@article {Mic2013, title = {Basic Network Data Analysis}, number = {D3.1}, year = {2013}, month = {05/2013}, institution = {mPlane Consortium}, type = {Public Deliverable}, address = {Torino}, abstract = {

This document describes the requirements, input, output for the algorithms needed to perform analytic tasks on a large amount of data, in the context of WP3. Starting from the use cases defined in WP1, we identify the algorithms needed to address the various scenario requirements. Operating on a large amount of data, these algorithms strive for parallel and scalable approaches; the designing and implementation of the algorithm itself can be a challenging research task since today very little is known concerning how to develop efficient and scalable algorithms that runs on parallel processing frameworks.
The algorithm in the storage layer are characterized by the fact that they operate on a large amount of data, and produce a concise representation of it, extracting features and aggregating it, so that the produced output is easier to handle and understand. Depending on the amount of data produced, on the scenario characteristics and on the time constraints, algorithms can require a real time (or near real time) or a batch processing.
For each algorithm and use case, the input data and the initial state, the computation to run and the output produced are described.

}, keywords = {algorithms, big data, storage}, issn = {D3.1}, author = {Pietro Michiardi and Antonio Barbuzzi and Alessandro Finamore and Stefano Traverso and Daniele Apiletti and Elena Baralis and Tania Cerquitelli and Silvia Chiusano and Luigi Grimaudo and A. Rufini and Francesco Matera and A. Valentii and Maurizio Dusi and Mohamed Ahmed and Tivadar Szemethy and L. N{\'e}meth and R. Szalay and Ilias Leontiadis and Yan Grunenberger and P. Casas and Alessandro D{\textquoteright}Alconzo and A B{\"a}r and D Rossi and YiXi Gong} } @inproceedings {Api2013, title = {SEARUM: a cloud-based SErvice for Association RUle Mining}, booktitle = {The 11th IEEE International Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Processing with Applications (ISPA-13)}, year = {2013}, abstract = {

Large volumes of data are being produced by various modern applications at an ever increasing rate. These applications range from wireless sensors networks to social networks. The automatic analysis of such huge data volume is a challenging task since a large amount of interesting knowledge can be extracted. Association rule mining is an exploratory data analysis method able to discover interesting and hidden correlations among data. Since this data mining process is characterized by computationally intensive tasks, efficient distributed approaches are needed to increase its scalability. This paper proposes a novel cloud-based service, named SEARUM, to efficiently mine association rules on a distributed computing model. SEARUM consists of a series of distributed MapReduce jobs run in the cloud. Each job performs a different step in the association rule mining process. As a case study, the proposed approach has been applied to the network data scenario. The experimental validation, performed on two real network datasets, shows the effectiveness and the efficiency of\ SEARUM in mining association rules on a distributed computing model.

}, keywords = {association rule mining, cloud-based service, distributed computing model, network data analysis}, doi = {10.1109/TrustCom.2013.153}, author = {Daniele Apiletti and Elena Baralis and Tania Cerquitelli and Silvia Chiusano and Luigi Grimaudo} }