Coven-a framework for high performance problem solving environments

Author

DeBardeleben, Nathan A. ; Ligon, Walter B., III ; Pandit, Sourabh ; Stanzione, Dan C., Jr.

Author_Institution

Holcombe Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Clemson Univ., SC, USA

fYear

2002

fDate

2002

Firstpage

291

Lastpage

298

Abstract

Presents the design of the Coven framework for construction of problem solving environments (PSEs) for parallel computers. PSEs are an integral part of modern high performance computing (HPC) and Coven attempts to simplify PSE construction. Coven targets Beowulf cluster parallel computers but independent of any particular domain for the PSE. Multithreaded parallel applications are created with Coven that are capable of supporting most of the constructs in a typical parallel programming language. Coven uses an agent-based front-end which allows multiple custom interfaces to be constructed. Examples of the use of Coven in the construction of prototype PSEs are shown, and the effectiveness of these PSEs is evaluated in terms of the performance of the applications they generate.

Keywords

multi-threading; natural sciences computing; problem solving; software agents; workstation clusters; Beowulf cluster parallel computers; Coven; agent-based front-end; high performance problem solving environments; multiple custom interfaces; multithreaded parallel applications; parallel programming language; Application software; Computational modeling; Computer simulation; Concurrent computing; High performance computing; Parallel architectures; Parallel programming; Problem-solving; Prototypes; Writing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

High Performance Distributed Computing, 2002. HPDC-11 2002. Proceedings. 11th IEEE International Symposium on

ISSN

1082-8907

Print_ISBN

0-7695-1686-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/HPDC.2002.1029929

Filename

1029929