Contributions

The project has contributed the following to the principal discipline of the project:

• A new understanding of the value of oblivious algorithms in high-latency computing, specifically, out-of-core computing.

• Designs and implementations of fast, robust sorting algorithms that run on distributed-memory clusters.

• Designs and implementations of out-of-core programs for one-dimensional and multidimensional FFTs on distributed-memory clusters.

• A software infrastructure consisting of middleware that promotes the development of software that makes efficient use of resources in a high-latency environment.

The project has contributed the following to the development of human resources:

• Geeta Chaudhry received her Ph.D. from work on the project.

• Michael Ringenburg received his M.S. degree from work on the project.

• Elena Riccio Davidson and Wei Zhang are in the process of Ph.D. research work on the project.

• Lauren Baptist, Jeremy Fineman, Elizabeth Hamon, A. Cristina Maracine, Matthew Pearson, Brunn Roysden, Jessica Webster, and Tiffany Wong all completed senior honors thesis on the project.

• Clara Lee and Erica Lin coauthored an instructor's manual on the project.

• Finally, Thomas H. Cormen collaborated with and supervised all of the above, and he was promoted to full Professor, while working on the project.