M2DC (Jan 2016 - Dec 2018) targets the development of a new class of energy-efficient TCO-optimized appliances with built-in efficiency and dependability enhancements. The appliances will be easy to integrate with a broad ecosystem of management software and fully software-defined to enable optimization for a variety of future demanding applications in a cost-effective way.
The M2DC server platform will enable customization and smooth adaptation to various types of applications, while advanced management strategies and system efficiency enhancements (SEE) will be used to achieve high levels of energy efficiency, performance, security and reliability. The M2DC middleware will provide a data centre capable abstraction of the underlying heterogeneity of the M2DC Server. On top of that it allows to deploy variable, optimized appliances including, e.g., photo finishing systems, IoT data processing, cloud computing and HPC. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 688201.
William Fornaciari
Associate Professor
William Fornaciari has published six books and over 200 papers, earning five best paper awards, an IEEE certification, and three international patents on low power design. Since 1997, he has participated in 18 EU-funded projects. His research focuses on multi/many-core architectures, NoC, low power design, and more.
Giovanni Agosta
Associate Professor
Giovanni Agosta, Associate Professor at Politecnico di Milano, holds a Laurea in Computer Engineering (2000) and a PhD in Information Technology (2004). His research focuses on compiler-computer architecture interaction, emphasizing performance, energy-efficiency, and security. He has authored 100+ papers, won multiple awards, and participated in 17 EU-funded projects.
Carlo Brandolese
Assistant Professor
Carlo Brandolese is a researcher at the Department of Electronics and Information of the Politecnico di Milano and a consultant researcher at Cefriel Research Centre. His research interests are focused on design and low-power methodologies for embedded systems.
Gerardo Pelosi
Associate Professor
Gerardo Pelosi received the Laurea degree in Telecommunications Engineering in 2003 and the Ph.D. degree in Computer Engineering and Information Technology in 2007 from Politecnico di Milano. His research fields cover (1) the area of information security and privacy including access control models, models for encrypted data management in relational databases, and secure data outsourcing; (2) the area of applied cryptography including side-channel cryptanalysis, system-level attacks, and efficient hardware and software design of cryptographic algorithms; other research interests are in designing security support into computer architectures and the logic synthesis of combinatorial circuits.
Alessandro Barenghi
Associate Professor
Alessandro Barenghi holds an M.Sc. (2007) and Ph.D. (2011) from Politecnico di Milano. His research focuses on computer, embedded, and network security, particularly applied cryptography. He also works on formal languages and compilers, specifically techniques for parallel parsing using operator precedence grammars.