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QuickSilver (project)
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<p>The QuickSilver project at <a href="/facts/Cornell_University/FGyXuXeI">Cornell University</a> is an <a href="/facts/AFRL/QGBMMKKa">AFRL</a>-funded effort to build a platform in support of a new generation of scalable, secure, reliable <a href="/facts/Distributed_computing/o5nyhqTF">distributed computing</a> applications able to "regenerate" themselves after failure. Among the partners on this project are <a href="/facts/DARPA/Uf9sarhT">DARPA</a> funding under the SRS program, the <a href="/facts/United_States_Air_Force/7MxWBYlc">United States Air Force</a>. <a href="/facts/Raytheon/wGGxdMoD">Raytheon</a>, <a href="/facts/Microsoft/nGIDDXdx">Microsoft</a>, <a href="/facts/IBM/QszA7nwd">IBM</a>, and <a href="/facts/Amazon_(company)/YzUTUVE8">Amazon</a>. </p><p>The principal investigators are Cornell Professors <a href="/facts/Kenneth_P._Birman/uerTE450">Kenneth P. Birman</a>, <a href="/facts/Johannes_Gehrke/RvWhMtSp">Johannes Gehrke</a>, and Paul Francis </p>