CISE Research Resources: From High Performance to Low Power: Infrastructure for Ubiquitous Computing

EIA-0130143 Anand Sivasubramaniam宾夕法尼亚州立大学CISE研究资源：从高性能到低功耗：普适计算的基础设施这个CISE研究资源提案要求在宾夕法尼亚州立大学的计算机科学与工程系建立一个计算基础设施实验室。 这些资源将包括一个由千兆以太网连接的16节点双奔腾/Linux集群、具有无线局域网功能的膝上型计算机和PDA，以及用于评估移动的设备的能源性能权衡的测试/测量设备。 该实验室将支持以下NSF资助项目的研究活动：1）高性能集群的调度支持; 2）节能架构及其与软件的交互：Java视角; 3）EOC：一个节能优化的嵌入式框架;以及4）低功耗无线多媒体网络的优化和集成控制。 这些项目针对这种无处不在的计算基础设施的不同组件。 在高性能方面，主要调查员将审查为新出现的高要求应用程序（如网络服务、数据库、图形和可视化应用程序以及多媒体）设计和部署工作站集群时的结构和系统软件问题，以提供高性能和有保证的服务。 在资源受限的一端，他们将研究架构、运行时和编译优化，特别是针对节省电池能量和进行能量性能权衡。 他们还将研究无线通信的问题，旨在将移动的/手持设备与有线网络上的服务器（集群）无缝集成。该设备将作为这些项目中实验活动和原型评估的平台。 该实验室也将用于我们在研究生和本科阶段教授的许多课程，向学生介绍这一重要的新兴主题。

EIA-0130143Anand SivasubramaniamPennsylvania State UniversityCISE Research Resources: From High performance to Low Power: Infrastructure for Ubiquitous ComputingThis CISE Research Resources proposal asks to establish a computing infrastructure laboratory in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Pennsyvlvania State University. The resources will include a 16 node dual Pentium/Linux cluster connected by Gigabit Ethernet, laptops and PDAs with wireless LAN capabilities, and testing/measurement equipment for evaluating energy-performance trade-offs on the mobile devices. This laboratory will support the research activities of the following NSF-funded projects: 1) Scheduling Support for High Performance Clusters; 2) Energy-Efficient Architctures and Their Interaction with Software: A Java Perspective; 3) EOC: An Energy-Aware Optimizing Compiler Framework; and 4) Optimization and integrated Control of Low Power Wireless Multimedia Networks. These projects address different components of this ubiquitous computing infrastructure. At the high performance end, the principal investigators will examine architectural and systems software issues in the design and deployment of clusters of workstations for the emerging and demanding applications (such as web services, databases, graphics and visualization applications, and multimedia) to provide high performance and guaranteed service. At the resource-constrained end, they will examine architectural, runtime and compilation optimizations, specifically targeted for conserving battery energy and to make energy-performance trade-offs. They also will examine the issue of wireless communication that is intended to seamlessly integrate the mobile/handheld devices with the servers (clusters) on the wired network.The equipment will serve as a platform for the experimental activities and evaluation of prototypes in these projects. The laboratory will also be used in many of the courses that we teach at the graduate and undergraduate level to introduce students to this important emerging topic.