Grant: Strategic Projects - Group
Queen's University
$160,000.00
Enabling elastic services
FY 2013-14
Summary
Service-oriented architectures (SOAs) are a popular paradigm for developing Web applications that allows applications to be constructed of existing services in a dynamic manner. We envision that the next-generation computing platform will be a pervasive cloud that will be composed of a hybrid cloud, which is a combination of private and public clouds, acting as a dynamic resource backbone for the platform, and mobile devices connecting, on an intermittent basis, with the cloud and with each other. Services will be hosted on the backbone, on a mobile device, or on some combination of the two. Elasticity is a popular term used in cloud computing that refers to the ability of the cloud to dynamically scale the resources allocated to a service up or down depending upon demand for that service. In this proposal, elastic services refer to services running on a pervasive cloud that can automatically adapt their resource allocations in response to factors such as consumer demand and location. In realizing our vision of elastic services we will address a number of interesting research challenges: a self-management framework for adaptable resource provisioning within a pervasive cloud; a unified approach to automatically negotiating service level agreements in the pervasive cloud; accommodating the cloud model within constraints of a mobile environment; ensuring the reliability and security of elastic services within the highly dynamic environment of a pervasive cloud. Elastic services are a promising area for innovation and the development of new technologies for Canadian industry. They embody the integration of technologies that will be part of the next-generation of computing platforms for application development, namely mobility, cloud computing, SOA and autonomic management. The proposed research will produce new technologies to enable Canadian software developers to create new highly adaptable systems on top of an integrated services platform. It will also provide training for 12 HQP, who will be the technological leaders to support development in this new environment.
Program
Strategic Projects - Group
Recipient
Location
Ontario, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
As published
Application id
413383-2011
Name nom
Martin, Patrick
Department département
Computing, School of
Organization id
29
Institution établissement
Queen's University
Province en
Ontario
Province fr
Ontario
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2013
Competition year année de concours
2011
Award amount
160000
Program id
STPGP
Program name en
Strategic Projects - Group
Program name fr
Projets stratégiques - De groupe
Group en
Research partnerships programs
Group fr
Programmes de partenariat
Committee code
1567
Committee name en
Strategic Projects Selection Panel - ICT
Committee name fr
Comité de sélection des projets stratégiques - ICT
Area of application code
802
Area of application group en
Information and communication services
Area of application group fr
Services d'information et de télécommunications
Area of application en
Information systems and technology
Area of application fr
Systèmes d'information et technologie de l'information
Research subject code
2702
Research subject group en
Information technology
Research subject group fr
Technologie de l'information
Research subject en
Computer systems organization
Research subject fr
Organisation des systèmes informatiques
Partie
3
Nb partie
3
Application title
Enabling elastic services
Keyword
NSERC
Application summary
Service-oriented architectures (SOAs) are a popular paradigm for developing Web applications that allows applications to be constructed of existing services in a dynamic manner. We envision that the next-generation computing platform will be a pervasive cloud that will be composed of a hybrid cloud, which is a combination of private and public clouds, acting as a dynamic resource backbone for the platform, and mobile devices connecting, on an intermittent basis, with the cloud and with each other. Services will be hosted on the backbone, on a mobile device, or on some combination of the two. Elasticity is a popular term used in cloud computing that refers to the ability of the cloud to dynamically scale the resources allocated to a service up or down depending upon demand for that service. In this proposal, elastic services refer to services running on a pervasive cloud that can automatically adapt their resource allocations in response to factors such as consumer demand and location. In realizing our vision of elastic services we will address a number of interesting research challenges: a self-management framework for adaptable resource provisioning within a pervasive cloud; a unified approach to automatically negotiating service level agreements in the pervasive cloud; accommodating the cloud model within constraints of a mobile environment; ensuring the reliability and security of elastic services within the highly dynamic environment of a pervasive cloud. Elastic services are a promising area for innovation and the development of new technologies for Canadian industry. They embody the integration of technologies that will be part of the next-generation of computing platforms for application development, namely mobility, cloud computing, SOA and autonomic management. The proposed research will produce new technologies to enable Canadian software developers to create new highly adaptable systems on top of an integrated services platform. It will also provide training for 12 HQP, who will be the technological leaders to support development in this new environment.
