Advanced PVM Programming Tutorial

Presented by Al Geist

PVM Programming Model: Basic Features of the model
How PVM is designed
How PVM is being used
Comparison to MPI-1
Improving PVM Application Performance: Choosing pack and send options
Matching granularity of communication and algorithm
Load balancing
Adding Fault Tolerance: Virtual Machine Fault Tolerance
Application fault tolerance - using pvm_notify
Hiding PVM - embedded in applications
Using Signals safely
Building Interactive Applications: Multiplexing PVM with other communication
Writing event-driven programs
Using pvm_getfds
Debugging Tips: XPVM - tracing
Using Print statements
Using full featured debuggers
Customizing PVM - "Plug-ins": Making PVM extensible
Resource Manager interface
Hoster interface
Tasker interface
New PVM 3.4 Functions: Present the API and its functionality
Present some ways to use the new features
Incorporating the new functions into old codes
Users expand PVM's scope: PVM ported to WIN'95 and NT
CUMULVS - adding visualization and steering to PVM applications
PVMPI - allows applications to use features of both MPI and PVM
JavaPVM - allows Java applications to use PVM
Perl-PVM - Pearl extension to PVM
TkPVM - allows tcl/tk programs to use PVM
LispPVM - allows Lisp programs to use PVM

Last Modified July 2, 1996 by Geist