Systems and methods for reconfigurable networks

A system for managing a topology of a distributed computing system, the system comprising:

• an input node;
• a destination node;
• a first topology switch associated with the input node and in data communication with the input node;
• a second topology switch associated with the destination node and in data communication with the destination node;
• and
• a topology controller configured to actuate at least the first topology switch to selectively direct information from the input node to one of:
• a direct I/O link between the first topology controller and the second topology controller, and
• a switched I/O link between the first topology controller and the second topology controller.

A method of managing communication between computing nodes, the method comprising:

• receiving a computational process request at a machine learning model;
• determining at least part of a topology request with the machine learning model;
• and
• at a topology controller:
• receiving the topology request at the topology controller;
• based at least partially on the computational process request, selecting an input-output (I/O) link connecting an input node to a destination node from a plurality of I/O links including at least:
• a direct I/O link between the input node and the destination node, and
• a switched I/O link between the input node and the destination node;
• and
• configuring an active I/O link between the input node and the destination node based on the selected I/O link.