Scientific Computing in the Cloud
John J. Rehr, Fernando D. Vila, Jeffrey P. Gardner, Lucas Svec, Micah P. Prange · Computing in Science & Engineering · 2010
Large, virtualized pools of computational resources raise the possibility of a new, advantageous computing paradigm for scientific research. To help achieve this, new tools make the cloud platform behave virtually like a local homogeneous computer cluster, giving users access to high-performance clusters without requiring them to purchase or maintain sophisticated hardware.