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\begin{frame}\frametitle{Motivation}
	\begin{tcolorbox}[title=Context]
		21\textsuperscript{st} century datacenters (DC) are mostly heterogeneous~\cite{DBLP:conf/date/MilojicicFDR21} and
		modern computational needs of AI drive managers to diversify datacenters even more~\cite{DBLP:journals/computer/AthavaleBBMMPS24}.
		In result datacenters become extremely complex and hard to operate with millions of CPU's, GPU's etc.
	\end{tcolorbox}
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		\includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{images/datacenter_complexity.pdf}
	\end{center}
	\tiny
	\textbf{Figure 1.1:} Society depends on datacenters to keep running, and therefore we cannot afford to let these systems break down or experience significant performance-related issues.
	With millions of servers in the largest datacenters, real-time management becomes very difficult.
	Left to right: a Google datacenter, server racks, Ada Lovelace AD102 GPU architecture.
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\begin{frame}\frametitle{Problem Statement}
	\begin{tcolorbox}[title=DCDT's lack predictive analytics]
		We need Datacenter Digital Twins (DCDT) to be better able to detect and solve issues in critical ICT infrastructure~\cite{DBLP:journals/computer/AthavaleBBMMPS24}.
		However, DCDT's are still actively developed and lack crucial features such as predictive analytics~\cite{DBLP:usdoe/report/AP26894} to \emph{e.g.,} prevent unexpected failures.
		With predictive analysis (\emph{e.g.,} simulation) DCDT's could save millions of lost \$USD~\cite{DBLP:conf/acsos/TalluriOVTI21}.
	\end{tcolorbox}

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	\textbf{Figure 1.2:} Where does our work fit within the field of datacenter digital twinning?
	There are 5 core elements to any Digital Twin: \myCircled{A} The Digital $\rightarrow$ Physical Twin link, \myCircled{B} the Physical Twin (\emph{e.g.,} the datacenter), \myCircled{C} the Physical $\rightarrow$ Digital Twin link, \myCircled{D} the Digital Twin, \myCircled{E} the features necessary to any Digital Twin.
	\textcolor{ForestGreen}{\faHighlighter~Highlighted areas are the contributions from this thesis, which include the autonomous actions resulting from predictive insights \myCircledGreen{A} and the predictive analysis itself within \myCircledGreen{E}.}
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\begin{frame}\frametitle{Research Questions}
	\begin{tcolorbox}[title=Main Research Question, colbacktitle=red!70!black,colback=red!20!white]
		How to enable predictive analytics for datacenters through digital twinning?
	\end{tcolorbox}

	\begin{tcolorbox}[title=Research Question 1]
		How to asses the current state-of-the-art of digital twinning for datacenters?
	\end{tcolorbox}

	\begin{tcolorbox}[title=Research Question 2]
		How to design a reference architecture for a predictive datacenter digital twin using discrete-event simulation?
	\end{tcolorbox}

	\begin{tcolorbox}[title=Research Question 3]
		How to evaluate and validate a datacenter digital twin architecture in relation to system requirements?
	\end{tcolorbox}
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\begin{frame}\frametitle{\textbf{RQ1}: Literature Review I}
	\begin{tcolorbox}[title=Results]
		The literature on DCDTs is scarce.
		Some systems barely classify as DTs (\emph{e.g.,} Kalibre~\cite{DBLP:conf/sensys/WangZD0TCWZ20}, ChatTwin~\cite{DBLP:conf/sensys/LiW0Z0T23}).
		Existing deployments specialize in \textcolor{Red}{Cooling and Heat Modelling}, together with \textcolor{Red}{3D visualizations}.
		Most lack crucial predictive DC behaviour modelling.
	\end{tcolorbox}
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	% Research on DTs for datacenters have been separate, siloed efforts focused on either datacenter cooling, network performance, power consumption or visualization efforts.
	% CFD usually means Navier-Stokes equations.
	% CFD models take ages to compute.
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\begin{frame}\frametitle{\textbf{RQ1}: Literature Review II}
	% Mandatory: split the figure into 2: top and bottom, and that way you can fill in the entire slide nicely.

