{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2331206060","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tcc.2015.2404821","title":"Understanding the Performance and Potential of Cloud Computing for Scientific Applications","display_name":"Understanding the Performance and Potential of Cloud Computing for Scientific Applications","publication_year":2015,"publication_date":"2015-02-19","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2331206060","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tcc.2015.2404821","mag":"2331206060"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/tcc.2015.2404821","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tcc.2015.2404821","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2492498579","display_name":"IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing","issn_l":"2168-7161","issn":["2168-7161","2372-0018"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319808","host_organization_name":"Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"green","oa_url":"https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1339973","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5082001599","display_name":"Iman Sadooghi","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1726-5948"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I180949307","display_name":"Illinois Institute of Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/037t3ry66","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I180949307"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Iman Sadooghi","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Computer Science, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1726-5948","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Computer Science, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I180949307"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5075365444","display_name":"Jesus Hernandez Martin","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I180949307","display_name":"Illinois Institute of Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/037t3ry66","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I180949307"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Jesus Hernandez Martin","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Computer Science, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Computer Science, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I180949307"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5036106961","display_name":"Tonglin Li","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2874-8112"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I180949307","display_name":"Illinois Institute of Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/037t3ry66","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I180949307"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Tonglin Li","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Computer Science, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Computer Science, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I180949307"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5018376264","display_name":"Kevin Brandstatter","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I180949307","display_name":"Illinois Institute of Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/037t3ry66","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I180949307"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Kevin Brandstatter","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Computer Science, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Computer Science, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I180949307"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5044863788","display_name":"Ketan Maheshwari","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3800-662X"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I1282105669","display_name":"Argonne National Laboratory","ror":"https://ror.org/05gvnxz63","country_code":"US","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1282105669","https://openalex.org/I1330989302","https://openalex.org/I39565521","https://openalex.org/I40347166"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Ketan Maheshwari","raw_affiliation_strings":["Argonne National Laboratory Lemont, IL"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Argonne National Laboratory Lemont, IL","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I1282105669"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5046174838","display_name":"Tiago Pais Pitta de Lacerda Ruivo","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I180949307","display_name":"Illinois Institute of Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/037t3ry66","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I180949307"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Tiago Pais Pitta de Lacerda Ruivo","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Computer Science, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Computer Science, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I180949307"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5107826232","display_name":"Gabriele Garzoglio","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I1314696892","display_name":"Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory","ror":"https://ror.org/020hgte69","country_code":"US","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1314696892","https://openalex.org/I1330989302","https://openalex.org/I39565521","https://openalex.org/I4210114836"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Gabriele Garzoglio","raw_affiliation_strings":["Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I1314696892"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5028539059","display_name":"S. Timm","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2615-1910"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I1314696892","display_name":"Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory","ror":"https://ror.org/020hgte69","country_code":"US","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1314696892","https://openalex.org/I1330989302","https://openalex.org/I39565521","https://openalex.org/I4210114836"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Steven Timm","raw_affiliation_strings":["Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I1314696892"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5100702070","display_name":"Yong