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Pending and Granted
Patents
US Pat No.6,996,517, E. Papaefstathiou "A Performance Technology Infrastructure for
Modeling the Performance of Computer Systems".
US Pat No.6,925,431, A Method and System for Predicting
Communication Delays of Detailed Application Workloads.
Late Binding Of Resource
Allocation In A Performance Simulation Infrastructure.
Evaluating Hardware
Models Having Resource Contention. Action Based Services in a Performance
Simulation Infrastructure.
US Pat No.7,107,191,
Modular Architecture for Optimizing a Configuration of a Computer
System. Late Binding Of Resource Allocation in a
Performance Simulation Infrastructure.
Evaluating Hardware Models Having Resource Contention
Automatic Validation and Calibration of Transaction-Based
Performance Models To Reflect Actual Computer System Performance
Automatic configuration of Transaction-Based Performance Models
to reflect actual computer system deployments
Generating Static Performance Modeling Factors in a Deployed
System
Model-Based Capacity Planning
Preconditioning for Stochastic Simulation of Computer System
Performance
Prescriptive Architecture Recommendations
Systems and Methods for Device Simulation
Methods for Managing Capacity Consolidation Report and
Deployment Based on Workload Characterization Simulation of
Connected Devices Detecting Computer System Simulation
Errors Simulation of Distributed Networks Dynamic
Transaction Generation Model-Based Policy Appication Publications
S. Rosaria, E. Papaefstathiou, and G. LaVigne, Model Validation
of Distributed Workloads: Exchange 2003 Pre-deployment Sizing Case
Study, Journal of Computer Resource
Management, Winter 2006 Edition [pdf].
S. Rosaria, E. Papaefstathiou, G. LaVigne, Pre-Deployment Sizing
Made Easy: Exchange 2003 Case Study, 21st UKCMG Annual Conference,
Warwick, UK, June 16-28, 2006. D. Stewart, E. Papaefstathiou, and J. Hardwick, An Optimization
Framework for Web Farm Configurations, 3rd ACM
International Workshop on Software and Performance (WOSP 2002),
Italy, Rome, July 2002.
J.C. Hardwick, E. Papaefstathiou, and D. Guimbellot, Modeling the
Performance of E-Commerce Sites, Journal of Computer Resource
Management, Winter 2002 Edition.
A.M. Alkindi, D.J. Kerbyson, G.R. Nudd, and E. Papaefstathiou,
Optimisation of Application Execution on Dynamic Systems, Future
Generation Computer Systems, Vol.17(8) (Elsevier Science), June
2001, pp. 941-949.
E. Papaefstathiou, Predicting Communication
Bottlenecks, Dr. Dobbs Journal , April 2001, pp.
58-66.
E. Papaefstathiou, Design of Performance
Technology Infrastructure to Support the Construction of Responsive
Software, in: Proc of 2nd ACM Inter. Workshop on Software and
Performance (WOSP 2000), Ottawa, Canada, September 2000, pp.
96-104.
D.J.
Kerbyson, J.S. Harper, E. Papaefstathiou, G.R. Nudd, Use of
Performance Technology for the Management of Distributed Systems,
in: A. Bode, T. Ludwig, W. Karl, R. Wismller
(eds.), 6th International Euro-Par Conference (Euro-Par
2000), Lecture Notes in Computer Science 1900, Springer
Verlag, August 2000, pp.149-159.
G.R. Nudd, D.J. Kerbyson,
E. Papaefstathiou, J.S. Harper, S.C. Perry, and D.V. Wilcox, PACE: A
Toolset for the Performance Prediction of Parallel & Distributed
Systems, in: International Journal of High Performance
Computing Applications, Special Issue on Performance Engineered
Systems, Vol 14 (4) (Sage Science Press), Fall 2000, pp.
228-251.
E. Papaefstathiou and D.J. Kerbyson,
Predicting Communication Delays of Detailed Application
Workloads, in: Proc. of ISCA 13th International Conference
on Parallel and Distributed Computing Systems, Las Vegas,
Nevada, August 8-10, 2000, pp. 131-138.
A.M. Alkindi, D.J. Kerbyson, E.
Papaefstathiou, and G.R. Nudd, Optimising Application Execution
Using Dynamic Performance Prediction, In: M. Bubak, H. Afsarmanesh,
R. Williams, and B. Hertzberger (eds.), High Performance
Computing and Networking (HPCN-2000) , Lecture Notes in Computer
Science 1823, Springer Verlag, May 2000.
S.C. Perry, R.H. Grimwood, D.J. Kerbyson, E.
Papaefstathiou, G.R. Nudd, Performance Optimization of Financial
Option Calculations, Parallel Computing, Vol 26 (5), pp.
623-639, March 2000.
J. Cao, D.J. Kerbyson, E. Papaefstathiou, G.R.
Nudd, Parallel and Distributed Computing Using PACE, in: IEEE
International Performance Computing and Communications Conference
(IPCCC-2000), Phoenix, USA, February 2000.
A.
