Cloud Computing Research at UC Riverside

Project Information

Discipline
Computer Science (401) 
Subdiscipline
11.01 Computer and Information Sciences, General 
Orientation
Research 
Abstract

Our research group at UC Riverside is exploring several issues related to cloud computing: -- how should cloud services be architected?, -- how to enable applications to maximize availability, performance, and profit in use of cloud computing services? -- how to ease the development and deployment of applications targeted for the cloud? We plan to use FutureGrid for experimentation in all of these areas.

Intellectual Merit

Same as mentioned in the abstract above.

Broader Impacts

Our research will develop insights and tools that will be of use for cloud computing service providers, for developers of applications to be deployed on the cloud, and for those who deploy these applications on the cloud. We will incorporate the basics of our research into the undergraduate and graduate curriculum at UC Riverside and thus train the next generation of cloud application developers.

Project Contact

Project Lead
Harsha Madhyastha (harshavmadhyastha) 
Project Manager
Harsha Madhyastha (harshavmadhyastha) 

Resource Requirements

Hardware Systems
  • alamo (Dell optiplex at TACC)
  • foxtrot (IBM iDataPlex at UF)
  • hotel (IBM iDataPlex at U Chicago)
  • india (IBM iDataPlex at IU)
  • sierra (IBM iDataPlex at SDSC)
  • xray (Cray XM5 at IU)
  • Network Impairment Device
 
Use of FutureGrid

As mentioned in the abstract above, we will be using FutureGrid to run experiments to evaluate various techniques and tools we develop to aid application deployments in the cloud.

Scale of Use

We will run experiments with tens of VMs or bare metal machines.

Project Timeline

Submitted
04/23/2011 - 13:17 
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