Publications

2023

1. An Empirical Study of Container Image Configurations and Their Impact on Start Times

   Martin Straesser, André Bauer, Robert Leppich, Nikolas Herbst, Kyle Chard, Ian Foster, and Samuel Kounev

   In Proceedings of the 23rd IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Cluster, Cloud and Internet Computing (CCGRID), May 2023

   To be appear

   Bib

   @inproceedings{strasser2023container,
     author = {Straesser, Martin and Bauer, André and Leppich, Robert and Herbst, Nikolas and Chard, Kyle and Foster, Ian and Kounev, Samuel},
     title = {{An Empirical Study of Container Image Configurations and Their Impact on Start Times}},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of the 23rd  IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Cluster, Cloud and Internet Computing (CCGRID)},
     month = may,
     publisher = {ACM},
     year = {2023},
     note = {To be appear}
   }

2. Recommendation of Secure Group Communication Schemes Using Multi-objective Optimization

   Thomas Prantl, André Bauer, Lukas Iffländer, Christian Krupitzer, and Samuel Kounev

   International Journal of Information Security, May 2023

   Bib Website

   @article{PrantlRecSGC,
     author = {Prantl, Thomas and Bauer, André and Iffländer, Lukas and Krupitzer, Christian and Kounev, Samuel},
     journal = {International Journal of Information Security},
     title = {Recommendation of Secure Group Communication Schemes Using Multi-objective Optimization},
     year = {2023},
     month = may,
     volume = {},
     number = {},
     pages = {},
     publisher = {Springer}
   }

3. A Systematic Approach for Benchmarking of Container Orchestration Frameworks

   Martin Straesser, Jonas Mathiasch, André Bauer, and Samuel Kounev

   In Proceedings of the 14th ACM/SPEC International Conference on Performance Engineering (ICPE), Apr 2023

   Bib Website

   @inproceedings{strasser2023benchmark,
     author = {Straesser, Martin and Mathiasch, Jonas and Bauer, André and Kounev, Samuel},
     title = {{A Systematic Approach for Benchmarking of Container Orchestration Frameworks}},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of the 14th ACM/SPEC International Conference on Performance Engineering (ICPE)},
     month = apr,
     publisher = {ACM},
     year = {2023},
     pages = {187–198}
   }

4. Autoscaler Evaluation and Configuration: A Practitioner’s Guideline

   Martin Straesser, Simon Eismann, Joakim Kistowski, André Bauer, and Samuel Kounev

   In Proceedings of the 14th ACM/SPEC International Conference on Performance Engineering (ICPE), Apr 2023

   Bib Website

   @inproceedings{strasser2023scaling,
     author = {Straesser, Martin and Eismann, Simon and von Kistowski, Joakim and Bauer, André and Kounev, Samuel},
     title = {{Autoscaler Evaluation and Configuration: A Practitioner's Guideline}},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of the 14th ACM/SPEC International Conference on Performance Engineering (ICPE)},
     month = apr,
     publisher = {ACM},
     year = {2023},
     pages = {31–41},
   }

5. Searching for the Ground Truth: Assessing the Similarity of Benchmarking Runs

   André Bauer, Martin Straesser, Mark Leznik, Lukas Beierlieb, Marius Hadry, Nathaniel Hudson, Kyle Chard, Samuel Kounev, and Ian Foster

   In Companion of the 14th ACM/SPEC International Conference on Performance Engineering (ICPE), Apr 2023

   Bib Website

   @inproceedings{bauer2023similiar,
     author = {Bauer, André and Straesser, Martin and Leznik, Mark and Beierlieb, Lukas and Hadry, Marius and Hudson, Nathaniel and Chard, Kyle and Kounev, Samuel and Foster, Ian},
     title = {{Searching for the Ground Truth: Assessing the Similarity of Benchmarking Runs}},
     booktitle = {Companion of the 14th ACM/SPEC International Conference on Performance Engineering (ICPE)},
     month = apr,
     publisher = {ACM},
     year = {2023},
     pages = {95–99},
   }

6. Efficient Data Processing: Assessing the Performance of Different Programming Languages

   Lukas Beierlieb, André Bauer, Robert Leppich, Lukas Iffländer, and Samuel Kounev

   In Companion of the 14th ACM/SPEC International Conference on Performance Engineering (ICPE), Apr 2023

    Runner-up for Best Data Challenge Paper

   Bib Website

   @inproceedings{beierlieb2023efficient,
     author = {Beierlieb, Lukas and Bauer, André and Leppich, Robert and Iffländer, Lukas and Kounev, Samuel},
     title = {{Efficient Data Processing: Assessing the Performance of Different Programming Languages}},
     booktitle = {Companion of the 14th ACM/SPEC International Conference on Performance Engineering (ICPE)},
     month = apr,
     publisher = {ACM},
     year = {2023},
     pages = {83–87},
     note = {Runner-up for Best Data Challenge Paper},
     award = {true}
   }

7. Impact of Prophylactic Preoperative Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump on Early Outcome in Patients with Severe Left Ventricular Dysfunction Undergoing Elective On-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

   Andrej Kralev, Jurij Matija Kalisnik, André Bauer, Joachim Sirch, Matthias Fittkau, and Theodor Fischlein

   The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon, Feb 2023

   Bib

   @article{kralev2023impact,
     title = {Impact of Prophylactic Preoperative Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump on Early Outcome in Patients with Severe Left Ventricular Dysfunction Undergoing Elective On-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting},
     author = {Kralev, Andrej and Kalisnik, Jurij Matija and Bauer, André and Sirch, Joachim and Fittkau, Matthias and Fischlein, Theodor},
     journal = {The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon},
     volume = {71},
     number = {S 01},
     pages = {DGTHG--V06},
     year = {2023},
     publisher = {Georg Thieme Verlag KG},
     month = feb
   }

