AceCloud: Molecular Dynamics Simulations in the Cloud
Author(s) -
M J Harvey,
Gianni De Fabritiis
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of chemical information and modeling
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.24
H-Index - 160
eISSN - 1549-960X
pISSN - 1549-9596
DOI - 10.1021/acs.jcim.5b00086
Subject(s) - cloud computing , computer science , molecular dynamics , web service , service (business) , interface (matter) , dynamics (music) , distributed computing , human–computer interaction , world wide web , operating system , physics , chemistry , computational chemistry , economy , bubble , maximum bubble pressure method , acoustics , economics
We present AceCloud, an on-demand service for molecular dynamics simulations. AceCloud is designed to facilitate the secure execution of large ensembles of simulations on an external cloud computing service (currently Amazon Web Services). The AceCloud client, integrated into the ACEMD molecular dynamics package, provides an easy-to-use interface that abstracts all aspects of interaction with the cloud services. This gives the user the experience that all simulations are running on their local machine, minimizing the learning curve typically associated with the transition to using high performance computing services.
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