Cameron Kiddle, Ph.D.

Contact Info

Cameron Kiddle
Department of Computer Science
University of Calgary
2500 University Drive NW
Calgary, AB, CANADA T2N 1N4
e-mail: kiddlec@cpsc.ucalgary.ca
Blog: http://cameronkiddle.blogspot.com/
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/cameronkiddle

Twitter Updates

    follow me on Twitter

    PUBLICATIONS

    Refereed Journal Publications

    • J. Gamon, C. Coburn, L. Flanagan, K. Huemmrich, C. Kiddle, G. Sanchez-Axofeifa, D. Thayer, L. Vescovo, D. Gianelle, D. Sims, A. Rahman, G. Pastorello. SpecNet Revisited: Bridging Flux and Remote Sensing Communities. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing 36(S2):S376-S390, 2010.
    • P. Rizk, C. Kiddle, R. Simmonds and B. Unger. Performance of a GridFTP Overlay Network. Future Generation Computer Systems, 24(5):442-451, 2008.
    • C. Kiddle, R. Simmonds and B. Unger. Advances in Network Emulation. Annual Review of Communications, 58:611-620, 2005.

    Refereed Conference Publications

    • C. Kiddle, A. R. Taylor, J. Cordes, O. Eymere, V. Kaspi, D. Pigat, E. Rosolowsky, I. Stairs, A. G. Willis. CyberSKA: An On-line Collaborative Portal for Data-intensive Radio Astronomy. In Proceedings of the Gateway Computing Environments Workshop, Seattle, WA, November 18, 2011.
    • T. Elahi, C. Kiddle and R. Simmonds. A Framework for Automated Learning of Application Memory Usage Behaviour. In Proceedings of the 13th IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing and Communications, Banff, Alberta, September 2-4, 2011.
    • D. Aikema, C. Kiddle and R. Simmonds. In Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Sustainable Internet and Internet for Sustainability, Lucca, Italy, June 20, 2011.
    • R. Curry, C. Kiddle, R. Simmonds and G. Z. Pastorello Jr. An On-line Collaborative Data Managmenet System. In Proceedings of the Gateway Computing Environments Workshop, New Orleans, LA, November 14, 2010.
    • T. Elahi, C. Kiddle and R. Simmonds. A Generic Execution Management Framework for Scientific Applications. In Proceedings of the Symposium on Advances of High Performance Computing and Networking, Melbourne, Australia, September 1-3, 2010.
    • N. Markatchev, R. Curry, C. Kiddle, A. Mirtchovski, R. Simmonds and T. Tan. A Cloud-based Interactive Application Service. In Proceedings of the 5th IEEE International Conference on e-Science, Oxford, UK, December 9-11, 2009.
    • R. Curry, C. Kiddle and R. Simmonds. Social Networking and Scientific Gateways. In Proceedings of the Grid Computing Environments Workshop, Portland, OR, November 20, 2009.
    • T. Elahi, C. Kiddle and R. Simmonds. Modelling Memory Requirements for Grid Applications. In Proceedings of the Sixth High-Performance Grid Computing Workshop (HPGC), 2009.
    • D. Aikema, C. Kiddle and R. Simmonds. An Account Policy Model for Grid Environments. In Proceedings of the 4th IEEE International Conference on Grid and Pervasive Computing (GPC), 2009.
    • R. Curry, C. Kiddle, N. Markatchev, R. Simmonds, T. Tan, M. Arlitt and B. Walker. Facebook Meets the Virtualized Enterprise. In Proceedings of the 12th IEEE International Enterprise Distributed Object Computing (EDOC) Conference, pages 286-292, 2008.
    • R. Curry, C. Kiddle, N. Markatchev, R. Simmonds, T. Tan, M. Arlitt and B. Walker. ASPEN: An Automated Service Provisioning ENvironment for Data Centres. In Proceedings of the 15th HP Software University Association (HP-SUA) Workshop, pages 189-200, 2008.
    • T. Elahi, C. Kiddle and R. Simmonds. Models for Grid Applications and Jobs. In Proceedings of the 22nd International Symposium on High Performance Computing Systems and Applications, pages 52-58, 2008.
    • N. Markatchev, C. Kiddle and R. Simmonds. A Framework for Executing Long Running Jobs in Grid Environments. In Proceedings of the 22nd International Symposium on High Performance Computing Systems and Applications, pages 69-75, 2008.
    • C. Kiddle, D. Kivi and R. Simmonds. Model-driven Automation in Grid Environments. In Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium on Frontiers in Networking with Applications, pages 92-99, 2008.
    • R. Curry, C. Kiddle and R. Simmonds. RAASP: Resource Allocation Analysis Service and Portal. In Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Systems, 2007.
    • T. Elahi, C. Kiddle, D. Kivi, N. Markatchev and R. Simmonds. Dynamic Job Reconfiguration in Grid Computing Environments. In Proceedings of the 14th HP Software University Association (HP-SUA) Workshop, pages 17-28, 2007.
    • R. Curry, C. Kiddle and R. Simmonds. Policy Based Job Analysis. In Proceedings of the 21st International Symposium on High Performance Computing Systems and Applications, 2007.
    • P. Rizk, C. Kiddle and R. Simmonds. A GridFTP Overlay Network Service. In Proceedings of the 7th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Grid Computing, pages 41-48, 2006.
    • D. Krishnamurthy, C. Kiddle, J. Rolia and R. Simmonds. Replay: A Model-Based Service for Supporting Transparent Cluster Analysis Tools. In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Cluster Computing, 2006.
    • C. Kiddle, M. Fox and R. Simmonds. Running Molecular Dynamics Simulations in a Grid Environment. In Proceedings of the 20th International Symposium on High Performance Computing Systems and Applications, pages 157-163, 2006.
    • J. Siadat, R. J. Walker and C. Kiddle. Optimization Aspects in Network Simulation. In Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Aspect-Oriented Software Development, pages 122-133, 2006.
    • P. Rizk, C. Kiddle and R. Simmonds. Improving GridFTP Performance with Split TCP Connections. In Proceedings of the 1st IEEE International Conference on e-Science and Grid Computing, pages 263-270, 2005.
    • C. Kiddle, R. Simmonds and B. Unger. Channel Based Sequential Simulation. In Proceedings of the 2005 Winter Simulation Conference, pages 637-647, 2005.
    • M. Arlitt, R. Curry, K. Farkas, M. Fox, S. Iyer, C. Kiddle, D. Krishnamurthy, D. Milojicic, A. Mirtchovski, J. Rolia, R. Simmonds, and V. Talwar. Automated Monitoring of WestGrid. In Proceedings of the 12th HP OpenView University Association (HP-OVUA) Workshop, 2005. (Poster)
    • R. Curry, C. Kiddle, R. Simmonds and B. Unger. Sequential Performance of Asynchronous Conservative PDES Algorithms. In Proceedings of the 2005 Workshop on Principles of Advanced and Distributed Simulation, pages 217-226, 2005.
    • C. Kiddle, R. Simmonds and B. Unger. Improving Scalability of Network Emulation through Parallelism and Abstraction. In Proceedings of the 38th Annual Simulation Symposium, pages 119-129, 2005.
    • C. Kiddle, R. Simmonds and B. Unger. Performance of a Mixed Shared/Distributed Memory Parallel Network Simulator. In Proceedings of the 18th Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Simulation, pages 17-25, 2004.
    • C. Kiddle, R. Simmonds, C. Williamson and B. Unger. Hybrid Packet/Fluid Flow Network Simulation. In Proceedings of the 17th Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Simulation, pages 143-152, 2003.
    • R. Simmonds, C. Kiddle and B. Unger. Addressing Blocking and Scalability in Critical Channel Traversing. In Proceedings of the 16th Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Simulation, pages 17-24, 2002
    • R. Simmonds, C. Kiddle, K. Wong and B. Unger. Controlling Buffer Usage in Critical Channel Traversing. In Proceedings of the 35th Annual Simulation Symposium, pages 53-62, 2002.
    • C. Kiddle, R. Simmonds, D. K. Wilson and B. Unger. ANML: A Language for Describing Networks. In Proceedings of  the Ninth International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems, pages 135-141, 2001.

