| title: | WWW-based Scientific Computing Environment for Solving Large Problems on Parallel Computers |
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| reg no: | ETF5316 |
| project type: | Estonian Science Foundation research grant |
| subject: |
2.9. System Engineering and Computer Technology |
| status: | completed |
| institution: | University of Tartu |
| head of project: | Eero Vainikko |
| duration: | 01.01.2002 - 31.12.2004 |
| description: | Large scale computing tasks have become common in many fields. Quite often such tasks are too large for single workstation to solve. In such case these tasks can be solved on large clusters where workstations are linked together with fast local area network. As building such clusters is quite expensive and requires lots of technical knowledge, it is not possible to build different cluster for each task. It is better to create one such cluster and allow different research teams to use it for their specific needs. Unfortunately such clusters are quite task-specific and require scientist to know lots of details about computer architecture and specialized software. There is also an easier way to achieve this - by using development tools that parallelize programs automatically. The goal of this project is to investigate if it is possible to build user-friendly WWW-inteface for distributed computing environment which could help scientists to achieve their goals in a more effective way. As a result of this work, we plan to create one such computing environment in Technology Center of University of Tartu using distributed parallel computer. We have chosen 2 testcases for our environment that require complex calculations. One of the testcases is based on Foucalt¿ Methods, while the other testcase uses Molecular Dynamics. This project is a first step is interdisciplinary field where we plan to include other fields of science that require a lot of computing power. |
| project group | ||||
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| no | name | institution | position | |
| 1. | Alvo Aabloo | UT Institute of Physics | scientist | |
| 2. | Konstantin Skaburskas | UT Inst. of Exper. Physics and Technology | PhD student | |
| 3. | Eero Vainikko | UT, Technology Center | research officer | |
| 4. | Jüri Vedru | UT Inst. of Materials Sci | Assoc. Professor | |