure either from a public regulatory position or by groups of autonomous (commercially) cooperating providers. Currently, service level agreements (SLAs) are the only means to establish cooperation between the actors in the eco-system.
Domain examples include smart grids, clouds, communication systems, transportation, health care, and financial systems, which are all crucial parts of modern society, enabling economic growth and welfare for citizens.
The NTNU QUAM Lab will contribute to understanding and quantifying system of systems complexity in NTNU’s ICT enabling technology. The lab’s Smart Grid involvement will also benefit the strategic research area NTNU Energy.
Contact
Professor Poul E. Heegaard, Manager
Senior personnel:
Professor Bjarne E. Helvik
Professor Yuming Jiang
Publications
Vision
NTNU QUAM Lab aims to educate PhD and master’s candidates and to produce research results that promote robust and high-quality ICT infrastructures and services for society.
Current projects
- EU FP7 ITN: “CleanSky - Network for Cloud Computing Eco-System”
- EU FP7 IRSES: “Cross-Layer Investigation and Integration of Computing and Networking Aspects of Mobile Social Networks (CLIMBER)”
- Telenor collaboration “End-to-end differentiation of services”
- NTNU SO: “Performance modelling and analysis of SDN” (Ameen)
- COST Action IC1304 “Autonomous Control for Reliable Internet of Services (ACROSS)”
- Norwegian Research Council: “Power system protection in a smart grid perspective – ProSmart”
Research focus
System modelling: Modelling of the functional interaction between embedded technical sub-systems in an eco-system with multiple actors coordinated via business models only.
Management strategies: Cost-effective management and provisioning of (digital) ecosystems, considering the trade-off between cost and quality.
Quantitative assessment: Resource allocation optimization (modelling, measurements, simulations) of robustness/dependability and performance in digital ecosystems.