GigaServer Publications

High Reliefs from 3D Scenes

S. Arpa, S. Süsstrunk, R.D. Hersch
Computer Graphics Forum 34(2) (Proc. EUROGRAPHICS 2015), 2015.
Abstract Full paper: PDF 29.59 MB

Dynamic Testing of Flow Graph Based Parallel Applications

B.Schaeli, R.D. Hersch
Proceedings of the 6th Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Systems: Testing, Analysis, and Debugging (PADTAD '08), article 2, ACM, 2008, pp. 1-10
Abstract Full paper: PDF 209.19 KB

Visual Debugging of MPI Applications

Schaeli, Ali Al-Shabibi, R.D. Hersch
Proc. of the 15th European PVM/MPI Users' Group Meeting (EuroPVM/MPI), Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) vol. 5205, A., 2008
Abstract Full paper: PDF 111.17 KB

A simulator for adaptive parallel applications

B.Schaeli, S. Gerlach, R.D. Hersch
Computer System Sciences, Vol. 74, Issue 6, 2008, pp 983-999
Abstract Full paper: PDF 266.58 KB

A Debugger for Flow Graph Based Parallel Applications

A. Al-Shabibi, S. Gerlach, R.D. Hersch, B. Schaeli
International Symposium on Software Testing and Analysis (ISSTA'07), Proc ACM Workdshop on Parallel and Distributed Systems: Testing and Debugging (PADTAD'07), 2007, pp. 14-20
Abstract Full paper: PDF 320 kb

Fault-Tolerant Parallel Applications with Dynamic Parallel Schedules: A Programmer’s Perspective

S. Gerlach, B. Schaeli, R.D. Hersch
Dependable Systems: Software, Computing, Networks, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) vol. 4028, J. Kohlas, B. Meyer and A. Schiper (Eds.), Springer Verlag, 2006, pp. 195-210
Abstract Full paper: PDF 310 kb

Towards an Intelligent GRID Scheduling System

R. Gruber, V. Keller, P. Kuonen, M.-C. Sawley, B. Schaeli, A. Tolou, M. Torruella, T-M. Tran
Proc. of 6th Int. Conf. PPAM 2005, Poznan, Poland, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 3911, Springer, 2006, pp. 751-757
Abstract Full paper: PDF 204 kb

Decomposing Partial Order Execution Graphs to Improve Message Race Detection

B. Schaeli, S. Gerlach, R.D. Hersch
21st International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS’07); 12th International Workshop on High-Level Parallel Programming Models and Supportive Environments; (HIPS-ToPMoDRS), March 26-30, Long Beach, USA, 2007, pp. 1-8
Abstract Full paper: PDF 204 kb

Issues in petabyte data indexing, retrieval and analysis

S. Ponce
Ph.D. dissertation by Sébastien Ponce, under the supervision of Prof. Roger D. Hersch, Thesis No 3562 presented at the School of Computer & Communication Sciences, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, July 2006
Abstract Full paper: PDF 0.91 MB

Surface extraction and flattening for anatomical visualization

L. Saroul
Ph.D. dissertation by Laurent Saroul, under the supervision of Prof. Roger D. Hersch, Thesis No 3575 presented at the School of Computer & Communication Sciences, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, July 2006
Abstract Full paper: PDF 8 MB

Scheduling Data Intensive Particle Physics Analysis Jobs on Clusters of PCs

S.Ponce, R.D. Hersch
International Journal of Computational Science and Engineering (IJCSE)
Abstract Full paper: PDF 268 kb

A simulator for parallel applications with dynamically varying compute node allocation

B. Schaeli, S. Gerlach, R.D. Hersch
20th International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS); 5th International Workshop on Performance Modeling, Evaluation, and Optimization of Parallel and Distributed Systems (PMEO-PDS'06), April 25-29, Rhodes Island, Greece, 2006
Abstract Full paper: PDF 470 kb

Distance Preserving Flattening of Surface Sections

L. Saroul, O. Figueiredo, and R.D. Hersch
IEEE Trans. on Visualization and Computer Graphics, Vol. 12, No. 1, 2006, pp. 26-35
Abstract Full paper: PDF 2.56 Mb

