
Archive of posts tagged: Cloud computing


AI Goes Serverless: Are Systems Ready?
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing the world, powering productivity tools, healthcare, and education innovations through large-scale models like ChatGPT, DeepSeek, Gemini, and Claude. Most of these models, managed by tech giants such as OpenAI, Google,...Think Twice Before… Using Machine Learning to Manage Cloud Resources
How many times have you tried setting up a virtual machine, container pods or serveless functions in the cloud and wondered how many resources (cores, memory etc.) to configure? In practice, users request more resources than actually end up using. This is a known...
Serverless: It’s Cool, It’s Hot, and It’s Open for Research
Serverless 101 Serverless computing has emerged as a pivotal development and deployment paradigm for cloud computing. According to a recent analyst report, over 50% of companies that use cloud services have adopted serverless computing. Usage of serverless...
Reducing Embodied Carbon is Important
A recent post raises awareness of the challenges of reducing operational carbon, while also controversially challenging the importance of embodied carbon. We rebut the arguments raised against using embodied carbon as a design metric and conclude by advocating for more research on reducing embodied carbon.