For decades, the serialization constraints imposed by true data dependences have been
regarded as an absolute limit-the dataflow limit-on the parallel execution of serial programs …

This dissertation presents an automated system to generate highly efficient, platform-
adapted implementations of sparse matrix kernels. We show that conventional …

The rising interest in Java for High Performance Computing (HPC) is based on the
appealing features of this language for programming multi-core cluster architectures …

First proposed as a mechanism for enhancing Web content, the Java™ language has taken
off as a serious general-purpose programming language. Industry and academia alike have …

From a software engineering perspective, the Java programming language provides an
attractive platform for writing numerically intensive applications. A major drawback …

Although there has been some experimentation with Java as a language for numerically
intensive computing, there is a perception by many that the language is unsuited for such …

Continuously evolving Java technology provides effective solutions for many industrial and
scientific computing challenges. These solutions, however, often require cooperation …

Enabling Technologies for Computational Science assesses future application computing
needs, identifies research directions in problem-solving environments (PSEs), addresses …

In this paper we review the current state of the problem solving environment (PSE) field and
make projections for the future. First we describe the computing context, the definition of a …

A design pattern is a mechanism for encapsulating the knowledge of experienced designers
into a re-usable artifact. Parallel design patterns reflect commonly occurring parallel …