This area targets both the functional design and the system issues for specification, development, configuration, debugging, test, verification, validation, monitoring, and deployment platforms by researching and disseminating best practices in software development. We develop open source-projects in collaboration with industry and research partners that addresses the strategic needs of industry and serves as a basis for department research. The open-source format is intended to drive dissemination and collaboration of research and is expected to be exploited by partners and the industry and business communities at large.