Supercomputing and Parallel Computing Research Groups

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Academic research groups working in the field of supercomputing and parallel computing.

ABCPL
An object-Based Concurrent Language. Model of concurrency based on parallel active objects.
Adl
Data parallel functional programming languages for distributed memory architectures.
Adsmith
Object-Based DSM Environment on PVM.
Alewife
Large-scale multiprocessor with shared memory and message passing.
AMDC
Active-Message Driven Computing. Computational model and system based on computation at abstract locations, and built on active messages.
AM
Active Messages. Simple primitives exposing full hardware performance to higher communication layers.
APAR
Parallel Architectures group. Portable parallel programming environment, parallel 3D terrain analysis and visualization.
APE/Quadrics
High performance simulations of lattice gauge theories and QCD.
AppLeS
Application Level Scheduling. Scheduling agents for resource control on production heterogeneous systems.
Automap
Task parallel coordination language for dynamic applications.
Avalanche
Multiprocessor with distributed shared memory and message passing.
Aztec
Iterative sparse linear solver for unstructured sparse matrics.
BSP
Bulk Synchronous Parallel model research group.
C4
Canonical Classes for Concurrency Control. C++ classes for parallel programming.
CAMAS
Computer Aided Migration of Applications System. Tools to parallelize existing dusty deck programs.
CAPP
Center for Applied Parallel Processing. Scalable algorithms for solving Grand Challenge problems.
CAP
Parallel object stores, I/O, languages and compiler techniques, visualisation, text retrieval, linear algebra, MPI.
CarlOS
A software multiprocessor with distributed shared memory.
Cashmere
Coherence algorithms for shared memory architectures.
CC++
Parallel programming language based on C++.
Chant
A talking threads package -- lightweight threads communicating between processors.
CHAOS
Efficient multiprocessor libraries for irregular scientific problems (CHAOS++) and parallel I/O (Jovian).
Chaos
Multicomputer interconnection network routing hardware, simulator, and analysis.
Cid
Parallel extension of C that provides a programming model of MIMD threads plus shared objects.
Cilk
Efficient execution of multithreaded computations.
Code
Visual parallel programming system.
Converse / PPL
Converse is a portable runtime system supporting interoperable parallel languges, including the Charm++ object-oriented language.
CRL
C Region Library. All-software distributed shared memory system.
CSAG
Concurrent Systems Architecture Group. Fine-grained massively-parallel computer systems (Concert System).
CVA
Concurrent VLSI Architecture. Fine-grained concurrent computing mechanisms.
CVM
Coherent Virtual Machine. Multi-protocol, multi-threaded, fault-tolerant, software distributed memory system.
D System
Tools for machine-independent parallel programming (Fortran D).
DDD
Dynamic Distributed Data. Parallel programming model based on dynamic graph-like datastructures.
DDM
Data Diffusion Machine. Scalable cache-only virtual shared memory architecture.
DICE
Direct Interconnection of Computing Elements. COMA for commercial servers.
DIPC
Distributed InterProcess Communication. Parallel processing primitives for Linux, including distributed shared memory.
Dome
Distributed Object Migration Environment. Programming using distributed objects on a heterogeneous network.
ECO
Efficient collective communication for message passing applications.
Excalibur
Compiling array-oriented languages onto parallel machines.
FALCON
Threads-based tools for monitoring and steering of parallel applications.
Filaments
Fine-grain parallelism on shared- and distributed-memory machines.
FLASH
Multiprocessor with shared-memory and message-passing protocols.
FM
Fortran M. Task-parallel extensions to Fortran; integration of task and data parallelism.
Fork95
C-based parallel programming language, targetted at SB-PRAM.
Fx
Parallelizing Fortran compilers and applications.
GA
Global Arrays. Shared-memory programming interface for distributed-memory computers.
GLU
Granular Lucid. Programming system for constructing parallel and distributed applications.
GUARD
Relative debugging for parallel and supercomputing applications.
HPC++
A standard model for parallel programming using C++.
HPFF
High Performance Fortran Forum. Data-parallel and data distribution extensions to Fortran.
I-ACOMA
Illinois Aggressive COMA. Tightly-coupled multiprocessor with flat cache-only memory architecture.
iCC
Interprocessor Collective Communication Library. Fast collective communication library for the Intel Paragon.
ICL
Innovative Computing Labs. Netlib, BLAS, HeNCE, LAPACK, MPI, PVM, etc.
IMPACT
Illinios Microarchitecture Project utilizing Advanced Compiler Technology. Superscalar optimizing compiler.
Impala
(IMplicitly PArallel LAnguage Application Suite). Collection of applications in Id and pH.
iWarp
Distributed memory parallel machine and applications.
KOAN/Fortran-S
Shared virtual memory system and Fortran interface.
LAM
Local Area Multicomputer. Message-passing programming environment for heterogeneous networks.
Linda
Coordination languages and tools for parallel and distributed computation, adaptive parallelism (Piranha).
Locust
Distributed shared virtual memory system on network of workstations.
Makbilan
Custom parallel computer (Makbilan), shared memory parallel C (Parc), and runtime system (Maxi).
Mentat
Object-oriented architecture-independent parallel processing system.
Mermaid
Performance evaluation of MIMD platforms.
Mirage
Distributed shared memory system on network of workstations.
Modula-2*
High-level explicitly parallel imperative programming language.
MOSIX
A set of BSD/OS enhancements that transform a PC cluster into a scalable super-multicomputer.
