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NetRun: Student Code in a Web Browser (Poster)
2011/netrun |
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Describes NetRun, our web IDE for a variety of compiled languages. |
PDF (856K) |
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GPU-Accelerated Rendering of Unbounded Nonlinear Iterated Function System Fixed Points
2011/ifs |
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Gives a mathematical framework for unbounded and nonlinear IFS, and a high performance deterministic rendering scheme based on GPU metaprogramming. See a video or try out the code. |
PDF (1.9M) |
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Embedding OpenCL in C++ for Expressive GPU Programming
2011/epgpu |
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Description and benchmarks for EPGPU, our convenient and typesafe OpenCL wrapper for C++. |
PDF (1.8M) |
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Interactive Volume Rendering Aurora on the GPU
2010/aurora |
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A GPU raytracing technique for flying around in the Aurora Borealis. You can download the demo, or watch it on YouTube. |
PDF (704K) |
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Message Passing for GPGPU Clusters: cudaMPI
2009/cudaMPI |
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Describes cudaMPI and glMPI, our GPGPU message passing libraries built on MPI. |
PDF (448K) |
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MPIglut: Powerwall Programming Made Easier
2007/mpiglut |
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Architecture and performance results for MPIglut, our parallelizing GLUT library built on MPI. |
PDF (688K) |
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Interpolation-Friendly Soft Shadow Maps
2006/shadow |
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A graphics hardware version of a technique outlined in my thesis for creating soft shadows from a modified shadow map. |
PDF (832K) |
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Multiple Flows of Control in Migratable Parallel Programs
2006/migthread |
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A comprehensive survey of the various methods available to support parallel work that moves. Includes descriptions of how to migrate kernel and user-level threads, processes, and objects; as well as extensive portability and performance data. Also PPL paper 06-05. |
PDF (276K) |
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ParFUM: A Parallel Framework for Unstructured Meshes for Scalable Dynamic Physics Applications
2006/fem |
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A long paper describing our recent progress on a parallel frame work for computations on unstructured meshes. Also PPL paper 05-14, and available at springerlink.com. |
PDF (512K) |
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A system integration framework for coupled multiphysics simulations
2006/csar |
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Describes recent work on our system integration framework. My contribution is in the data transfer and remeshing section. Also PPL paper 05-16 and available directly from the journal Engineering With Computers. |
PDF (2.0M) |
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Performance Degradation in the Presence of Subnormal Floating-Point Values
2005/denormal |
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Describes how IEEE 'denormal' numbers can seriously impact the efficiency of a parallel simulation. This work originated in our search to explain a strange performance slowdown in a real wave propagation simulation. Also PPL paper 05-12 and our denormal website. |
PDF (84K) |
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An Integration Framework for Simulations of Solid Rocket Motors
2005/aiaa |
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Describes the overall software architecture used by the Center for Simulation of Advanced Rockets (CSAR) in Illinois, where I worked on parallel solution transfer and meshing issues. Also PPL paper 05-08. |
PDF (956K) |
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Impostors for Parallel Interactive Computer Graphics
2004/thesis |
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My PhD thesis. Includes work on a variety of subjects, including parallel rendering, graphics hardware, GIS, and iterated function systems. Also see my thesis website. |
PDF (6.1M) |
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Debugging Support for Charm++
2004/debug |
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Includes a good description of Converse Client/Server (CCS) network protocol and the Pack/UnPack (PUP) C++ introspection framework. Also PPL paper 04-04. |
PDF (228K) |
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Performance Modeling and Programming Environments for Petaflops Computers and the Blue Gene Machine
2004/bluegene |
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A cool parallel machine emulator and performance analyzer for huge parallel machines, with tens of thousands of processors. Also includes the first published description of the modern FEM framework. Also PPL paper 04-02. |
PDF (104K) |
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Bounding Iterated Function Systems using Convex Optimization
2003/ifs |
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A simple technique to find tight bounding volumes for iterated function systems (IFS), using linear programming. This work evolved from a class project. See Appendix C of my PhD thesis for a substantially faster bounding method. |
PDF (1.5M) |
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Supporting dynamic parallel object arrays
2003/arrays |
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A journal-formatted version of my 2001 conference arrays paper. Also PPL paper 03-10. |
PDF (124K) |
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Adaptive MPI
2003/ampi |
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Describes an interesting migratable-thread MPI implementation built on top of Charm++ arrays. Also PPL paper 03-07. |
PDF (192K) |
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Parallel Objects: Virtualization and in-Process Components
2002/pohll |
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Summarizes basic philosophy and benefits of Charm++'s object virtualization approach. |
PDF (136K) |
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A Voxel-Based Parallel Collision Detection Algorithm
2002/collide |
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A more concise and intelligible version of my master's thesis. Also PPL paper 02-06. |
PDF (236K) |
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A Grid-Based Parallel Collision Detection Algorithm
2001/msthesis |
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A scalable 3D parallel collision detection algorithm based on a voxel grid represented using Charm++ array elements. Also PPL paper 01-05. |
PDF (1.2M) |
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Supporting Dynamic Parallel Object Arrays
2001/arrays |
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An excellent description of the migratable parallel objects that form the core of modern Charm++. Also PPL paper 01-01. |
PDF (100K) |
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Room Capacity Analysis Using a Pair of Evacuation Models
1999/mcm |
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Physical simulator of an emergency building evacuation, with simulated disc-people fleeing for the exits. This volume of the UMAP journal includes all the 'outstanding' entries from the 1999 international Mathematical Contest in Modeling (MCM). Also MCM project site. |
PDF (620K) |
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Automated DEM Production using ESA Tandem Mission Data for the Caribou-Poker Creek LTER Watershed, Alaska
1999/fringe |
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An experimental analysis of our SAR DEM generation tools. The tools are available from the Alaska Satellite Facility (ASF). |
PDF (144K) |
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Automated Digital Elevation Model (DEM) Production Using ERS SAR Tandem Pairs
1998/igarss |
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Describes automated techniques we developed for interferometric SAR processing. |
PDF not available |
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Repeat-Pass Satellite Interferometric Tools Available at the Alaska SAR Facility
1998/agu |
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Describes our publically-available tools for SAR processing and DEM generation. |
PDF not available |
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Pursuit-Evasion Games in the Late Cretaceous
1997/mcm |
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Our paper includes a physical simulation (by Orion Lawlor) and a statistical analysis (by Gordon Bower) of predator/prey chases. This journal volume includes all the 'outstanding' papers from the 1997 international Mathematical Contest in Modeling (MCM). We also won the SIAM outstanding paper award. |
PDF (132K) |
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Towards Operational Application of Satellite SAR Images in Hydrological Studies
1997/agu |
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Generation of Fine Resolution DEM at Test Areas in Alaska Using ERS Tandem Pairs and Precise Orbital Data
1997/agrs |
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Describes basic interferometric SAR technique and our results. Won best of Session Award on SAR Mapping, of 13 papers presented. |
PDF (632K) |
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