We introduce an object-oriented framework for parallel programming, which is based on the observation that programming objects can be naturally interpreted as processes. A parallel program consists of a collection of persistent processes that communicate by executing remote methods. We discuss code parallelization and process persistence, and explain the main ideas in the context of computation...

The generic task of Inductive Logic Programming (ILP) is to search a predeened subspace of rst-order logic for hypotheses that in some respect explain examples and background knowledge. In this paper we consider the development of parallel implementations of ILP systems. A rst part discusses the division of the ILP-task into subtasks that can be handled concurrently by multiple processes execut...

Context Parallel computing is an important field within the sciences. With the emergence of multi, and soon many, core CPUs this is moving more and more into the domain of general computing. HPC programmers want performance, but at the moment this comes at a cost; parallel languages are either efficient or conceptually simple, but not both. Aim To develop and evaluate a novel programming paradi...

The parallel programming landscape is constantly changing and becoming enriched with new languages, tools and techniques. In this chapter we give a survey on the different parallel programming models available today. These models are suitable for general-purpose computing but are also suitable for programming specialized (e.g. embedded) systems that offer the required facilities. We start by ca...

Parallel programming is a more complex process than sequential programming since the programmer has to deal with process creation, synchronization and communication. In order to reduce the complexity of the process, we need simpler models and better tools for parallel programming. This paper describes V4P, a visual environment for object-oriented parallel programming. The underlying programming...

This paper describes the ongoing work aimed at integrating the POP-C++ parallel object programming environment with the ASSIST component based parallel programming environment. Both these programming environments are shortly outlined, then several possibilities of integration are considered. For each one of these integration opportunities, the advantages and synergies that can be possibly achie...

Cilk (pronounced \silk") is a C-based language for multithreaded parallel programming. Cilk makes it easy to program irregular parallel applications, especially as compared with data-parallel or message-passing programming systems. A Cilk programmer need not worry about protocols and load balancing, which are handled by Cilk's provably eecient runtime system. Many regular and irregular Cilk app...