Virtual Reality: Understanding Massively Parallel Computer Systems

小行星9212976 这是为期三年的连续赠款的第三年。 理解大规模并行计算机系统的动态对于推进科学技术的发展至关重要。 越来越多的科学家使用高性能计算机系统作为他们唯一的工具。 然而，它是不可能准确地预测大规模并行处理器系统的应用程序的性能，它是难以识别的性能差的原因。 本工作是使用一个头戴式显示器和虚拟现实技术开发虚拟环境表示的时变状态的并行计算机系统。 沉浸式视图模型将被开发用于数据表示和过程控制。 大部分工作将集中在为计算机和应用科学家开发适当的视觉和听觉习惯用法，使沉浸式性能分析易于理解。

9212976 Reed This is the third year of a three-year continuing grant. Understanding the dynamics of massively parallel computer systems is critical to advancing the state of the scientific art. Increasing numbers of scientist use high-performance computer systems as their only tool. However, it is impossible to accurately predict performance of application programs of massively parallel procesor systems and it is difficult to identify the reasons for poor performance. This work is to use a head-mounted display and virtual reality technology to develop virtual environment representations of the time varying state of a parallel computer system. Immersion view models will be developed for data representation and process control. Much of the work will focus on the development of appropriate visual and aural idioms for computer and application scientists, making immersive performance analysis readily understandable.