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Towards A Federated Identity And Access Management Across Universities, Jameel Alsulami
Towards A Federated Identity And Access Management Across Universities, Jameel Alsulami
Doctoral Dissertations and Master's Theses
Many research projects are too complex to yield the efforts of a single investigator and require a coordinated effort from interdisciplinary research teams across universities and industries. The research data, documents, experimental testbeds, high-end computing equipment, etc. is a critical component of any large-scale project and hence the cooperation and resource sharing across universities become very important for timely and budget-friendly execution of these projects. However, it is extremely challenging to frequently and effectively access data and other resources across universities without creating new identities for the users. In this thesis, we propose Federated Identity Management (FIM) approach for facilitating …
A Tiered Recommender System For Cost-Effective Cloud Instance Selection, Xusheng Ai
A Tiered Recommender System For Cost-Effective Cloud Instance Selection, Xusheng Ai
University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations
Cloud computing has greatly impacted the scientific community and the end users. By leveraging cloud computing, small research institutions and undergraduate colleges are able to alleviate costs and achieve research goals without purchasing and maintaining all the hardware and software. In addition, cloud computing allows researchers to access resources as their teams require and allows real-time collaboration with team members across the globe. Nowadays however, users are easily overwhelmed by the wide range of cloud servers and instances. Due to differences between the cloud server platforms and between instances within the platform, users find it difficult to identify the right …