Innovative Approaches to Autonomous Control and QoS in Virtualized Cloud Ecosystems
In conjunction with EuCNC 2015 - June 29th, 2015 - Paris, France
Virtualization of hard- and software (e.g. SaaS, IaaS) and the recent emergence of advanced cloud concepts like cloud brokerage, cloud migration, cloud-bursting and cloud-bridging, opens up nearly unbounded possibilities for the creation and implementation of new and innovative services. A fundamental characteristic is that services combine and integrate functionalities of other services. A challenging factor in service reliability and quality provisioning here is the highly dynamic nature, imposing a high degree of uncertainty in many respects (e.g., in terms of number and diversity of the service offerings, the system load of services suddenly jumping to temporary overload, demand for cloud resources, etc.). This raises the urgent need for online control methods with self-learning capabilities that quickly adapt to – or even anticipate to – changing circumstances. The workshop addresses fundamental scientific challenges for autonomous, quality-based control in such complex service environments driven and enabled by advanced virtualization and cloud concepts. Particular focus will be on: (i) methods and algorithms for quality-driven autonomous control of advanced cloud infrastructures and services, (ii) concepts and methods for QoS/QoE monitoring and prediction (as a crucial element for quality-driven autonomous control), and (iii) pricing and competition in the future cloud ecosystem.
