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ESCIENCE
2006
IEEE
14 years 23 days ago
Using Checkpointing to Enhance Turnaround Time on Institutional Desktop Grids
In this paper, we present a checkpoint-based scheme to improve the turnaround time of bag-of-tasks applications executed on institutional desktop grids. We propose to share checkp...
Patrício Domingues, Artur Andrzejak, Lu&iac...
IPPS
2010
IEEE
13 years 4 months ago
Decentralized resource management for multi-core desktop grids
The majority of CPUs now sold contain multiple computing cores. However, current desktop grid computing systems either ignore the multiplicity of cores, or treat them as distinct,...
Jaehwan Lee, Peter J. Keleher, Alan Sussman
IPPS
2007
IEEE
14 years 1 months ago
Green Supercomputing in a Desktop Box
The advent of the Beowulf cluster in 1994 provided dedicated compute cycles, i.e., supercomputing for the masses, as a cost-effective alternative to large supercomputers, i.e., su...
Wu-chun Feng, Avery Ching, Chung-Hsing Hsu
GRID
2008
Springer
13 years 7 months ago
Dynamic scheduling for heterogeneous Desktop Grids
Desktop Grids have emerged as an important methodology to harness the idle cycles of millions of participant desktop PCs over the Internet. However, to effectively utilize the res...
Issam Al-Azzoni, Douglas G. Down
CHI
1997
ACM
13 years 11 months ago
Supporting Knowledge Workers Beyond the Desktop With Palplates
Palplates are a collection of touch-screen terminals placed around the office enabling human-computer interactions at the point of need. Supporting a community of mobile authentic...
Jennifer Mankoff, Bill N. Schilit