Journal of Energy-Aware Computing MENRA ROMIAL
Vol. III — No. 2 ISSN 2026 · 0442 — Open Access Nantes · May 2026
Research Statement · Energy-Aware Cloud Computing

Making Clouds Leaner

Menra Romial
IMT ATLANTIQUE · INRIA · STACK TEAM · NANTES, FR
Abstract

PhD researcher at Inria Rennes specializing in power management in cloud infrastructure, energy-aware computing systems, and sustainable distributed systems. Research focuses on Kubernetes orchestration, efficient server energy management, and optimizing energy consumption based on actual workload demands.

Keywords · Kubernetes · Server Energy Management · Workload-Aware Optimization · Cloud Infrastructure · Power Management
Menra Romial
Fig. 1. The author, mid‑argument with a scheduler.

Data centers consume enormous amounts of energy globally, yet significant waste persists due to inefficient resource utilization and suboptimal orchestration strategies. I am driven by the challenge of designing systems that are both performant and energy-efficient—bridging the gap between server capabilities and software-level decision-making. The intersection of systems programming, distributed computing, and environmental responsibility fascinates me: how can we achieve optimal performance without sacrificing sustainability? This question motivates my research on power management, server energy management, and intelligent resource orchestration.


If you want to discuss cloud computing, energy-aware systems, Kubernetes, or sustainable computing: I am always happy to connect and collaborate.


2 · News & Recent Activity
Apr 30, 2026 Proud to announce that our paper “Understanding Power Limiting Mechanisms in Modern Processors: A Deep Dive into Intel RAPL and Turbo Boost Dynamics,” co-authored with Guillaume Rosinosky, Remous-Aris Koutsiamanis, Sébastien Bolle, and Jean-Marc Menaud, has been accepted at Euro-Par 2026 (acceptance rate: 26.2%).
Apr 16, 2026 Welcoming Clement Obama as a new M2 research intern (April–September 2026) working on Reactive control of energy constraints in Kubernetes clusters: multi-lever re-adaptation policy with SLA management.
Dec 04, 2025 Volunteering at UCC & BDCAT 2025 — My Experience

From the blog

Oct 23, 2025 A Comprehensive Guide to powercap-utils on Linux
Sep 22, 2025 Building a Kubernetes Controller with Kubebuilder from Scratch
Aug 24, 2025 Guide to Building a Custom Kubernetes Scheduler

Recent work


    5 · Correspondence
    Mail

    You can email me at itsme[at]menraromial[dot]com.

    Address
    IMT Atlantique
    4 Rue Alfred Kastler
    44300 Nantes, France