As multi-cores arrive for mainstream desktop systems, developers must invest the effort to parallelize their applications. We present Parallel Task (short ParaTask), a solution to ...
Resource sharing within Grid collaborations usually implies specific sharing mechanisms at participating sites. Challenging policy issues can arise within virtual organizations (V...
To minimize the execution time of an iterative application in a heterogeneous parallel computing environment, an appropriate mapping scheme is needed for matching and scheduling th...
Yu-Kwong Kwok, Anthony A. Maciejewski, Howard Jay ...
Abstract In this publication, we discuss a use case for employing Grid technology in a media production / distribution environment. This type of environment is faced with the chall...
Bruno Volckaert, Tim Wauters, Marc De Leenheer, Pi...
MapReduce offers a flexible programming model for processing and generating large data sets on dedicated resources, where only a small fraction of such resources are every unavaila...
Heshan Lin, Xiaosong Ma, Jeremy S. Archuleta, Wu-c...