Career: Integration of Systems Performance: Tools & Technologies in Research and Education

该项目侧重于并行和分布式系统的仪表、集成工具环境，以及来自高级规范的特定应用程序系统的性能建模。研究对象包括：开发基于仪器系统（IS）的集成环境，使用户可以在多个性能工具之间导航，以支持分析和诊断策略；应用结构化方法进行IS设计和评估（P'RISM：并行仪器系统管理），根据系统需求开发新的IS，并向其他IS开发人员提供反馈；选择评估信息系统性能的指标；为可扩展的集成系统开发软件体系结构，并确定必要的技术。支持这些目标的三个主要活动：(1)应用服务请求结果分析，得出一套评估信息系统性能的指标，并进一步确定这些指标可用于比较不同信息系统的性能；(2)与Paradyn项目和康奈尔理论中心的并行工具团队协调，使用分析建模、仿真和测量技术完成一项完整的信息系统性能评估研究；(3)利用P'RISM软件开发了IS的软件体系结构，并在此基础上开发了原型。

This project focuses on instrumentation of parallel and distributed systems, integrated tool environments, and performance modeling of application-specific systems from high-level specification. The objects of the research include: Develop an integrated environment based on an instrumentation system (IS), so that a user may navigate among multiple performance tools to support analysis and diagnosis strategies; apply a structured approach for IS design and evaluation (P'RISM: PaRallel Instrumentation System Management) to develop new ISs according to system requirements and to provide feedback to other IS developers; select metrics for evaluating IS performance; develop a software architecture for scalable ISs and identify requisite technologies. Three primary activities support these objectives: (1) apply service request outcome analysis to derive a set of metrics for evaluating IS performance and further qualify those metrics that may be used for comparing performance of different ISs: (2) in coordination with the Paradyn project and the Parallel Tools Team at the Cornell Theory Center, complete a full IS performance evaluation study using analytical modeling, simulation, and measurement techniques; and (3) using P'RISM, develop the software architecture of an IS and develop a prototype based on this specification.