The third Research Devoteam x ESILV exchange seminar brought together lecturers, researchers, PhD students and experts to discuss two key areas for digital infrastructure: the frugal cloud and the autonomous cloud.
This afternoon workshop provided an opportunity to identify common areas of research and strengthen collaborative dynamics.
Devoteam x ESILV: a research-industry collaboration
Organised in line with previous editions, this third exchange seminar between Devoteam and the ESILV research centre is part of a process of regular dialogue between academic research and industrial challenges.
The objective remains the same: to compare scientific work with operational issues, while feeding back field experience into research directions.
The exchanges brought together ESILV lecturers, researchers and doctoral students, alongside Devoteam teams, for a series of presentations. This format promotes a shared understanding of the technical, economic and environmental constraints that currently shape cloud architectures.
- On the ESILV side, the seminar brought together several lecturers and researchers from the De Vinci Research Centre. Nicolas Travers, deputy director of the DVRC, took part in discussions on issues related to databases.
- Jihane Mali, lecturer and researcher at the DVRC, spoke about work related to data systems.
- Optimisation issues were addressed by Farah Aït-Salaht and Laetitia Della Maestra, both lecturers and researchers at the DVRC.
- The challenges of cloud computing were discussed by Daniel Wladdimiro, lecturer and researcher at the DVRC.
Presentation by Devoteam
Frugal cloud: optimising resources and costs
The first topic addressed during the seminar was the frugal cloud. The work presented by the ESILV research teams highlighted the challenges associated with optimising the use of cloud resources in a context marked by continuous growth in data volumes and computing loads.
Discussions focused in particular on optimisation models capable of reconciling performance, cost control and reduction of the resources mobilised. Several approaches are based on detailed analysis of application needs, consideration of load variability and dynamic adaptation of infrastructures.
This work also questions the place of the computing continuum, linking centralised cloud, edge and distributed systems in order to limit data transfers and overconsumption of resources.
At Devoteam, feedback has illustrated the concrete challenges faced by companies, particularly in terms of FinOps, budget management and the choice of architectures adapted to real uses.
These exchanges have opened up common perspectives around more sober models that are better aligned with business needs.
Autonomous cloud: towards self-adaptive infrastructures
The second theme of the seminar was devoted to the autonomous cloud. The presentations addressed the mechanisms that enable infrastructures to self-configure, self-optimise and self-correct in response to load variations, incidents or defined performance objectives.
ESILV lecturers, researchers and doctoral students presented several projects on deployment automation, intelligent resource orchestration and the integration of decision-making models capable of balancing performance, cost and environmental constraints.
This research is based in particular on approaches combining optimisation, distributed systems and artificial intelligence.
Devoteam’s Autonomous Cloud team complemented these contributions with two presentations dedicated to its latest experiments and avenues for innovation. The discussions identified strong convergences between research and industrial practices, particularly around system reliability, reducing human intervention and governing complex environments.
Stronger synergies between Devoteam and ESILV
As in previous editions, this seminar promoted open and constructive dialogue between participants. The discussions identified new synergies, both scientific and operational, and consolidated existing areas of collaboration between Devoteam and ESILV’s research division.
These exchanges help to structure joint projects, fuel applied research and anchor discussions in the concrete challenges of cloud infrastructure development.
This third Research Devoteam x ESILV seminar confirms the value of close collaboration between academic research and industry players on key topics such as frugal cloud and autonomous cloud. The prospects identified pave the way for future joint work at the intersection of resource optimisation, automation and the sustainability of digital systems.
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