Dr. Josef Spillner

Personal profile

Management role

dep. Head of Research/Focus Area, Distributed Systems

Position at the ZHAW

Senior Lecturer

Professional development teaching

• CAS Information Engineering
• CAS Machine Intelligence

Educational background

Diploma in Computer Science (eq. MSc), 2006, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
inf.josefspillner.de
Doctorate in Engineering (eq. PhD), 2010, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
phd.josefspillner.de/thesis.html
Habilitation in Computer Science, 2015, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
habil.josefspillner.de

Membership of networks

• Schweizer Informatik Gesellschaft / Swiss Informatics Society (SI) [CH]
• Gesellschaft für Informatik / German Informatics Society (GI) [DE]
• Sociedade Brasileira de Computação / Brazilian Computer Society (SBC) [BR]
• Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) [US]
• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) - Computer & Communication Societies [US] - Senior Member

Projects

• Dark Energy: Accurate estimation and awareness of cloud-induced power consumption / Project leader / Project ongoing
• Cloud Open Source Research Mobility Network (CLOUDSTARS) / Project leader / Project ongoing
• Indoor Navigation for Personalised Shopping / Project leader / Project ongoing
• Serverless data analytics and data-centric consensus for sensed data in public transport / Project leader / Project completed
• MA4K8s: Machine advice for GitOps-managed Kubernetes configuration optimisation / Project leader / Project completed
• Runtime-Optimised Business Object Transformation (ROBOT) / Project leader / Project completed
• Actionable Insights and Business Intelligence based on Applied Sciences Messaging Patterns / Project leader / Project completed
• RACCOON – Rapid Application-Centric Composition and Online Orchestration iNvestigation / Project leader / Project completed
• Digital Mobility/Logistics Hub / Project leader / Project completed
• GitOps for Kubernetes Platform / Project leader / Project completed
• ADDSA - Advanced Diagnostics Data and Service Architecture / Project leader / Project completed
• Smart Cities & Regions Services Enablement (SCReSE) / Project leader / Project completed
• Fog-Cloud Continuum Framework for Near-Data Computing / Project leader / Project completed
• Marketing insights from open/public data / Project leader / Project completed
• Smart policy-driven scanning of Docker images / Project leader / Project completed
• Supporting the adoption of FAIR and reproducible digital scholarship with Renku / Project leader / Project completed
• Smart City Simulation Platform / Project leader / Project completed
• Application of stealth computing in highly information-sensitive cloud environments / Project leader / Project completed
• COMBuST / Project co-leader / Project completed
• MOSAIC – Monitored Platform for Container Based Applications / Project leader / Project completed
• Amysta SaaS / Project leader / Project completed
• ARKIS - Architectural Renovation of Kendox InfoShare / Project leader / Project completed

Publications

• Gkikopoulos, Panagiotis; Schiavoni, Valerio; Spillner, Josef,

  2022.

  Decentralised data quality control in ground truth production for autonomic decisions.

  IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems.

  33(10), pp. 2416-2427.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/TPDS.2022.3142967

• Spillner, Josef; Gkikopoulos, Panagiotis; Delgado, Pamela; Choirat, Christine,

  2022.

  Towards reproducible software studies with MAO and Renku.

  SoftwareX.

  17(100947).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.softx.2021.100947

• Taibi, Davide; Spillner, Josef; Wawruch, Konrad,

  2021.

  Serverless computing : where are we now, and where are we heading?.

  IEEE Software.

  38(1), pp. 25-31.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/MS.2020.3028708

• Leitner, Philipp; Wittern, Erik; Spillner, Josef; Hummer, Waldemar,

  2019.

  A mixed-method empirical study of Function-as-a-Service software development in industrial practice.

  Journal of Systems and Software.

  149, pp. 340-359.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.2018.12.013

• Toffetti Carughi, Giovanni; Brunner, Sandro; Blöchlinger, Martin; Spillner, Josef; Bohnert, Thomas Michael,

  2017.

  Self-managing cloud-native applications : design, implementation and experience.

  Future Generation Computer Systems.

  72, pp. 165-179.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.future.2016.09.002

• Spillner, Josef,

  2015.

  Untersuchungen zur Risikominimierungstechnik Stealth Computing für verteilte datenverarbeitende Software-Anwendungen mit nutzerkontrollierbar zusicherbaren Eigenschaften.

