Instrumentation Grant for Research in Parallel and Distributed Computing

用于并行和分布式计算研究的仪器补助金

• 批准号: 9986032
• 负责人: David Lowenthal
• 金额: $ 7.63万
• 依托单位: University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2000
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2000-03-15 至 2004-02-29
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9986032&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Instrumentation; Grant; Research; Parallel; Distributed

EIA-9986032David K. LowenthalUniversity of GeorgiaInstrumentation Grant for Research in Parallel and Distributed ComputingThe Parallel and Distributed Computing Laboratory at the University of Georgia, established in 1998 is dedicated to making parallel computing simple, portable, and efficient. The activities of the laboratory include designing and implementing efficient parallel algorithms, developing highly configurable environments for the monitoring, visualization, and interactive steering of distributed programs, and developing lower-level systems that transparently and dynamically determine how to distribute data across processors. Currently research in the laboratory is primarily done on networks of commodity uniprocessor workstations. The attractive price/performance ration of small, bus-based multiprocessors relative to uniprocessors makes it likely that two-and four-way multiprocessors will be commonplace within a few years. Still, to create large parallel machines, these multiprocessors will be networked together to create a hybrid (both shared-and distributed-memory) machine. This poses interesting problems, including (1) should the machine be treated as distributed or both shared and distributed. (2) How do we make full use of such machines and (3) how can a user monitor and control program on such machines? The Department of computer Science at the University of Georgia seeks funds to purchase eight Pentium-based multiprocessors with four processors each. A 100Mb/s Ethernet and an SGI fronted to serve as a console for visualization and interactive control. This equipment will be used by three projects.Parallel and Distributed algorithms for computational biologyMonitoring, visualization, and interactive steering, andAn integrated compiler/run-time system for global data distribution

EIA-9986032David K.佐治亚大学并行和分布式计算研究基金佐治亚大学并行和分布式计算实验室成立于1998年，致力于使并行计算简单，便携和高效。 该实验室的活动包括设计和实现高效的并行算法，开发高度可配置的环境，用于分布式程序的监控，可视化和交互式转向，以及开发透明和动态地确定如何在处理器上分发数据的低级系统。 目前，实验室的研究主要是在商品单处理器工作站网络上进行的。 相对于单处理器，基于总线的小型多处理器的价格/性能比很有吸引力，这使得双路和四路多处理器在几年内很可能会普及。 不过，为了创建大型并行机，这些多处理器将联网在一起，以创建一个混合（共享和分布式内存）机器。 这就提出了一些有趣的问题，包括（1）应该将机器视为分布式的，还是既共享又分布式的。(2)我们如何充分利用这样的机器和（3）用户如何监视和控制这样的机器上的程序？ 格鲁吉亚大学计算机科学系寻求资金购买八个基于Pentium的多处理器，每个处理器有四个处理器。 一个100 Mb/s以太网和一个SGI前端作为可视化和交互式控制的控制台。 该设备将用于三个项目：用于计算生物学的并行和分布式算法监控、可视化和交互式操纵，以及用于全球数据分布的集成编译器/运行时系统