Renato J. Figueiredo
Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Florida


I am a faculty member with with the Advanced Computing and Information Systems (ACIS) Laboratory, and with the NSF I/UCRC Center for Autonomic Computing (CAC). My current research focuses on the following topics:
  • Virtualization in distributed systems (virtual machines, virtual networks, virtual file systems)
  • Autonomic computing
  • Peer-to-peer systems
  • Social networks and their applications in systems design
  • Computer architecture
Some of the projects I am involved with are:
  • The Grid Appliance project is an example of an application combining virtual machines and autonomic virtual networks that is used in high-throughput distributed computing.
  • The Social VPN project is an example of an application combining social and autonomic virtual networks that allow users to easily create authenticated, private point-to-point networks with their social peers.
  • The Archer project is an application of the Grid Appliance to create a global infrastructure for simulation-based computer architecture research and education.
My research has been funded by the National Science Foundation, Intel, IBM, NASA, NOAA, ONR. Please click on "Publications" for an up to date list of papers highlighting research outcomes. Here is my curriculum vitae, in PDF format.