Centre for Cluster, Grid, and Cloud Computing
The Centre for Cluster, Grid, and Cloud computing is part of the Applied Mathematics and Computing Group (AMAC) in the Department of Engineering Computing at Cranfield University. It specialises in the development, implementation, and utilization of advanced distributed computing environments. Research topics of interest include scheduling and resource allocation for grid and cloud platforms, workflow management for e-Science applications, and the development of novel algorithms and paradigms for distributed computation. The Centre also offers postgraduate training, at MSc and PhD level, to software engineers in this and related computational fields.
Advanced Computing Environments and Applications MSc option
This option of the MSc in Computational and Software Techniques in Engineering equips students with the skills needed to develop, manage, and use Cluster, Grid, and Cloud computing platforms. Lectures on various aspects of computing and mathematics support all option modules. Relevant material from numerical analysis is introduced to provide the computational basis for some of the techniques used. Students are given an opportunity to practice their acquired skills and develop their team work potential in a practical group project.
