update research interests section

Author: ryanphuang

assets/css/modern.css

@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ h3 {
 }
 
 p {
-  color: var(--ink-subtle);
+  color: var(--ink);
 }
 
 a {
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ a:hover {
 
 .scope-panel {
   display: grid;
-  grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr;
+  grid-template-columns: 1.35fr 0.65fr;
   gap: 22px;
   border: 1px solid var(--line);
   border-radius: var(--radius-xl);
@@ -434,10 +434,39 @@ a:hover {
   padding: 2rem;
 }
 
+.scope-panel--single {
+  grid-template-columns: 1fr;
+}
+
 .scope-panel__left p {
   margin-bottom: 1.15rem;
 }
 
+.scope-focus-list {
+  list-style: none;
+  margin: 0 0 0.85rem;
+  padding: 0;
+  display: grid;
+  gap: 0.55rem;
+}
+
+.scope-focus-list li {
+  border-left: 3px solid #c7d8ee;
+  padding-left: 0.72rem;
+  color: var(--ink-subtle);
+  line-height: 1.6;
+}
+
+.scope-focus-list li strong {
+  color: var(--ink);
+}
+
+.scope-note {
+  font-size: 0.93rem;
+  color: #5d708a;
+  margin-bottom: 0;
+}
+
 .scope-panel__right {
   display: flex;
   flex-wrap: wrap;

index.html

@@ -7,9 +7,8 @@
       <div class="home-hero__copy">
         <h1>Ordered Systems Lab</h1>
         <p>
-          We design dependable computer systems for cloud, distributed, and ML platforms.
-          Our work combines systems building with principled analysis to detect, localize,
-          and prevent complex failures.
+          Welcome! Our group aims to advance the principles and practice of building next-generation dependable
+          systems that run on diverse computing platforms across the spectrum.
         </p>
         <div class="home-hero__actions">
           <a class="button bg" href="{{ '/about/' | relative_url }}">About the Lab</a>
@@ -29,18 +28,21 @@ <h1>Ordered Systems Lab</h1>
 <!--================ Start scope section =================-->
 <section class="section-margin">
   <div class="container">
-    <div class="scope-panel">
+    <div class="scope-panel scope-panel--single">
       <div class="scope-panel__left">
-        <h2>What We Build</h2>
-        <p>From runtime checkers to fault injection frameworks, we create tools that make complex system behavior observable and debuggable.</p>
-      </div>
-      <div class="scope-panel__right">
-        <span class="scope-chip">Operating Systems</span>
-        <span class="scope-chip">Distributed Systems</span>
-        <span class="scope-chip">Cloud Reliability</span>
-        <span class="scope-chip">ML Training Reliability</span>
-        <span class="scope-chip">Fault Injection</span>
-        <span class="scope-chip">Runtime Verification</span>
+        <h2>Research Interests</h2>
+        <p>
+          Our research spans broadly across operating systems, distributed systems, cloud computing, mobile systems, and ML infrastructure, while specializing in reliability, 
+          fault tolerance, and performance. Our work combines systems building with deep insights to address real-world challenges facing modern systems and enable <code>ORDER</code>. 
+          Our research innovations cover:
+        <ul class="scope-focus-list">
+          <li><strong>Foundation:</strong> Design formal reasoning techniques to ensure strong correctness guarantees in complex systems.</li>
+          <li><strong>Abstraction:</strong> Introduce new abstractions and interfaces to address fundamental gaps while avoiding ad-hoc designs.</li>
+          <li><strong>Analysis:</strong> Develop automated program analyses, data-driven methods, and ML techniques to better reason about system behavior.</li>
+          <li><strong>Runtime:</strong> Build robust runtime mechanisms to observe, mitgate, and recover from assorted issues and enable self-adapting systems.</li>
+        </ul>
+        <code>ORDER := {Observable, Reliable, Defensible, Efficient, Responsive}</code>
+        </p>
       </div>
     </div>
   </div>