Cloud computing & virtualization

News and Updates

NIST Cloud Computing Forensic Reference Architecture: NIST Requests Public Comments on SP 800-201

February 8, 2023

The initial public draft of NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-201, NIST Cloud Computing Forensic Reference Architecture, is now available for public comment

International Effort Develops Plan for Federated 5G Testbeds, NIST Researcher Informs Architecture

December 1, 2022

In October 2022, international collaborators, including NIST researchers, met in Jeju, South Korea, to define a path to federated 5G Testbeds, dubbed "Project

NIST, Industry Researchers Use IEEE Standard to Point a Way Ahead for Cloud Computing

September 1, 2022

In IEEE Cloud & Continuum, NIST's Robert Bohn and industry researchers, Craig Lee and Martial Michel published The IEEE 2302-2021 Standard on Intercloud

Projects and Programs

Edge AI

Ongoing

With significant technology advancement and growing commercialization of edge/fog computing, edge AI (artificial intelligence) has now become a new frontier

NIST Cloud Computing Forensic Science

Ongoing

NOTE: The information provided on this page is maintained for archival information. Please visit the “NIST Cloud Computing Forensic Science” project page for

Image depicting how the Smart and Interconnect Systems work. From Information flow to actionable information to sensing data.

Smart and Connected Systems

Ongoing

NIST Cloud Computing Program - NCCP

Ongoing

Publications

Towards Software Defined Measurement with Open vSwitches: Designs, Implementation, and Evaluation

June 18, 2022

Author(s)

Zili Zha, An Wang, Yang Guo, Songqing Chen

Network measurement is critical for various network operations and management but has been often constrained by the available resources in the traditional

EZPath: Expediting Container Network Traffic via Programmable Switches in Data Centers

June 13, 2022

Author(s)

Zili Zha, An Wang, Yang Guo, Songqing Chen

Containerization, while getting popular in data centers, faces practical challenges due to the sharing nature of cloud networks among tens of thousands

Hardware-Enabled Security: Container Platform Security Prototype

June 17, 2021

Author(s)

Murugiah Souppaya, Michael Bartock, Karen Scarfone, Jerry Wheeler, Tim Knoll, Uttam Shetty, Ryan Savino, Joseprabu Inbaraj, Stefano Righi

In today's cloud data centers and edge computing, attack surfaces have significantly increased, hacking has become industrialized, and most security control

Deep Reinforcement Learning for Edge Service Placement in Softwarized Industrial Cyber-Physical System

May 6, 2021

Author(s)

Hamid Gharavi

Future industrial cyber-physical system (CPS) devices are expected to request a large amount of delay-sensitive services that need to be processed at the edge

Awards

John Messina Wins INCITS Service Award

INCITS recognizes Mr. Messina for his numerous contributions to the INCITS/Cloud38 – Cloud Computing and Distributed Platforms standards

Annie Sokol Wins INCITS Merit Award

Ms. Sokol is recognized for her tenacious participation and significant exemplary leadership in the development of international standards