8. Association between Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation Recurrences and Interatrial Block by the Time of Open-Heart Surgery

   Spela Leiler, Jurij Matija Kalisnik, Rok Bernik, André Bauer, Valentin Günzler, Patrick Sluet, Samuel Kounev, and Theodor Fischlein

   The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon, Feb 2023

   Bib

   @article{leiler2023association,
     title = {Association between Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation Recurrences and Interatrial Block by the Time of Open-Heart Surgery},
     author = {Leiler, Spela and Kalisnik, Jurij Matija and Bernik, Rok and Bauer, André and Günzler, Valentin and Sluet, Patrick and Kounev, Samuel and Fischlein, Theodor},
     journal = {The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon},
     volume = {71},
     number = {S 01},
     pages = {DGTHG--V130},
     year = {2023},
     publisher = {Georg Thieme Verlag KG},
     month = feb
   }

9. A literature review of IoT and CPS—What they are, and what they are not

   Veronika Lesch, Marwin Züfle, André Bauer, Lukas Iffländer, Christian Krupitzer, and Samuel Kounev

   Journal of Systems and Software, 2023

   To be appear

   Bib Website

   @article{LeschCPS,
     title = {A literature review of IoT and CPS—What they are, and what they are not},
     journal = {Journal of Systems and Software},
     pages = {111631},
     year = {2023},
     author = {Lesch, Veronika and Züfle, Marwin and Bauer, André and Iffländer, Lukas and Krupitzer, Christian and Kounev, Samuel},
     volume = {200},
     number = {6},
     publisher = {Elsevier},
     month = {},
     note = {To be appear}
   }

10. Impact of Prophylactic Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump on Early Outcomes in Patients With Severe Left Ventricular Dysfunction Undergoing Elective Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting With Cardiopulmonary Bypass

    Andrej Kralev, Jurij Matija Kalisnik, André Bauer, Joachim Sirch, Matthias Fittkau, and Theodor Fischlein

    International Journal of Cardiology, 2023

    To be appear

    Bib

    @article{kralev2023impacu,
      title = {Impact of Prophylactic Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump on Early Outcomes in Patients With Severe Left Ventricular Dysfunction Undergoing Elective Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting With Cardiopulmonary Bypass},
      author = {Kralev, Andrej and Kalisnik, Jurij Matija and Bauer, André and Sirch, Joachim and Fittkau, Matthias and Fischlein, Theodor},
      journal = {International Journal of Cardiology},
      volume = {},
      number = {},
      pages = {},
      year = {2023},
      publisher = {Elsevier},
      note = {To be appear}
    }

2022

1. Libra: A Benchmark for Time Series Forecasting Methods

   André Bauer, and Samuel Kounev

   Oct 2022

   Accepted tool

   Bib Website

   @misc{libra-SPEC,
     title = {{Libra: A Benchmark for Time Series Forecasting Methods}},
     author = {Bauer, André and Kounev, Samuel},
     url = {https://research.spec.org/tools/overview/libra/},
     year = {2022},
     month = oct,
     howpublished = {Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC) Research Group},
     note = {Accepted tool}
   }

2. Towards Forecasting Future Snow Cover Dynamics in the European Alps - The Potential of Long Optical Remote-Sensing Time Series

   Jonas Koehler, André Bauer, Andreas J. Dietz, and Claudia Kuenzer

   Remote Sensing, Sep 2022

   Bib Website

   @article{jonas2022,
     author = {Koehler, Jonas and Bauer, André and Dietz, Andreas J. and Kuenzer, Claudia},
     journal = {Remote Sensing},
     number = {18},
     title = {Towards Forecasting Future Snow Cover Dynamics in the European Alps - The Potential of Long Optical Remote-Sensing Time Series},
     volume = {14},
     year = {2022},
     month = sep
   }

3. A Survey on Secure Group Communication Schemes with Focus on IoT Communication

   Thomas Prantl, Timo Zeck, André Bauer, Peter Ten, Dominik Prantl, Ala Eddine Ben Yahya, Lukas Iffländer, Alexandra Dmitrienko, Christian Krupitzer, and Samuel Kounev

   IEEE Access, Sep 2022

   Bib Website

   @article{ThomasSGCSurvey,
     author = {Prantl, Thomas and Zeck, Timo and Bauer, André and Ten, Peter and Prantl, Dominik and Ben Yahya, Ala Eddine and Iffländer, Lukas and Dmitrienko, Alexandra and Krupitzer, Christian and Kounev, Samuel},
     journal = {IEEE Access},
     volume = {10},
     number = {},
     pages = {99944-99962},
     publisher = {IEEE},
     title = {A Survey on Secure Group Communication Schemes with Focus on IoT Communication},
     year = {2022},
     month = sep
   }

4. An Experience Report on the Suitability of a Distributed Group Encryption Scheme for an IoT Use Case

   Thomas Prantl, Simon Engel, André Bauer, Ala Eddine Ben Yahya, Stefan Herrnleben, Lukas Iffländer, Alexandra Dmitrienko, and Samuel Kounev

   In Proceedings of the 2022 2022 IEEE 95th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2022-Spring), Jun 2022

   Bib Website

   @inproceedings{PrEnBaAlHeIfDmKo2022,
     author = {Prantl, Thomas and Engel, Simon and Bauer, André and Ben Yahya, Ala Eddine and Herrnleben, Stefan and Iffländer, Lukas and Dmitrienko, Alexandra and Kounev, Samuel},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2022 2022 IEEE 95th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2022-Spring)},
     publisher = {IEEE},
     title = {An Experience Report on the Suitability of a Distributed Group Encryption Scheme for an IoT Use Case},
     year = {2022},
     pages = {1-7},
     month = jun
   }

