The CloudSME One-stop-shop – European Marketplace for HPC supported Simulation

Simulation can be highly computing and data intensive. The need for more on-demand computing power is therefore becoming a major factor in gaining and maintaining a competitive edge for many companies. To meet these requirements the CloudSME One-Stop-Shop Market Place for simulation software was developed by the European CloudSME project, establishing the technological and infrastructural requirements to run high performance, cost-efficient simulation using cloud computing. The major aim of the project, which is currently funded by the European Commission, is to increase the usage of simulation software in manufacturing and engineering - especially among small and medium-sized companies (SMEs). Thus it is supporting software companies in the development of Cloud-based versions of their simulation software, enabling fast-track deployment offering a Platform as a Service solution (PaaS) and the access to multiple public and private cloud resources (like Amazon, IBM, institutional clouds, etc.) and High-performance computing centres, enabling seamless scalability. End-user companies, thus will be enabled to use a broad range of expert simulation software applications as a Service (SaaS) in the cloud while saving hardware and license costs and easily developing new products or workflows. The key values of using the platform are in line with what can be expected from a corresponding cloud service: easy to use, speeds up time to market, no need for own HPC infrastructure, and OpEx instead of CapEx. The platform is built on existing, integrated and proven technologies. These are the WS-PGRADE framework and the CloudBroker Platform, enabling the rapid development and deployment of distributed computing applications for multiple Cloud or HPC platforms. Currently the platform is especially suitable for many different forms of modeling and simulation, big data analysis and optimization. For example, it is being used to support the HPC of computational fluid dynamics particularly in the prediction of fluid-fluid and/or fluid-solid multiphase flows used in a wide variety of industries. Other current projects being supported by the CSSP include 3D insole modeling, discrete event simulation for manufacturing and Currently the CSSP is especially suitable for many different forms of modeling and simulation, big data analysis and optimization. For example, it is being used to support the HPC of computational fluid dynamics particularly in the prediction of fluid-fluid and/or fluid-solid multiphase flows used in a wide variety of industries. Other current projects being supported by the CSSP include 3D insole modeling, discrete event simulation for manufacturing and supply chain optimisation, capacity management or maintenance planning, and data mining for the optimisation of aircraft maintenance. The project startet with 16 project partners in 2013 and incorporated another thirteen partners, who will join the project from 2015 on and contribute with their individual simulation solutions and industry-use cases to further develop the CloudSME Simulation Platfrom