We devise and analyze illustrative examples of image processing tasks that show the capability of specifically quantum properties to afford enhanced performance inaccessible with classical processing. the quantum appr...
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ISBN:
(纸本)9783319942117;9783319942100
We devise and analyze illustrative examples of image processing tasks that show the capability of specifically quantum properties to afford enhanced performance inaccessible with classical processing. the quantum approaches here essentially demonstrate and exploit the possibility of parallelprocessing stemming from superposition of quantum states. the results illustrate the rich potential, yet largely to be explored, of quantum information and computation for image and signal processing.
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Zafari, AfshinUppsala Univ
Div Comp Sci Dept Informat Technol Lagerhyddsvagen 2 S-75237 Uppsala Sweden
Task based parallel programming has shown competitive outcomes in many aspects of parallel programming such as efficiency, performance, productivity and scalability. Different approaches are used by different software...
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ISBN:
(纸本)9783319780245;9783319780238
Task based parallel programming has shown competitive outcomes in many aspects of parallel programming such as efficiency, performance, productivity and scalability. Different approaches are used by different software development frameworks to provide these outcomes to the programmer, while making the underlying hardware architecture transparent to her. However, since programs are not portable between these frameworks, using one framework or the other is still a vital decision by the programmer whose concerns are expandability, adaptivity, maintainability and interoperability of the programs. In this work, we propose a unified programming interface that a programmer can use for working with different task based parallel frameworks transparently. In this approach we abstract the common concepts of task based parallel programming and provide them to the programmer in a single programming interface uniformly for all frameworks. We have tested the interface by running programs which implement matrix operations within frameworks that are optimized for shared and distributed memory architectures and accelerators, while the cooperation between frameworks is configured externally with no need to modify the programs. Further possible extensions of the interface and future potential research are also described.
With a focus on edge computing and the cloud, IoT and connected devices require both edge computing platform management for real-time decisions and cloud computing for optimization. From a business's perspective, ...
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ISBN:
(纸本)9781728126289
With a focus on edge computing and the cloud, IoT and connected devices require both edge computing platform management for real-time decisions and cloud computing for optimization. From a business's perspective, this requires further investments in keeping devices updated. Big players in edge computing have proposed new devices and concepts for industries, resulting in the likelihood of increasingly expensive devices going forward. However, small businesses and factories cannot afford such investments. thus, this paper proposes a simple and low-cost implementation of an edge computing platform for small businesses to automate their business in real time. Furthermore, having the perspective of historical performance enables real-time optimization of the entire business process.
Personal well-being studies have reported a strong positive relationship between happiness and productivity, determining the need of the Human Resource (HR) function to regularly monitor and maintain employee happines...
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ISBN:
(纸本)9783319603728;9783319603711
Personal well-being studies have reported a strong positive relationship between happiness and productivity, determining the need of the Human Resource (HR) function to regularly monitor and maintain employee happiness and satisfaction. However, lack of scientific precision in defining the term 'happiness' and inconsistency in its measurement have made this research area more challenging. the study proposes an automated detection technique that uses Natural Language processing (NLP), to offer the HR function an easy means of implementing a technique that enables constant monitoring of happiness levels, and leverages the data into a tool for evaluating the effectiveness of programs, policies, and practices. A case study is presented to demonstrate the framework's effectiveness.
the Nonnegative Matrix Factorization (NMF) approximates a large nonnegative matrix as a product of two significantly smaller nonnegative matrices. Because of the nonnegativity constraints, all existing methods for NMF...
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ISBN:
(纸本)9783319780245;9783319780238
the Nonnegative Matrix Factorization (NMF) approximates a large nonnegative matrix as a product of two significantly smaller nonnegative matrices. Because of the nonnegativity constraints, all existing methods for NMF are iterative. Newton-type methods promise good convergence rate and can also be parallelized very well because Newton iterations can be performed in parallel without exchanging data between processes. However, previous attempts have revealed problematic convergence behavior, limiting their efficiency. therefore, we combine KarushKuhn- Tucker (KKT) conditions and a reflective technique for constraint handling, take care of global convergence by backtracking line search, and apply a modified target function in order to satisfy KKT inequalities. By executing only few Newton iterations per outer iteration, the algorithm is turned into a so-called inexact method. Experiments show that this leads to faster convergence in the sequential as well as in the parallel case. Although shorter Newton phases increase the relative parallel communication overhead, speedups are still satisfactory.
the paper presents results of experimental work in the field of optimization of parallel, event-driven simulation via application of global state monitoring. Discrete event simulation is a well known technique used fo...