5. Artificial Intelligence-Based Early Detection Of Acute Kidney Injury After Cardiac Surgery

   Jurij Matija Kalisnik, André Bauer, Ferdinand Aurel Vogt, Franziska Josephine Stickl, Janez Zibert, Matthias Fittkau, Thomas Bertsch, Samuel Kounev, and Theodor Fischlein

   European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EJCTS), May 2022

   Joint first authorship

   Bib Website

   @article{kalisnik2022artificial,
     author = {Kalisnik, Jurij Matija and Bauer, André and Vogt, Ferdinand Aurel and Stickl, Franziska Josephine and Zibert, Janez and Fittkau, Matthias and Bertsch, Thomas and Kounev, Samuel and Fischlein, Theodor},
     journal = {European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EJCTS)},
     note = {Joint first authorship},
     volume = {62},
     number = {5},
     year = {2022},
     month = may,
     title = {Artificial Intelligence-Based Early Detection Of Acute Kidney Injury After Cardiac Surgery},
   }

6. Same, Same, but Dissimilar: Exploring Measurements for Workload Time-series Similarity

   Mark Leznik, Johannes Grohmann, Nina Kliche, André Bauer, Daniel Seybold, Simon Eismann, Samuel Kounev, and Jörg Domaschka

   In Proceedings of the 13th ACM/SPEC International Conference on Performance Engineering (ICPE), Apr 2022

   Bib Website

   @inproceedings{leznik2022same,
     author = {Leznik, Mark and Grohmann, Johannes and Kliche, Nina and Bauer, André and Seybold, Daniel and Eismann, Simon and Kounev, Samuel and Domaschka, J{\"o}rg},
     title = {{Same, Same, but Dissimilar: Exploring Measurements for Workload Time-series Similarity}},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of the 13th ACM/SPEC International Conference on Performance Engineering (ICPE)},
     month = apr,
     numpages = {8},
     publisher = {ACM},
     year = {2022},
     pages = {89–96},
   }

7. Why Is It Not Solved Yet? Challenges for Production-Ready Autoscaling

   Martin Straesser, Johannes Grohmann, Joakim Kistowski, Simon Eismann, André Bauer, and Samuel Kounev

   In Proceedings of the 13th ACM/SPEC International Conference on Performance Engineering (ICPE), Apr 2022

    Best Industry Paper

   Bib Website

   @inproceedings{strasser2022autoscaling,
     author = {Straesser, Martin and Grohmann, Johannes and von Kistowski, Joakim and Eismann, Simon and Bauer, André and Kounev, Samuel},
     title = {{Why Is It Not Solved Yet? Challenges for Production-Ready Autoscaling}},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of the 13th ACM/SPEC International Conference on Performance Engineering (ICPE)},
     month = apr,
     numpages = {11},
     publisher = {ACM},
     year = {2022},
     pages = {105–115},
     note = {Best Industry Paper},
     award = {true},
   }

8. Automated Triage of Performance Change Points Using Time Series Analysis and Machine Learning: Data Challenge Paper

   André Bauer, Martin Straesser, Lukas Beierlieb, Maximilian Meissner, and Samuel Kounev

   In Companion of the 2022 ACM/SPEC on International Conference on Performance Engineering (ICPE), Apr 2022

   Bib Website

   @inproceedings{bauer2022automated,
     author = {Bauer, André and Straesser, Martin and Beierlieb, Lukas and Meissner, Maximilian and Kounev, Samuel},
     booktitle = {Companion of the 2022 ACM/SPEC on International Conference on Performance Engineering (ICPE)},
     month = apr,
     publisher = {ACM},
     title = {Automated Triage of Performance Change Points Using Time Series Analysis and Machine Learning: Data Challenge Paper},
     year = {2022},
     pages = {29–32},
   }

9. Change Point Detection for MongoDB Time Series Performance Regression

   Mark Leznik, Md Shahriar Iqbal, Igor A. Trubin, Arne Lochner, Pooyan Jamshidi, and André Bauer

   In Companion of the 2022 ACM/SPEC on International Conference on Performance Engineering (ICPE), Apr 2022

   Bib Website

   @inproceedings{leznik2022change,
     author = {Leznik, Mark and Iqbal, Md Shahriar and Trubin, Igor A. and Lochner, Arne and Jamshidi, Pooyan and Bauer, André},
     booktitle = {Companion of the 2022 ACM/SPEC on International Conference on Performance Engineering (ICPE)},
     month = apr,
     publisher = {ACM},
     title = {Change Point Detection for MongoDB Time Series Performance Regression},
     year = {2022},
     pages = {45–48},
   }

10. SPEC Research - Introducing the Predictive Data Analytics Working Group: Poster Paper

    André Bauer, Mark Leznik, Daniel Seybold, Igor Trubin, Benjamin Erb, Jörg Domaschka, and Pooyan Jamshidi

    In Companion of the 2022 ACM/SPEC on International Conference on Performance Engineering (ICPE), Apr 2022

    Bib Website

    @inproceedings{bauer2022research,
      author = {Bauer, André and Leznik, Mark and Seybold, Daniel and Trubin, Igor and Erb, Benjamin and Domaschka, Jörg and Jamshidi, Pooyan},
      booktitle = {Companion of the 2022 ACM/SPEC on International Conference on Performance Engineering (ICPE)},
      month = apr,
      publisher = {ACM},
      title = {SPEC Research - Introducing the Predictive Data Analytics Working Group: Poster Paper},
      pages = {13-14},
      year = {2022},
    }

2021

1. Towards Splitting Monolithic Workflows into Serverless Functions and Estimating Their Run-Time in the Earth Observation Domain

