Symmetric Multiprocessors (SMPs), combined with modern interconnection technologies are commonly used to build cost-effective compute clusters. However, contention among processor...
In this paper we discuss several challenges associated scientific workflow design and management in distributed, heterogeneous environments. Based on our prior work with a number ...
The growing computational and storage needs of several scientific applications mandate the deployment of extreme-scale parallel machines, such as IBM’s Blue Gene/L which can acc...
The demand for an efficient fault tolerance system has led to the development of complex monitoring infrastructure, which in turn has created an overwhelming task of data and even...
Large-scale scientific and business applications require data processing of ever-increasing amounts of data, fueling a demand for scalable parallel file systems comprising hundred...