The CloudSME project develops a cloud-based simulation platform to enable wider adoption of simulation technologies by small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in manufacturing and engineering. It provides a one-stop-shop solution for scalable simulations through a Platform as a Service (PaaS) that offers seamless access to multiple cloud resources. This helps lower barriers for SMEs by making simulations easy to use, configurable, and affordable on-demand. The project is funded by the European Commission and involves academic and industry partners to create cloud-based simulation applications and business models for SMEs.

1. CloudSME
Cloud-based Simulation
Platform for Manufacturing
and Engineering SMEs

2. *Simulation software is widely used in manufacturing
and engineering today.
*Simulation can be used to analyse a wide range of
physical and chemical processes, manufacturing
systems, logistics, transportation networks and supply
chains.
*Take-up of simulation software by SMEs has been low
until now due to high barriers of entry, including:
* hardware prices
* software costs
* time investment to create simulation
* skills and technical expertise
* low awareness of technology
Simulation software at manufacturing and
engineering SMEs
* using cloud HPC for running simulation
* new licensing models via cloud
* creating templates for large groups of similar SMEs
* designing automated scenario analysis
* marketing of niche applications with specific
benefits

3. How can you create…
Cloud-based simulation applications that are:
*Implemented as a service
*Easy to use
*Can run on different Clouds using different cloud
middleware
*Can use HPC
*Easily reconfigurable and interoperable
It’s not simple!

4. • Funded by the European Commission FP7 programme
• July 2013 – December 2015
• EUR 4.5 million overall funding
• Coordinated by the University of Westminster
• 16 initial project partners – including 12 SMEs
• 13 new partners (12 SMEs) are joining in January 2015 as result of an Open Call
The CloudSME project
Cloud-based Simulation platform for
Manufacturing and Engineering

5. *The CloudSME project develops a cloud-based, one-stop-shop solution providing
a scalable platform for small or larger scale simulations, and enable the wider
take-up of simulation technologies in manufacturing and engineering SME’s.
The CloudSME project
Cloud-based Simulation platform for
Manufacturing and Engineering
* CloudSME builds a simulation platform that allows seamless
access to multiple heterogeneous cloud resources and
provides a high level of abstraction to users when accessing
these resources for simulations in a one-stop-shop solution.
* Provides a Platform as a Service (PaaS) solution to build
customised cloud applications
* Enables simulation software providers to offer Software as a
Service (SaaS) simulation solutions
* Enables SMEs in the manufacturing and engineering domain to
access simulation services
* Provides seamless access to HPC resources in order to speed
up the simulations on-demand
* Defines generic and concrete business models for SMEs in the
manufacturing/engineering sector to facilitate the take-up of
cloud-based simulation solutions

6. The CloudSME partnership
Dominated by SMEs at all levels
Cloud
infrastructure
providers
Academic and commercial clouds
Commercial: CloudSigma (CH),
Academic: SZTAKI (H), UoW (UK) and Unizar (E)
Cloud
Platform
provider
Provide seamless access to potentially heterogeneous
cloud platforms: CloudBroker (CH), Scaletools (CH)
Simulation
platforms
providers
Utilise PaaS based on their software packages to build
custom simulation solutions for end-users – Ascomp
(CH), Simul8 (UK), INGECON (E), 2MoRO (F), CMCL
(UK), Simsoft (TR), DHCAE (D), Outlandish + TBEL
(UK)
End users
Utilise SaaS solution based on the CloudSME Simulation
Platform - Podoactiva (E), Saker Solutions (UK),
Eurobios (F), Cutting Tools (UK), PROYFE (E),
Hobsons (UK), Base Pro + IOR(I), Ozdekan (TR),
Gokdokan (TR), ProcEng (CH), GVOL (UK), TBEL (UK)
Gateway
provider
Provide customised gateway as the basis for the PaaS
solution: MTA-SZTAKI (H)
Developmentofend-usercasestudies–
BrunelUniversity(UK),UoW(UK)
DisseminationandMarketing-Unizar(E),
Sanderwerbung(D)
Projectcoordination-UoW(UK)

7. Targeted application areas
*Infrequent smaller scale simulations for very large number of
end-users
*use of multiplier entities (e.g. consultant companies) and technologies
(e.g. templates)
*although smaller in scale, still computationally intensive, typically
parameter sweep
*target group is typically new to simulation
*examples: business process simulation, individualised product design
*Classical HPC applications, e.g. CFD (computational fluid
dynamics)
*relatively small number of end-users with high computation demand
*many used simulation before
*enable software vendors to extend their product with cloud support

8. A representative CloudSME business
scenario 1
Simulation one-stop shop for microbreweries
*Large breweries are long standing clients of simulation - ~50 large breweries
around Europe use simulation
* Application areas: brewing, packing, distribution, supply chain
* In contrast there are approximately 1,350 UK Craft brewers (microbrewers)
and an estimated 15,000 across the EU - significant SME manufacturing
sector
* Approach:
*develop a simulation template that can be used my multiple microbreweries
from a simulation one-stop-shop
*offer on a pay as you go basis as SaaS

9. Simulation
end-users
Specialised
one-stop-
shop
CloudSME
simulation
platform
IaaS Cloud
provider
e. g. Micro-breweries Domain specific
marketing channels
saker solutions
CloudSME AppCenter
WS-PGRADE/gUSE
CloudBroker Platform
Customer
support for
simulation
end-users
Customer
support for
specialised
one-stop-
shop
operator
Charge for
simulation
Charge for
platform
Charge for
resources
Customer
support for
platform
provider
A representative CloudSME business
scenario 1
Simulation one-stop shop for microbreweries

10. A representative CloudSME business
scenario 2
Cloud extended simulation software
Simulation software vendor
CloudSME
simulation
platform
IaaS Cloud
providers
CloudSME AppCenter
WS-PGRADE/gUSE
CloudBroker Platform
Customer
support for
simulation
software
Customer
support for
cloud
based
simulation
execution
Charge for
platform
Charge for
resources
Customer
support for
platform
provider
E.g.
Simulation end-users
E.g.
Cloud-enabled simulation
application, e.g.
SW license
fee

11. How is it supported by our
technology stack?
The overall architecture

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All rights reserved.
How is it supported by our
technology stack?
The CloudBroker platform
User ToolsUser Tools
Java Client Library*Java Client Library*
CloudBroker Platform*CloudBroker Platform*
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Cloud
Chemistry
Appli-cations
Biology
Appli-
cations
Pharma
Appli-cations
Web
Browser
UI*
…
Appli-
cations
REST Web Service API*
End Users, Software Vendors, Resource ProvidersEnd Users, Software Vendors, Resource Providers
CLI*CLI*
Engineering
Appli-
cations
Engineering
Appli-
cations
Euca-
lyptus
Cloud
Open-
Nebula
Cloud*
Open-
Stack
Cloud*
Amazon
Cloud*
CloudSigma
Cloud*

13. WS-PGRADE/gUSE workflows
Orchestration of complex user scenarios
*Each box
describes a task
*Each arrow
describes
information flow
such as input
files and output
files
*Special node
describes
parameter
sweeps