Dr. Josef Spillner

Personal profile

Management role

dep. Head of Research/Focus Area, Distributed Systems

Position at the ZHAW

Senior Lecturer

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

• Cloud Open Source Research Mobility Network (CLOUDSTARS) / Project leader / Project ongoing
• MA4K8s: Machine advice for GitOps-managed Kubernetes configuration optimisation / Project leader / Project ongoing
• Indoor Navigation for Personalised Shopping / Project leader / Project ongoing
• Runtime-Optimised Business Object Transformation (ROBOT) / Project leader / Project ongoing
• 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.

  CEUR Workshop Proceedings ; 2330.

  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.

  CEUR Workshop Proceedings ; 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.

  CEUR Workshop Proceedings ; 2330.

  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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