• Efficient Parallel Numerical Solver for the Elastohydrodynamic Reynolds–Hertz Problem 

      Arenaz Silva, Manuel; Doallo, Ramón; Touriño, Juan; Regueiro, Carlos V. (Elsevier BV * North-Holland, 2001-12-01)
      [Abstract] This work presents a parallel version of a complex numerical algorithm for solving an elastohydrodynamic piezoviscous lubrication problem studied in tribology. The numerical algorithm combines regula falsi, fixed ...
    • A GIS-Embedded System to Support Land Consolidation Plans in Galicia. 

      Touriño, Juan; Parapar López, Jorge; Doallo, Ramón; Boullón, Marcos; Rivera, Francisco F.; Bruguera, Javier D. (Taylor & Francis, 2003-06)
      [Abstract] Land consolidation is a strategic instrument for rural planning and thus economic development in the Spanish region of Galicia. This paper describes an experimental system embedded in a GIS environment to aid ...
    • A middleware architecture for distributed systems management 

      Salceda, Jesús; Díaz, Iván; Touriño, Juan; Doallo, Ramón (Academic Press, 2004-06)
      [Abstract] This paper presents a middleware solution for global management of any kind of distributed system, such as networks of PCs/workstations, clusters or server farms. Our approach lies in an object-oriented software ...
    • A Grid Portal for an Undergraduate Parallel Programming Course 

      Touriño, Juan; Martín, María J.; Tarrío, Jacobo; Arenaz Silva, Manuel (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2005-08)
      [Abstract] This paper describes an experience of designing and implementing a portal to support transparent remote access to supercomputing facilities to students enrolled in an undergraduate parallel programming course. ...
    • Automated and accurate cache behavior analysis for codes with irregular access patterns 

      Andrade, Diego; Arenaz Silva, Manuel; Fraguela, Basilio B.; Touriño, Juan; Doallo, Ramón (John Wiley & Sons Ltd., 2007-04-03)
      [Abstract] The memory hierarchy plays an essential role in the performance of current computers, so good analysis tools that help in predicting and understanding its behavior are required. Analytical modeling is the ideal ...
    • XARK: an extensible framework for automatic recognition of computational kernels 

      Arenaz Silva, Manuel; Touriño, Juan; Doallo, Ramón (Association for Computing Machinery, 2008-10)
      [Abstract] The recognition of program constructs that are frequently used by software developers is a powerful mechanism for optimizing and parallelizing compilers to improve the performance of the object code. The development ...
    • A Heuristic Approach for the Automatic Insertion of Checkpoints in Message-Passing Codes 

      Rodríguez, Gabriel; Martín, María J.; González, Patricia; Touriño, Juan (Technische Universitaet Graz * Institut fuer Informationssysteme und Computer Medien,Graz University of Technology, Institute for Information Systems and Computer Media, 2009-08)
      [Abstract] Checkpointing tools may be typically implemented at two different abstraction levels: at the system level or at the application level. The latter has become a more popular alternative due to its flexibility and ...
    • CPPC: a compiler‐assisted tool for portable checkpointing of message‐passing applications 

      Rodríguez, Gabriel; Martín, María J.; González, Patricia; Touriño, Juan; Doallo, Ramón (John Wiley & Sons Ltd., 2010-11-19)
      [Abstract] With the evolution of high‐performance computing toward heterogeneous, massively parallel systems, parallel applications have developed new checkpoint and restart necessities. Whether due to a failure in the ...
    • Design of efficient Java message-passing collectives on multi-core clusters 

      López Taboada, Guillermo; Ramos Garea, Sabela; Touriño, Juan; Doallo, Ramón (Springer New York LLC, 2011-02)
      [Abstract] This paper presents a scalable and efficient Message-Passing in Java (MPJ) collective communication library for parallel computing on multi-core architectures. The continuous increase in the number of cores per ...
    • Analysis of Performance-impacting Factors on Checkpointing Frameworks: The CPPC Case Study 

      Rodríguez, Gabriel; Martín, María J.; Touriño, Juan; González, Patricia (Oxford University Press, 2011-11-01)
      [Abstract] This paper focuses on the performance evaluation of Compiler for Portable Checkpointing (CPPC), a tool for the checkpointing of parallel message-passing applications. Its performance and the factors that impact ...
    • Parallel Hierarchical Radiosity on Hybrid Platforms 

