The paper “Spotting the Right Cloud Instances with Multiple AWS EC2 Fleets” has been accepted for publication and presentation at the 37th IEEE/SBC International Symposium on Computer Architecture and High Performance Computing (SBAC-PAD). The work is authored by students Daniel Sodré, Miguel de Lima and Lucas Serrano, and professors Cristina Boeres, Vinod E.F. Rebello, and Lucia M. A. Drummond, all from the Fluminense Federal University (UFF). The conference will be held in Bonito, MS, Brazil, from October 28-31, 2025.
Participation in ERAD/NE 2025
Professor Lúcia Drummond (UFF) participated in the Northeast Regional School of High Performance (ERAD/NE 2025), which was held from July 2 to 4 at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.
On July 4, the professor gave a talk titled “Optimizing Computational Costs of High-Performance Applications in Public Clouds“. The presentation addressed the challenges and solutions for using cloud computing in HPC projects, focusing on reducing costs and execution time.
Participation in the Inova USP Event
On June 5, professor Lúcia Drummond (UFF) was a guest speaker at the Inova USP, a seminar promoted by the USP-AWS collaboration.
During the event, the professor presented a successful case study on the application of the cloud in research, emphasizing the importance of collaboration between academia and major technology companies.
Paper Accepted
The paper “Mitigating Concept Drift in Job Execution Time Prediction Models” has been accepted for publication and presentation at the Workshop on Knowledge Discovery, Data Mining, and Learning (KDMiLe) 2025. The study was authored by student Bernardo Gallo (UFF) and professors Lúcia Drummond (UFF) and José Viterbo (UFF). The conference will be held in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil, from September 29 to October 2, 2025.
Paper Accepted
The paper “A Preliminary Study on Reinforcement Learning and Genetic Algorithm for Job Scheduling” has been accepted for publication and presentation at the Brazilian Symposium on Operational Research (SBPO) 2025. The study was authored by student Bernardo Gallo (UFF) and professors Lúcia Drummond (UFF) and José Viterbo (UFF). The conference will take place in Gramado, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, from October 5 to 9, 2025.
Workshop: Kickoff of phase 2 of the TC with Petrobras
The Fluminense Federal University (UFF) and Petrobras celebrated last Friday, June 6th, the beginning of the second phase of the Cooperation Agreement for the Optimization of HPC costs in the cloud. The workshop, held at Cenpes, marked the transition to a new stage of research and development in High-Performance Computing (HPC).
Under the leadership of Professor Lucia Drummond, our team of researchers from UFF was fundamental in the first phase of the project. Over two years, our work in developing SIM@Cloud helped to prove that the use of a hybrid cloud for HPC is a technical and economic reality for complex challenges such as reservoir simulation, generating cutting-edge knowledge and scientific publications.
It is a privilege for UFF to collaborate with the high-level team from Petrobras, including Felipe Portella, Maicon Moro, Paulo Fernando Ramos Pereira, and Paulo Estrela, and with technological partners such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft, and Spassu. For this new phase, we welcome CESAR, which joins this innovation ecosystem.
We remain committed to generating impactful science, developing talent, strengthening national industry, and contributing to Brazil’s technological development. The UFF-Petrobras partnership is proof of the power of collaboration between academia and the market to solve great challenges.
Doctoral Stay at Sorbonne
Ph.D. student Luan Teylo was awarded a six-month scholarship to pursue a doctoral stay at the Sorbonne Université in Paris. The scholarship is part of Capes PrInt’s ReMatCH project and started in September 2019, ending in February 2020.
Luan Teylo is supervised by professor Lúcia Drummond and will work with professors Pierre Sens and Luciana Arantes in the LIP6 laboratory.
Visit to Sorbonne Université
In November 2019, Prof. Lúcia Drummond visited the LIP6 laboratory at the Sorbonne Université. The visit was part of the missions of Capes PrInt’s ReMaTCH project.
She participated in several meetings with professors Luciana Arantes and Pierre Sens and gave a presentation about C+HPC research, which was attended by students and professors from the University.
winter school
PhD student Luan Teylo participated in the 5th GDR RSD and ASF Winter School on Distributed Systems and Networks. The winter school takes place annually in the French Alps region and is organized by GDR RSD and ACM SIGOPS, with support from INRIA.
At the event, professors from different European universities share their academic experiences with graduate students. In addition, participating students have the opportunity to present the results of their research.
