Parallel Computing

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XXIV

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2. Overview – Parallel Computing: Numerics, Applications, and Trends

   • Marián Vajteršic, Peter Zinterhof, Roman Trobec

   Pages 1-42

3. Introduction to Parallel Computation

   • Selim G. Akl, Marius Nagy

   Pages 43-80

4. Tools for Parallel and Distributed Computing

   • Thomas Fahringer

   Pages 81-115

5. Grid Computing

   • Uroš Čibej, Anthony Sulistio, Rajkumar Buyya

   Pages 117-145

6. Parallel Structured Adaptive Mesh Refinement

   • Jarmo Rantakokko, Michael Thuné

   Pages 147-173

7. Applications and Parallel Implementation of QMC Integration

   • Peter Jez, Andreas Uhl, Peter Zinterhof

   Pages 175-215

8. Parallel Evolutionary Computation Framework for Single- and Multiobjective Optimization

   • Bogdan Filipič, Matjaž Depolli

   Pages 217-240

9. WaLBerla: Exploiting Massively Parallel Systems for Lattice Boltzmann Simulations

   • Christian Feichtinger, Jan Götz, Stefan Donath, Klaus Iglberger, Ulrich Rüde

   Pages 241-260

10. Parallel Pseudo-Spectral Methods for the Time-Dependent Schrödinger Equation

    • Tore Birkeland, Tor Sørevik

    Pages 261-279

11. Parallel Approaches in Molecular Dynamics Simulations

    • Dušanka Janežič, Urban Borštnik, Matej Praprotnik

    Pages 281-305

12. Parallel Computer Simulations of Heat Transfer in Biological Tissues

    • Roman Trobec

    Pages 307-358

13. Parallel SVD Computing in the Latent Semantic Indexing Applications for Data Retrieval

    • Gabriel Okša, Marián Vajteršic

    Pages 359-395

14. Short-Vector SIMD Parallelization in Signal Processing

    • Rade Kutil

    Pages 397-433

15. Financial Applications: Parallel Portfolio Optimization

    • Andreas Grothey

    Pages 435-469

16. The Future of Parallel Computation

    • Selim G. Akl, Marius Nagy

    Pages 471-510

17. Back Matter

    Pages 511-519

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The use of parallel programming and architectures is essential for simulating and solving problems in modern computational practice. There has been rapid progress in microprocessor architecture, interconnection technology and software devel- ment, which are in?uencing directly the rapid growth of parallel and distributed computing. However, in order to make these bene?ts usable in practice, this dev- opment must be accompanied by progress in the design, analysis and application aspects of parallel algorithms. In particular, new approaches from parallel num- ics are important for solving complex computational problems on parallel and/or distributed systems. The contributions to this book are focused on topics most concerned in the trends of today’s parallel computing. These range from parallel algorithmics, progr- ming, tools, network computing to future parallel computing. Particular attention is paid to parallel numerics: linear algebra, differential equations, numerical integ- tion, number theory and their applications in computer simulations, which together form the kernel of the monograph. We expect that the book will be of interest to scientists working on parallel computing, doctoral students, teachers, engineers and mathematicians dealing with numerical applications and computer simulations of natural phenomena.

• Computer
• Computing Clusters
• Financial Applications
• Heat Transfer
• MPI Llibrary
• Mesh Refinement
• Molecular Dynamics
• Numerical Simulation
• Parallel Computing
• Quasi Monte-Carlo Techniques
• Scientific Computing
• Simulation
• algorithms
• distributed computing
• optimization

From the reviews: “This is collection of 15 chapters, mostly on topics related to numerical computation … . The target audience consists of researchers, practitioners, and students. … The typesetting is of high quality, and there many well-rendered mathematical problems on display. … the book includes a tantalizingly short introduction to quantum computing. … this could become a worthwhile first approach to a new computing paradigm … . Again the included references will help those interested in the subject.” (A. Squassabia, ACM Computing Reviews, February, 2010)

• Dept. Communication Systems, Jožef Stefan Institute, Slovenia

  Roman Trobec

• Department of Computer Sciences, University of Salzburg, 5020 Salzburg, Austria

  Marián Vajteršic, Peter Zinterhof

• Mathematical Institute Department of Informatics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, 840 00 Bratislava, Slovakia

  Marián Vajteršic

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