Supercomputing at the Desktop: An Improved Interface Using Internet Facilities

The traditional complex access procedure still prevents a lot of scientists to migrate their applications to massively parallel computers and to bene t from their computing power. We present a new approach for obtaining a simpler user interface using standard components of today's Internet technologies. By means of a parallel raytracing application, called DeepRay, as an example we show how to implement a simple yet powerful interface to supercomputers.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 1998
• Where: HPCN
• Authors: Bernhard Bühlmann, Hanspeter Bieri
• Keywords: Complex Access Procedure, HPCN 1998, HPCN 1999, Parallel Raytracing Application, Simpler User Interface