6.338J/18.337J Readings (Spring 2003)

Week of 3/3

• New Generalized Data Structures for Matrices Lead to a Variety of High Performance Algorithms

Week of 2/24

• "Creating Science-Driven Computer Architecture: A New Path to Scientific Leadership", by C. W. McCurdy
  
• An Evaluation of Current High-Performance Networks, C. Bell, D. Bonachea, Y. Cote, J. Duell, P. Hargrove, P. Husbands, C. Iancu, M. Welcome, K. Yelick. 17th International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS), 2003.
  

Week of 2/3

• Why there isn't a parallel MATLAB , Moler.
  
• Interactive Supercomputing with MITMatlab , Husbands, Isbell, Edelman. A brief description on a very early version of MATLAB*P.
  
• MATLAB*P 2.0: Interactive Supercomputing Made Practical , Choy, Edelman. Ron Choy's Sc.M. thesis on the latest version of MATLAB*P.
• Parallel MATLAB survey , Choy. A survey on the state of parallel MATLAB projects in the world. Review projects using different approaches.
  
  

Discussion

• Comparison of various MATLAB approaches
• Comparison of parallel MATLAB with other (non-MATLAB) approaches
• Should processors allocation be static, dynamic, both?
• Should we rely on established, free parallel numerical librariees, or develop "MATLAB all the way down"?