Architectural view driven model transformations for supporting the lifecycle of parallel applications

Two important trends can be identified in parallel computing. First of all, the scale of parallel computing platforms is rapidly increasing. Secondly, the complexity and variety of current software systems requires to consider the parallelization of application modules beyond algorithms. These two trends have led to a complexity that is not scalable and tractable anymore for manual processing, and therefore automated support is required to design and implement parallel applications. In this context, we present a model-driven transformation chain for supporting the automation of the lifecycle of parallel computing applications. The model-driven transformation chain adopts metamodels that are derived from architectural viewpoints. The transformation chain is defined as a logical sequence consisting of model-to-model transformations. We present the tool support that implements the metamodels and transformations.