Heterogeneous Parallel Computing using Java and WMPI

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Abstract

In this paper, we present briefly the implementation of a Java interface for WMPI, a
Windows-based implementation of MPI. Then, we describe a system that is oriented for
Web-based computing and we present a solution to integrate WMPI with this tool by
making use of a Java bridge component and the Java bindings for WMPI. This solution
allows the execution of meta-applications over a mixed configuration of platforms,
execution models and programming languages. The resulting system provides a way to
solve the problem of heterogeneity and to unleash the potential of diverse computational
resources and programming tools.

Journal

special issue of Concurrency Practice and Experience, Vol. 12, pp. 1077-1091, Mark Baker, December 2000