Fault-tolerant Parallel Applications with Dynamic Parallel Schedules

S. Gerlach, R.D. Hersch
19th International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS), 10th IEEE Workshop on Dependable Parallel, Distributed and Network-Centric Systems (DPDNS'05), April 4-8, Denver CO, USA, 2005, p. 278b
Abstract Full paper: PDF 208 KB

Parallelization and scheduling of data intensive particle physics analysis jobs on clusters of PCs

S. Ponce, R.D. Hersch
Proc. 18th International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS), April 26-30, 2004, IEEE Press, 233-242,
Abstract Full paper: PDF 1.21 Mb

Exploring Curved Anatomic Structures with Surface Sections

L. Saroul, S. Gerlach, R.D. Hersch
IEEE Visualization 2003, October 19-24, 2003, Seattle, Washington, USA, 27-34
Abstract Full paper: PDF 412 KB

DPS - Dynamic Parallel Schedules

S. Gerlach, R.D. Hersch
Proc. of 8th Int’l Workshop on High-Level Parallel Programming Models and Supportive Environments (HIPS 2003), 17th International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS), April 22-26, Nice, France, 2003, IEEE Press, 15-24
Abstract Full paper: PDF 148 KB

Parallel Unfolding and Visualization of Curved Surfaces Extracted from Large 3D Volumes

O. Figueiredo, R.D. Hersch
Journal of Electronic Imaging, Vol 11, No. 4, Oct. 2002, 423-433
Abstract Full paper: PDF 864 KB

Parallel file striping on optical jukebox servers

J. Tarraga, R.D. Hersch
Proc. 2002 IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo, Vol. 2 , 2002, 173-176
Abstract Full paper: PDF 369 KB

Building 3D anatomical scenes on the Web

F. Evesque, S. Gerlach, R.D. Hersch
Journal of Visualization and Computer Animation, J. Wiley, Vol 13, 2002, 43-52
Abstract Full paper: PDF 792 KB

Indexing and selection of data items in huge data sets by constructing and accessing tag collections

S. Ponce, P.M. Vila, R.D. Hersch
Proc. 19th IEEE Symposium on Mass Storage Systems & Tenth Goddard Conf. on Mass Storage Systems and Technologies, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA, April 2002, 181-192
Abstract Full paper: PDF 310 KB

A Real-Time Navigator for the Visible Human

S. Gerlach and R.D. Hersch
IEEE Internet Computing, Vol. 6, No 2, March-April 2002, 27-33
Abstract Full paper: PDF 1.31 MB

Two Approaches for Applet-based Visible Human Slice Extraction

S. Gerlach, R.D. Hersch
Internet Imaging III, Proc. SPIE Vol 4672, San Jose, 21-23 January 2002, 10-19
Abstract Full paper: PDF 80 KB

Computer-Aided Parallelization of Applications

M. Mazzariol
Ph.D. dissertation by Marc Mazzariol, under the supervision of Prof. Roger D. Hersch, Thesis No 2431 presented at the Computer Science Department, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, July 2001
Abstract Full paper: PDF 5.4 MB

Teraserver: A Scalable Terabyte Continuous Media Server

J. Tárraga Giménez
Ph.D. dissertation by Joaquín Tárraga Giménez, under the supervision of Prof. Roger D. Hersch, Thesis No 2415 presented at the Computer Science Department, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, July 2001
Abstract Full paper: PDF 5.4 MB

The Visible Human Slice Sequence Animation Web Server

J.-C. Bessaud, R.D. Hersch
The Third Visible Human Project Conference Proceedings, Bethesda, Maryland, 5&6 October 2000
Abstract Full paper: PDF 1.0 MB

The Real-Time Interactive Visible Human Navigator

S. Gerlach, R.D. Hersch
The Third Visible Human Project Conference Proceedings, Bethesda, Maryland, 5&6 October 2000
Abstract Full paper: PDF 2.0 MB

SFIO a striped file I/O library for MPI

E. Gabrielyan, R.D. Hersch
Submitted to the 18th IEEE Symposium on Mass Storage Systems and 9th NASA Goddard Conference on Mass Storage Systems and Technologies on April 17-20, 2001
Abstract Full paper: PDF 310 KB