  Dresden:

  Technische Universität Dresden.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-1139

• Spillner, Josef,

  2010.

  Methodik und Referenzarchitektur zur inkrementellen Verbesserung der Metaqualität einer vertragsgebundenen, heterogenen und verteilten Dienstausführung.

  Dresden:

  Technische Universität Dresden.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-1138

• Gkikopoulos, Panagiotis; Schiavoni, Valerio; Spillner, Josef,

  2021.

  Analysis and improvement of heterogeneous hardware support in Docker images [paper].

  In:

  Distributed Applications and Interoperable Systems.

  21st International Conference on Distributed Applications and Interoperable Systems (DAIS), Valletta, Malta (online), 14-18 June 2021.

  Cham:

  Springer.

  pp. 125-142.

  Lecture Notes in Computer Science ; 12718.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-78198-9_9

• Hass, Daniel; Spillner, Josef,

  2021.

  Interactive application deployment planning for heterogeneous computing continuums [paper].

  In:

  Advanced Information Networking and Applications.

  M2EC @ 35th International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications (AINA), Toronto, Canada (online), 12-14 May 2021.

  Cham:

  Springer.

  pp. 551-560.

  Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems ; 227.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-75078-7_55

• Spillner, Josef,

  2021.

  Education support structure for teaching multimodal programming in the cyber-physical space [paper].

  In:

  Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Computer Supported Education.

  13th International Conference on Computer Supported Education (CSEDU), Prague, Czech Republic (online), 23-25 April 2021.

  SciTePress.

  pp. 225-232.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.5220/0010446002250232

• Spillner, Josef,

  2021.

  Examination cheat risk reduction through FIPEs [paper].

  In:

  Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Computer Supported Education.

  13th International Conference on Computer Supported Education (CSEDU), Prague, Czech Republic (online), 23-25 April 2021.

  SciTePress.

  pp. 579-586.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.5220/0010479805790586

• Buzachis, Alina; Boruta, Daiana; Villari, Massimo; Spillner, Josef,

  2021.

  Modeling and emulation of an osmotic computing ecosystem using OsmoticToolkit [paper].

  In:

  2021 Australasian Computer Science Week Multiconference.

  19th Australasian Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Computing (AusPDC) @ ACSW, online, 1-5 February 2021.

  ACM.

  pp. 1-9.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1145/3437378.3444366

• Spillner, Josef; Gkikopoulos, Panagiotis; Buzachis, Alina; Villari, Massimo,

  2020.

  Rule-based resource matchmaking for composite application deployments across IoT-fog-cloud continuums [paper].

  In:

  2020 IEEE/ACM 13th International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing (UCC).

  CIFS @ IEEE/ACM 13th International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing (UCC), Leicester, UK (online), 7-10 December 2020.

  IEEE.

  pp. 336-341.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/UCC48980.2020.00053

• Gkikopoulos, Panagiotis; Mateos, Cristian; Spillner, Josef; Teyseyre, Alfredo,

  2020.

  Given 2n eyeballs, all quality flaws are shallow [paper].

  In:

  Middleware '20 Demos and Posters.

  21st International Middleware Conference, Delft, Netherlands (online), 7-11 December 2020.

  ACM.

  pp. 3-4.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1145/3429358.3429371

• Spillner, Josef,

  2020.

  Hierarchical topic aggregation for geospatial applications through processing extensions in message brokers [paper].

  In:

  Middleware '20 Demos and Posters.

  21st International Middleware Conference, Delft, Netherlands (online), 7-11 December 2020.

  ACM.

  pp. 1-2.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1145/3429358.3429370

• Spillner, Josef,

  2020.

  Resource management for cloud functions with memory tracing, profiling and autotuning [paper].

  In:

  Proceedings of the 2020 Sixth International Workshop on Serverless Computing.

  21th International Middleware Conference, Delft, Netherlands (online), 7-11 December 2020.

  ACM.

  pp. 13-18.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1145/3429880.3430094

• Spillner, Josef; López, Manuel Ramírez,

  2020.

  Transactional migration of inhomogeneous composite cloud applications [paper].

  In:

  Advances in Service-Oriented and Cloud Computing.

  7th European Conference on Service Oriented and Cloud Computing (ESOCC), Como, Italy, 12-14 September 2018.

