Large-Scale Data Analysis on Cloud Systems

The massive amount of digital data currently being produced by industry, commerce and research is an invaluable source of knowledge for business and science, but its management requires scalable storage and computing facilities. In this scenario, efficient data analysis tools are vital. Cloud systems can be effectively exploited for this purpose as they provide scalable storage and processing services, together with software platforms for developing and running data analysis environments. We present a framework that enables the execution of large-scale parameter sweeping data mining applications on top of computing and storage services.