TY - GEN
T1 - Simplified grid computing through spreadsheets and NetSolve
AU - Abramson, David
AU - Dongarra, Jack
AU - Meek, Eric
AU - Roe, Paul
AU - Shi, Zhiao
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - Grid computing has great potential but to enter the mainstream it must be simplified. Tools and libraries must make it easier to solve problems by being simpler and at the same time more sophisticated. In this paper we describe how Grid computing can be achieved through spreadsheets. No parallel programming or complex tools need to be used. So long as dependencies allow it, formulae in a spreadsheet can be evaluated concurrently on the Grid. Thus Grid computing becomes accessible to all those who can use a spreadsheet. The story is completed with a sophisticated backend system, NetSolve, which can solve complex linear algebra systems with minimal intervention from the user. In this paper we present the architecture of the system for performing such simple yet sophisticated grid computing and a case study which performs a large singular value decomposition.
AB - Grid computing has great potential but to enter the mainstream it must be simplified. Tools and libraries must make it easier to solve problems by being simpler and at the same time more sophisticated. In this paper we describe how Grid computing can be achieved through spreadsheets. No parallel programming or complex tools need to be used. So long as dependencies allow it, formulae in a spreadsheet can be evaluated concurrently on the Grid. Thus Grid computing becomes accessible to all those who can use a spreadsheet. The story is completed with a sophisticated backend system, NetSolve, which can solve complex linear algebra systems with minimal intervention from the user. In this paper we present the architecture of the system for performing such simple yet sophisticated grid computing and a case study which performs a large singular value decomposition.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=11244265973&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/HPCASIA.2004.1324012
DO - 10.1109/HPCASIA.2004.1324012
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:11244265973
SN - 076952138X
SN - 9780769521381
T3 - Proceedings - Seventh International Conference on High Performance Computing and Grid in Asia Pacific Region, HPCAsia 2004
SP - 19
EP - 24
BT - Proceedings - Seventh International Conference on High Performance Computing and Grid in Asia Pacific Region, HPCAsia 2004
T2 - Proceedings - Seventh International Conference on High Performance Computing and Grid in Asia Pacific Region, HPCAsia 2004
Y2 - 20 July 2004 through 22 July 2004
ER -