Smart Simulation Cloud (Simulation Cloud 2.0)—The Newly Development of Simulation Cloud

Abstract

A new scientific and technological revolution is emerging around the world and the era of “New Internet + Big Data + Artificial Intelligence+” is coming. As a third approach of understanding and transforming the world after theoretical approach and experimental approach, simulation technology faces major challenge in paradigm, approach, and ecosystem. Based on earlier researches and practices on simulation grid and simulation cloud, our team proposes smart cloud simulation (cloud simulation 2.0) based on our recent years research. The paper introduces the connotation of smart cloud simulation, and the concept model, architecture, body of knowledge, prototype, key technologies and applications of smart simulation cloud (smart cloud simulation system). The innovations of this paper are as follows. We define the connotation of newly cloud simulation the paradigm of which is interconnected, service-oriented, personalized, flexible, sociable and intelligent to satisfy the simulation demands of users at anytime, anywhere. We propose the digitizing, things-connecting, virtualization, service-oriented, collaborating and intelligent enabling technologies respectively. Moreover, typical prototype applications based on high performance simulation computers are proposed to illustrate the availability of our architecture and methods and it works well for the full cycle of simulation.