  Cham:

  Springer.

  pp. 34-45.

  Communications in Computer and Information Science ; 1115.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-63161-1_3

• Spillner, Josef,

  2020.

  Comparison and model of compression techniques for smart cloud log file handling [paper].

  In:

  2020 International Conference on Communications, Computing, Cybersecurity, and Informatics (CCCI).

  International Conference on Communications, Computing, Cybersecurity, and Informatics (CCCI), Sharjah, UAE (online), 3-5 November 2020.

  IEEE.

  pp. 1-6.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/CCCI49893.2020.9256609

• Qasse, Ilham Ahmed; Spillner, Josef; Abu Talib, Manar; Nasir, Qassim,

  2020.

  A study on ĐApps characteristics [paper].

  In:

  2020 IEEE International Conference on Decentralized Applications and Infrastructures (DAPPS).

  IEEE International Conference on Decentralized Applications and Infrastructures (DAPPS), Oxford, UK (online), 3-6 August 2020.

  IEEE.

  pp. 88-93.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/DAPPS49028.2020.00010

• Spillner, Josef,

  2019.

  Serverless computing and cloud function-based applications [paper].

  In:

  UCC '19 Companion.

  12th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing (UCC), Auckland, New Zealand, 2-5 December 2019.

  ACM.

  pp. 177-178.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1145/3368235.3370269

• Al-Ameen, Mohammed; Spillner, Josef,

  2019.

  A systematic and open exploration of FaaS research [paper].

  In:

  Proceedings of the European symposium on serverless computing and applications.

  ESSCA, Zurich, 21 December 2018.

  CEUR Workshop Proceedings.

  pp. 30-35.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3271

• Serhiienko, Oleksii; Gkikopoulos, Panagiotis; Spillner, Josef,

  2019.

  Extensible declarative management of cloud resources across providers [paper].

  In:

  2019 19th IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Cluster, Cloud and Grid Computing (CCGRID).

  CCGrid 2019, Nicosia, Cyprus, 14-17 May 2019.

  IEEE.

  pp. 678-683.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/CCGRID.2019.00087

• Dorodko, Serhii; Spillner, Josef,

  2019.

  Selective Java code transformation into AWS Lambda functions [paper].

  In:

  Proceedings of the European symposium on serverless computing and applications.

  ESSCA, Zurich, 21 December 2018.

  CEUR Workshop Proceedings.

  pp. 9-17.

  2330.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3269

• Bogado-Sarubbi, Yessica; Benitez-Davalos, Walter; Spillner, Josef; Lopez-Pires, Fabio,

  2019.

  Towards sustainable ecosystems for cloud functions [paper].

  In:

  Proceedings of the European symposium on serverless computing and applications.

  ESSCA, Zurich, 21 December 2018.

  CEUR Workshop Proceedings.

  pp. 18-24.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3270

• Serhiienko, Oleksii; Spillner, Josef,

  2018.

  Systematic and recomputable comparison of multi-cloud management platforms [paper].

  In:

  2018 IEEE International Conference on Cloud Computing Technology and Science (CloudCom).

  International Conference on Cloud Computing Technology and Science (CloudCom 2018), Nicosia, Cyprus, 10-13 December 2018.

  IEEE.

  pp. 107-114.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/CloudCom2018.2018.00032

• Spillner, Josef; Bogado, Yessica; Benítez, Walter; López Pires, Fabio,

  2018.

  Co-transformation to cloud-native applications : development experiences and experimental evaluation [paper].

  In:

  Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science.

  8th International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science (CLOSER), Funchal, Portugal, 19-21 March 2018.

  Setúbal:

  SciTePress.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3508

• Spillner, Josef; Stefan, Köpsell; Vumo, Ambrósio Patrício,

  2017.

  Analysis of Mozambican websites : how do they protect their users? [paper].

  In:

  2017 Information Security for South Africa (ISSA 2017).

  16th International Information Security South Africa Conference (ISSA), Johannesburg, 16-17 August 2017.

  IEEE.

  pp. 90-97.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/ISSA.2017.8251780

• Toffetti Carughi, Giovanni; Lötscher, Tobias; Kenzhegulov, Saken; Spillner, Josef; Bohnert, Thomas Michael,

  2017.

