Charm workshop set for October

released August 23, 2005

The Parallel Programming Laboratory, part of the Department of Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, will host the 4th Annual Workshop on Charm++ and its Applications Oct. 17-19.

Charm++/AMPI and the frameworks built upon them have emerged as powerful parallel programming systems. By allowing the programmer to divide the computation into a large number of entities, which are mapped to the available processors by an intelligent runtime system, Charm++ enables a separation of concerns that leads to both improved productivity and higher performance. Powerful abstractions are available in the FEM, POSE, MSA, and Multiblock frameworks. Charm++ frameworks have enabled applications ranging from molecular dynamics, cosmology, network simulation, materials science, and rocket simulation.

The workshop will focus on showcasing the latest leading research in parallel processing using Charm++ and its frameworks. Topics will include advances in parallel simulation with POSE; fault tolerance techniques; communication optimization libraries and frameworks; load balancing strategies; as well as advances in AMPI/Charm++ primitives and runtime system. The workshop is also aimed at taking stock of the funded collaborative interdisciplinary research projects involving the Charm++ system.

There also will be several tutorials presented by the Charm++ developers; planned tutorials include:

• Charm++ and virtualization
• How to write applications using Adaptive MPI
• Using POSE for Parallel Discrete Event Simulation
• Running your application on BigSim
• Projections: Performance analysis
• FEM framework
• How to install and use the Faucets adaptive scheduler

Attendees are required to register for the tutorials; online registration is available at http://charm.cs.uiuc.edu/charmWorkshop/.

Authors are invited to submit short manuscripts that demonstrate research and development in all areas of parallel processing using Charm++ and AMPI. Submissions should be in the form of extended abstracts up to three pages formatted in standard IEEE format. The papers will not be published and the authors are encouraged to publish them in other conferences. Topics of interest include:

• Parallel and Distributed Applications in science and engineering
• Parallel Discrete Event Simulation techniques and applications
• Parallel libraries and frameworks
• Extensions and new features in Charm++
• Massively parallel processing on future machines
• Novel parallel programming models

Send submissions to Eric Bohm (ebohm@uiuc.edu) by Sept. 2. Authors will be notified of acceptance by Sept. 9.

For more workshop information and to register, go to http://charm.cs.uiuc.edu/charmWorkshop/.

 

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