CISE Research Instrumentation: Hypercube I\O System

该合同是为英特尔iPSC/2计算机系统购买两个I/O节点。该系统支持多个领域的研究，包括开发用于MIMD架构的c++翻译和编译器，用于图像处理和机器视觉的神经网络，以及用于高级测向的并行算法。有几个问题可以自然地适应并行计算机体系结构。本奖项研究了两个这样的问题。首先是对神经网络的研究。这些网络被认为是视觉的自然模型，并且很容易在并行计算机上进行模拟。希望实时视觉可以通过一个足够复杂的网络来实现。第二个问题是信号处理。其具体应用是自动测向，这在声纳、监视和地震应用领域都是一个重要的问题。为了减少信号中噪声带来的误差，需要进行大量的计算。最后一个研究领域是c++编程语言的解释器和编译器的开发。该项目将通过为现代高级编程语言提供编译器来支持其他项目。

This award is for the purchase of two I/O nodes for use with an Intel iPSC/2 computer system. The system supports research in several areas including the development of a C++ translator and compiler for MIMD architectures, neural networks for image processing and machine vision, and parallel algorithms for high level direction finding. There are several problems that can be naturally adapted to parallel computer architectures. Two such problems are studied under this award. The first is research in neural networks. These networks have been proposed as natural models for vision and are easily simulated on parallel computers. The hope is that real time vision can be accomplished with a complex enough network. The second problem is in signal processing. The particular application is automatic direction finding which is a problem whose solution is important in sonar, surveillance, and seismic application areas. Massive computation is needed in order to reduce errors introduced by noise in the signals. The final area of research is in the development of an interpreter and compiler for the programming language C++. This project will support other projects by providing a compiler for a modern high level programming language.