Distributed Information Systems Group

Our group is pursuing research on synthetic and natural distributed information systems. Current focus areas include network information systems (the synthetic part) and the development of abstractions for the analysis and design of biological regulatory networks (the natural part).

Research in the lab is supported by the Caltech Lee Center for Advanced Networking, the National Science Foundation and the Alpha Project (an NIH Center of Excellence) at the Molecular Sciences Institute in Berkeley.

Past projects in the lab include the RAIN (Reliable Array of Independent Nodes) project. The RAIN technology was transferred to a spin-off company, called Rainfinity. Rainfinity (acquired in 2005 by EMC) focused on software products for management of network information systems.