{"id":4050,"date":"2023-05-22T14:04:56","date_gmt":"2023-05-22T14:04:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/conferences.sigappfr.org\/idc2026\/?post_type=speaker&#038;p=4050"},"modified":"2026-04-21T12:34:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T12:34:06","slug":"schahram-dustdar","status":"publish","type":"speaker","link":"https:\/\/conferences.sigappfr.org\/idc2026\/speaker\/schahram-dustdar\/","title":{"rendered":"Schahram Dustdar"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mce-content-body\" style=\"position: relative;\" contenteditable=\"true\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4052 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/conferences.sigappfr.org\/idc2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Schahram-Dustdar.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"421\" height=\"626\" \/><\/p>\n<h1>Schahram Dustdar<\/h1>\n<h3 style=\"font-family: 'Ubuntu',Helvetica,Arial,Lucida,sans-serif; color: #2ea3f2!important; line-height: 1.8em;\">Head of the Research Division of Distributed Systems at the TU Wien, Austria<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Schahram Dustdar is a Full Professor of Computer Science at TU Wien, where he leads the Distributed Systems Group (<a href=\"https:\/\/dustdar.prof\/\">https:\/\/dustdar.prof<\/a>). He is co-founder and chief-Scientist at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/coovally.ai\/\">Coovally.ai<\/a>\u00a0in Barcelona. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He is widely known for pushing the frontier of elastic, dependable cloud-to-edge systems and the Computing Continuum, turning cutting-edge research into practical foundations for modern distributed intelligence. An IEEE Fellow, ACM Distinguished Scientist\/Speaker, and member of Academia Europaea, hes a sought-after keynote speaker recognized for shaping how large-scale systems adapt, scale, and stay resilient in the real world. <\/p>\n\n\n<h2>\u00a0<\/h2>\n<h2><strong>Title<\/strong>: Meta-Intelligence for Distributed Intelligence<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Abstract<\/strong>: Modern distributed systems must operate under uncertainty, across environments, infrastructures, and applications that vary widely. Within the Computing Continuum (IoT\u2013Edge\u2013Fog\u2013Cloud), applying neuroscience-inspired principles and mechanisms may help us build more flexible solutions that can generalize across diverse settings. Intriguing hypotheses in neuroscience propose that many brain functions in humans and animals arise from a small number of powerful principles. If these hypotheses hold, they could offer deep insight into how humans and animals cope with unpredictable events\u2014and even support imagination. In this talk, we explore how Active Inference, alongside established design principles for modern distributed systems\u2014such as elasticity, predictive equilibrium, and antifragility\u2014can enable Distributed Intelligence across the Computing Continuum.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Schahram Dustdar Head of the Research Division of Distributed Systems at the TU Wien, Austria Schahram Dustdar is a Full Professor of Computer Science at TU Wien, where he leads the Distributed Systems Group (https:\/\/dustdar.prof). 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