A Java-Based Parallel Programming Support Environment

The Java programming language and environment is stimulating new research activities in many areas of computing, not the least of which is parallel computing. Parallel techniques are themselves finding new uses in cluster computing systems. Although there are excellent software tools for scheduling, monitoring and message-based programming on parallel clusters, these systems are not yet well integrated and do not provide very high-level parallel programming paradigm support. We have prototyped a multi-paradigm parallel programming toolkit in Java, specifically targeting an integrated approach on Beowulf-style cluster computers. Our JUMP system builds on ideas from the message-passing community as well as from distributed systems technologies. We believe our system promises high performance for parallel programming as well as integrating with meta-computing frameworks for sharing resources across administrative boundaries. The ever-improving Java development environment allows us acces...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2000
• Where: HPCN
• Authors: Kenneth A. Hawick, Heath A. James
• Keywords: Distributed And Parallel Computing, HPCN 2000, Parallel Programming, Parallel Programming Paradigm, Parallel Programming Toolkit