We present a parallel data processor centered around a programming model of so called Parallelization Contracts (PACTs) and the scalable parallel execution engine Nephele [18]. Th...
The visual representation of complex data has always been a major motivation for computer graphics. However, there have always been computer graphics scenes which were too complex...
History repeats itself. Since the invention of the programmable computer, numerous computer scientists keep dedicating their professional lives to the design of “the single, bes...
The RM-ODP standard still provides the only comprehensive and coherent framework of concepts for the specification of complex large scale IT systems, and has taken on a new signif...
Compared with lock-based synchronization techniques, Software Transactional Memory (STM) can significantly improve the programmability of multithreaded applications. Existing res...