# The ISTI Rapid Response on Exploring Cloud Computing 2018 **Authors:** Carleton Coffrin, James Arnold, Stephan Eidenbenz, Derek Aberle, John, Ambrosiano, Zachary Baker, Sara Brambilla, Michael Brown, K. Nolan Carter,, Pinghan Chu, Patrick Conry, Keeley Costigan, Ariane Eberhardt, David M., Fobes, Adam Gausmann, Sean Harris, Donovan Heimer, Marlin Holmes, Bill Junor,, Csaba Kiss, Steve Linger, Rodman Linn, Li-Ta Lo, Jonathan MacCarthy, Omar, Marcillo, Clay McGinnis, Alexander McQuarters, Eric Michalak, Arvind Mohan,, Matt Nelson, Diane Oyen, Nidhi Parikh, Donatella Pasqualini, Aaron s. Pope,, Reid Porter, Chris Rawlings, Hannah Reinbolt, Reid Rivenburgh, Phil Romero,, Kevin Schoonover, Alexei Skurikhin, Daniel Tauritz, Dima Tretiak, Zhehui, Wang, James Wernicke, Brad Wolfe, Phillip Wolfram, Jonathan Woodring arXiv: 1901.01331 · 2019-01-08 ## TL;DR This report summarizes eighteen projects demonstrating the potential of commercial cloud computing services for scientific computation at national laboratories, highlighting successful deployments and workflows. ## Contribution It provides a comprehensive overview of practical applications and benefits of cloud computing in scientific research at a national level. ## Key findings - Cloud computing can be effectively used for scientific computation. - Projects successfully deployed proprietary software in the cloud. - Cloud workflows facilitate processing scientific datasets. ## Abstract This report describes eighteen projects that explored how commercial cloud computing services can be utilized for scientific computation at national laboratories. These demonstrations ranged from deploying proprietary software in a cloud environment to leveraging established cloud-based analytics workflows for processing scientific datasets. By and large, the projects were successful and collectively they suggest that cloud computing can be a valuable computational resource for scientific computation at national laboratories. ## Full text _Full body text omitted from this summary view._ Fetch the complete paper as Markdown: https://tomesphere.com/paper/1901.01331/full.md ## Figures 40 figures with captions in the complete paper: https://tomesphere.com/paper/1901.01331/full.md ## References 52 references — full list in the complete paper: https://tomesphere.com/paper/1901.01331/full.md --- Source: https://tomesphere.com/paper/1901.01331