   Dennis Kaiser, Bohdan Dovhan, André Bauer, and Samuel Kounev

   In Proceedings of the 12th Symposium on Software Performance (SSP), Nov 2021

   Bib Website

   @inproceedings{kaiser2021split,
     author = {Kaiser, Dennis and Dovhan, Bohdan and Bauer, André and Kounev, Samuel},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of the 12th Symposium on Software Performance (SSP)},
     month = nov,
     title = {{Towards Splitting Monolithic Workflows into Serverless Functions and Estimating Their Run-Time in the Earth Observation Domain}},
     year = {2021},
   }

2. Methodological Principles for Reproducible Performance Evaluation in Cloud Computing

   Alessandro Vittorio Papadopoulos, Laurens Versluis, André Bauer, Nikolas Herbst, Jóakim Kistowski, Ahmed Ali-Eldin, Cristina Abad, José Nelson Amaral, Petr Tuma, and Alexandru Iosup

   IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), Aug 2021

   Bib Website

   @article{papadopoulos2019methodological,
     title = {{Methodological Principles for Reproducible Performance Evaluation in Cloud Computing}},
     author = {Papadopoulos, Alessandro Vittorio and Versluis, Laurens and Bauer, André and Herbst, Nikolas and von Kistowski, J{\'o}akim and Ali-Eldin, Ahmed and Abad, Cristina and Amaral, Jos{\'e} Nelson and Tuma, Petr and Iosup, Alexandru},
     journal = {IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE)},
     year = {2021},
     volume = {47},
     number = {8},
     pages = {1528--1543},
     publisher = {IEEE},
     month = aug
   }

3. Toward a Definition for Serverless Computing

   Samuel Kounev, Cristina Abad, Ian Foster, Nikolas Herbst, Alexandru Iosup, Samer Al-Kiswany, Ahmed Ali-Eldin Hassan, Bartosz Balis, André Bauer, Andre Bondi, and  others

   Dagstuhl Reports, Jul 2021

   Bib

   @article{DagRep21201,
     title = {{Toward a Definition for Serverless Computing}},
     author = {Kounev, Samuel and Abad, Cristina and Foster, Ian and Herbst, Nikolas and Iosup, Alexandru and Al-Kiswany, Samer and Hassan, Ahmed Ali-Eldin and Balis, Bartosz and Bauer, André and Bondi, Andre and others},
     year = {2021},
     month = jul,
     journal = {Dagstuhl Reports},
     volume = {11},
     number = {4},
     pages = {89},
     editor = {Abad, Cristina and Foster, Ian T. and Herbst, Nikolas and Iosup, Alexandru},
     publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik},
     address = {Dagstuhl, Germany}
   }

4. SARDE: A Framework for Continuous and Self-Adaptive Resource Demand Estimation

   Johannes Grohmann, Simon Eismann, André Bauer, Simon Spinner, Johannes Blum, Nikolas Herbst, and Samuel Kounev

   ACM Transactions on Autonomous and Adaptive Systems (TAAS), Jun 2021

   Bib Website

   @article{sarde2020,
     author = {Grohmann, Johannes and Eismann, Simon and Bauer, Andr\'{e} and Spinner, Simon and Blum, Johannes and Herbst, Nikolas and Kounev, Samuel},
     title = {{SARDE: A Framework for Continuous and Self-Adaptive Resource Demand Estimation}},
     year = {2021},
     issue_date = {June 2021},
     publisher = {ACM},
     volume = {15},
     number = {2},
     articleno = {6},
     numpages = {31},
     journal = {ACM Transactions on Autonomous and Adaptive Systems (TAAS)},
     month = jun
   }

5. Libra: A Benchmark for Time Series Forecasting Methods

   André Bauer, Marwin Züfle, Simon Eismann, Johannes Grohmann, Nikolas Herbst, and Samuel Kounev

   In Proceedings of the 12th ACM/SPEC International Conference on Performance Engineering (ICPE), Apr 2021

   Bib Website

   @inproceedings{bauer2021benchmark,
     title = {{Libra: A Benchmark for Time Series Forecasting Methods}},
     author = {Bauer, André and Z{\"u}fle, Marwin and Eismann, Simon and Grohmann, Johannes and Herbst, Nikolas and Kounev, Samuel},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of the 12th ACM/SPEC International Conference on Performance Engineering (ICPE)},
     day = {19--23},
     month = apr,
     numpages = {12},
     publisher = {ACM},
     year = {2021},
   }

6. Benchmarking of Pre- and Post-Quantum Group Encryption Schemes with Focus on IoT

   Thomas Prantl, Dominik Prantl, André Bauer, Lukas Iffländer, Alexandra Dmitrenko, Christian Krupitzer, and Samuel Kounev

   In 2021 IEEE 40th International Performance Computing and Communications Conference (IPCCC), Apr 2021

   Bib Website

   @inproceedings{prantl2021crypto,
     author = {Prantl, Thomas and Prantl, Dominik and Bauer, André and Iffl{\"a}nder, Lukas and Dmitrenko, Alexandra and Krupitzer, Christian and Kounev, Samuel},
     booktitle = {2021 IEEE 40th International Performance Computing and Communications Conference (IPCCC)},
     title = {Benchmarking of Pre- and Post-Quantum Group Encryption Schemes with Focus on IoT},
     year = {2021},
     pages = {1-10},
   }

7. Automatisierte Hybride Zeitreihenprognose

   André Bauer

   In Ausgezeichnete Informatikdissertationen 2020, Apr 2021

   Bib Website

   @inproceedings{mci/Bauer2021,
     address = {Bonn},
     author = {Bauer, André},
     booktitle = {Ausgezeichnete Informatikdissertationen 2020},
     editor = {Hölldobler, Steffen},
     pages = {29-38},
     publisher = {Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V},
     title = {Automatisierte Hybride Zeitreihenprognose},
     year = {2021},
   }

