Building Domain-Specific Environments For Computational Science: A Case Study In Seismic Tomography (1996)
| Venue: | in Proc. Europar |
| Citations: | 11 - 3 self |
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@INPROCEEDINGS{Cuny96buildingdomain-specific,
author = {Janice E. Cuny and Robert Dunn and Steve T. Hackstadt and CHRISTOPHER HARROP and HAROLD HERSEY and ALLEN D. MALONY and Douglas and DOUGLAS R. TOOMEY},
title = {Building Domain-Specific Environments For Computational Science: A Case Study In Seismic Tomography},
booktitle = {in Proc. Europar},
year = {1996},
pages = {179--196}
}
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Abstract
. We report on our experiences in building a computational environment for tomographic image analysis for marine seismologists studying the structure and evolution of mid-ocean ridge volcanism. The computational environment is determined by an evolving set of requirements for this problem domain and includes needs for high-performance parallel computing, large data analysis, model visualization, and computation interaction and control. Although these needs are not unique in scientific computing, the integration of techniques for seismic tomography with tools for parallel computing and data analysis into a computational environment was (and continues to be) an interesting, important learning experience for researchers in both disciplines. For the geologists, the use of the environment led to fundamental geologic discoveries on the East Pacific Rise, the improvement of parallel ray tracing algorithms, and a better regard for the use of computational steering in aiding model convergence. ...
