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This project demonstrates the alacrity with which we master new technologies This project was a collaborative effort between Cray and Applied Technical Systems to determine the scalability of the ATS NdCore information retrieval system on the Cray XD1 and XT3 supercomputers. The NdCore concept analysis software, which was originally designed to run on a dual CPU Windows PC was initially to be migrated to a Beowulf cluster. The 32-node AMD Opteron cluster was built by Cray and featured a proprietary high-speed backplane.
Once the code was running on the Beowulf cluster projections were made to determine the further scalability of the new software on the XD1 and XT3 supercomputers. Brain Murmurs' Role 1. Review internal ATS documentation on NdCore and the CCM algorithm and supporting its data structures 2. Work with Cray scientists to migrate existing NdCore code from Windows to Linux. 3. Parallelize key parts of the ported NdCore system through the use of MPI, an industry standard set of libraries for industrial and scientific parallel computing 4. Learn and use literate programming and noweb without whining 5. Design and execute scripted test runs of the new code on the Beowulf cluster in order to efficiently test the system using a variety of different configuration parameters. 6. Performance data and analysis Related Technologies Information Retrieval C++ Network Programming MPI Mathematics Supercomputing Beowulf Clusters