Implementation and usability evaluation of a cloud platform for Scientific Computing as a Service (SCaaS)

Proceedings - 2011 4th IEEE International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing, UCC 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 345-354

  Saripalli, Prasad ^a   Oldenburg, Curt ^b   Walters, Ben ^a   Radheshyam, N ^a  

^a Runaware Inc   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloud computing; Scientific Computing; Software as a Service; Usability

Indexed keywords

FLUID PRODUCTION; GAS DIFFUSION; GEOTHERMAL RESERVOIR; GLOBAL ENTERPRISES; INJECTION WELLS; LARGE DATASETS; MULTI TENANTS; NUMERICAL SIMULATORS; SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING APPLICATIONS; SIMULATED NETWORKS; SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE; SUB-SURFACES; TOUGH2V2.0; USABILITY; USABILITY ASSESSMENT; USABILITY EVALUATION; USER EXPERIENCE; VIRTUAL MACHINES; VIRTUALIZATIONS; WORK-FLOWS;

AUTHENTICATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATA VISUALIZATION; GATEWAYS (COMPUTER NETWORKS); GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); NATURAL SCIENCES COMPUTING; POROUS MATERIALS; USABILITY ENGINEERING; VISUALIZATION;

CLOUD COMPUTING;

EID: 84856331236     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/UCC.2011.58     Document Type: Conference Paper

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