NSF Cloud Evaluation Committee

CEISE研究基础设施计划通过支持创建和增强世界级计算研究基础设施来推动计算学科的发现和学习。2014年，NSF启动了NSFCloud中型研究基础设施计划的第一阶段，使学术研究社区能够开发和试验新颖的云计算架构，并应对新出现的研究挑战。启动了两个不同的计算云基础设施项目--Chameleon和CloudLab。最初的NSF云征集(NSF 13-602)预期了NSFCloud计划的两个阶段，并建议在第一阶段接近完成时对项目进行外部评估。这项拟议活动的目标是根据NSFCloud计划的目标以及每个原始NSFCloud建议书中概述的具体指标进行评估。本评价考虑了四个主要的重点领域：外联和社区、平台研究的性质、每个项目的技术细节以及维持每个项目的努力/方法。评估完成后，一份书面报告将详细说明评估结果，并就推进该方案第二阶段下的每个系统提出具体建议。

The CISE Research Infrastructure program drives discovery and learning in the computing disciplines by supporting the creation and enhancement of world-class computing research infrastructure. In 2014 NSF launched Phase I of the NSFCloud Mid-scale Research Infrastructure program to enable the academic research community to develop and experiment with novel cloud computing architectures and address emerging research challenges. Two distinct computing cloud infrastructure projects -- Chameleon and CloudLab -- were initiated. The original NSF Cloud solicitation (NSF 13-602) anticipated two phases of the NSFCloud program, and recommended an external evaluation of the projects near the completion of Phase I. The objective of this proposed activity is to undertake that evaluation based on the goals of the NSFCloud program, as well as specific metrics outlined in each original NSFCloud proposal. This evaluation considers four main areas of focus: outreach and community, nature of the platform research, technical details of each project, and efforts/approaches towards sustaining each project. Upon completion of the evaluation a written report will detail findings and offer concrete recommendations for advancing each system under Phase II of the program.