Vector and Parallel Processing - VECPAR 2000

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XVI

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2. Computational Grids, Languages, and Tools in Multiplatform Environments

   1. Introduction

      Pages 1-2

   2. Computational Grids

      • Ian Foster, Carl Kesselman

      Pages 3-37

   3. The Distributed Engineering Framework TENT

      • Tomas Forkert, Hans-Peter Kersken, Andreas Schreiber, Martin Strietzel, Klaus Wolf

      Pages 38-46

   4. A Parallel VRML97 Server Based on Active Objects

      • Thomas Rischbeck, Paul Watson

      Pages 47-60

   5. Dynamic Load Balancing Model: Preliminary Results for Parallel Pseudo-search Engine Indexers/Crawler Mechanisms Using MPI and Genetic Programming

      • Reginald L. Walker

      Pages 61-74

   6. Implementing and Analysing an Effective Explicit Coscheduling Algorithm on a NOW

      • Francesc Solsona, Francesc Giné, Fermín Molina, Porfidio Hernández, Emilio Luque

      Pages 75-88

   7. Enhancing Parallel Multimedia Servers through New Hierarchical Disk Scheduling Algorithms

      • Javier Fernández, Félix García, Jesús Carretero

      Pages 89-99

   8. Suboptimal Communication Schedule for GEN_BLOCK Redistribution

      • Hyun-Gyoo Yook, Myong-Soon Park

      Pages 100-113

   9. A SCOOPP Evaluation on Packing Parallel Objects in Run-Time

      • João Luís Sobral, Alberto José Proença

      Pages 114-127

   10. Measuring the Performance Impact of SP-Restricted Programming in Shared-Memory Machines

       • Arturo González-Escribano, Arjan J. C. van Gemund, Valentín Cardeñoso-Payo, Judith Alonso-López, David Martín-García, Alberto Pedrosa-Calvo

       Pages 128-141

   11. A Neural Network Based Tool for Semi-automatic Code Transformation

       • Patrick H. Corr, Peter Milligan, Vaughan Purnell

       Pages 142-153

   12. A Platform Independent Parallelising Tool Based on Graph Theoretic Models

       • Oliver Sinnen, Leonel Sousa

       Pages 154-167

   13. Improving the Performance of Heterogeneous DSMs via Multithreading

       • Renato J. O. Figueiredo, Jeffrey P. Bradford, José A. B. Fortes

       Pages 168-180

   14. Value Prediction as a Cost-Effective Solution to Improve Embedded Processors Performance

       • Silvia Del Pino, Luis Piñuel, Rafael A. Moreno, Francisco Tirado

       Pages 181-195

3. Cellular Automata and Applications in Computational Physics

   1. Introduction

      Pages 197-197

   2. Cellular Automata: Applications

      • Dietrich Stauffer

      Pages 199-206

   3. The Role of Parallel Cellular Programming in Computational Science

      • Domenico Talia

      Pages 207-220

   4. Optimization with Parallel Computing

      • Sourav Kundu

      Pages 221-229

   5. Parallelization of a Density Functional Program for Monte-Carlo Simulation of Large Molecules

      • Jorge M. Pacheco, José Luis Martins

      Pages 230-241

This book is the ?nal outcome of VECPAR 2000 – 4th International Meeting on Vector and Parallel Processing. VECPAR constitutes a series of conferences, which have been organized by the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto since 1993, with the main objective of disseminating new knowledge on parallel computing. Readership of This Book The book is aimed at an audience of researchers and graduate students in a broad range of scienti?c areas, including not only computer science, but also applied mathematics and numerical analysis, physics, and engineering. Book Plan From a total of 66 papers selected on the basis of extended abstracts for p- sentation at the conference, a subset of 34 papers were chosen during a second review process leading to their inclusion in the book, together with the invited talks. The book contains a total of 40 papers organized into 6 chapters, where each may appeal to people in di?erent but still related scienti?c areas. All ch- ters, with the exception of Chapter 6, are initiated by a short text, providing a quick overview of the organization and papers in the chapter. The 13 papers in Chapter 1 cover the aspects related to the use of multiple processors. Operating systems, languages and software tools for scheduling, and code transformation are the topics included in this chapter, initiated by the talk on computing over the Internet, entitled Grid Computing,byIan Foster.

• Cluster
• Computational Linear Algebra
• Computational Physics
• Computational Science
• High-Performance Computing
• Multithreading
• Parallel Processing
• Scientific Computing
• Simulation
• Vector Processing
• algorithms
• automata
• chemical engineering
• image processing
• optimization
• complexity

• Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal

  José M. L. M. Palma

• Department of Computer Science, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA

  Jack Dongarra

• Departamento de Sistemas Informáticos y Computación, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Valencia, Spain

  Vicente Hernández

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