Description
Book SynopsisDeveloped in the context of science and engineering applications, with each abstraction motivated by and further honed by specific application needs, Charm++ is a production-quality system that runs on almost all parallel computers available. Parallel Science and Engineering Applications: The Charm++ Approach surveys a diverse and scalable collection of science and engineering applications, most of which are used regularly on supercomputers by scientists to further their research.
After a brief introduction to Charm++, the book presents several parallel CSE codes written in the Charm++ model, along with their underlying scientific and numerical formulations, explaining their parallelization strategies and parallel performance. These chapters demonstrate the versatility of Charm++ and its utility for a wide variety of applications, including molecular dynamics, cosmology, quantum chemistry, fracture simulations, agent-based simulations, and weather modeling.
Trade Review
"It succeeds perfectly and combines for the first time both Charm++ and significant application development in a single volume. It will provide a solid foundation for anyone who is considering using the most recent tools for developing applications for future ExascaIe platforms. I highly recommend this timely book for scientists and engineers." -Horst Simon, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and University of California, Berkeley
Table of Contents
The Charm++ Programming Model. Designing Charm++ Programs. Tools for Debugging and Performance Analysis. Scalable Molecular Dynamics with NAMD. OpenAtom: Ab initio Molecular Dynamics for Petascale Platforms. N-body Simulations with ChaNGa. Remote Visualization of Cosmological Data using Salsa. Improving Scalability of BRAMS: a Regional Weather Forecast Model. Crack Propagation Analysis with Automatic Load Balancing. Contagion Diffusion with EpiSimdemics.
