MBrace: Cloud Computing with Monads Jan Dzik Nick Palladinos Konstantinos Rontogiannis Eirik Tsarpalis Nikolaos Vathis Nessos Information Technologies, SA {jdzik,npal,krontogiannis,eirik,nvathis}@nessos.gr Abstract As cloud computing and big data gain prominence in today’s eco- nomic landscape, the challenge of effectively articulating complex algorithms in distributed environments becomes ever m