Cloud computing & virtualization

News and Updates

NIST Final ‘Big Data’ Framework Will Help Make Sense of Our Data-Drenched Age

October 29, 2019

To improve approaches for analyzing very large quantities of data, computer scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have

NIST Releases Cloud Computing Service Metrics Description (NIST Special Publication 500-307)

April 24, 2018

NIST released Cloud Computing Service Metrics Description (NIST Special Publication 500-307), a document that proposes a framework to identify and characterize

NIST Releases Evaluation of Cloud Computing Services Based on NIST SP 800-145 (NIST SP 500-322)

February 23, 2018

NIST releases Evaluation of Cloud Computing Services Based on NIST SP 800-145 (NIST SP 500-322), a report that provides clarification for (1) qualifying a given

Projects and Programs

NIST Cloud Computing Program - NCCP

Comparative Serum Proteomics Project

Initially the Comparative Mammalian Proteome Aggregator Resource (CoMPARe) Program will generate proteomic data from sera from 25 different species that

Software Defined Virtual Networks

NIST is working to develop test and measurement techniques to advance the state of the art in network virtualization, network service function chaining

Comparative Mammalian Proteome Aggregator Resource (CoMPARe) Program

NIST is developing a portal to enable researchers to mine high-quality proteomic data from phylogenetically diverse species, to identify advantageous biological

Publications

Hardware-Enabled Security: Container Platform Security Prototype

June 17, 2021

Author(s)

Murugiah Souppaya, Michael Bartock, Karen Scarfone, Jerry Wheeler, Tim Knoll, Uttam Shetty, Ryan Savino, Joseprabu Inbaraj, Stefano Righi

In today's cloud data centers and edge computing, attack surfaces have significantly increased, hacking has become industrialized, and most security control

Deep Reinforcement Learning for Edge Service Placement in Softwarized Industrial Cyber-Physical System

May 6, 2021

Author(s)

Hamid Gharavi

Future industrial cyber-physical system (CPS) devices are expected to request a large amount of delay-sensitive services that need to be processed at the edge

Intelligent Task Caching in Edge Cloud via Bandit Learning

March 19, 2021

Author(s)

Hamid Gharavi

Task caching, based on edge cloud, aims to meet the latency requirements of computation- intensive and data-intensive tasks (such as augmented reality). However

Cloudy with a chance of peptides: accessibility, scalability and reproducibility with cloud-hosted environments

January 29, 2021

Author(s)

Ben Neely

Cloud hosted environments offer known benefits when computational needs outstrip affordable local workstations, enabling high-performance compute without a

Awards

Annie Sokol Wins INCITS Merit Award

Ms. Sokol is recognized for her tenacious participation and significant exemplary leadership in the development of international standards

John Messina Wins INCITS Service Award

INCITS recognizes Mr. Messina for his numerous contributions to the INCITS/Cloud38 – Cloud Computing and Distributed Platforms standards