Veglis, A. Pombortsis, E. Papaefstathiou, Performance Evaluation of
a Bus Based Multistage Multiprocessor Architecture, Journal of
Systems Architecture, 46 (2000), pp. 39-47.
J. Cao, D.J. Kerbyson, E.
Papaefstathiou, G.R. Nudd, Modelling of ASCI High Performance
Applications using PACE, In: Proc. UK Performance Engineering
Workshop (UKPEW'99), Bristol, pp. 413-424, July
1999.
G.R. Nudd, D.J. Kerbyson, E. Papaefstathiou,
S.C. Perry, J.S. Harper, D.V. Wilcox, Use of Performance Technology
for the Management of Distributed Systems, in: Proc. of
EuroPar'99 Eurotools Workshop, Amsterdam, 1999.
D.J. Kerbyson, E.
Papaefstathiou, and G.R. Nudd, Application Execution Steering Using
On-the-fly Performance Prediction, In: P. Sloot, M. Bubak, and B.
Hertzberger (eds.), High Performance Computing and Networking
(HPCN-1998), Lecture Notes in Computer Science 1401, Springer
Verlag, 1998.
D.J. Kerbyson, E.
Papaefstathiou, J.S. Harper, S.C. Perry, and G.R. Nudd, Is
Predictive Tracing Too Late for HPC Users?, In: R.J. Allan, A.
Simpson, and D.A. Nicole (eds.), High Performance Computing,
Plenum Press, 1998.
E. Papaefstathiou, D.J. Kerbyson, G.R. Nudd,
J.S. Harper, S.C. Perry, and D.V. Wilcox, A Performance Analysis
Environment for Life, in: 2nd ACM SIGMETRICS Symposium on
Parallel and Distributed Tools, Oregon, USA (August
1998).
E. Papaefstathiou, D.J. Kerbyson, G.R. Nudd,
D.V. Wilcox, J.S. Harper, S.C. Perry, A Common Workload Interface
for Performance Prediction of High Performance Systems, in:
Workshop on Performance Analysis and its Impact on Design
(PAID98), Barcelona, Spain (June 1998).
E. Papaefstathiou, D.J. Kerbyson, G.R. Nudd,
T.J. Atherton, A Mathematica pre-processor for performance analysis
of parallel systems, in: V. Keranen and P. Mitic, eds.,
Mathematics with Vision, Southampton, U.K. (1995) pp.
283-290.
E. Papaefstathiou, D.J. Kerbyson, G.R. Nudd,
T.J. Atherton, An overview of the CHIP3S performance prediction
toolset for parallel systems, in: 8th ISCA Inter. Conf. on
Parallel and Distributed Computing Systems, Florida, U.S.A.
(1995) pp. 527-533.
E. Papaefstathiou, D.J. Kerbyson, and G.R.
Nudd, A layered approach to parallel software performance
prediction: A case study, in: L. Dekker, W. Smit, and J.C.
Zuidervaart, eds., Massively Parallel Processing Applications and
Development (North-Holland, Amsterdam, 1994).
M.J. Zemerly, D.J. Kerbyson, E.
Papaefstathiou, R. Ziani, Y. Papay, T.J. Atherton, G.R. Nudd,
Characterising computational kernels to predict performance on
parallel systems, in: A.D. Gloria, M.R. Jane, and D. Marini, eds.,
Transputer Applications and Systems '94 (IOS Press,
Amsterdam, 1994) 105-119.
A. Pombortsis, E.
Papaefstathiou, A. Veglis, and G.R. Nudd, PASE: A performance
analysis simulation environment, Simulation Practice and
Theory (1994) 43-59.
G.R. Nudd, T.J. Atherton, D.J. Kerbyson,
C.T. Clarke, Y. Papay, E. Papaefstathiou, R. Ziani, J. Zemerly,
Assessing the Performance of Parallel Computers - PEPS (ESPRIT
6942), In: Proc. of the 2nd Workshop on Abstract Machine Models
for Highly Parallel Computers, University of Leeds, April 1993.
G.R. Nudd, T.J. Atherton, D.J. Kerbyson, E.
Papaefstathiou, Y. Papay, M.J. Zemerly, R. Ziani, Parallel
Computers: The Performance Quest, In: Proc of Developing
Parallel Engineering Applications, SERC EASE, Abingdon, UK, pp.
29-32, February 1993.
M.J. Zemerly, E. Papaefstathiou, T.J.
Atherton, D.J. Kerbyson, and G.R. Nudd, Characterising computational
kernels: A case study, in: Proc. of the Performance Evaluation of
Parallel Systems Workshop (PEPS 93), Coventry, U.K. (1993)
231-237.
G.R. Nudd, E. Papaefstathiou, Y. Papay, T.J.
Atherton, C.T. Clarke, D.J. Kerbyson, A.F. Stratton, R.Ziani, and
M.J. Zemerly, A layered approach to the characterisation of parallel
systems for performance prediction, in: Proc. of the Performance
Evaluation of Parallel Systems Workshop (PEPS 93), Coventry,
U.K. (1993) 26-34.
A. Pombortsis and E. Papaefstathiou, A network
simulator for parallel distributed processing systems, in: 2nd
International Seminar on Teletraffic & Computer Modelling,
Moscow, USSR (1989) 48-56.