      Padrón, Emilio J.; Amor, Margarita; Bóo, Montserrat; Doallo, Ramón; Rodríguez, Gabriel (Springer Verlag, 2011-12)
      [Abstract] Achieving an efficient realistic illumination is an important aim of research in computer graphics. In this paper a new parallel global illumination method for hybrid systems based on the hierarchical radiosity ...
    • Device level communication libraries for high‐performance computing in Java 

      López Taboada, Guillermo; Touriño, Juan; Doallo, Ramón; Shafi, Aamir; Baker, Mark; Carpenter, Bryan (John Wiley & Sons Ltd., 2011-12-25)
      [Abstract] Since its release, the Java programming language has attracted considerable attention from the high‐performance computing (HPC) community because of its portability, high programming productivity, and built‐in ...
    • A multi-GPU shallow-water simulation with transport of contaminants 

      Viñas Buceta, Moisés; Lobeiras Blanco, Jacobo; Fraguela, Basilio B.; Arenaz Silva, Manuel; Amor, Margarita; García Rodríguez, José Antonio; Castro, M.J.; Doallo, Ramón (Wiley, 2012)
      [Abstract] This work presents cost-effective multi-graphics processing unit (GPU) parallel implementations of a finite-volume numerical scheme for solving pollutant transport problems in bidimensional domains. The fluid ...
    • Automatic mapping of parallel applications on multicore architectures using the Servet benchmark suite 

      González-Domínguez, Jorge; López Taboada, Guillermo; Fraguela, Basilio B.; Martín, María J.; Touriño, Juan (Pergamon Press, 2012-03)
      [Abstract] Servet is a suite of benchmarks focused on detecting a set of parameters with high influence on the overall performance of multicore systems. These parameters can be used for autotuning codes to increase their ...
    • F-MPJ: scalable Java message-passing communications on parallel systems 

      López Taboada, Guillermo; Touriño, Juan; Doallo, Ramón (Springer New York LLC, 2012-04)
      [Abstract] This paper presents F-MPJ (Fast MPJ), a scalable and efficient Message-Passing in Java (MPJ) communication middleware for parallel computing. The increasing interest in Java as the programming language of the ...
    • Design of scalable Java message-passing communications over InfiniBand 

      Expósito, Roberto R.; López Taboada, Guillermo; Touriño, Juan; Doallo, Ramón (Springer New York LLC, 2012-07)
      [Abstract] This paper presents ibvdev a scalable and efficient low-level Java message-passing communication device over InfiniBand. The continuous increase in the number of cores per processor underscores the need for ...
    • UPCBLAS: a library for parallel matrix computations in Unified Parallel C 

      González-Domínguez, Jorge; Martín, María J.; López Taboada, Guillermo; Touriño, Juan; Doallo, Ramón; Mallón, Damián A.; Wibecan, Brian (John Wiley & Sons Ltd., 2012-09-25)
      [Abstract] The popularity of Partitioned Global Address Space (PGAS) languages has increased during the last years thanks to their high programmability and performance through an efficient exploitation of data locality, ...
    • Rendering of Bézier Surfaces on Handheld Devices 

      Concheiro, Raquel; Amor, Margarita; Padrón, Emilio J.; Gil, Marisa; Martorell, Xavier (Vaclav Skala - Union Agency, 2013)
      [Abstract] Bézier surfaces have been widely employed in the designing of complex scenes with high-quality results. Nevertheless, parametric surfaces cannot be directly rendered in the current GPUs of modern handheld devices. ...
    • Self-Organized Multi-Camera Network for a Fast and Easy Deployment of Ubiquitous Robots in Unknown Environments 

      Canedo-Rodríguez, Adrián; Iglesias, Roberto; Regueiro, Carlos V.; Álvarez-Santos, Víctor; Pardo, Xosé Manuel (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2013)
      To bring cutting edge robotics from research centres to social environments, the robotics community must start providing affordable solutions: the costs must be reduced and the quality and usefulness of the robot services ...
    • Design and Implementation of an extended collectives library for unified Parallel C 

      Teijeiro Barjas, Carlos; López Taboada, Guillermo; Touriño, Juan; Doallo, Ramón; Mouriño, José C.; Mallón, Damián A.; Wibecan, Brian (Springer New York LLC, 2013)
      [Abstract] Unified Parallel C (UPC) is a parallel extension of ANSI C based on the Partitioned Global Address Space (PGAS) programming model, which provides a shared memory view that simplifies code development while it ...