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Research Staff Member
Research lab: Watson Research Center (Hawthorne)
Dr. Alexander V. Konstantinou is a Research Staff Member at the IBM T. J. Watson Research Center in Hawthorne, New York, where he is a member of the Model Driven Management department. His current research is focused on model-driven technologies for automating the deployment of distributed multi-tier data center and cloud applications. In his work in this area, he pioneered the concept of computer assisted interactive model-driven deployment planning. In this approach, users interact with automation throughout the design cycle, expressing deployment intention while the automation handles the required low level configuration. The approach has been shown to provide significant reduction of complexity in deployment design and workflow generation. As part of this work, he has led the design and development of a distributed configuration modeler, a configuration validation and resolution architecture, as well as tooling for model-driven design, transformation, and provisioning. His research was recently transitioned as a major new Deployment Architecture Platform feature of IBM's Rational Software Architect version 7.5 (demo video). His deployment modeling technologies were also included in the Rational Test Lab Manager component of Rational Quality Manager V1. His general research interests are in the areas of systems and network management, distributed systems, cloud computing, programming languages, tooling, and security. Prior to joining IBM Research, he was awarded a Ph.D. in computer science by Columbia University in the area of Autonomic Network Management. His thesis work introduced novel results in autonomic network management organization, element instrumentation, and policy maintenance.
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Last updated 28 Jul 2009