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Scheduling (TIES) for efficient network execution, providing an Automatic Parallelization platform with performance scalability for the NOW. DTIC Parallel Processing (Computers); Optimization 20060002491 Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH USA The Virtual Microscope Catalyurek, Umit; Beynon, Michael D.; Chang, Chialin; Kurc, Tahsin; Sussman, Alan; Saltz, Joel; Jan. 1, 2005; 18 pp.; In English; Original contains color illustrations Contract(s)/Grant(s): N66001-97-C-8534 Report No.(s): AD-A440466; No Copyright; Avail.: CASI: A03, Hardcopy We present the design and implementation of the Virtual Microscope, a software system employing a client/server architecture to provide a realistic emulation of a high power light microscope. The system provides a form of completely digital telepathology, allowing simultaneous access to archived digital slide images by multiple clients. The main problem the system targets is storing and processing the extremely large quantities of data required to represent a collection of slides. The Virtual Microscope client software runs on the end user’s PC or workstation, while database software for storing, retrieving and processing the microscope image data runs on a parallel computer or on a set of workstations at one or more potentially remote sites. We have designed and implemented two versions of the data server software. One implementation is a customization of a database system framework that is optimized for a tightly coupled parallel machine with attached local disks. The second implementation is component-based, and has been designed to accommodate access to and processing of data in a distributed, heterogeneous environment. We also have developed caching client software, implemented in Java, to achieve good response time and portability across different computer platforms. The performance results presented show that the Virtual Microscope systems scales well, so that many clients can be adequately serviced by an appropriately configured data server. DTIC Microscopes; Computer Programs 20060002502 Karlova Univ., Prague, Czechoslovakia From Art to Industry: Development of Biomedical Simulators Kofranek, Jiri; Andrlik, Michal; Petr, Tomas; Petr, Stodulka; The IPSI BgD Transactions on Advanced Research. Multi-, Inter-, and Trans-disciplinary Issues in Computer Science and Engineering, Volume 1, Number 2; July 2005, pp. 62-67; In English; See also 20060002498; Original contains black and white illustrations Contract(s)/Grant(s): MOE-1111D0008; Copyright; Avail.: CASI: A02, Hardcopy The authors’ methodology of creating e-learning content for the students of physiology, pathophysiology and biomedicine at the Faculty of Medicine is presented here. The design process from a formalized description of physiological reality to interactive educational software is described. Various tools an, used during the design - starting with the numerical simulation software Matlab/Simulink, through Macromedia Flash for interactive animations, Control Web or MS Visual Studio for user interface design to web publishing tools including the Macromedia Breeze learning management system. Also, various professions are involved - teachers, physicians, simulation/modeling experts, graphic designers and programmers. The aim is to provide students with software that helps them understand the complex dynamics of physiological systems. Author Biomedical Data; Education; Computerized Simulation; Management Systems; Interactive Control; Physiology; Complex Systems 20060002510 Atmajaya Univ., Jakarta, Indonesia Performance of a Parallel Technique for Solving Stiff ODEs Using a Block-diagonal Implicit Runge-Kutta Method Kartawidjaya, M. A.; Suhartanto, H.; Basaruddin, T.; The IPSI BgD Transactions on Advanced Research. Multi-, Inter-, and Trans-disciplinary Issues in Computer Science and Engineering, Volume 1, Number 2; July 2005, pp. 68-73; In English; See also 20060002498; Copyright; Avail.: CASI: A02, Hardcopy Differential equations arise in many fields of application, such as in the simulation of phenomena in chemistry, physics, biology, medicine and so forth. These equations are generally in the form of initial value problems (IVPs), which can be extremely costly to solve when they are stiff due to the requirement of working with implicit methods. Implicit methods are costly because at each time step we need to solve implicit equations, which are nonlinear in general. Therefore, in such cases 142
parallelization becomes an attractive approach. In this article we propose a parallel implementation of an ODE solver based on implicit RungeKutta framework. The parallelization is performed in two levels, i.e. across the method in solving the arising nonlinear systems and across the system in solving the associated linear systems. We use two kinds of test problems, the Brusselator and the Dense problems. The experiment was run on a cluster of PCs with PVM message-passing environment. Our observations show that for the 6Nsselator problem, using parallelization will result in a better performance in terms of speedup for sufficiently large data. However for the Dense problem, the maximum attainable speedup is only two. We conclude that our two levels parallelization technique is only suitable for Brusselator type problems. Author Differential Equations; Runge-Kutta Method; Mathematical Models; Parallel Programming; Computer Systems Performance 62 COMPUTER SYSTEMS Includes computer networks and distributed processing systems. For information systems see 82 Documentation and Information Science. For computer systems applied to specific applications, see the associated category. 20060000052 Odyssey Research Associates, Inc., Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Embedded Systems Craigen, Dan; Validation, Verification and Certification of Embedded Systems; October 2005, pp. 2-1 - 2-9; In English; See also 20060000049; Copyright; Avail.: CASI: A02, Hardcopy; Available from CASI on CD-ROM only as part of the entire parent document Embedded Systems are ubiquitous. They appear in cell phones, microwave ovens, refrigerators, automobiles and a veritable array of consumer products. Some of these embedded systems have potentially safety or security critical consequences. Embedded systems exist in contexts where failure can be profound. Consider fly by wire, chemical factories, nuclear power plants and even offshore oil wells. Though embedded systems are already ubiquitous, the adoption trajectory of the technology continues unabated. Similar observations exist within the military realm. From smart sensors, software fuses to the evolution of the battle space to being network centric. New projects are almost unfathomable in their scope and extensive usage of embedded systems. For example, the proposed U.S. DDX submarine is effectively a floating software system. It is estimated that the submarine will have 30,000,000,000 lines of code, will make use of 142 programming languages and, obviously, have a huge amount of hardware. How does one even start thinking about how to assess such a system? How do we manage such complexity? Is the technology even there? Embedded systems are expensive. According to Jack Ganssle,1 firmware, the software associated with embedded systems, normally cost between US$15-30 per line (from project commencement through to shipping). In the defence realm, with its substantial documentation requirements, costs can range up to US$100 or more. For highly critical applications, of which Ganssle mentions the space shuttle, the cost per line of code approximates US$1,000. Hence, even for a small 5,000-line application, one can easily be talking about projects in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. The market size for embedded systems is huge. Some estimates place the size of the market at $31,000,000,000, while the general purpose computing market is around $46,500,000,000. The microcontroller market is around $5,000,000,000 with an annual growth rate of around 18%. The growth rate for general-purpose processes is only 10%. With these trends, the embedded systems market will soon be larger than that for general purpose computing. The desktop market is stagnating; the embedded systems market is flourishing. NATO strategies are continually evolving, but depend substantially on the use of high technology to provide full spectrum dominance. Obviously, given the multinational and interagency components of NATO, and the overall complexity of the battle space, innovation is a vital component of the joint force of the future.2 Derived from text Programming Languages; Fly By Wire Control; Industrial Plants; Failure; Embedded Computer Systems; Nuclear Power Plants 20060000053 Centre d’Etudes et de Recherches, Toulouse, France Verification and Validation: Evolution and Enhancement Cazin, Jacques; Validation, Verification and Certification of Embedded Systems; October 2005; 3 pp.; See also 20060000049; Copyright; Avail.: CASI; Available from CASI on CD-ROM only as part of the entire parent document In this section we discuss the possible evolution of verification and validation technologies as they pertain to embedded systems. In the area of embedded systems, more specifically in the context of avionics systems, the main constraint is safety. Safety is traditionally achieved by combining architectural design with approaches allowing the verification of functional, 143
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