An opportunistic cloud for e-science

Author

Osorio, J.D. ; Castro, Hector ; Villamizar, M.

Author_Institution

Dept. de Ing. de Sist. y Comput., Univ. de los Andes, Bogota, Colombia

fYear

2012

fDate

1-5 Oct. 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

9

Abstract

This paper presents a concept for an e-Science oriented opportunistic cloud computing service, as an infrastructure to offer to researchers computing resources with the flexibility and ease of use of a cloud computing service, supported through the opportunistic use of the idle computing resources available in academic institutions. Also we present the work done in the context of the UnaCloud project, a first implementation of this concept, the experiences with the use of the tool to support real research projects, the existing perspectives for current and future work on this project, related work about different concepts of opportunistic or volunteer cloud computing, and the significance and potential impact of this project in the regional research community.

Keywords

cloud computing; natural sciences computing; research and development; UnaCloud project; academic institution; computing resource; e-science; electronic science; opportunistic cloud computing service; research project; volunteer cloud computing; Cloud computing; Computational modeling; Hardware; Monitoring; Silicon compounds; Software as a service; cloud computing; desktop grid; e-science; opportunistic computing; unacloud;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Informatica (CLEI), 2012 XXXVIII Conferencia Latinoamericana En

Conference_Location

Medellin

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-0794-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEI.2012.6427248

Filename

6427248