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# 🧩 SimulaMet — Holistic Systems Department (HOST)

Welcome to **SimulaMet-HOST** on [Hugging Face](https://huggingface.co/SimulaMet-HOST)!

The **Holistic Systems (HOST)** department at **Simula Metropolitan Center for Digital Engineering (SimulaMet)** conducts research on **communication systems, distributed computing, privacy, cybersecurity, and AI-driven network intelligence**.  
Our mission is to design and analyze digital infrastructures that are **efficient, robust, privacy-preserving, and sustainable** — addressing challenges that arise from the interaction between users, applications, and networks.

Also check out our parent organization **SimulaMet**: [huggingface.co/SimulaMet](https://huggingface.co/SimulaMet) on HuggingFace.

🔍 **Our core research areas include:**
- **Communication Systems and Network Performance** — measuring, analyzing, and improving real-world Internet and 5G/6G systems  
- **Distributed Systems and Cloud Computing** — optimizing resource management and reliability at scale  
- **Privacy, Trust, and Security** — developing privacy-preserving technologies and secure communication frameworks  
- **Machine Learning for Networks** — applying AI to optimize, monitor, and predict system behavior  
- **Sustainable ICT** — reducing the environmental footprint of digital infrastructure

We are committed to **open science** and actively publish **open-source datasets, models, and analysis tools** to foster transparency and reproducibility.

🌐 **Learn more:**  
[https://www.simulamet.no/research/research-departments/holistic-systems](https://www.simulamet.no/research/research-departments/holistic-systems)

📫 **Contact:**  
For collaborations or inquiries, please reach out to the HOST research leads listed on our [department page](https://www.simulamet.no/research/research-departments/holistic-systems).