CAST and LIRIS collaborate to apply advanced graph visualization algorithms for understanding complex software applications
June 20 2024 - 9:00AM
CAST and LIRIS collaborate to apply advanced graph visualization
algorithms for understanding complex software applications
CAST, the global leader in software intelligence, today
announced a strategic research collaboration with the Laboratoire
d’InfoRmatique en Image et Systèmes d’information (LIRIS) at
developing advanced algorithms for simplified graph representations
to improve the analysis, visualization, and understanding of
complex software systems.
The goal of the collaboration is to develop advanced algorithms
that yield more efficient and user-friendly visual representations
of application structures. This effort is crucial as the complexity
of home-grown software applications continues to grow, demanding
ever more sophisticated analytical capabilities, as well as easier
ways to visualize and navigate their internal structures. By
leveraging LIRIS's expertise in graph technology, CAST aims to
enhance its ability to visualize and analyze complex software
architectures, making it easier for users to understand, improve,
and transform their software systems.
This collaboration also aims to develop progressive
visualization techniques that allow users to interactively explore
graphs and display specific parts according to their needs. This
approach aims to offer more efficient visual analysis of
application graphs representing complex software applications.
LIRIS, one of France’s most prestigious research institutions,
is backed by computer science leaders such as the CNRS (National
Center for Scientific Research), INSA Lyon, Université Claude
Bernard Lyon 1, Université Lumière Lyon 2, and École Centrale de
Lyon. Spearheading the partnership is the GOAL team within LIRIS,
which specializes in graph research, exploring their structures,
developing efficient algorithms, and applying them to fields such
as big data and security.
"Collaborating with LIRIS and the GOAL team, renowned for their
expertise in graph technology, aligns perfectly with our mission to
provide deeper insights and intuitive user experiences for our
clients grappling with complex software systems," said CAST Imaging
Vice President Luc Perard. "This partnership underscores our
commitment to pushing the boundaries of software intelligence
technology."
Visualization of a Claims Management application
comprised of 46,000 objects in CAST Imaging
CAST Imaging’s R&D efforts are centered on comprehensively
analyzing the components and interactions within applications and
clearly visualizing this information to facilitate understanding.
As application complexity increases, the amount of information
extracted and restored by CAST also grows, necessitating more
advanced visualization techniques. This will enable CAST Imaging,
known as the MRI for software, to better present its interactive
maps of thousands of reverse-engineered code elements and present
them as a living knowledge base, further empowering technologists
involved in modernization, refactoring, cloud migration, and
more.
“The research carried out in this collaboration between LIRIS
and CAST on large real data graphs will bring both technological
solutions for applied CAST barriers as well as new challenges and
new solutions to the theoretical issues of GOAL team researchers,"
added professor Hamamache Kheddouci, who leads the LIRIS
collaboration with CAST.
About LIRIS
The Laboratoire d’InfoRmatique en Image et Systèmes
d’information (LIRIS) is a leading research laboratory in France,
specializing in computer science. It is a joint research unit
backed by several prestigious institutions, including the CNRS,
INSA Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Université Lumière
Lyon 2, and École Centrale de Lyon. LIRIS focuses on a broad
spectrum of computer science research, addressing challenges in
areas such as artificial intelligence, big data analytics, computer
vision, cybersecurity, and digital transformation.
About CAST
CAST, the software intelligence leader, provides software that
‘understands’ multi-technology software systems and automatically
derives insights about their inner workings–interactions between
all its elements, transaction flows, data access paths, changes
needed to move to cloud, open-source risks, green impact, ISO 5055
compliance, etc. It is used globally by thousands of digital
leaders, helping them make smarter decisions, maintain, and
transform custom software with greater speed, and exert better
ongoing control of the risks involved. Visit castsoftware.com.
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