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Foil 43 What is the Problem?

From General NPAC Foils-B starting June97(PowerPoint) General Research -- June-December 97. by Geoffrey C. Fox


1 There are a set of related concepts
  • Interoperable interfaces: Similar/same user interface to all computers
  • Multidisciplinary Applications: Run linked programs on one or more computers
  • Metacomputing: Run one or more linked programs on a distributed system
2 How general should we be?
  • Only cover distributed modules as opposed to general distribution of data-parallel problems
3 Can commodity (web) technologies deliver needed performance today or in near future?
4 Can we agree on necessary standards/frameworks?

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