Parallel Computation of Radio Listening Rates

M. Mazzariol, B. Gennart, R.D. Hersch, M. Gomez, P. Balsiger, F. Pellandini, M. Leder, D. Wüthrich, J. Feitknecht
Proc. SPIE Conference, Volume 4118, Parallel and Distributed Methods for Image Processing IV, 30 July 2000, San Diego, USA, 146-153
Abstract Full paper: PDF 129 KB

Dynamic load balancing of parallel cellular automata

M. Mazzariol, B. Gennart, R.D. Hersch
Proc. SPIE Conference, Parallel and Distributed Methods for Image Processing IV, 30 July 2000, San Diego, USA, Volume 4118, 21-29
Abstract Full paper: PDF 209 KB

SFIO, Parallel File Striping for MPI-I/O

E. Gabrielyan
EPFL Supercomputing Review
Abstract Full paper: PDF 175 KB

The Visible Human Slice Web Server: A first Assessment

R.D. Hersch, B. Gennart, O. Figueiredo, M. Mazzariol, J. Tarraga, S. Vetsch, V. Messerli, R. Welz, L. Bidaut
Proc. IS&T/SPIE Conference on Internet Imaging, San Jose, USA, Jan. 2000, SPIE Vol. 3964, 253-258
Abstract Full paper: PDF 1.4 MB

Parallelization of Continuous Media Applications: the 4D Beating Heart Slice Server

J. Tarraga, V. Messerli, O. Figueiredo, B. Gennart, R.D. Hersch
Proc. ACM Multimedia, Orlando, USA, 1999, 431-441
Abstract Full paper: PDF 600 KB

Computer-Aided Synthesis of Parallel Image Processing Applications

B. Gennart, R.D. Hersch
Proc. Conf. Parallel and Distributed Methods for Image Processing III, SPIE International Symposium on Optical Science, Engineering and Instrumentation, Denver, USA, July 1999, SPIE Vol. 3817, 48-61
Abstract Full paper: PDF 874 KB

Parallelizing I/O intensive Image Access and Processing Applications

V. Messerli, O. Figueiredo, B. Gennart, R.D. Hersch
IEEE Concurrency, Vol. 7, No. 2, April-June 1999, 28-37
Abstract Full paper: PDF 1.7 MB

A Parallel PC-based Visible Human Slice WEB Server

S. Vetsch, V. Messerli, O. Figueiredo, B. Gennart, R. D. Hersch, L. Bovisi, R. Welz, L. Bidaut
Proceedings of the Second Visible Human Project Conference, October 1-2, 1998, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/visible/
Abstract Full paper: PDF 928 KB

Program Parallelization with CAP : A Tutorial

B. Gennart, R.D. Hersch
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, EPFL-DI/LSP
Abstract Full paper: PDF 200KB

Parallel Striping, Design Trade-Offs

R.D. Hersch, B. Gennart
Talk given at SOS workshop, in Villard, Switzerland, 23rd of March, 1999
Abstract Full paper: PDF 380KB

Tools for Parallel I/O and Compute Intensive Applications

V. Messerli
Ph.D. dissertation by Vincent Messerli, under the supervision of Prof. Roger D. Hersch, Thesis No 1915 presented at the Computer Science Department, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, July 2001
Abstract Full paper: PDF 29.9 MB

Synthesizing Parallel Imaging Applications using the CAP Computer-Aided Parallelization tool

B.A. Gennart, M. Mazzariol, V. Messerli, R.D. Hersch
IS&T/SPIE's 10th Annual Symposium, Electronic Imaging'98, Storage & Retrieval for Image and Video Databases VI. San Jose, California, Paper 3312-28, 446-458
Abstract Full paper: PDF 387 KB

Performance of CAP-specified linear algebra algorithms

M. Mazzariol, B.A. Gennart, V. Messerli, R.D. Hersch
EuroPVM-MPI'97 , Krakow, Poland, November 97, LNCS 1332, 351-358
Abstract Full paper: PDF 199 KB

Performances of the PS² Parallel Storage and Processing System for Tomographic Image Visualization

V. Messerli, B. Gennart, R.D. Hersch
Proc. 1997 Int'l Conference on Parallel and Distributed Systems, Seoul, Korea, Dec. 1997, 514-522
Abstract Full paper: PDF 124 KB

