Contents

• List of Tables
• List of Figures
• Introduction
  • Issues
    • Approaches to Parallelism in Java
    • Communication in Java
  • Research Objectives
  • Organization of the Thesis
  • Acknowledgements
  
  
• Java for Parallel Programming
  • Java for Scientific Computing
  • Communication in Parallel Programming
    • Java Sockets
    • Java RMI
    • Message Passing Libraries in Java
  • Parallel Computing Environments for Java
    • JavaParty
    • Javelin
    • Efficient RMI and Object Serialization
    • Other Systems
  
  
• HPJava: A Java Environment for SPMD Programming
  • Motivation
  • HPspmd Language Extensions
  • Integration of High-Level and Low-Level Libraries
  • The HPJava Language
  • MPI Programming in HPJava
  • Discussion
  
  
• mpiJava: An Object-Oriented Java Interface to MPI
  • Motivation
  • Introduction to the mpiJava API
    • Language Binding
    • Derived Datatype vs Object Serialization
  • mpiJava Implementations
    • UNIX Platforms
    • PC Platforms
    • Functionality Tests
  • Simple Communications Performance Measurement
    • PingPong Communications Performance Tests
    • Message Startup Latencies
    • Results in Shared Memory Mode (Figure 4.4)
    • Results in Distributed Memory Mode (Figure 4.5)
  • Discussion
  
  
• Object Serialization for Marshalling Data
  • Motivation
  • Datatypes in an MPI-like API for Java
  • Adding Serialization to the API
  • Benchmark Results for Multidimensional Arrays
  • Reducing Serialization Overheads for Arrays
  • Discussion
  
  
• Applications and Performance
  • Parallel Random Number Generator
  • Monte Carlo Simulations of Spin Models
    • The Potts Model
    • The Metropolis Algorithm
    • The Swendsen-Wang Cluster Algorithm
  • Graphical Simulation
  • Ising Model Evaluation
  
  
• Conclusion and Future Work
  • Conclusion
  • Contributions
  • Future Work
    • HPJava
    • mpiJava
    • The Task and Data-parallel Cluster Algorithms
  
  
• Bibliography