  Cloud robotics : SLAM and autonomous exploration on PaaS [paper].

  In:

  UCC '17 Companion Companion Proceedings of the10th International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing.

  10th International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing (UCC '17), Austin, USA, 5-8 December 2017.

  ACM.

  pp. 65-70.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1145/3147234.3148100

• Spillner, Josef; Ramírez López, Manuel; Toffetti Carughi, Giovanni,

  2017.

  Cloud-native databases : an application perspective [paper].

  In:

  Mann, Zóltan Ádám; Stolz, Volker, eds.,

  Advances in Service-Oriented and Cloud Computing... Autor: Zoltán Ádám Mann Advances in Service-Oriented and Cloud Computing : Workshops of ESOCC 2017, Oslo, Norway, September 27-29, 2017, Revised Selected Papers.

  3rd International Workshop on Cloud Adoption and Migration (CloudWays), Oslo, Norway, 27-29 September 2017.

  Cham:

  Springer.

  pp. 102-116.

  Communications in Computer and Information Science ; 824.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-79090-9_7

• Spillner, Josef; Mateos, Cristian; Monge, David A.,

  2017.

  FaaSter, better, cheaper : the prospect of serverless scientific computing and HPC [paper].

  In:

  Mocskos, Esteban; Nesmachnow, Sergio, eds.,

  High Performance Computing.

  4th Latin American Conference (CARLA 2017), Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay, 20-22 September 2017.

  Cham:

  Springer.

  pp. 154-168.

  Communications in Computer and Information Science ; 796.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73353-1_11

• Spillner, Josef,

  2017.

  Practical tooling for serverless computing [paper].

  In:

  10th International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing (UCC '17), Austin, USA, 5-8 December 2017.

  Austin:

  ACM.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1145/3147213.3149452

• Ramírez López, Manuel; Spillner, Josef,

  2017.

  Towards quantifiable boundaries for elastic horizontal scaling of microservices [paper].

  In:

  10th International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing Companion (UCC 2017).

  6th International Workshop on Clouds and (eScience) Applications Management (CloudAM 2017), Austin, USA, 5-8 December 2017.

  Austin:

  ACM.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1145/3147234.3148111

• Spillner, Josef; Beck, Martin; Schill, Alexander; Bohnert, Thomas Michael,

  2015.

  Stealth databases : ensuring user-controlled queries in untrusted cloud environments [paper].

  In:

  2015 IEEE/ACM 8th International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing (UCC), Limassol, Cyprus, 7-10 December 2015.

  8th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing (UCC), Limassol, Cyprus, 7-10 December 2015.

  IEEE.

  pp. 261-270.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3775

• Gkikopoulos, Panagiotis; Spillner, Josef; Schiavoni, Valerio,

  2020.

  Monitoring data distribution and exploitation in a global-scale microservice artefact observatory.

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-22695

• Spillner, Josef, ed.,

  2018.

  Service Prototyping Lab Report - 2018 (Y3).

  Winterthur:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3945

• Spillner, Josef; Sill, Alan,

  2018.

  Reengineering cloud data centers.

  IEEE Cloud Computing.

  5(6), pp. 26-27.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/MCC.2018.064181117

• Harsh, Piyush; Dorodko, Serhii; Spillner, Josef; Ramirez Lopez, Manuel; Perez Belmonte, Manuel; Serhiienko, Oleksii; Skoviera, Martin,

  2017.

  Service Prototyping Lab Report - 2017 (Y2).

  Lab Reports

  ; 2.

  Winterthur:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3708

• Lötscher, Tobias; Marti, Christof; Ramírez López, Manuel; Spillner, Josef; Toffetti Carughi, Giovanni,

  2016.

  Service Prototyping Lab Report - 2016 (Y1).

  Lab Reports

  ; 1.

  Winterthur:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3709

• Brunner, Sandro; Blöchlinger, Martin; Toffetti Carughi, Giovanni; Spillner, Josef; Bohnert, Thomas Michael,

  2015.

  Experimental evaluation of the cloud-native application design [paper].

  In:

  2015 IEEE/ACM 8th International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing (UCC).

  4th International Workshop on Clouds and (eScience) Application Management (CloudAM), Limassol, Cyprus, 7-10 December 2015.

  IEEE.

  pp. 488-493.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3782

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