US-Egypt Cooperative Research: Performance-Oriented Design of Real-Time Systems

该奖项旨在支持康涅狄格州斯托尔斯康涅狄格大学计算机科学与工程系教授兼主席Reda Ammar博士和埃及开罗电子研究所并行和分布式系统团队负责人Salwa Nassar博士的合作项目。他们计划研究和开发分布式/并行计算技术，以处理具有极高数据速率的实时应用，如钢管的高速超声波检测。由于极端的数据速率(例如，多通道数据集每200-400微秒到达一次)，以及对这类应用的实时响应要求，处理方法需要利用分布式/并行系统的能力的创新方法。这项工作有三个主要方面：开发实时应用的多层性能模型；开发适当的流水线方法，允许在极端数据速率情况下执行实时应用的不同阶段；以及高性能分布式实时技术在极高吞吐量数据处理情况下的有效应用领域的一般性研究。范围：美国PI和埃及合作者在这一研究领域拥有丰富的经验。美国调查员将专注于分层性能建模方法，而埃及PI将在美国PI的支持下调查处理到体系结构中的潜在映射。一名来自埃及的博士后将在康涅狄格大学从事该项目的工作。这项建议符合INT的目标，即支持共同科学兴趣领域的合作研究。该项目得到了美国-埃及联合基金计划的支持，该计划为两国的科学家和工程师提供资助，以开展这些合作活动。

0001567AmmarDescription: This award is to support a collaborative project by Dr. Reda Ammar, Professor and Chairman of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, and Dr. Salwa Nassar, Professor and Head of Parallel and Distributed Systems Team, the Electronics Research Institute, Cairo, Egypt. They plan to investigate and develop distributed/ parallel computing techniques for processing real-time applications with extremely high data rate such as the high-speed ultrasound testing of steel pipes. Because of extreme data rates (e.g. multi-channel data sets arrive every 200-400 microseconds), and real-time response requirements for this class of applications, the processing methodology requires innovative approaches that utilize the capabilities of distributed/parallel systems. The work has three major thrusts: Development of a multi-layers performance model for real-time applications; development of a suitable pipelined methodology which can allow different stages of real-time application to be carried out in extreme data rate situations; and generic research in the area of effective application of high performance distributed, real-time technology to extremely high throughput data processing situations. Scope: The US PI and the Egyptian collaborator have extensive experience in this area of research. The US investigator will focus on hierarchical performance modeling approach while the Egyptian PI will, with support from the US PI, investigate the potential mapping of the processing into the architecture. One post-doctorate from Egypt will work on the project at the University of Connecticut. This proposal meets the INT objective of supporting collaborative research in areas of mutual scientific interest. This project is being supported under the US-Egypt Joint Fund Program, which provides grants to scientists and engineers in both countries to carry out these cooperative activities.