PERI Survey
Introduction
PERI is now conducting an on-line survey is to determine the
performance needs and goals of the application projects. The
survey is located
at http://icl.cs.utk.edu/peri. If
you are leading an application that needs performance help,
please take 30 minutes and fill it out!
Description
The SciDAC Performance Engineering Research Institute has three
main thrusts:
- application modeling and performance prediction;
- automated performance tuning; and
- direct engagement with SciDAC application projects.
The initial PERI engagement activity was a survey of the SciDAC
application teams. The primary goal of the survey is to capture
information that can be used to guide the other application engagement
activities, ensuring that realistic SciDAC performance priorities are
met. The survey consists of three main sections: project contact
information, performance issues, and code characteristics and
structure. The code characteristics and structure are essential for
designing automated performance tuning support. In addition, they can
shape the form of performance models. Finally, characteristics common
across many of the applications, such as the use LAPACK, indicate
opportunities to improve performance of many applications with one
focused effort.
Related material
- Poster presented at SciDAC 2007 conference