2020

1. Automated Hybrid Time Series Forecasting: Design, Benchmarking, and Use Cases

   André Bauer

   Dec 2020

   Doctoral thesis

   Bib Website

   @phdthesis{diss,
     author = {Bauer, André},
     title = {Automated Hybrid Time Series Forecasting: Design, Benchmarking, and Use Cases},
     type = {Dissertation},
     school = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
     year = {2020},
     note = {Doctoral thesis},
     month = dec
   }

2. Time Series Forecasting for Self-Aware Systems

   André Bauer, Marwin Züfle, Nikolas Herbst, Albin Zehe, Andreas Hotho, and Samuel Kounev

   Proceedings of the IEEE, Jul 2020

   Bib Website

   @article{BaZuHeZeHoKo-PIEEE-Forecasting,
     author = {Bauer, André and Z{\"u}fle, Marwin and Herbst, Nikolas and Zehe, Albin and Hotho, Andreas and Kounev, Samuel},
     journal = {Proceedings of the IEEE},
     month = jul,
     number = {7},
     pages = {1068--1093},
     title = {{Time Series Forecasting for Self-Aware Systems}},
     volume = {108},
     year = {2020},
     keywords = {Time series forecasting, self-aware computing, eature engineering, forecasting competition, time series analysis},
     publisher = {IEEE},
   }

3. An Automated Forecasting Framework based on Method Recommendation for Seasonal Time Series

   André Bauer, Marwin Züfle, Johannes Grohmann, Norbert Schmitt, Nikolas Herbst, and Samuel Kounev

   In Proceedings of the 11th ACM/SPEC International Conference on Performance Engineering (ICPE), Apr 2020

   Bib Website

   @inproceedings{bauer2020seasonalforecast,
     title = {{An Automated Forecasting Framework based on Method Recommendation for Seasonal Time Series}},
     author = {Bauer, André and Z{\"u}fle, Marwin and Grohmann, Johannes and Schmitt, Norbert and Herbst, Nikolas and Kounev, Samuel},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of the 11th ACM/SPEC International Conference on Performance Engineering (ICPE)},
     day = {20--24},
     month = apr,
     numpages = {8},
     publisher = {ACM},
     year = {2020},
     pages = {48--55},
   }

4. Telescope: An Automatic Feature Extraction and Transformation Approach for Time Series Forecasting on a Level-Playing Field

   André Bauer, Marwin Züfle, Nikolas Herbst, Samuel Kounev, and Valentin Curtef

   In Proceedings of the 36th IEEE International Conference on Data Engineering (ICDE), Apr 2020

   Bib Website

   @inproceedings{bauer2020telescope,
     author = {Bauer, André and Z{\"u}fle, Marwin and Herbst, Nikolas and Kounev, Samuel and Curtef, Valentin},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of the 36th IEEE International Conference on Data Engineering (ICDE)},
     title = {{Telescope: An Automatic Feature Extraction and Transformation Approach for Time Series Forecasting on a Level-Playing Field}},
     year = {2020},
     volume = {},
     number = {},
     pages = {1902--1905},
     keywords = {Automatic feature extraction, Combining forecasts, Comparative studies, Forecasting competitions, Long term time series forecasting, Time series},
     issn = {},
     month = apr,
     day = {20-24},
     publisher = {IEEE},
   }

5. Elasticity of Cloud Platforms

   Nikolas Herbst, André Bauer, and Samuel Kounev

   In Systems Benchmarking: For Scientists and Engineers, Jan 2020

   Bib

   @inproceedings{bauer2020bookelasticity,
     title = {{Elasticity of Cloud Platforms}},
     author = {Herbst, Nikolas and Bauer, André and Kounev, Samuel},
     booktitle = {{Systems Benchmarking: For Scientists and Engineers}},
     pages = {319-340},
     month = jan,
     year = {2020},
     editor = {Kounev, Samuel and Lange, Klaus-Dieter and von Kistowski, J{\'o}akim},
     publisher = {Springer}
   }

6. Methodological Principles for Reproducible Performance Evaluation in Cloud Computing

   Alessandro Vittorio Papadopoulos, Laurens Versluis, André Bauer, Nikolas Herbst, Jóakim Kistowski, Ahmed Ali-Eldin, Cristina Abad, José Nelson Amaral, Petr Tuma, and Alexandru Iosup

   In Software Engineering 2020, Fachtagung des GI-Fachbereichs Softwaretechnik, Jan 2020

   Bib

   @inproceedings{PapadopoulosVBH20,
     author = {Papadopoulos, Alessandro Vittorio and Versluis, Laurens and Bauer, André and Herbst, Nikolas and von Kistowski, J{\'o}akim and Ali-Eldin, Ahmed and Abad, Cristina and Amaral, Jos{\'e} Nelson and Tuma, Petr and Iosup, Alexandru},
     booktitle = {Software Engineering 2020, Fachtagung des GI-Fachbereichs Softwaretechnik},
     pages = {93--94},
     publisher = {Gesellschaft f{\"u}r Informatik e.V},
     title = {{Methodological Principles for Reproducible Performance Evaluation in Cloud Computing}},
     year = {2020}
   }

2019

1. Kaa: Evaluating Elasticity of Cloud-Hosted DBMS

   Daniel Seybold, Simon Volpert, Stefan Wesner, André Bauer, Nikolas Herbst, and Jörg Domaschka

   In Proceedings of the 11th IEEE International Conference on Cloud Computing (CloudCom), Dec 2019