Zhao","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1926-9731"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I150229711","display_name":"University of Electronic Science and Technology of China","ror":"https://ror.org/04qr3zq92","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I150229711"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Yong Zhao","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I150229711"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5030599558","display_name":"Ioan Raicu","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5477-439X"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I180949307","display_name":"Illinois Institute of Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/037t3ry66","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I180949307"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Ioan Raicu","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Computer Science, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Computer Science, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I180949307"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":2,"institutions_distinct_count":4,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":49.2569,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":113,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.99749424,"is_in_top_1_percent":true,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":89,"max":100},"biblio":{"volume":"5","issue":"2","first_page":"358","last_page":"371"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10101","display_name":"Cloud Computing and Resource Management","score":0.9997000098228455,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10101","display_name":"Cloud Computing and Resource Management","score":0.9997000098228455,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10715","display_name":"Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems","score":0.9972000122070312,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11986","display_name":"Scientific Computing and Data Management","score":0.9968000054359436,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1802","display_name":"Information Systems and Management"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/18","display_name":"Decision Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/cloud-computing","display_name":"Cloud computing","score":0.9095081686973572},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.8057341575622559},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/data-science","display_name":"Data science","score":0.4823950529098511},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/supercomputer","display_name":"Supercomputer","score":0.4821595549583435},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/cloud-testing","display_name":"Cloud testing","score":0.46008801460266113},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/scripting-language","display_name":"Scripting language","score":0.4427529573440552},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/distributed-computing","display_name":"Distributed computing","score":0.390412300825119},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/cloud-computing-security","display_name":"Cloud computing security","score":0.33965563774108887},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/operating-system","display_name":"Operating system","score":0.16367271542549133}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C79974875","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q483639","display_name":"Cloud computing","level":2,"score":0.9095081686973572},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.8057341575622559},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2522767166","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2374463","display_name":"Data science","level":1,"score":0.4823950529098511},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C83283714","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q121117","display_name":"Supercomputer","level":2,"score":0.4821595549583435},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C120115606","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5135723","display_name":"Cloud testing","level":4,"score":0.46008801460266113},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C61423126","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q187432","display_name":"Scripting language","level":2,"score":0.4427529573440552},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C120314980","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q180634","display_name":"Distributed computing","level":1,"score":0.390412300825119},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C184842701","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q370563","display_name":"Cloud computing security","level":3,"score":0.33965563774108887},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111919701","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9135","display_name":"Operating system","level":1,"score":0.16367271542549133}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/tcc.2015.2404821","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tcc.2015.2404821","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2492498579","display_name":"IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing","issn_l":"2168-7161","issn":["2168-7161","2372-0018"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319808","host_organization_name":"Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:osti.gov:1339973","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1339973","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306402487","display_name":"OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I139351228","host_organization_name":"Office of Scientific and Technical Information","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I139351228"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":null}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"pmh:oai:osti.gov:1339973","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1339973","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306402487","display_name":"OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I139351228","host_organization_name":"Office of Scientific and Technical Information","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I139351228"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":null},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/9","display_name":"Industry, innovation