Large-Scale Physical Modeling Synthesis, Parallel Computing, and Musical Experimentation: The NESS Project in Practice

Java Communications for Large-Scale Parallel Computing

A Facile and Green Synthesis Route for the Production of Silver Nanoparticles in Large Scale

   In the present work, a fast, green and simple synthesis method for the production of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) is introduced. Silver nanoparticles are currently among the most widely used man-made nano materials, present in a wide range of consumer products. Green chemistry is characterized by careful planning of chemical synthesis of silver nanoparticles to reduce adverse outcomes. S...

Scalable Fault Tolerance for Large-Scale Parallel and Distributed Computing

The unquenchable desire of scientists to run ever larger simulations and analyze ever larger data sets is fueling a relentless escalation in the size of supercomputing clusters from hundreds, to thousands, and even tens of thousands of processors (Dongarra, Meuer & Strohmaier, 2004). Unfortunately, the struggle to design systems that can scale up in this way also exposes the current limits of o...

Parallel Computing for Large-Scale Optimization Problems: Challenges and Solutions

Optimization refers to the minimization (or maximization) of an objective function of several decision variables that have to satisfy specified constraints. There are many applications of optimization. One example is the portfolio optimization problem where we seek the best way to invest some capital in a set of n assets. The constraints might represent a limit on the budget (i.e., a limit on t...

Distributed computing practice for large-scale science and engineering applications

ion: An abstraction is any process, mechanism or infrastructure to support a commonly occurring usage (e.g., computation, communication, and/or composition). For example, task is an abstraction for the frequently occurring concept of an encapsulated and self-contained piece of work. It is often the case that an abstraction can exist at multiple levels. A task can either be a simple standalone u...