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(纸本)9783319780245;9783319780238
the paper presents results of experimental work in the field of optimization of parallel, event-driven simulation via application of global state monitoring. Discrete event simulation is a well known technique used for modelling and simulating complex parallel systems. parallel simulation employs multiple simulated event queues processed in parallel. Absence of proper synchronization between parallel queues can cause massive simulation rollbacks, which slow down the simulation process. We propose a new method for parallel simulation control with monitoring of global program states, which prevent excessive number of rollbacks. Every queue process reports its local progress to a global synchronizer which monitors the global simulation state as timestamps of recently processed events in distributed queues. Based on this state the synchronizer checks the progress of simulation and sends signals limiting progress in too advanced queues. this control is done asynchronously, and thus it has small time overheads in case of correct simulation order. the paper describes the proposed approach and the experimental results of its basic program implementation.
the focus of this article is to present Big Data analytics using Java and PCJ library. the PCJ library is an award-winning library for development of parallel codes using PGAS programming paradigm. the PCJ can be used...
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ISBN:
(纸本)9783319780542;9783319780535
the focus of this article is to present Big Data analytics using Java and PCJ library. the PCJ library is an award-winning library for development of parallel codes using PGAS programming paradigm. the PCJ can be used for easy implementation of the different algorithms, including ones used for Big Data processing. In this paper, we present performance results for standard benchmarks covering different types of applications from computational intensive, through traditional mapreduce up to communication intensive. the performance is compared to one achieved on the same hardware but using Hadoop. the PCJ implementation has been used with both local file system and HDFS. the code written withthe PCJ can be developed much faster as it requires a smaller number of libraries used. Our results show that applications developed withthe PCJ library are much faster compare to Hadoop implementation.
the work is devoted to GPU-based high performance realization of algorithm for wavelet phase synchronization. Wavelet phase coherence was applied for analyzing brain activity in states with different degrees of mental...
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the work is devoted to GPU-based high performance realization of algorithm for wavelet phase synchronization. Wavelet phase coherence was applied for analyzing brain activity in states with different degrees of mental and sensory attention. In the analysis of electroencephalographic correlates of mental states, as a rule the focus is on the analysis of the spectral power of a quasi-stationary EEG or task-related power of time-frequency EEG spectra. the analysis of the wavelet phase coherence provides additional information on the organization of brain activity, but requires more computing time. Fast implementation can simplify the use of this method in practice. (C) 2018the Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. this is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://***/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/) Peer-review under responsibility of the scientific committee of the 8th Annual internationalconference on Biologically Inspired Cognitive Architectures
A topology structure of the fault-tolerant parallel inverter applied to micro-grid has been proposed in this paper. In normal operation state, two parallel inverters run stably. the structure of the fault-tolerant inv...
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In this paper an overview of the problem of cybersecurity monitoring and analytics in HPC centers is performed from two intersecting points of view: challenges of assuring the necessary security level of HPC infrastru...
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ISBN:
(纸本)9783319780245;9783319780238
In this paper an overview of the problem of cybersecurity monitoring and analytics in HPC centers is performed from two intersecting points of view: challenges of assuring the necessary security level of HPC infrastructures themselves as well as new, not available earlier, opportunities to effectively analyze large volumes of heterogeneous data, facilitated by using large HPC clusters together with scalable analytic software. A major part of this paper is devoted to the most relevant methodologies and solutions that can be used by security analytics in order to at least partially face the challenge of analyzing large volumes of data potentially related with cyber-security events, in real-time or quasi-real-time. Particular solutions are considered in the context of their applicability in an HPC infrastructure. Relying on the results of experiments conducted within the SECOR project we have shown an approach of further development of the prepared architecture in HPC environment - within the confines of another R&D project, PROTECTIVE.
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