and infrastructure","score":0.6499999761581421}],"awards":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/G2413433374","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"DE-AC02-07CH11359","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320306084","funder_display_name":"U.S. Department of Energy"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G4645853280","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"KISTI-C13013","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320322105","funder_display_name":"Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G4913510517","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"CRADA-FRA 2013-0001","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320322105","funder_display_name":"Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G8258169708","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"NSF-1054974","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320306076","funder_display_name":"National Science Foundation"}],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320306076","display_name":"National Science Foundation","ror":"https://ror.org/021nxhr62"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320306084","display_name":"U.S. Department of Energy","ror":"https://ror.org/01bj3aw27"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320322105","display_name":"Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information","ror":"https://ror.org/01k4yrm29"}],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":32,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1034706054","https://openalex.org/W1498530182","https://openalex.org/W1575670837","https://openalex.org/W1964853316","https://openalex.org/W1981573685","https://openalex.org/W1994431776","https://openalex.org/W2002238616","https://openalex.org/W2034929405","https://openalex.org/W2039619282","https://openalex.org/W2048295208","https://openalex.org/W2076449099","https://openalex.org/W2091647805","https://openalex.org/W2096272573","https://openalex.org/W2112625818","https://openalex.org/W2114703465","https://openalex.org/W2117963990","https://openalex.org/W2122802010","https://openalex.org/W2136717145","https://openalex.org/W2146917903","https://openalex.org/W2155060415","https://openalex.org/W2163349370","https://openalex.org/W2168067900","https://openalex.org/W2178359932","https://openalex.org/W2283571372","https://openalex.org/W2289411471","https://openalex.org/W2309981042","https://openalex.org/W2624365150","https://openalex.org/W3125398447","https://openalex.org/W3139073351","https://openalex.org/W6629612062","https://openalex.org/W6696382573","https://openalex.org/W6739228396"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2931996793","https://openalex.org/W1988660452","https://openalex.org/W4394836132","https://openalex.org/W4205786897","https://openalex.org/W3043682580","https://openalex.org/W3142266060","https://openalex.org/W3006187839","https://openalex.org/W4205234238","https://openalex.org/W2788934790","https://openalex.org/W1567465482"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Commercial":[0],"clouds":[1,58],"bring":[2],"a":[3,37,45,51,66,75,138,221,244,255],"great":[4],"opportunity":[5],"to":[6,23,40,143,158,165,171,204,210,239,260,265],"the":[7,32,87,90,94,111,114,120,123,128,133,145,160,163,173,176,206,227],"scientific":[8,63,124,153,185,214,223,270],"computing":[9,26,29,224],"area.":[10],"Scientific":[11],"applications":[12,43,64,125,186,215,271],"usually":[13],"require":[14],"significant":[15],"resources,":[16],"however":[17],"not":[18],"all":[19],"scientists":[20,35,259],"have":[21],"access":[22],"sufficient":[24],"high-end":[25],"systems.":[27],"Cloud":[28],"has":[30],"gained":[31],"attention":[33],"of":[34,61,78,89,97,100,122,135,148,162,175,180,208],"as":[36,50,103,168,170],"competitive":[38],"resource":[39],"run":[41,268],"HPC":[42],"at":[44,232],"potentially":[46],"lower":[47],"cost.":[48],"But":[49],"different":[52,82,98],"infrastructure,":[53],"it":[54],"is":[55],"unclear":[56],"whether":[57],"are":[59],"capable":[60],"running":[62,126,152],"with":[65,137,235],"reasonable":[67],"performance":[68,96,121,134,183,242],"per":[69],"money":[70],"spent.":[71],"This":[72,155],"work":[73],"provides":[74],"comprehensive":[76],"evaluation":[77],"EC2":[79],"cloud":[80,91,164,177],"in":[81,127,141,178,202],"aspects.":[83],"We":[84,218],"first":[85],"analyze":[86],"potentials":[88],"by":[92,213],"evaluating":[93],"raw":[95,115,182],"services":[99,192,201],"AWS":[101,136,200],"such":[102],"compute,":[104],"memory,":[105],"network":[106],"and":[107,184,196,216,243,267],"I/O.":[108],"Based":[109],"on":[110,113],"findings":[112],"performance,":[116],"we":[117,131,189,249],"then":[118],"evaluate":[119,172,190,220],"cloud.":[129],"Finally,":[130],"compare":[132],"private":[139,275],"cloud,":[140],"order":[142,203],"find":[144],"root":[146],"cause":[147],"its":[149],"limitations":[150],"while":[151],"applications.":[154],"paper":[156,252],"aims":[157],"assess":[159,205],"ability":[161],"perform":[166],"well,":[167],"well":[169],"cost":[174,247],"terms":[179],"both":[181,236],"performance.":[187],"Furthermore,":[188],"other":[191],"including":[193],"S3,":[194],"EBS":[195],"DynamoDB":[197],"among":[198],"many":[199],"abilities":[207],"those":[209],"be":[211,254],"used":[212],"frameworks.":[217],"also":[219],"real":[222],"application":[225],"through":[226],"Swift":[228],"parallel":[229],"scripting":[230],"system":[231],"scale.":[233],"Armed":[234],"detailed":[237,245],"benchmarks":[238],"gauge":[240],"expected":[241],"monetary":[246],"analysis,":[248],"expect":[250],"this":[251],"will":[253],"recipe":[256],"cookbook":[257],"for":[258],"help":[261],"them":[262],"decide":[263],"where":[264],"deploy":[266],"their":[269],"between":[272],"public":[273],"clouds,":[274,276],"or":[277],"hybrid":[278],"clouds.":[279]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":7},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":15},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":20},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":12},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":20},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":13},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2014,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-07-26T07:53:14.480251","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}