A. Pombortsis and E. Papaefstathiou, ANISOL: A
language to describe network topologies and processing environments
in: Proc. of the 2nd Hellenic Conference of Informatics,
Thessaloniki, Greece (1988) 269-291.
Theses, reports and
deliverables
Technical Reports
E. Papaefstathiou, D.J.
Kerbyson, G.R. Nudd, T.J. Atherton, J.S. Harper, An Introduction to
the Layered Characterisation for High Performance Systems, Research
Report RR335, Department of Computer Science, University of Warwick,
December 1997.
E. Papaefstathiou, D.J. Kerbyson, G.R. Nudd,
T.J. Atherton, An introduction to the CHIP3S language for
characterising parallel systems in performance studies, Research
Report 280, Department of Computer Science, University of Warwick,
Coventry, U.K. (1995).
E. Papaefstathiou, D.J. Kerbyson, G.R. Nudd,
and T.J. Atherton, An analysis of processor resource models for use
in performance prediction, Research Report 279, Department of
Computer Science, University of Warwick, Coventry, U.K. (1995).
M.J. Zemerly, E. Papaefstathiou, T.J.
Atherton, D.J. Kerbyson, G.R. Nudd, Smart Integration: A Test Case
Study, Research Report RR257, Department of Computer Science,
University of Warwick, December 1993.
M.J. Zemerly and E. Papaefstathiou,
Characterisation survey, Research Report 255, Department of Computer
Science, University of Warwick, UK, 1993.
E. Papaefstathiou, Y. Papay, G.R. Nudd, T.J.
Atherton, C.T. Clarke, D.J. Kerbyson, A.F. Stratton, R. Ziani, and
M.J. Zemerly, A layered approach to modelling parallel systems for
performance prediction, Research Report 247, Department of Computer
Science, University of Warwick, U.K, 1993.
Project
Reports
DARPA - Performance Technology
(N66001-97-C-8530)
G.R. Nudd, D.J. Kerbyson, E. Papaefstathiou,
J.S. Harper, S.C. Perry, A. Alkindi, Dynamic Optimisation, Task 2 Report, DARPA contract
N66001-97-C-8530, May 1999.
G.R. Nudd, D.J. Kerbyson, E. Papaefstathiou,
J.S. Harper, S.C. Perry, D.V. Wilcox, Development of Application
Abstraction Formats for Complex Networks and Heterogeneous Systems,
Task 1 Report, DARPA contract N66001-97-C-8530, November 1998.
Esprit Project 6942
(PEPS)
E. Papaefstathiou and D.J.
Kerbyson, Characterising parallel systems focusing on re-usability,
PEPS Bulletin (2) (1993) 5-6.
D.J. Kerbyson, E. Papaefstathiou, G.R. Nudd,
T.J. Atherton, Evaluation of parallel operating systems and
languages, ESPRIT Project 6942 (PEPS), Report 5.5, Department of
Computer Science, University of Warwick, Coventry, U.K., 1995.
Y. Papay, D.J. Kerbyson, M.J Zemerly, E.
Papaefstathiou, R. Ziani, T.J. Atherton, G.R. Nudd, Algorithmics /
parallelisation of generics, ESPRIT Project 6942 (PEPS), Report 2.3,
Department of Computer Science, University of Warwick, Coventry,
U.K., 1994.
G.R. Nudd, T.J. Atherton, D.J. Kerbyson, C.T.
Clarke, E. Papaefstathiou, Y. Papay, M.J. Zemerly, and R. Ziani,
Characterisation of processing needs, ESPRIT Project 6942 (PEPS),
Report 5.1, Department of Computer Science, University of Warwick,
Coventry, U.K., 1993.
ESPRIT Project 6173
(DESIRE)
E. Papaefstathiou, Y. Papay, D.J. Kerbyson,
and G.R. Nudd, Performance issues of parallel ray tracing software
implemented on the Parsytec SuperCluster, ESPRIT Project 6173
(DESIRE), Report DEF 4-1, Warwick Strategic Technology Laboratories,
Coventry, U.K., 1993.
E. Papaefstathiou, Y. Papay, D.J. Kerbyson,
and G.R. Nudd, Benchmarking message passing interfaces (MPI) and
virtual shared memory systems (VSM), ESPRIT Project 6173 (DESIRE),
Report DEF 4-2, Warwick Strategic Technology Laboratories, Coventry,
U.K., 1993.
Thesis & Senior
Dissertations
E. Papaefstathiou, A Framework for
Characterising Parallel Systems for Performance Evaluation, Ph.D.
Thesis, Department of Computer Science, University of Warwick,
Coventry, U.K. (1995).
E. Papaefstathiou, G. Contaxakis, D. Milonas,
Bonaparte: A Distributed Operating Environment, Senior Dissertation,
North College, Thessalioniki, Greece (1992).
E. Papaefstathiou, A simulation environment
for distributed / parallel systems, Senior Dissertation, Digital
Systems; Computers Lab., Physics Department, Thessaloniki, Greece,
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