Observability of Software Computing Systems: Challenges and Opportunities

Modern computing systems expand on the challenges of traditional monolithic applications by relying on a combination of servers, embedded and sensory devices, diverse architectural models, and various communication mechanisms to drive new ways of creating value and stimulating growth in diverse sectors of modern society. The fragmented and distributed nature of these systemscallfor advanced system analysis and fault diagnosis methods -timely detection and prevention of crashes and anomalies are of paramount importance. In this talk, we will start by discussing the concept of system observability, which we present as the umbrella field for the current research that aim to gain insight into runtime data (traces, logs, profiling metrics, etc.). we will then dive into the research opportunities and challenges in system observability using log analytics with an emphasis on software and hardware system analysis.