MPC++
Massively Parallel, Message Passing, Meta-level Processing C++ designed to exploit multithreading and message-driven execution on RWC-1 MPP .
mpC
A parallel superset of C for programming distributed memory machines.
Multipol
Library of distributed data structures for solving irregular problems.
Nexus
Multithreaded runtime system providing communication and resource support for higher-level applications.
Nimrod
A workstation hunter for large parametric modelling experiments.
NOW
Network Of Workstations. Using a network of workstations to act as a distributed supercomputer.
NUMAchine
Modular, cost-effective and scalable shared-memory multiprocessor.
NuMesh
Massively parallel interconnect with highly modular packaging.
Omega
Frameworks, algorithms and software for analyzing and transforming scientific programs.
Orca
Parallel programming language for distributed systems, based on shared data-object model.
OOF90
High performance object-oriented programming in Fortran 90.
P3L
Skeleton-based parallel programming language with template-based implementation.
Pablo
The interaction of architecture, system software, and applications on massively parallel computer systems.
PADE
Parallel Applications Development Environment. Graphical application development environment for heterogeneous networked computers.
PAPERS
Custom hardware for fast collective communication in PC cluster.
Para++
Portable C++ bindings for message passing libraries.
Paradigm
PARAllelizing compiler for DIstributed-memory General-purpose Multicomputers.
PARADIGM
(PARAllel Digital ImaGe Modelling). Parallel spatial modelling and applied parallel computing.
Paradyn
Performance measurement tools for large-scale parallel/distributed programs.
PARASOL
ESPRIT project to develop parallel solvers for sparse systems of linear equations.
Parastation
Fast interconnection network and software for off-the-shelf workstation clusters.
PARL
Parallel Architecture Research Laboratory. Performance analysis of parallel and distributed architectures. NMSU TraceBase trace archive.
PASSION
Parallel And Scalable Software for I/O. Support for I/O intensive out-of-core loosely synchronous problems.
pC++/Sage++
Portable parallel C++ for high performance computers.
PCIPA
Parallel Computing, Image Processing and Applications. Biologically-motivated approaches to pattern recognition.
PCU
Software tools, computational science applications, visualization, algorithms, languages, theory.
PCV
Parallel Computer Vision. Real-time stereo computer vision (ALVINN), parallel object recognition.
PDL
Parallel Data Laboratory. Parallel file systems, aggressive prefetching in file systems, and RAID.
PEACE
Parallel Execution And Communication Environment. Object-oriented OS and runtime library for massively parallel architectures.
Penny
Parallel implementation of AKL.
PETSc
Portable, Extensible, Toolkit for Scientific Computation. Parallel software for the numerical solution of PDEs.
PET
Programming Environments and Tools. Message passing, parallel I/O, checkpointing, and run-time tools and monitoring.
pH
A parallel, eagerly-evaluated version of Haskell.
PPP
Parallel Performance Project. Application and performance modelling for high-performance computers.
ProperCAD
Parallel VLSI CAD applications based on an object-oriented parallel library.
Prospero
Prospero Resource Manager: parallel application manager for workstation clusters.
Proteus
Prototyping language and environment for high-level parallel programs.
PSI
Parallel algebraic reductions on array expressions based on psi calculus.
Ptools
Parallel Tools Consortium at Oregon State University. Working groups on Message Queue Manager, Lightweight Corefile Browser, and Portable Timing Routines.
PTT
Parallel Tools Team at NAS. Investigating and developing useful parallel tools.
PVM
Parallel Virtual Machine. Programming a heterogeneous network of machines as a single distributed memory parallel machine.
Quake
Supercomputer simulation of large basin motion during strong earthquakes.
Quarks
Portable distributed shared memory system.
RPM
A hardware emulator for the rapid prototyping of multiprocessor systems.
RTCL
The HARTS architecture and other research on interconnection networks.
SAM
Distributed shared memory system and associated parallel language (Jade).
SB-PRAM
Building a massively parallel uniform-memory-access shared-memory multiprocessor.
SCANDAL
Super Compilers and Advanced Languages. Nested data parallel languages (NESL), efficient parallel algorithms.
SCG
Scientific Computation Group. LPARX coarse grain data parallel programming abstractions, load balancing, adaptive numerical methods.
SCPL
Scalable Concurrent Programming Laboratory. Multi-level compilers, programming irregular problems.
SHRIMP
Scalable, High-Performance, Really Inexpensive Multi-Processor.
Simple COMA
Hybrid hardware/software Cache-Only Memory Architecture implementation.
SISAL
Portable high-performance functional language.
Split-C
Parallel extension to C with global address space for distributed-memory multiprocessors.
SR
Synchronizing Resources. Concurrent programming language.
SUIF
Research into compiler techniques for parallel languages.
Synergy
Parallel programming using passive object flow.
Telegraphos
High-speed communication for workstation clusters.
TreadMarks
Global shared address space on networks of workstations.
uC++
Light-weight concurrency in C++.
UC
A set-based data-parallel programming language.
Ultracomputer
Parallel computer architecture and software design.
ViC
Virtual Memory C*.
V
Nested data-parallel extension of C.
WWT
Wisconsin Wind Tunnel. The interface between parallel hardware and parallel languages.
Xputer
Reconfigurable hardware accelerators and their compilers.
ZPL
Portable data-parallel array language for scientific and engineering computation.

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