	\begin{tcolorbox}[title=A holistic DCDT system model]
		We propose a generic model of datacenter digital twinning that can be mapped to each system from \textbf{Table 1.1}. To answer \textbf{RQ2}, we design a ref. arch. for \emph{Operations Model}.
		We introduce the \emph{Digital Thread}: a bridge between software and reality.
	\end{tcolorbox}
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		\vspace{-0.1cm}
		\includegraphics[width=0.8\textwidth]{images/system_model2.pdf}
	\end{center}
	% The reason why the cooling system is in the graph is because of the fact that 40\% of total energy consumed in DCs comes from cooling~\cite{DBLP:conf/noms/ZhangZLZWC22}.
	% It has come to the point where datacenters are being build in the Pan-Arctic region, such as Finland,Russia,Sweden etc. with Iceland leading in number of DCs https://www.datacentermap.com/iceland/
	% The SmarDC digital twin is purely to get more training data for AI models.
	% Not really a digital twin per se.

	\tiny
	\textbf{Figure 1.3:} To answer \textbf{RQ1} we designed a generic datacenter digital twin system model based on a comprehensive literature review and findings from \textbf{Table 1.1}. The \emph{Infrastructure Model} simulates the structure of the DC and the \emph{Operations model} simulates the behaviour of the DC.
	% Consider splitting the figure into 2 a.k.a. top and bottom.
	% By the AIAA definition, the DT mimicks the structure and behaviour.
	% Data Lake -> Data Storage
	% Use cases of DT's found by Brewer et al.: augmented reality, forensic analysis and diagnostics, predictive modelling, failure detection, operational optimization, ``what-if''' scenarios and virtual prototyping.
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\begin{frame}\frametitle{\textbf{RQ2}: Reference Architecture}
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		\begin{tcolorbox}[title=Use cases]

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		\textbf{Figure 1.4:} The predictive datacenter digital twin reference architecture. 	\end{minipage}
	% We decided to use discrete-event simulation, as opposed to computational fluid dynamics because of the high overheads of development time needed for CFD.
	% CFD simply takes too long to run, making it unfeasible for real-time analytics and simulation.
	% Citing ExaDigit: [CFD] they are also more computationally expensive, generally making real-time operation unfeasible.
	% Consider adding this minipage directly to the ``draw.io'' diagram
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\begin{frame}\frametitle{\textbf{RQ3}: Experimental Setup}
	% 			The software stack of \emph{Sunfish} includes state-of-the-art software.
	%The time-series data flows first to the \texttt{Grafana} dashboard, \texttt{PostgreSQL} database and \texttt{Redis} cache, as advised in~\cite{DBLP:conf/sc/TaheriBPRHDEWPM24}.

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		\begin{tcolorbox}[title=Setup Recipe]
			\scriptsize
			\textbf{Step 1.} Ensure Redis and PostgreSQL servers are up and alive.\newline

			\textbf{Step 2.} Run a Confluent Kafka setup: Kafka Connect, Schema Registry and a Kafka server.\newline

			\textbf{Step 3.} Start the Python HTTP Server, and the Python Redis Monitor.\newline

			\textbf{Step 4.} Run the (modified) OpenDC (physical twin) with example experiment.\newline

			\textbf{Step 5.} \emph{Sunfish} will automatically start a second OpenDC instance, and start the data analysis.
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		\textbf{Figure 1.5:} We can't just go and test digital twins on large systems as large systems often aren't at hand.
		Answering \textbf{RQ3} we provide a novel way to evaluate datacenter digital twins through discrete-event simulation instead.
	\end{minipage}
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\begin{frame}\frametitle{\textbf{RQ3}: Experimental Results I}
	% You have some model, and this can be based on multiple traces.
	%Get insight from CINECA --> you get a probability of certain hosts failing.
	% Anomaly detection --> CINECA, how good their detection is?
	%If you incorporate that? If you can make the case that because of our new digital twin we can incorporate such models, anomaly/failure detection, from CINECA.
	%If we had that in, we can reach these kinds of gains.
	% @Mateusz there is really not a possibility to incorporate CINECA's models, so to address Dante's feedback, I created this experiment.

	\begin{tcolorbox}[title=Failure Detection: Main Finding I]
		On average, \emph{Sunfish} can detect 14.5\% of unexpected failures in the physical twin.
		We show, that digital twinning \emph{can} be used for failure detection.

