title: RAPPORT: running scientific high-performance computing applications on the cloud.
abstract: Cloud computing infrastructure is now widely used in many domains, but one area where there has been more limited adoption is research computing, in particular for running scientific high-performance computing (HPC) software. The Robust Application Porting for HPC in the Cloud (RAPPORT) project took advantage of existing links between computing researchers and application scientists in the fields of bioinformatics, high-energy physics (HEP) and digital humanities, to investigate running a set of scientific HPC applications from these domains on cloud infrastructure. In this paper, we focus on the bioinformatics and HEP domains, describing the applications and target cloud platforms. We conclude that, while there are many factors that need consideration, there is no fundamental impediment to the use of cloud infrastructure for running many types of HPC applications and, in some cases, there is potential for researchers to benefit significantly from the flexibility offered by cloud platforms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Computing, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, UK. jeremy.cohen@imperial.ac.uk
authors.forename: Jeremy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: Ioannis
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Filippis
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Woodbridge
authors.forename: Daniela
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bauer
authors.forename: Neil Chue
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: Mike
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jackson
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Butcher
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Colling
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Darlington
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Fuchs
authors.forename: Matt
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Harvey
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D003205:Computing Methodologies; D020407:Internet; D012586:Science / Q000379:methods*; D012984:Software