Abstract

Cloud computing with the great support of virtualization technologies has become a very compelling computing paradigm. A cloud is an aggregation of resources typically operated/provided by an autonomous administrative entity/body (e.g., Amazon, Google or Microsoft). These resources are not restricted to hardware, processors and storage devices, but they can be also software services. While clouds and grids share some common characteristics, there are a number of distinct differences including resource coupling, runtime environment and usage model. This talk will briefly highlight and address some of the issues related to the cloud computing paradigm.

About the speaker

Albert Y. Zomaya is currently the Chair Professor of High Performance Computing and Networking in the School of Information Technologies, The University of Sydney. He is also the Director for the newly established Sydney University Centre for Distributed and High Performance Computing. He is the author/co-author of seven books, more than 350 papers, and the editor of eight books and eight conference proceedings. He serves as an associate editor for 17 leading journals such as the IEEE Transactions on Computers and the IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems. Professor Zomaya was the Chair the IEEE Technical Committee on Parallel Processing (1999–2003) and currently serves on its executive committee. He also serves on the Advisory Board of the IEEE Technical Committee on Scalable Computing and is a Scientific Council Member of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social–Informatics, and Telecommunications Engineering (in Brussels). Professor Zomaya is the recipient of the Meritorious Service Award (in 2000) and the Golden Core Recognition (in 2006), both from the IEEE Computer Society. He is a Chartered Engineer, a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (USA), the IEEE (USA), the Institution of Engineering and Technology (U.K.), and a Distinguished Engineer of the ACM (USA). His research interests are in the areas of high performance computing, parallel algorithms, and mobile computing.