Simplified grid computing through spreadsheets and NetSolve

David Abramson, Jack Dongarra, Eric Meek, Paul Roe, Zhiao Shi

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Abstract

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.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - Seventh International Conference on High Performance Computing and Grid in Asia Pacific Region, HPCAsia 2004
Pages19-24
Number of pages6
DOIs
StatePublished - 2004
Externally publishedYes
EventProceedings - Seventh International Conference on High Performance Computing and Grid in Asia Pacific Region, HPCAsia 2004 - Tokyo, Japan
Duration: Jul 20 2004Jul 22 2004

Publication series

NameProceedings - Seventh International Conference on High Performance Computing and Grid in Asia Pacific Region, HPCAsia 2004

Conference

ConferenceProceedings - Seventh International Conference on High Performance Computing and Grid in Asia Pacific Region, HPCAsia 2004
Country/TerritoryJapan
CityTokyo
Period07/20/0407/22/04

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