   Bib Website

   @inproceedings{seybold2019kaa,
     author = {Seybold, Daniel and Volpert, Simon and Wesner, Stefan and Bauer, André and Herbst, Nikolas and Domaschka, J{\"o}rg},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of the 11th IEEE International Conference on Cloud Computing (CloudCom)},
     title = {{Kaa: Evaluating Elasticity of Cloud-Hosted DBMS}},
     year = {2019},
     volume = {},
     number = {},
     month = dec,
     publisher = {IEEE},
     pages = {54--61},
   }

2. The SPEC-RG Reference Architecture for FaaS: From Microservices and Containers to Serverless Platforms

   Erwin Van Eyk, Johannes Grohmann, Simon Eismann, André Bauer, Laurens Versluis, Lucian Toader, Norbert Schmitt, Nikolas Herbst, Cristina Abad, and Alexandru Iosup

   IEEE Internet Computing, Nov 2019

   Bib Website

   @article{van2019spec,
     title = {{The SPEC-RG Reference Architecture for FaaS: From Microservices and Containers to Serverless Platforms}},
     author = {Van Eyk, Erwin and Grohmann, Johannes and Eismann, Simon and Bauer, André and Versluis, Laurens and Toader, Lucian and Schmitt, Norbert and Herbst, Nikolas and Abad, Cristina and Iosup, Alexandru},
     journal = {IEEE Internet Computing},
     year = {2019},
     publisher = {IEEE},
     volume = {23},
     number = {6},
     pages = {7--18},
     month = nov
   }

3. TeaStore

   Jóakim Kistowski, Simon Eismann, Norbert Schmitt, André Bauer, Johannes Grohmann, Long Bui, and Samuel Kounev

   Nov 2019

   Accepted tool

   Bib Website

   @misc{von2018teastore-SPEC,
     title = {{TeaStore}},
     author = {von Kistowski, J{\'o}akim and Eismann, Simon and Schmitt, Norbert and Bauer, André and Grohmann, Johannes and Bui, Long and Kounev, Samuel},
     url = {https://research.spec.org/tools/overview/teastore/},
     year = {2019},
     month = nov,
     howpublished = {Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC) Research Group},
     note = {Accepted tool}
   }

4. Chamulteon: Coordinated Auto-Scaling of Micro-Services

   André Bauer, Veronika Lesch, Laurens Versluis, Alexey Ilyushkin, Nikolas Herbst, and Samuel Kounev

   In Proceedings of the 39th IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS), Jul 2019

   Bib Website

   @inproceedings{bauer2019chamulteon,
     title = {{Chamulteon: Coordinated Auto-Scaling of Micro-Services}},
     author = {Bauer, André and Lesch, Veronika and Versluis, Laurens and Ilyushkin, Alexey and Herbst, Nikolas and Kounev, Samuel},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of the 39th IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS)},
     pages = {2015--2025},
     year = {2019},
     publisher = {IEEE},
     month = jul,
   }

5. Utilizing Clustering to Optimize Resource Demand Estimation Approaches

   Johannes Grohmann, Simon Eismann, André Bauer, Marwin Züfle, Nikolas Herbst, and Samuel Kounev

   In Proceedings of the 4th IEEE International Workshops on Foundations and Applications of Self* Systems (FAS*W), Jun 2019

   Bib Website

   @inproceedings{grohmann2019utilizing,
     author = {Grohmann, Johannes and Eismann, Simon and Bauer, André and Z{\"u}fle, Marwin and Herbst, Nikolas and Kounev, Samuel},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of the 4th IEEE International Workshops on Foundations and Applications of Self* Systems (FAS*W)},
     title = {{Utilizing Clustering to Optimize Resource Demand Estimation Approaches}},
     year = {2019},
     pages = {134--139},
     publisher = {IEEE},
     month = jun,
   }

6. Autonomic Forecasting Method Selection: Examination and Ways Ahead

   Marwin Züfle, André Bauer, Veronika Lesch, Christian Krupitzer, Nikolas Herbst, Samuel Kounev, and Valentin Curtef

   In Proceedings of the 16th IEEE International Conference on Autonomic Computing (ICAC), Jun 2019

   Bib Website

   @inproceedings{zuefle2019autonomic,
     title = {{Autonomic Forecasting Method Selection: Examination and Ways Ahead}},
     author = {Züfle, Marwin and Bauer, André and Lesch, Veronika and Krupitzer, Christian and Herbst, Nikolas and Kounev, Samuel and Curtef, Valentin},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of the 16th IEEE International Conference on Autonomic Computing (ICAC)},
     pages = {167--176},
     year = {2019},
     publisher = {IEEE},
     month = jun,
   }

7. Systematic Search for Optimal Resource Configurations of Distributed Applications

   André Bauer, Simon Eismann, Johannes Grohmann, Nikolas Herbst, and Samuel Kounev

   In Proceedings of the 4th IEEE International Workshops on Foundations and Applications of Self* Systems (FAS*W), Jun 2019

   Bib Website

   @inproceedings{bauer2019systematic,
     author = {Bauer, André and Eismann, Simon and Grohmann, Johannes and Herbst, Nikolas and Kounev, Samuel},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of the 4th IEEE International Workshops on Foundations and Applications of Self* Systems (FAS*W)},
     title = {{Systematic Search for Optimal Resource Configurations of Distributed Applications}},
     year = {2019},
     pages = {120--125},
     publisher = {IEEE},
     month = jun,
   }

8. Best Practices for Time Series Forecasting (Tutorial)

   André Bauer, Marwin Züfle, Nikolas Herbst, and Samuel Kounev

   In Proceedings of the 4th IEEE International Workshops on Foundations and Applications of Self* Systems (FAS* W), Jun 2019

