Swinburne University of Technology and the University of Melbourne are partnering with CA Technologies for a three year project to advance service virtualisation. Backed too by an Australian Research Council grant, the researchers will seek to find a method of using machine learning to automatically derive a service virtualisation model. “By using machine learning, development teams can write software without needing all the other systems within their environment. This will ultimately increase software development speed and reliability,” CA explained in a statement. They will also look at ways of modelling a whole network of services, which takes into account their interdependencies. Another stream of research aims to put the ‘human back into the loop’, the company said. “Trying to completely replace humans means that there can be errors that then must be fixed by a human. The objective of this project is to effectively combine machine learning and human input so that the two are working harmoniously,” it said. The research team is made up of; four professors from across the two universities: Professor Jun Han, Associate Professor Jean-Guy Schneider, Professor Chengfei Liu and Professor Chris Leckie; four PhD researchers; one research fellow and a team of domain experts from CA. The new partnership follows a 2014 grant project between CA and Swinburne, which focused on allowing a service to be virtualised in the absence of expert knowledge and explicit documentation. “Our previous service virtualisation grant project with CA aided product development to the point of being included in new service virtualisation products that are now being sold to customers across the world. That’s a compelling prospect and our aim is to achieve similar success,” said Professor Han. Professor Leckie, who has worked with CA previously, also hoped that the current research would be realised in the company’s product offerings. “There have been some extremely compelling outputs,” he said. “I’m confident that our combined effort will result in new developments that become commercially available via CA products.” CA has partnered with both Swinburne and Melbourne universities on research projects since 2006. The aim is to increase the reliability of software deployment and reduce the delivery time for software applications from development to release, CA said. “We’re glad to be able to embark on this new journey and hope the result is new DevOps solutions that help our customers more efficiently and effectively run their organisations,” said Steve Versteeg, vice president of research at CA Strategic Research, Melbourne. Related content opinion Website spoofing: risks, threats, and mitigation strategies for CIOs In this article, we take a look at how CIOs can tackle website spoofing attacks and the best ways to prevent them. By Yash Mehta Dec 01, 2023 5 mins CIO Cyberattacks Security brandpost Sponsored by Catchpoint Systems Inc. Gain full visibility across the Internet Stack with IPM (Internet Performance Monitoring) Today’s IT systems have more points of failure than ever before. Internet Performance Monitoring provides visibility over external networks and services to mitigate outages. By Neal Weinberg Dec 01, 2023 3 mins IT Operations brandpost Sponsored by Zscaler How customers can save money during periods of economic uncertainty Now is the time to overcome the challenges of perimeter-based architectures and reduce costs with zero trust. By Zscaler Dec 01, 2023 4 mins Security feature LexisNexis rises to the generative AI challenge With generative AI, the legal information services giant faces its most formidable disruptor yet. That’s why CTO Jeff Reihl is embracing and enhancing the technology swiftly to keep in front of the competition. By Paula Rooney Dec 01, 2023 6 mins Generative AI Digital Transformation Cloud Computing Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe