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Title |
Prophesy: Analysis and Modeling of Parallel and
Distributed Applications
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Speaker
E-mail
From
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Valerie E. Taylor
taylor@cs.tamu.edu
Dept. of Computer Science
Texas A&M University
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Date
Time
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Monday, September 8, 2002
2-3pm (PST)
Bldg. 921, Room 137 (Sandia - CA)
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Abstract |
Efficient execution of applications requires insight into how
the system features impact the performance of the
application. This insight generally results from significant
experimental analysis and possibly the development of
performance models. Prophesy, is a system that focuses on the
performance analysis and modeling of parallel and distributed
applications. Prophesy includes three major components:
automatic instrumentation, databases for archiving performance
data, and a model builder. The model builder can use one of
three techniques (curve fitting, parameterization, or coupling)
to develop performance models. This talk will describe the
Prophesy system and include some examples to demonstrate the use
of Prophesy.
This is a joint project with Rick Stevens at Argonne National
Laboratory. The project is sponsored in part by NSF and NASA Ames.
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About the Speaker |
Valerie E. Taylor earned her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and
Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley, in
1991. From 1991-2002, Dr. Taylor was a member of the faculty of
Northwestern University. Dr. Taylor has since joined the
faculty of Texas A&M University as Head of the Dwight Look
College of Engineering's Department of Computer Science and
holder of the Stewart & Stevenson Professorship II. Her research
interests are in the areas of computer architecture and high
performance computing, with particular emphasis on mesh
partitioning for distributed systems and the performance of
parallel and distributed applications. She has authored or
co-authored over 70 publications in these areas. Dr. Taylor has
received numerous awards for distinguished leadership and
research.
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| Host/POC |
Monica Martinez-Canales, (925)294-3157, mmarti7@sandia.gov
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