Research Directions in Cloud Computing

Towards Workflow Scheduling In Cloud Computing: A Comprehensive Analysis

M Masdari, S ValiKardan, Z Shahi, SI Azar - Journal of Network and Computer …, 2016

Abstract Workflow scheduling is one of the prominent issues in cloud computing which is
aimed at complete execution of workflows by considering their QoS requirements such as
deadline and budget constraints. Numerous state of the art workflow scheduling schemes ...

DISTRIBUTED CLOUD COMPUTING ELASTICITY

A Nahir, A Orda, D Raz - US Patent 20,160,019,074, 2016

Abstract: A method comprising, in a cloud computing system: receiving a new job at the
cloud computing system; sampling VMs (Virtual Machines) of the cloud computing system for
the load currently handled by each of the VMs; if the load currently handled by the VMs is ...

Education Modules for Networking, Cloud Computing, and Security in Systems Courses

J Aikat, MK Reiter, K Jeffay - Proceedings of the 47th ACM Technical Symposium on …, 2016

Abstract We have developed education modules for topics in networking, security, and cloud 
computing. A networking instructor could use our modules to enhance the teaching of basic
concepts by demonstrating these concepts with real experiments on GENI testbeds. Any ...

Techniques and Environments for Big Data Analysis: Parallel, Cloud, and Grid Computing

BSP Mishra, S Dehuri, E Kim - 2016

... analyze it. Further, it can enlighten them on how the expensive fitness evaluation
of evolutionary learning can play a vital role in Big data analysis by adopting parallel,
grid, and cloud computing environments. Rapid growth ...

PROVENANCE IN CLOUD COMPUTING SYSTEMS

E Lawler - US Patent 20,160,019,076, 2016

Abstract: A method comprises pairing a virtual machine instance with a virtual agent that is
registered with registry in an execution environment. In this regard, upon instantiating the
virtual machine and the corresponding virtual agent, the virtual agent monitors for ...

Multilevel Priority-Based Task Scheduling Algorithm for Workflows in Cloud ComputingEnvironment

A Bala, I Chana - Proceedings of International Conference on ICT for …, 2016

Abstract Task scheduling is the important concern for the execution of scientific workflow
applications. An effective scheduling can increase the performance of the workflow
applications and task scheduling is used to assign the cloud resources to workflow tasks. ...

Preventing Faults: Fault Monitoring and Proactive Fault Tolerance in Cloud Computing

A Wadhwa, A Bala - Proceedings of International Conference on ICT for …, 2016

Abstract Fault tolerance is about functioning of resources without any impact of faults
occurring in them. Cloud computing has emerged as a revolutionary technology with pricing-
per-use, scalability, and on demand availability of computing resources as its prominent ...

Patent portfolio analysis of the cloud computing industry

JY Huang - Journal of Engineering and Technology Management, 2016

Abstract In recent years, cloud computing has become a popular theme in the area of
network technology; however, related literature on patent analysis is limited. This study
seeks to reveal the technological trends and competition status of cloud computing ...

[PDF] CPL: A Core Language for Cloud Computing

O Bracevac, S Erdweg, G Salvaneschi, M Mezini - 2016

Abstract Running distributed applications in the cloud involves deployment. That is,
distribution and configuration of application services and middleware infrastructure. The
considerable complexity of these tasks resulted in the emergence of declarative JSON- ...

Energy-Aware Dynamical Hosts and Tasks Assignment for Cloud Computing

YF Wen - Journal of Systems and Software, 2016

Abstract One feature of MapReduce is to split user request into multiple tasks and then
process around multiple datacenters for cloud computing. This study addresses an energy
efficiency problem of dynamic cloud hosts (CHs) and task assignments as well as a subset ...