National Intelligence Research and Applications Distributed Systems Technology Group

Joseph Loyall

Joseph P. Loyall is a Principal Scientist at BBN Technologies in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He graduated with a Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Illinois in 1991, received a Master of Science in computer science from the University of Illinois in 1988, and a Bachelor of Science in computer science from Indiana University in 1985.

Dr. Loyall is a Senior Technical Director of the Distributed Systems Technology group at BBN and conducts research in the areas of distributed real-time embedded systems, adaptive middleware, quality of service, and aspect languages.

Senior Member of IEEE and a member of ACM and AIAA.

Education

• University of Illinois. Ph.D. in computer science, 1991.
• University of Illinois. M.S. in computer science, 1988.
• Indiana University. B.S. in computer science, 1985.

Find out more in my vita.

Send me e-mail

jloyall@bbn.com

Selected recent publications:

A more complete list is at the DST paper site and in my vita.

Joseph Loyall and Richard Schantz. Dynamic QoS Management in Distributed Real-time Embedded Systems. In Handbook of Real-Time and Embedded Systems, Insup Lee, Joe Leung, Sang Son (Editors), CRC Press, 2008. ISBN: 1-58488-678-1 and 978-1-58488-678-5.

Richard Schantz and Joseph Loyall. “Composing and Decomposing QoS Attributes for Distributed Real-Time Systems Experience to Date and Hard Problems Going Forward,” Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Volume 4888, Kordon, Fabrice; Sokolsky, Oleg (Eds.), 2008, pp. 150-167. (Revised Selected Papers from the 13th Monterey Workshop 2006 Paris, France, October 16-18.)

Paul Rubel, Joseph Loyall, Richard Schantz, Matthew Gillen. “Adding Fault-Tolerance to a Hierarchical DRE System”, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Volume 4025, 2006, pp. 303-308. (Proceedings of 6th IFIP WG 6.1 International Conference on Distributed Applications and Interoperable Systems (DAIS 2006), Bologna, Italy, June 14-16, 2006.)

Richard E. Schantz, Joseph P. Loyall, Craig Rodrigues, Douglas C. Schmidt. “Controlling quality-of-service in distributed real-time and embedded systems via adaptive middleware,” Software: Practice and Experience, Volume 36, Issue 11-12, September - October 2006, pp. 1189-1208.

Paul Rubel, Joseph Loyall, Richard Schantz and Matthew Gillen. “Fault Tolerance in a Multi-Layered DRE System: A Case Study,” Journal of Computers (JCP), Volume 1, Issue 6, September 2006, pp. 43-52.

Praveen Sharma, Joseph Loyall, Richard Schantz, Jianming Ye, Prakash Manghwani, Matthew Gillen, and George T. Heineman. “Using Composition of QoS Components to Provide Dynamic, End-to-End QoS in Distributed Embedded Applications - A Middleware Approach,” IEEE Internet Computing, Vol. 10, No. 3, May/June 2006, pp. 16-23.

Joseph P. Loyall, “Emerging Trends in Adaptive Middleware and Its Application to Distributed Real-Time Embedded Systems”, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Volume 2855, Sep 2003, Pages 20 – 34. (Reprint from Third International Conference on Embedded Software (EMSOFT 2003), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 13-15, 2003).

Joseph Loyall, Praveen Sharma, Matthew Gillen, Rick Schantz. “A QoS Management System for Dynamically Interoperating Net-Centric Systems”, Proceedings of the SPIE Conference on Defense Transformation and Net-Centric Systems, Orlando, FL, April 9-12, 2007.

Joseph Loyall, Richard Schantz, David Corman, James Paunicka, and Sylvester Fernandez. “A Distributed Real-time Embedded Application for Surveillance, Detection, and Tracking of Time Critical Targets”, Real-time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium (RTAS), San Francisco, CA, March 7-10, 2005.

Jianming Ye, Joseph Loyall, Richard Shapiro, Richard Schantz, Sandeep Neema, Sherif Abdelwahed, Nagabhushan Mahadevan, Michael Koets, and Denise Varner. “A Model-Based Approach to Designing QoS Adaptive Applications”, The 25th IEEE International Real-Time Systems Symposium, Lisbon, Portugal, December 5-8, 2004.

Joseph Loyall, Jianming Ye, Richard Shapiro, Sandeep Neema, Nagabhushan Mahadevan, Sherif Abdelwahed, Michael Koets, and Denise Varner. “A Case Study in Applying QoS Adaptation and Model-Based Design to the Design-Time Optimization of Signal Analyzer Applications”, Military Communications Conference (MILCOM), Monterey, California, October 31-November 3, 2004.

Praveen K. Sharma, Joseph P. Loyall, George T. Heineman, Richard E. Schantz, Richard Shapiro, and Gary Duzan. “Component-Based Dynamic QoS Adaptations in Distributed Real-Time and Embedded Systems”, International Symposium on Distributed Objects and Applications (DOA), Agia Napa, Cyprus, October 25-29, 2004.

Christopher Gill, Jeanna Gossett, David Corman, Joseph Loyall, Richard Schantz, Michael Atighetchi, and Douglas Schmidt. “Integrated Adaptive QoS Management in Middleware: A Case Study”, 10th IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium (RTAS 2004), Toronto, Canada, May 25-28, 2004.

Gary Duzan, Joseph Loyall, Richard Schantz, Richard Shapiro, and John Zinky. “Building Adaptive Distributed Applications with Middleware and Aspects”, International Conference on Aspect-Oriented Software Development (AOSD ’04), Lancaster, UK, March 22-26, 2004.

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