A framework for faster porting of scientific applications between heterogeneous clouds

Waseem Ahmed; Mohsin Khan; Adeel Ahmed Khan; Rashid Mehmood; Abdullah Algarni; Aiiad Albeshri; Iyad Katib

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-94180-6_5

A framework for faster porting of scientific applications between heterogeneous clouds

Waseem Ahmed
, Mohsin Khan^*
, Adeel Ahmed Khan
, Rashid Mehmood
, Abdullah Algarni
, Aiiad Albeshri
, Iyad Katib

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The emergence of pay-as-you-use compute clouds has enabled scientists to experiment with the latest processor architectures and accelerators. However, the lack of standardization in cloud computing, more specifically in the interoperability context, makes the task of portability of applications between clouds challenging. Two main tasks that users of multi-vendor clouds will need to perform are porting cost analysis and faster source-to-source translation. Cost analysis is essential to help evaluate the feasibility and cost of portability. And any automation of the source-to-source translation step will help developers perform the translation faster while taking advantage of platform-specific features. This paper presents a framework that assists a developer in performing these two tasks. The first task is achieved using the Maintainability Analyzer module which generates unique funnel shaped patterns that give an insight about the maintainability of an application and its potential for porting. Different scientific applications from various domains, that were developed using different programming paradigms, were evaluated using this module. For the second task, a set of modules use a knowledge repository to perform source-to-source translations while ensuring the maintainability of the generated code. The framework has been tested with different architecture and library combinations with promising results.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Smart Societies, Infrastructure, Technologies and Applications - First International Conference, SCITA 2017, Proceedings
Editors	Rashid Mehmood, Iyad Katib, Imrich Chlamtac, Budhendra Bhaduri
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Pages	27-43
Number of pages	17
ISBN (Print)	9783319941790
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94180-6_5
State	Published - 2018
Externally published	Yes
Event	1st International Conference on Infrastructure, Technologies and Applications, SCITA 2017 - Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Duration: 27 Nov 2017 → 29 Nov 2017

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, LNICST
Volume	224
ISSN (Print)	1867-8211

Conference

Conference	1st International Conference on Infrastructure, Technologies and Applications, SCITA 2017
Country/Territory	Saudi Arabia
City	Jeddah
Period	27/11/17 → 29/11/17

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2018, ICST Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering.

Keywords

Code transformation
Heterogeneous architecture
Maintainability
Portability
Source-to-source translation

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Computer Networks and Communications

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Ahmed, W., Khan, M., Khan, A. A., Mehmood, R., Algarni, A., Albeshri, A., & Katib, I. (2018). A framework for faster porting of scientific applications between heterogeneous clouds. In R. Mehmood, I. Katib, I. Chlamtac, & B. Bhaduri (Eds.), Smart Societies, Infrastructure, Technologies and Applications - First International Conference, SCITA 2017, Proceedings (pp. 27-43). (Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, LNICST; Vol. 224). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94180-6_5

Ahmed, Waseem ; Khan, Mohsin ; Khan, Adeel Ahmed et al. / A framework for faster porting of scientific applications between heterogeneous clouds. Smart Societies, Infrastructure, Technologies and Applications - First International Conference, SCITA 2017, Proceedings. editor / Rashid Mehmood ; Iyad Katib ; Imrich Chlamtac ; Budhendra Bhaduri. Springer Verlag, 2018. pp. 27-43 (Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, LNICST).

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Ahmed, W, Khan, M, Khan, AA, Mehmood, R, Algarni, A, Albeshri, A & Katib, I 2018, A framework for faster porting of scientific applications between heterogeneous clouds. in R Mehmood, I Katib, I Chlamtac & B Bhaduri (eds), Smart Societies, Infrastructure, Technologies and Applications - First International Conference, SCITA 2017, Proceedings. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, LNICST, vol. 224, Springer Verlag, pp. 27-43, 1st International Conference on Infrastructure, Technologies and Applications, SCITA 2017, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 27/11/17. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94180-6_5

A framework for faster porting of scientific applications between heterogeneous clouds. / Ahmed, Waseem; Khan, Mohsin; Khan, Adeel Ahmed et al.
Smart Societies, Infrastructure, Technologies and Applications - First International Conference, SCITA 2017, Proceedings. ed. / Rashid Mehmood; Iyad Katib; Imrich Chlamtac; Budhendra Bhaduri. Springer Verlag, 2018. p. 27-43 (Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, LNICST; Vol. 224).

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A framework for faster porting of scientific applications between heterogeneous clouds

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