Managing Usability and Reliability Aspects in Cloud Computing

Maria Spichkova, Heinz W. Schmidt, Ian E. Thomas, Iman I. Yusuf, Steve Androulakis, Grischa R. Meyer

2016

Abstract

Cloud computing provides a great opportunity for scientists, as it enables large-scale experiments that cannot are too long to run on local desktop machines. Cloud-based computations can be highly parallel, long running and data-intensive, which is desirable for many kinds of scientific experiments. However, to unlock this power, we need a user-friendly interface and an easy-to-use methodology for conducting these experiments. For this reason, we introduce here a formal model of a cloud-based platform and the corresponding opensource implementation. The proposed solution allows to conduct experiments without having a deep technical understanding of cloud-computing, HPC, fault tolerance, or data management in order to leverage the benefits of cloud computing. In the current version, we have focused on biophysics and structural chemistry experiments, based on the analysis of big data from synchrotrons and atomic force microscopy. The domain experts noted the time savings for computing and data management, as well as user-friendly interface.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Spichkova M., Schmidt H., Thomas I., Yusuf I., Androulakis S. and Meyer G. (2016). Managing Usability and Reliability Aspects in Cloud Computing . In Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Evaluation of Novel Software Approaches to Software Engineering - Volume 1: ENASE, ISBN 978-989-758-189-2, pages 288-295. DOI: 10.5220/0005918302880295

in Bibtex Style

@conference{enase16,
author={Maria Spichkova and Heinz W. Schmidt and Ian E. Thomas and Iman I. Yusuf and Steve Androulakis and Grischa R. Meyer},
title={Managing Usability and Reliability Aspects in Cloud Computing},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Evaluation of Novel Software Approaches to Software Engineering - Volume 1: ENASE,},
year={2016},
pages={288-295},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005918302880295},
isbn={978-989-758-189-2},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Evaluation of Novel Software Approaches to Software Engineering - Volume 1: ENASE,
TI - Managing Usability and Reliability Aspects in Cloud Computing
SN - 978-989-758-189-2
AU - Spichkova M.
AU - Schmidt H.
AU - Thomas I.
AU - Yusuf I.
AU - Androulakis S.
AU - Meyer G.
PY - 2016
SP - 288
EP - 295
DO - 10.5220/0005918302880295