Title :
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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Informatica (CLEI), 2012 XXXVIII Conferencia Latinoamericana En
Conference_Location :
Medellin
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0794-9
DOI :
10.1109/CLEI.2012.6427248