	\end{tcolorbox}
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		\textbf{Figure 1.5:} Experiment 1 Setup: The Digital Twin estimates the failures based on the Normal Distribution \emph{N\textasciitilde($\mu$,$\sigma$)} with $\mu = 1.5$ and $\sigma = 0.5$.
		``Real'' OpenDC failures come from a WhatsApp user reports.
	\end{minipage}
	% Explain what the axis are in the figure caption.
	% Talk about the experimental setup in the figure.
	% Give more reliable results than just numbers -- do statistical testing, i.e., standard deviation, confidence intervals.
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\begin{frame}\frametitle{\textbf{RQ3}: Experimental Results II}
	\begin{tcolorbox}[title=Scheduling Optimization: Main Finding II]
		Here explain what did you find.
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\begin{frame}\frametitle{Key Takeaways}
	\begin{tcolorbox}[title=What is the societal context?]

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	\begin{tcolorbox}[title=What problem did we solve?]

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	\begin{tcolorbox}[title=How did we solve this problem?]

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	\begin{tcolorbox}[colbacktitle=red!70!black, colback=red!20!white,title=What did we find?]

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	\begin{tcolorbox}[title=What do we see in future work?]

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\begin{frame}[allowframebreaks]\frametitle{Extra Slides: References}
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\begin{frame}\frametitle{Extra Slides: Societal Impact}
	\begin{tcolorbox}[title=Why is this research important today?]
		Over 3 million jobs in the Netherlands directly depend on cloud services, which are hosted in datacenters~\cite{DBLP:journals/corr/IosupKLVG22}.
		Already the rapid
		expansion of datacenters has increased the presence of service failures across all cloud
		services~\cite{DBLP:conf/acsos/TalluriOVTI21}.
		We need to act now.
	\end{tcolorbox}
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	\textbf{Figure E.1:} Horizontally: the most important research areas in computer science in Netherlands.
	Vertically: qualities we should ensure across all research areas with the most outstanding impact on society.
	Datacenter manageability is a top-priority~\cite{DBLP:journals/corr/IosupKLVG22}.
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\begin{frame}\frametitle{Extra Slides: Why Digital Twinning?}
	\begin{tcolorbox}[title=Definition]
		A DCDT mirrors the structure, context and behaviour of a datacenter~\cite{DBLP:journals/computer/AthavaleBBMMPS24}. The prerequisite to any digital twin is good monitoring and sensing capabilities in the physical entity.
		Datacenters meet this requirement easily because they already connect hundreds of monitoring sensors. 	\end{tcolorbox}

	\begin{center}
		\includegraphics[height=10em]{images/dt_timeline.pdf}
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	\tiny

	\textbf{Figure E.2:} Due to insufficient technological foundations,
	little work is available on DTs between 2003 and 2018, and it is only with the rapid growth
	of cloud computing, Internet-of-Things and Big Data analytics that DTs have reemerged~\cite{DBLP:conf/cirp/TAO2018169}.
	That is why nobody used digital twins to mirror datacenters earlier.
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\begin{frame}\frametitle{Extra Slides: Why not pure simulation?}
	\begin{tcolorbox}[title=Predicting job failures]
		Preventing failure-caused outages in advance
		can reduce huge operational costs, as over 20\% of all reported outages amount to more than 1 million
		US\$~\cite{DBLP:report/AnnualOutageAnalysis2025}.
		Only a constant bi-directional interaction (digital twin $\iff$ physical entity) can achieve this.
	\end{tcolorbox}
	\begin{center}
		\includegraphics[height=10em]{images/digital_twin_ms.pdf}
	\end{center}
	\tiny \textbf{Figure E.3:} Real-time control that is tightly-coupled with the IT equipment is a prerequisite for timely predictions within seconds/minutes~\cite{DBLP:journals/computer/AthavaleBBMMPS24}.
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% Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) have high computation overhead, unsuitable for real-time simulation of a dynamic datacenter.
%Moreover oftentimes a poorly configured CFD model can lead to high error rates~\cite{DBLP:conf/sensys/WangZD0TCWZ20}.
%Data-driven Machine Learning performs poorly by the cases not covered in the training data.

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