Computer Systems
Computer architecture, operating systems, systems software, digital systems and hardware/software integration.
RESEARCH
Researching computation across systems, substrates and scales.
My research connects computer systems, modeling and simulation, artificial intelligence and biological computing through a common interest in how complex computational systems are structured, executed and understood.
RESEARCH AGENDA
Four connected research directions.
Modeling & Simulation
Simulation architectures, discrete-event systems, experimentation and computational models of complex systems.
Artificial Intelligence for Science
AI agents, scientific workflows and integration between intelligent systems, models, data and simulation tools.
Biological Computing
Biological computation, systems biology, synthetic biology and computational modeling of cellular systems.
CURRENT DIRECTIONS
Where the research is moving now.
Biological and biochemical computing
Studying biological mechanisms and cellular systems as computational substrates and as targets for formal and computational modeling.
AI-coordinated scientific workflows
Investigating architectures in which AI agents support scientific planning, literature search, model selection, execution and critique.
Cellular-system and whole-cell simulation
Integrating heterogeneous mathematical and computational models to study complex cellular systems across scales.
Simulation architecture and GenESyS
Extending a generic, extensible simulation platform for research, teaching and computational experimentation.
SELECTED RESEARCH PROJECTS
Research through models, software and computational experimentation.
Biological systems simulation models
Computational modeling and simulation of unicellular biological systems, connecting biological computation, systems modeling and the study of biological substrates for information processing.
Open referenceGenESyS — Generic and Expansible System Simulator
Development of a modular simulation platform for discrete-event and other computational models, statistical analysis, experimentation and extensible simulation research.
Open referenceADESDToolSuite — Cyber-physical systems design automation
Research and software related to embedded and cyber-physical systems, design-space exploration, multi-objective optimization and hardware/software platform design.
Open referenceAI-coordinated scientific workflows
Research on multi-agent architectures for scientific planning, literature analysis, model selection, simulation execution, analysis and critique across computational research workflows.
PUBLICATIONS
Publication record and representative work.
Selected publications are shown here, with the complete academic record available through Lattes and ORCID.
Peer-reviewed journal publications.
Papers published in conference proceedings.
Book on programming education with Moodle and VPL.
International chapter on parallel real-time systems.
Selected publications
Developing Programming Courses with Moodle and VPL - The Teacher's Guide to the Virtual Programming Lab
A. von Wangenheim, J. E. Martina, R. L. Cancian, J. C. Dovicchi
Bookess, 1st edition, 210 pages, ISBN 9788544802885
On the Performance of a Multicomputer-based Environment for Parallel Real-Time Applications
R. L. Cancian, L. F. Friedrich, R. S. Oliveira, T. B. Corso
Applications of Parallel Computing - 2002, Nova Science Publishers
A Tool for Supporting and Automating the Development of Component-based Embedded Systems
A. Schulter, R. L. Cancian, M. R. Stemmer, A. A. M. Frohlich
Journal of Object Technology, v. 6, p. 399-416
Performance Evaluation of Real Time Schedulers for a Multicomputer
R. L. Cancian, L. F. Friedrich
Sixth IEEE International Workshop on Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications, p. 71-76
BIOLOGICAL COMPUTING
Biological Computer Research Laboratory
My current biological-computing research is connected to BioCompLab, where the broader group develops work in biological computation, computational biology, simulation and related scientific tools.
COLLABORATION
Research collaboration
I welcome selected research collaboration in areas where computer systems, modeling, artificial intelligence and biological computation intersect.