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Department of Computer Science

CRAFT Lab

Cloud, Reliability, Automation, Foundations, and Trust — building dependable, trustworthy computing systems at Vanderbilt University.

Welcome

The CRAFT Lab is a research group in the Department of Computer Science at Vanderbilt University. We study how to design and operate large-scale computing systems that are dependable, efficient, and worthy of trust — from the cloud platforms that run modern software to the foundations that make them sound and the security properties that make them safe to rely on.

What we work on

Our name reflects five connected themes:

  • Cloud — scalable, efficient cloud and distributed systems.
  • Reliability — fault tolerance, resilience, and dependable operation.
  • Automation — managing complex systems with less manual effort.
  • Foundations — the principles and theory behind trustworthy systems.
  • Trust — security, privacy, and guarantees users can rely on.

Learn more about our research.