17-06-2013
The goal of SyncFree is to enable large-scale distributed applications without requiring global synchronisation, by exploiting the recent concept of Conflict-free Replicated Data Types (CRDTs). CRDTs allow unsynchronised concurrent updates, yet ensure data consistency. The SyncFree project will develop both theoretical and practical understanding of large-scale synchronisation-free programming based on CRDTs. Project results will be new industrial applications, new application architectures, large-scale evaluation of both, programming models and algorithms for large-scale applications, and advanced scientific understanding. The local CITI@DI team, led by PI Nuno Preguiça (Computer Systems), also involves CITI researchers, Carla Ferreira (Software Systems), and Rodrigo Rodrigues, Sérgio Duarte and João Lourenço (Computer Systems) and their students. The project coordinator is Marc Shapiro (INRIA). The project partners are: INRIA (coordinator), Basho, Trifork, Rovio Entertainment Ltd, FCT/Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Université Catholique de Louvain, Koc University, Technische Universitaet Kaiserlautern.
