The <A HREF=http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/less/Welcome.html>Laboratory for Experimental Software Systems (LESS)</A> at the <A HREF=http://www.cs.utexas.edu>University of Texas at Austin's Department of Computer Sciences was</A> formed in September 1996 by four new faculty members --- <A HREF=http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/lorenzo>Lorenzo Alvisi</A>, <A HREF="http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/rdb">Robert Blumofe</A>, <A HREF="http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/dahlin">Mike Dahlin</A>, and <A HREF="http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/lin">Calvin Lin</A> --- to aggregate resources and promote collaboration on research in experimental software systems, particularly in the areas of programming support and fault tolerance for cluster and web-based applications.  This document gives a brief overview of research being conducted in the LESS lab.</p>
