CyberGIS-Cloud: A unified middleware framework for cloud-based geospatial research and education

Furqan Baig; Alexander Michels; Zimo Xiao; Su Yeon Han; Anand Padmanabhan; Zhiyu Li; Shaowen Wang

doi:10.1145/3491418.3535148

CyberGIS-Cloud: A unified middleware framework for cloud-based geospatial research and education

Furqan Baig, Alexander Michels, Zimo Xiao, Su Yeon Han, Anand Padmanabhan, Zhiyu Li, Shaowen Wang

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Abstract

Interest in cloud-based cyberinfrastructure continues to grow within the geospatial community to tackle contemporary big data challenges. Distributed computing frameworks, deployed over the cloud, provide scalable and low-maintenance solutions to accelerate geospatial research and education. However, for scientists and researchers, the usage of such resources is highly constrained by the steep curve for learning diverse sets of platform-specific tools and APIs. This paper presents CyberGIS-Cloud as a unified middleware to streamline the execution of distributed geospatial workflows over multiple cloud backends with easy-to-use interfaces. CyberGIS-Cloud employs bringing computation-to-data model by abstracting and automating job execution over distributed resources hosted in the cloud environment where the data resides. We present details of CyberGIS-Cloud with support for popular distributed computing frameworks backed by research-oriented JetStream Cloud and commercial Google Cloud Platform.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	PEARC 2022 Conference Series - Practice and Experience in Advanced Research Computing 2022 - Revolutionary
Subtitle of host publication	Computing, Connections, You
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450391610
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3491418.3535148
State	Published - Jul 8 2022
Event	2022 Conference on Practice and Experience in Advanced Research Computing: Revolutionary: Computing, Connections, You, PEARC 2022 - Boston, United States Duration: Jul 10 2022 → Jul 14 2022

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Name	PEARC 2022 Conference Series - Practice and Experience in Advanced Research Computing 2022 - Revolutionary: Computing, Connections, You

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Conference	2022 Conference on Practice and Experience in Advanced Research Computing: Revolutionary: Computing, Connections, You, PEARC 2022
Country/Territory	United States
City	Boston
Period	7/10/22 → 7/14/22

Keywords

cloud-computing
cybergis
middleware
science-gateway

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Computational Theory and Mathematics
Computer Networks and Communications
Computer Science Applications
Software
Theoretical Computer Science

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Baig, F., Michels, A., Xiao, Z., Han, S. Y., Padmanabhan, A., Li, Z., & Wang, S. (2022). CyberGIS-Cloud: A unified middleware framework for cloud-based geospatial research and education. In PEARC 2022 Conference Series - Practice and Experience in Advanced Research Computing 2022 - Revolutionary: Computing, Connections, You Article 46 (PEARC 2022 Conference Series - Practice and Experience in Advanced Research Computing 2022 - Revolutionary: Computing, Connections, You). Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/3491418.3535148

CyberGIS-Cloud: A unified middleware framework for cloud-based geospatial research and education. / Baig, Furqan; Michels, Alexander; Xiao, Zimo et al.
PEARC 2022 Conference Series - Practice and Experience in Advanced Research Computing 2022 - Revolutionary: Computing, Connections, You. Association for Computing Machinery, 2022. 46 (PEARC 2022 Conference Series - Practice and Experience in Advanced Research Computing 2022 - Revolutionary: Computing, Connections, You).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Baig, F, Michels, A, Xiao, Z, Han, SY, Padmanabhan, A, Li, Z & Wang, S 2022, CyberGIS-Cloud: A unified middleware framework for cloud-based geospatial research and education. in PEARC 2022 Conference Series - Practice and Experience in Advanced Research Computing 2022 - Revolutionary: Computing, Connections, You., 46, PEARC 2022 Conference Series - Practice and Experience in Advanced Research Computing 2022 - Revolutionary: Computing, Connections, You, Association for Computing Machinery, 2022 Conference on Practice and Experience in Advanced Research Computing: Revolutionary: Computing, Connections, You, PEARC 2022, Boston, United States, 7/10/22. https://doi.org/10.1145/3491418.3535148

Baig F, Michels A, Xiao Z, Han SY, Padmanabhan A, Li Z et al. CyberGIS-Cloud: A unified middleware framework for cloud-based geospatial research and education. In PEARC 2022 Conference Series - Practice and Experience in Advanced Research Computing 2022 - Revolutionary: Computing, Connections, You. Association for Computing Machinery. 2022. 46. (PEARC 2022 Conference Series - Practice and Experience in Advanced Research Computing 2022 - Revolutionary: Computing, Connections, You). doi: 10.1145/3491418.3535148

Baig, Furqan ; Michels, Alexander ; Xiao, Zimo et al. / CyberGIS-Cloud : A unified middleware framework for cloud-based geospatial research and education. PEARC 2022 Conference Series - Practice and Experience in Advanced Research Computing 2022 - Revolutionary: Computing, Connections, You. Association for Computing Machinery, 2022. (PEARC 2022 Conference Series - Practice and Experience in Advanced Research Computing 2022 - Revolutionary: Computing, Connections, You).

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