The proposed EAGER project will research issues and conduct GENI experiments related to the following two topics: (1) how to effectively ?glue? multiple virtual machines (VMs) distributed across different geographical locations into one seamless machine with Single System Image (SSI); (2) how to make it easier for ordinary people to use and enjoy the benefits of cloud computing when they might be reluctant due to concerns over privacy and security of their data or how to change/customize applications and migrate between VMs.
The second part of the project will integrate existing social networking services, such as authentication and ?friends lists,? into the GENI control framework, and allow GENI users to share their resources under the VLAN-based SSI framework with their friends.
Intellectual Merit and Broader Impacts: The work on SSI will also contribute to the understanding and advancement of cloud computing over a virtual data center or multiple data centers. Furthermore, socially-aware SSI represents a departure from conventional resource-sharing approaches and peer-to-peer file sharing approaches. The proposed work will make it easier and more comfortable for mass users to contribute their own resources to GENI and use others? resources made available through GENI. It may become a catalyst for personal and wireless cloud computing that could change the way we do computing and transform the IT landscape.
Proof-of-concept Socially-aware SSI or SaSSI implementation using Facebook APIs to grab one's friend list along with the resources available for sharing, and displaying such information on a webpage which enables a one-button click SSI formation. A YouTube video is also available which shows 1) Betty logs in a web server, finds that her friend Carol is online with some computing and memory resources available for sharing, and 2) Betty forms an SSI with one click using the shared resources: www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1hKtEE9agY We have demoed the reputation scoring system. See our third Youtube video at www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lBhjMoJ2wo We have also published two papers in the 1st and 2nd GENI Workshops Papers: @inproceedings{madvekar13enabling, author = {Mandvekar, Lokesh and Qiao, Chunming and Husain, Mohammad I.}, booktitle = {2013 Proceedings Second GENI Research and Educational Experiment Workshop}, citeulike-article-id = {12530495}, location = {Salt Lake City, UT}, month = mar, posted-at = {2013-07-27 00:25:47}, priority = {2}, publisher = {IEEE}, title = {{Enabling Wide Area Single System Image Experimentation on the GENI Platform}}, year = {2013} } @inproceedings{citeulike:12530496, author = {Mandvekar, Lokesh and Sathyaraja, Anandatirtha and Qiao, Chunming}, booktitle = {First GENI Research and Educational Experiment Workshop (GREE 2012)}, citeulike-article-id = {12530496}, location = {Los Angeles}, month = mar, posted-at = {2013-07-27 00:25:47}, priority = {2}, title = {{Socially Aware Single System Images}}, year = {2012} }
