Acquisition of a Network of Workstations for Research in Parallel and Distributed Computing

该项目来自RUI机构，服务于并行和分布式计算领域，旨在为研究提供一个工作站网络。正在进行的研究项目包括：使用移动代理的面向范例的分布式计算、移动代理管理和分布式安全信息管理系统。首先利用移动代理基础设施的好处并开发面向范例的分布式计算环境。第二个重点是移动代理的使用及其对网络性能的影响。后者允许多个服务器共享一个加密文件的密钥，并将访问认证和验证与信息存储分开。该设备有望为具有计算密集型应用(特别是生物、物理和移动计算)的研究项目提供坚实的计算基础设施。将开展的研究如下：基于小波的图像重建算法，通过蛋白质表面残基的突变来工程热稳定性蛋白质的计算筛选方法，偏置布朗动力学算法的开发和应用，以及并行移动动作生成器。第一个研究在基于小波的新的多分辨率EM算法中使用各种小波用于医学重建；第二个研究开发并应用泊松-玻尔兹曼(PB)连续静电学方法到各种生化系统；第三个使用PB静电学和偏置布朗动力学模拟方法来计算生物分子碰撞率；第四个项目旨在提高为无线通信网络中的移动性管理而开发的移动动作发生器的性能。该基础设施将提供一个最先进的动手教学实验室，用于培训和教育学生成为高科技劳动力的一部分。

This project from a RUI institution, servicing the area of parallel and distributed computing, aims providing a network of workstations for research. Research projects underway include: Paradigm-Oriented Distributed Computing Using Mobile Agents, Mobile Agent Management, and Distributed Secure Information Management System.The first exploits the benefits of a mobile agents infrastructure and develops an environment for paradigm-oriented distributed computing. The second focuses on the use of mobile agents and their impact on networks performance. The last allows multiple servers to share the key to an encrypted file, and separates the access authentication and verification from the information storage.The equipment is expected to provide a solid computing infrastructure for research projects having computation-intensive applications (specifically, biology, physics, and mobile computing). Investigations to be conducted follow: Wavelet Based Image Reconstruction Algorithms, A Computational Screening Approach to Engineering Thermostable Proteins through Mutation of Protein Surface Residues, Development and Application of a Biased Brownian Dynamics Algorithm, and Parallel Mobile Action Generators.The first investigates the use of various wavelets in the new wavelet-based multiresolution EM algorithm for medical reconstruction; the second develops and applies Poisson-Boltzmann (PB) continuum electrostatics methods to a variety of biochemical systems; the third uses PB electrostatics in conjunction with biased Brownian dynamics simulation methods to calculate biomolecular encounter rates; and the fourth aims at improving the performance of a mobile action generator developed for the mobility management in wireless communication networks.The infrastructure will provide a state-of-the-art hands-on instructional laboratory for training and education of students to be part of the high-tech workforce.