Leading-edge research in cluster, cloud, and grid computing: Best papers from the IEEE/ACM CCGrid 2015 conference

- Architectures, networks, and systems and middleware technologies have been advancing.
- These advances lead to new concepts and platforms for computing, ranging from clusters and grids to clouds and datacenters.
- The CCGrid 2015 Conference discussed research and results on topics related to these concepts and platforms, and their applications.
- This special section presents five high-quality papers, extended from CCGrid 2015 papers.