   Bib Website

   @inproceedings{bauer2019best,
     title = {{Best Practices for Time Series Forecasting (Tutorial)}},
     author = {Bauer, André and Z{\"u}fle, Marwin and Herbst, Nikolas and Kounev, Samuel},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of the 4th IEEE International Workshops on Foundations and Applications of Self* Systems (FAS* W)},
     pages = {255--256},
     year = {2019},
     publisher = {IEEE},
     month = jun,
   }

9. Modeling of Aggregated IoT Traffic and its Application to an IoT Cloud

   Florian Metzger, Tobias Hoßfeld, André Bauer, Samuel Kounev, and Poul E Heegaard

   Proceedings of the IEEE, Apr 2019

   Bib Website

   @article{metzger2019modeling,
     title = {{Modeling of Aggregated IoT Traffic and its Application to an IoT Cloud}},
     author = {Metzger, Florian and Ho{\ss}feld, Tobias and Bauer, André and Kounev, Samuel and Heegaard, Poul E},
     journal = {Proceedings of the IEEE},
     volume = {107},
     number = {4},
     pages = {679--694},
     year = {2019},
     publisher = {IEEE},
     month = apr
   }

10. Challenges and Approaches: Forecasting for Autonomic Computing

    André Bauer

    In Organic Computing: Doctoral Dissertation Colloquium 2018, Apr 2019

    Bib

    @inproceedings{bauer2019challenges,
      title = {{Challenges and Approaches: Forecasting for Autonomic Computing}},
      author = {Bauer, André},
      booktitle = {{Organic Computing: Doctoral Dissertation Colloquium 2018}},
      volume = {13},
      pages = {3--19},
      month = apr,
      year = {2019},
      editor = {Tomforde, Sven and Sick, Bernhard},
      publisher = {kassel university press GmbH}
    }

11. Methodological Principles for Reproducible Performance Evaluation in Cloud Computing - A SPEC Research Technical Report

    Alessandro Vittorio Papadopoulos, Laurens Versluis, André Bauer, Nikolas Herbst, Jóakim Kistowski, Ahmed Ali-Eldin, Cristina Abad, J. Nelson Amaral, Petr Tuma, and Alexandru Iosup

    Apr 2019

    Bib Website

      title = {{Methodological Principles for Reproducible Performance Evaluation in Cloud Computing - A SPEC Research Technical Report}},
      author = {Papadopoulos, Alessandro Vittorio and Versluis, Laurens and Bauer, André and Herbst, Nikolas and von Kistowski, J{\'o}akim and Ali-Eldin, Ahmed and Abad, Cristina and Amaral, J. Nelson and Tuma, Petr and Iosup, Alexandru},
      institution = {SPEC Research Group --- Cloud Working Group, Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC)},
      year = {2019},
      month = apr,
      number = {SPEC-RG-2019-04},
    }

12. Online Power Consumption Estimation for Functions in Cloud Applications

    Norbert Schmitt, Lukas Iffländer, André Bauer, and Samuel Kounev

    In Proceedings of the 16th IEEE International Conference on Autonomic Computing (ICAC), Apr 2019

    Bib Website

    @inproceedings{schmitt2019online,
      title = {{Online Power Consumption Estimation for Functions in Cloud Applications}},
      author = {Schmitt, Norbert and Iffl{\"a}nder, Lukas and Bauer, André and Kounev, Samuel},
      booktitle = {Proceedings of the 16th IEEE International Conference on Autonomic Computing (ICAC)},
      pages = {63--72},
      year = {2019},
      publisher = {IEEE},
    }

13. Performance-Feedback Autoscaling with Budget Constraints for Cloud-Based Workloads of Workflows

    Alexey Ilyushkin, André Bauer, Alessandro V Papadopoulos, Ewa Deelman, and Alexandru Iosup

    Apr 2019

    Bib Website

      title = {{Performance-Feedback Autoscaling with Budget Constraints for Cloud-Based Workloads of Workflows}},
      author = {Ilyushkin, Alexey and Bauer, André and Papadopoulos, Alessandro V and Deelman, Ewa and Iosup, Alexandru},
      institution = {arXiv},
      number = {arXiv:1905.10270},
      year = {2019},
    }

2018

1. TeaStore: A Micro-Service Reference Application for Cloud Researchers

   Simon Eismann, Jóakim Kistowski, Johannes Grohmann, André Bauer, Norbert Schmitt, Nikolas Herbst, and Samuel Kounev

   In Proceedings of 2018 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing Companion (UCC Companion), Dec 2018

   Bib Website

   @inproceedings{eismann2018teastore,
     author = {Eismann, Simon and v. Kistowski, J{\'o}akim and Grohmann, Johannes and Bauer, André and Schmitt, Norbert and Herbst, Nikolas and Kounev, Samuel},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of 2018 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing Companion (UCC Companion)},
     titleaddon = {{(Poster Paper)}},
     title = {{TeaStore: A Micro-Service Reference Application for Cloud Researchers}},
     year = {2018},
     pages = {11--12},
     month = dec,
     publisher = {IEEE},
   }

2. Chameleon: A Hybrid, Proactive Auto-Scaling Mechanism on a Level-Playing Field

   André Bauer, Nikolas Herbst, Simon Spinner, Ahmed Ali-Eldin, and Samuel Kounev

   IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems (TPDS), Sep 2018

   Bib Website

   @article{bauer2018chameleon,
     title = {{Chameleon: A Hybrid, Proactive Auto-Scaling Mechanism on a Level-Playing Field}},
     author = {Bauer, André and Herbst, Nikolas and Spinner, Simon and Ali-Eldin, Ahmed and Kounev, Samuel},
     journal = {IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems (TPDS)},
     volume = {30},
     number = {4},
     pages = {800--813},
     year = {2018},
     publisher = {IEEE},
     month = sep
   }

