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Autonomous Computing



Finally looking up some stuff about autonomous (or autonomic) computing. IBM’s lab says:

    “Imagine a world where computers fix their own problems before you even know something is wrong. IBM is building that world with a range of autonomic computing capabilities across all of our product lines, helping you control an increasingly complex and expensive IT environment with computing systems that are self-managing, resilient, responsive, efficient, and secure.”

They list autonomous systems as possessing these 4 traits:

  • Self-configuring
  • Self-healing
  • Self-protecting
  • Self-optimizing

    It sounds more advanced than a lot of people I know. The idea I guess stems from biological systems which are self-regulating, such as how most of your body activity occurs beyond the level of conscious control, and you never have to worry about sitting there and making your blood pump, or your immune system acting.

    Wait wait! Here is a much better explanation of all the things an autonomous system must be able to do. They make it sound so damn awesome.

    Also, if you’re into this sort of shit, XEROX PARC’s research area summaries. They are incredible. I like their DataGlyphs one.







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