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Cover Image, Volume 36, Issue 12
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of computational chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.907
H-Index - 188
eISSN - 1096-987X
pISSN - 0192-8651
DOI - 10.1002/jcc.23916
Subject(s) - cover (algebra) , cloud computing , computer science , volume (thermodynamics) , citation , stylized fact , cloud cover , point (geometry) , world wide web , data science , information retrieval , mathematics , economics , operating system , engineering , mechanical engineering , physics , geometry , quantum mechanics , macroeconomics
Commercial cloud computing is emerging as a viable alternative to in‐house computing needs in many industries. On page 926 (DOI: 10.1002/jcc.23882 ), Russell Thackston and Ryan C. Fortenberry highlight how cloud computing can be utilized for quantum chemistry and where such instances are actually the most cost‐effective option. The cover image gives a stylized depiction of the point at which cloud‐based solutions are more viable than traditional hardware usage. It is unclear how this trend will continue, but cloud computing will almost certainly make significant usage gains in the coming years within computational chemistry.