3. Quantifying Cloud Performance and Dependability: Taxonomy, Metric Design, and Emerging Challenges

   Nikolas Herbst, André Bauer, Samuel Kounev, Giorgos Oikonomou, Erwin Van Eyk, George Kousiouris, Athanasia Evangelinou, Rouven Krebs, Tim Brecht, Cristina Abad, and Alexandru Iosup

   ACM Transactions on Modeling and Performance Evaluation of Computing Systems (TOMPECS), Aug 2018

   Bib Website

   @article{herbst2018quantifying,
     title = {{Quantifying Cloud Performance and Dependability: Taxonomy, Metric Design, and Emerging Challenges}},
     author = {Herbst, Nikolas and Bauer, André and Kounev, Samuel and Oikonomou, Giorgos and Eyk, Erwin Van and Kousiouris, George and Evangelinou, Athanasia and Krebs, Rouven and Brecht, Tim and Abad, Cristina and Iosup, Alexandru},
     journal = {ACM Transactions on Modeling and Performance Evaluation of Computing Systems (TOMPECS)},
     volume = {3},
     number = {4},
     pages = {19},
     year = {2018},
     publisher = {ACM},
     month = aug
   }

4. An Experimental Performance Evaluation of Autoscalers for Complex Workflows

   Alexey Ilyushkin, Ahmed Ali-Eldin, Nikolas Herbst, André Bauer, Alessandro V Papadopoulos, Dick Epema, and Alexandru Iosup

   ACM Transactions on Modeling and Performance Evaluation of Computing Systems (TOMPECS), Apr 2018

   Bib Website

   @article{ilyushkin2018experimental,
     title = {{An Experimental Performance Evaluation of Autoscalers for Complex Workflows}},
     author = {Ilyushkin, Alexey and Ali-Eldin, Ahmed and Herbst, Nikolas and Bauer, André and Papadopoulos, Alessandro V and Epema, Dick and Iosup, Alexandru},
     journal = {ACM Transactions on Modeling and Performance Evaluation of Computing Systems (TOMPECS)},
     volume = {3},
     number = {2},
     year = {2018},
     publisher = {ACM},
     numpages = {30},
     month = apr,
     pages = {1--32},
   }

5. TeaStore: A Micro-Service Reference Application for Benchmarking, Modeling and Resource Management Research

   Jóakim Kistowski, Simon Eismann, Norbert Schmitt, André Bauer, Johannes Grohmann, and Samuel Kounev

   In Proceedings of the 26th IEEE International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems (MASCOTS), Apr 2018

   Bib Website

   @inproceedings{von2018teastore,
     title = {{TeaStore: A Micro-Service Reference Application for Benchmarking, Modeling and Resource Management Research}},
     author = {von Kistowski, J{\'o}akim and Eismann, Simon and Schmitt, Norbert and Bauer, André and Grohmann, Johannes and Kounev, Samuel},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of the 26th IEEE International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems (MASCOTS)},
     pages = {223--236},
     year = {2018},
     publisher = {IEEE},
   }

6. On the Value of Service Demand Estimation for Auto-Scaling

   André Bauer, Johannes Grohmann, Nikolas Herbst, and Samuel Kounev

   In Proceedings of the 19th International GI/ITG Conference on Measurement, Modelling and Evaluation of Computing Systems (MMB), Apr 2018

   Bib Website

   @inproceedings{bauer2018value,
     title = {{On the Value of Service Demand Estimation for Auto-Scaling}},
     author = {Bauer, André and Grohmann, Johannes and Herbst, Nikolas and Kounev, Samuel},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of the 19th International GI/ITG Conference on Measurement, Modelling and Evaluation of Computing Systems (MMB)},
     pages = {142--156},
     year = {2018},
     publisher = {Springer},
   }

7. FOX: Cost-Awareness for Autonomic Resource Management in Public Clouds

   Veronika Lesch, André Bauer, Nikolas Herbst, and Samuel Kounev

   In Proceedings of the 9th ACM/SPEC International Conference on Performance Engineering (ICPE), Apr 2018

   Bib Website

   @inproceedings{lesch2018fox,
     title = {{FOX: Cost-Awareness for Autonomic Resource Management in Public Clouds}},
     author = {Lesch, Veronika and Bauer, André and Herbst, Nikolas and Kounev, Samuel},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of the 9th ACM/SPEC International Conference on Performance Engineering (ICPE)},
     pages = {4--15},
     year = {2018},
     publisher = {ACM},
   }

2017

1. Design and Evaluation of a Proactive, Application-Aware Auto-Scaler: Tutorial Paper

   André Bauer, Nikolas Herbst, and Samuel Kounev

   In Proceedings of the 8th ACM/SPEC on International Conference on Performance Engineering (ICPE), Apr 2017

   Bib Website

   @inproceedings{bauer2017design,
     title = {{Design and Evaluation of a Proactive, Application-Aware Auto-Scaler: Tutorial Paper}},
     author = {Bauer, André and Herbst, Nikolas and Kounev, Samuel},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of the 8th ACM/SPEC on International Conference on Performance Engineering (ICPE)},
     pages = {425--428},
     year = {2017},
     publisher = {ACM},
   }

2. Telescope: A Hybrid Forecast Method for Univariate Time Series

   Marwin Züfle, André Bauer, Nikolas Herbst, Valentin Curtef, and Samuel Kounev

   In Proceedings of the 4th International Work-Conference on Time Series (ITISE), Apr 2017

   Bib

   @inproceedings{zufle2017telescope,
     title = {{Telescope: A Hybrid Forecast Method for Univariate Time Series}},
     author = {Z{\"u}fle, Marwin and Bauer, André and Herbst, Nikolas and Curtef, Valentin and Kounev, Samuel},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of the 4th International Work-Conference on Time Series (ITISE)},
     year = {2017}
   }