The mission of the Advanced Computing and Information Systems Laboratory (ACIS) is to conduct fundamental and applied research on all aspects of systems that integrate computing and information processing. Current ACIS research falls under the following broad categories:

• Grid-computing middleware
  • using virtualization technologies for computing platforms, file systems, applications as services, networks and I/O systems
    
• Cyberinfrastructure for e-science
  • for research on brain-machine interfaces, coastal and ocean modeling, genetics and atomic-scale friction
    
• Autonomic computing 
  • as relevant to virtualized data centers, real-time systems, virtual networking and other topics pursued by the Center for Autonomic Computing
    
• Micro- and nanosystems research 
  • including quantum computing and reliable computing
    
• Computer architecture 
  • including architectural support for virtualization and soft-error tolerance
    
• Peer-to-peer computing
• including self-organizing virtual networks, and structured and unstructured query systems
  

ACIS is home to faculty, students, researchers, technical staff and distinguished visitors and has extensive collaborations with other scientists and research organizations. ACIS research facilities include advanced hardware and software systems with unique state-of-the-art virtualization capabilities.

The ACIS laboratory gratefully acknowledges funding and hardware and software donations from its sponsors.