Performances of Multiprocessor Multidisk Architectures for Continuous Media Storage

B.A. Gennart, V. Messerli, R.D. Hersch
In Proc. Storage and Retrieval for Still Image and Video Databases IV, 1-2 February 1996, San Jose, USA, SPIE Proc. 2670, 286-299
Abstract Full paper: Acrobat PDF 185 KB

Performance of a Multiprocessor Multidisk CD-ROM Image Server

R. Muralt, B.A. Gennart, B. Krummenacher, R.D. Hersch
In Proc. Int. Conf. Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications, Sunnyvale, USA, Aug. 9-11, 1996, 902-913
Abstract Full paper: Acrobat PDF 283 KB

Geographical Information System Application of Multiprocessor Multidisk Image Servers

B. Gennart and R.D. Hersch
In Parallel Computing: State-of-the-Art and Perspectives. E.H. D'Hollander, G.R. Joubert, F.J. Peters and D. Trystram, 1996, Elsevier Science B.V. Proc. ParCo'95, Sept. 19-22 1995, Gent, 609-612
Abstract Full paper: Acrobat PDF 11 KB

A Probabilistic Multi-Cycle Model for Serving Continuous Streams from Disks

F. Deppner, B. Gennart, R.D. Hersch
Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. on Multimedia Computing and Systems, June 1996, Hiroshima, 612-617
Abstract Full paper: Acrobat PDF 83 KB

Introduction to CAP : A language extension for the specification of pipelined parallel applications

B.A. Gennart and R.D. Hersch
Internal Report
Abstract Full paper: PDF 60 KB

Computer-Assisted Generation of PVM/C++ Programs Using CAP

B.A. Gennart, J. Tárraga and R.D. Hersch
Proceedings of EuroPVM-96, LNCS 1156 Münich, Oct. 1996, 259-269
Abstract Full paper: PDF 84 KB

Communication Costs of Parallel Volume Rendering of Large Images on a Network Of Workstations

O. Figueiredo, B.A. Gennart, R.D. Hersch
"Worstations und ihre Anwendungen", Proceedings of the SIWORK'96 Workshop, Zürich May 14-15 1996, 185-194
Abstract Full paper: PDF 172 KB

Comparing Multimedia Storage Architectures

B.A. Gennart, R.D. Hersch
Proc. Int'l Conf. on Multimedia Computing and Systems IEEE Press, Washington, USA, 1995, 323-329
Abstract Full paper: PDF 208 KB

The GigaView Multiprocessor Multidisk Image Server

B.A. Gennart
Proc. priority Program Informatics Research, Information Conference Module 3, Massively Parallel Systems, November 1994, Swiss National Science Fund, Zurich, 11-20
Abstract Full paper: PDF 311 KB

GigaView Parallel Image Server Performance Analysis

B.A. Gennart, B. Krummenacher, L. Landron, R.D. Hersch
Proc. The World Transputer Congress, Sept. 1994, in DeGloria et al. editor, 120-135
Abstract Full paper: PDF 54 KB

Multimedia Performance Behavior of the GigaView Parallel Image Server

B.A. Gennart, R.D. Hersch
Proceedings 13th IEEE Symposium on Mass Storage Systems, Annecy France, June 1994, IEEE Computer Science Society Press, 90-98
Abstract Full paper: PDF 171 KB

Parallel Storage and Retrieval of Pixmap Images

R.D. Hersch
12th IEEE Symposium on Mass Storage Systems, Montherey CA, April 1993, Digest of papers, IEEE Computer Science Society Press, 221-226
Abstract Full paper: PDF 452 KB

Multiprocessor Raster Plotting

R.D. Hersch, P. Desmartines, D.G. Fridman, J.-M. Aberle, P. Pisan, A. Decurnex and R. Rogner
IEEE Computer Graphics & Applications, Vol. 12, No. 4, July 1992, 79-87
Abstract Full paper: PDF 912 KB

The Video-Ram Multiprocessor Architecture

R.D. Hersch, F. Maddaleno, C. Nicks, M. Bürki,
Proceedings Euromicro 88, Zürich, (Winter, Schumny, Eds.), Elsevier Science Publ., 1988, 503-510
Abstract Full paper: PDF 476 KB