Parallel Computer Centre Research Projects

Cluster Project

The main aim of the project is to form an advanced workstation cluster environment which may be easily replicated on UNIX based networked workstations. The project will be supported with a range of courses covering both the creation and use of such an environment. The environment will provide a full range of software tools to assist in the development and porting of code to a workstation cluster. In addition, it will provide the user with guidance and self-learning opportunities throughout the development process.

A cluster of Silicon Graphics workstations has been installed as part of this on-going project aimed at providing a complete environment for distributed clustered computing. The idea of clustered computing extends the traditional view of networked workstations to that of a single computational resource with a comprehensive range of support services.

Contact Paul Sage at the Parallel Computer Centre with any cluster queries

Email: P.Sage@qub.ac.uk or Telephone: (01232) 245133 Ex 3754.

Theoretical Physics

Investigates strategies for migrating the R-Matrix suite of programs to transputer based machines.
Investigation into the development of FFT for data analysis programs being run on the DAP.

Computer Science

Development of a tool to assist with the porting and development of fortran codes to parallel architectures, both shared and non-shared memory systems. The FORTPORT system features an Expert System approach to parallelisation.

An image processing environment to allow manipulation techniques to be easily selected.

The parallel computation of eigenvalues and eigenvectors for Hermitian matrices on DAP and comparison of these specially constructed techniques with developments in the DAP Fortran compiler.

NQEi - a user interface for the Cray Network Queueing Environment that integrates user problem-solving support information into batch job submission and monitoring.

Engineering

In conjunction with the finite element group in mechanical engineering, an investigation into the usefulness of the PACFED implementation on the Parsys. Part of the Centres role in this work was to liaise with the development group within Parsys.

Medical

With a group from Therapeutics developed methods to select and measure stimulated heart cell lengths for experiments captured on U-matic video recorder. With Orthopaedic Surgery to investigate image methods to measure the alignment of knee replacements from X-rays.

Automatic decoding of DNA Autoradiographs using image processing on the DAP.

Here is information on individual European projects.

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