Keynotes 

Cloud Computing - Resource Allocation and Scheduling Challenges

Helen Karatza

Department of Informatics

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

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Abstract:

Cloud computing presents a remarkable potential to provide computational services to scientists, consumers and enterprises as utilities, on a pay-per-use approach.

      However, there are important issues that must be addressed for cloud systems, such as: performance, economically efficient resource allocation and scheduling, energy conservation, reliability, protection of sensitive data, security and trust, cost, availability, quality. Furthermore, due to the cost of electrical power consumption and the environmental impact, energy efficiency in cloud systems is a global IT concern. Effective management of cloud resources is crucial to use effectively the power of these systems and achieve high system performance.

      The cloud computing paradigm can offer various types of services, such as computational resources for complex applications, web services, social networking, urban mobility, health care, environmental science, etc. Resource allocation and scheduling is a difficult task in clouds where there are many alternative heterogeneous computers. The scheduling algorithms must seek a way to maintain a good response time to leasing cost ratio. Furthermore, adequate data security and availability are critical issues that have to be considered along with energy-efficient solutions that are required to minimize the impact of cloud computing on the environment.

        In this talk, we will discuss issues and challenges of resource allocation and scheduling in cloud systems. We will present state-of-the-art research covering a variety of concepts on cloud computing, and we will provide future directions in the cloud computing area.

Bio: 

Helen Karatza is a Professor in the Department of Informatics at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. Dr. Karatza's research interests include Computer Systems Modeling and Simulation, Performance Evaluation, Grid and Cloud Computing, Energy Efficiency in Large Scale Distributed Systems, Resource Allocation and Scheduling and Real-time Distributed Systems.

Professor Karatza is senior member of SCS, IEEE and ACM, and she served as an elected member of the Board of Directors at Large of the Society for Modeling and Simulation International (2009-2011). She has served as General Chair, Program Chair and Keynote Speaker in International Conferences.

Professor Karatza is the Editor-in-Chief of the Elsevier Journal "Simulation Modeling Practice and Theory", Area Editor of the "Journal of Systems and Software" of Elsevier, and she has been Guest Editor of Special Issues in multiple International Journals.

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Industry Track 

To be announced.