Project Grant 2122155

The Pennsylvania State University received a $500,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Computer and Network Systems on October 1, 2021 to support research through September 30, 2024. The grant funds the "CNS CORE: SMALL: PRINCIPLED METHODOLOGIES AND SYSTEMS SUPPORT FOR AUTOMATED COST-EFFECTIVE SERVICE BLENDING IN THE EMERGING PUBLIC CLOUD" project under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA #47.070). This program supports investigator-initiated research and education in all areas of computing, communications, and information science and engineering. Specifically, the Penn State project will advance the development of methodologies and systems to automate cost-effective blending of services in public cloud computing environments. The research aims to enable and accelerate innovation in cloud computing resource utilization.