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Supercomputer architects strive to maximize the performance of scientific applications. Unfortunately, the large, unwieldy nature of most scientific applications has lead to the...
Richard C. Murphy, Arun Rodrigues, Peter M. Kogge,...
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The lack of lightweight communication channels and other technical and sociological difficulties make it hard for new members of a non-collocated software development team to lea...
Davor Cubranic, Gail C. Murphy, Janice Singer, Kel...
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Tessa A. Lau, Lawrence D. Bergman, Vittorio Castel...