Multicore Computing ─ Algorithms, Architectures, and Applications

A landmark in the field, this handbook addresses the challenges that arise with the adoption of new processors into all types of computing devices and machines, from cell phones to super computers. The book focuses on the foundations of multi and many-core microprocessor computing as well as recent advances in the areas of architecture, algorithms, programming, optimization, and applications. Applications covered within the book include data mining, scientific applications, information retrieval, and bioinformatics.

Sanguthevar Rajasekaran is the UTC Chair Professor of Computer Science and Engineering and director of the Booth Engineering Center for Advanced Technologies at the University of Connecticut. He received a Ph.D. in computer science from Harvard University. He is a fellow of the IEEE and the AAAS and an elected member of the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering. His research interests include bioinformatics, parallel algorithms, data mining, randomized computing, computer simulations, and combinatorial optimization.

Lance Fiondella is an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. He received a Ph.D. in computer science and engineering from the University of Connecticut. His research interests include algorithms, reliability engineering, and risk analysis.

Mohamed Ahmed is a program manager at Microsoft Windows Azure Mobile. He received a PhD in computer science and engineering from the University of Connecticut. His research interests include multi/many-cores technologies, high-performance computing, parallel programming, cloud computing, and GPU programming.

Reda A. Ammar is a professor and the head of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Connecticut. He received a PhD in computer science from the University of Connecticut. He is the president of the International Society of Computers and Their Applications and editor-in-chief of the International Journal on Computers and Their Applications. His primary research interests encompass distributed and high-performance computing and real-time systems.