Joint Network and Task Scheduling

A system for scheduling tasks in a distributed computing network, the system comprising:

• a task scheduler;
• and
• a network scheduler,
• wherein the network scheduler is configured to provide a network state and a scheduling policy of the distributed computing network to the task scheduler, and wherein the task scheduler is configured to schedule the tasks in the distributed computing network based on both i) the state and ii) the scheduling policy of the distributed computing network.

A computer program product for scheduling tasks in a distributed computing network, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a computer to cause the computer to:

• collect a pool of candidate resources in the distributed computing network for performing a given one of the tasks;
• predict a performance of each of the candidate resources in performing the given task based on both i) a state and ii) a scheduling policy of the distributed computing network;
• and
• select a best candidate resource for the given task based on the performance.