    Non-refereed Conference Publications

    • P. Federl, A. R. Taylor, C. Kiddle, A. Grimstrup, K. Robinson, M. Stephure, and G. Yee. Remote Visualization of Large Multi-dimensional Radio Astronomy Data Sets. To appear in Proceedings of Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XXI, Paris, France, Nov. 6-10, 2011
    • P. Federl, A. Grimstrup, C. Kiddle and A. R. Taylor. On-line Access and Visualization of Multi-dimensional FITS Data. In Proceedings of Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XX, volume 442 of ASP Conference Series, pages 467-470, Boston, Massachusetts, Nov. 7-11, 2010.
    • C. Kiddle, M. Andrecut, A. Brazier, S. Chatterjee, E. Chen, J. Cordes, R. Curry, R. A. Este, O. Eymere, P. Federl, B. Fong, A. Grimstrup, S. Guram, V. Kaspi, R. Klodzinski, P. Lazarus, V. Mahadevan, A. Mourad, S. Mourad, P. Pragides, E. Rosolowsky, D. Said, A. Samoilov, C. Smith, I. Stairs, T. Tan, M. Tan, A. R. Taylor, and A. G. Willis. Looking Towards the Future of Radio Astronomy with the CyberSKA Collaborative Portal. In Proceedings of the Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XX, volume 442 of ASP Conference Series, pages 669-672, Boston, Massachusetts, Nov. 7-11, 2010.
    • J. Gamon, C. Kiddle, R. Curry, N. Markatchev, G. Pastorello Jr, B. Rivard, A. Sanchez-Azofeifa, R. Simmonds and T. Tan. GeoChronos: An On-line Collaborative Platform for Earth Observation Scientists. In Proceedings of the AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 14-18, 2009. (Abstract)
    • R. Curry, C. Kiddle, N. Markatchev, R. Simmonds, T. Tan, M. Arlitt and B. Walker. Running Applications Efficiently in Online Social Networks. In ACM SIGMETRICS Performance Evaluation Review, 36(2):71-74, 2008. (Demonstration at SIGMETRICS 2008)

    Technical Reports

    • T. Elahi, C. Kiddle and R. Simmonds. A Generic Execution Management Framework for Scientific Applications. Technical Report 2010-966-15, Department of Computer Science, University of Calgary, 2010.
    • T. Tan and C. Kiddle. An Assessment of Eucalyptus Version 1.4. Technical Report 2009-928-07, Department of Computer Science, University of Calgary, 2009.
    • D. Aikema, C. Kiddle and R. Simmonds. An Assessment of the VOMS and GridShib VO Management Systems. Technical Report 2007-852-04, Department of Computer Science, University of Calgary, 2007.
    • J. Siadat, R. J. Walker, and C. Kiddle. Optimization Aspects in Network Simulation. Technical Report 2005-802-33, Department of Computer Science, University of Calgary, 2005.

    Thesis

    • C. Kiddle. Scalable Network Emulation. PhD thesis, Department of Computer Science, University of Calgary, 2004. [ps] [pdf]