Bettina Kemme, School of Computer Science, McGill University, Montreal. My research areas include distributed databases, networks and communications, with a special emphasis on replication. My main focus lies in the design and development of distributed information systems.
Data replication is very attractive to increase system throughput and provide fault-tolerance.
We exploit the rich semantics of group communication systems to provide efficient and consistent data replication. The analysis of proteins and their functionality in the cell involves many complex steps including various types of experiments. Adequate storage, tracing, and linking of this data is essential. Smart data and replication management is an important issue. I am left trying to figure out which is the best way to live.