Soumya Simanta
Software Engineering Institute
Publications by Soumya Simanta
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Tactical Cloudlets: Moving Cloud Computing to the Edge
October 08, 2014 • Conference Paper
Grace LewisSebastián EcheverríaSoumya Simanta
Proposes tactical cloudlets as a strategy for providing infrastructure to support computation offload and data staging at the tactical edge.
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Architecture Patterns for Mobile Systems in Resource-Constrained Environments
November 18, 2013 • Conference Paper
Grace LewisSoumya SimantaMarc Novakouski
This paper was presented at the 2013 Military Communications Conference
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Situational Awareness Mashups
November 14, 2013 • Podcast
Soumya SimantaSuzanne Miller
In this podcast Soumya Simanta describes research aimed at creating a software prototype that allows warfighters and first responders to rapidly integrate or mash geo-tagged situational awareness data from multiple remote data sources.
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The Role of Cloudlets in Hostile Environments
October 01, 2013 • Article
Mahadev Satyanarayanan (Carnegie Mellon University)Grace LewisEdwin J. Morris
This article appeared in IEEE Pervasive Computing in a special issue on "The Edge of the Cloud."
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Edge Analytics - Real-Time Analysis of High-Volume Streaming Data
September 01, 2013 • Poster
Soumya SimantaWilliam Anderson
Description of the SEI capability in edge analytics
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eMontage: An Architecture for Rapid Integration of Situational Awareness Data at the Edge
May 01, 2013 • Presentation
Soumya SimantaGene CahillEdwin J. Morris
A presentation from the ninth annual SATURN conference, held in Minneapolis, MN, April 29 - May 3, 2013.
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Architecture Patterns for Mobile Systems in Resource-Constrained Environments
May 01, 2013 • Presentation
Grace LewisJeff BolengGene Cahill
A presentation from the ninth annual SATURN conference, held in Minneapolis, MN, April 29 - May 3, 2013.
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Cloud Computing at the Tactical Edge
October 01, 2012 • Technical Note
Soumya SimantaGrace LewisEdwin J. Morris
This technical note presents a strategy to overcome the challenges of obtaining sufficient computation power to run applications needed for warfighting and disaster relief missions. It discusses the use of cloudlets-- localized, stateless servers running one or more virtual machines--on which soldiers can offload resource-intensive computations from their handheld mobile devices.
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A Reference Architecture for Mobile Code Offload in Hostile Environments
August 20, 2012 • Conference Paper
Soumya SimantaGrace LewisEdwin J. Morris
This paper presents a reference architecture for mobile devices that overcomes resource and connectivity limitations by exploiting cloudlets.
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Results of SEI Line-Funded Exploratory New Starts Projects
August 01, 2012 • Technical Report
Len BassRick KazmanEdwin J. Morris
This report describes the line-funded exploratory new starts (LENS) projects that were undertaken during fiscal year 2011. For each project, the report presents a brief description and a recounting of the research that was done, as well as a synopsis of the results of the project.
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eMONTAGE End-User Programming on Smartphone in Tactical Environment
May 15, 2012 • Poster
Soumya SimantaEdwin J. Morris
This poster illustrates how eMONTAGE enables end users to adapt software on smartphone to meet specific mission needs.
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Architecting Service-Oriented Systems
August 01, 2011 • Technical Note
Philip BiancoGrace LewisPaulo Merson
This report presents guidelines for architecting service-oriented systems and the effect of architectural principles on system quality attributes.
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Experimentation in the Use of Service Orientation in Resource-Constrained Environments
May 18, 2011 • Presentation
Joe SeibelDaniel PlakoshSoumya Simanta
This presentation from SATURN 2011 discusses work done in off-the-shelf SOA technologies in military environments.
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Results of SEI Independent Research and Development Projects (FY 2010)
February 01, 2011 • Technical Report
William AndersonDavid FisherDavid P. Gluch
This report describes results of independent research and development (IRAD) projects undertaken in fiscal year 2010.
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Adaptive Flow Control for Enabling Quality of Service in Tactical Ad Hoc Wireless Networks
December 01, 2010 • Technical Report
Jeffrey HansenScott HissamB. Craig Meyers
The network infrastructure for users such as emergency responders or warfighters is wireless, ad hoc, mobile, and lacking in sufficient bandwidth. This report documents the results from 18 experiments to investigate Adaptive Quality of Service, an approach to enable applications to fulfill their missions despite tactical network infrastructure limitations.
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Performance Analysis of WS-Security Mechanisms in SOAP-Based Web Services
November 01, 2010 • Technical Report
Marc NovakouskiSoumya SimantaGunnar Peterson
This paper presents the results of a series of experiments targeted at analyzing the performance impact of adding WS-Security, a common security standard used in IdM frameworks, to SOAP-based web services.
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Selecting Middleware Technologies
April 06, 2010 • Presentation
Tom MerendinoTricia OberndorfSoumya Simanta
presentation made by Patricia Oberndorf Thomas Merendino, & Soumya Simanta at the at the Systems and Software Technology Conference, Salt Lake City, UT, April 26, 2010
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Testing in Service-Oriented Environments
March 01, 2010 • Technical Report
Edwin J. MorrisWilliam AndersonSriram Balasubramaniam
This report makes 65 recommendations for improving testing in service-oriented environments. It covers testing functionality and testing for interoperability, security, performance, and reliability qualities.
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A Scenario-Based Technique for Developing SOA Technical Governance
June 01, 2009 • Technical Note
Soumya SimantaEdwin J. MorrisGrace Lewis
Organizations can make the available SOA governance frameworks more effective in their organizations using the scenario-based tailoring technique introduced in this technical note.
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SMART: Analyzing the Reuse Potential of Legacy Components in a Service-Oriented Architecture Environment
June 01, 2008 • Technical Note
Grace LewisEdwin J. MorrisDennis B. Smith
Is legacy system migration feasible for your organization as a means of SOA adoption? The Service Migration and Reuse Technique (SMART) assists an organization in determining what to migrate, the steps needed, and the costs involved.
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T-Check in Technologies for Interoperability: Web Services and Security—Single Sign-On
January 01, 2008 • Technical Note
Lutz WrageSoumya SimantaGrace Lewis
This technical note presents the results of applying the T-Check approach in an initial investigation of two Web services standards, WS-Security and SAML, to create an SSO solution that works inside a single organization
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Common Misconceptions About Service-Oriented Architecture
November 01, 2007 • White Paper
Grace LewisEdwin J. MorrisSoumya Simanta
This 2007 article from Crosstalk magazine suggests ways to more effectively address critical SOA issues that potential users, developers, and acquisition officers may have.
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T-Check for Technologies for Interoperability: Open Grid Services Architecture (OGSA)—Part 1 Parent SEI Program
April 01, 2007 • Technical Note
Soumya SimantaGrace LewisLutz Wrage
This report investigates Open Grid Services Architecture (OGSA), one of the many technologies for accomplishing interoperability, using the T-Check technique.
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