Author: Jianping Zhu
Publisher: World Scientific
ISBN: 9789810215781
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
This is an introductory book on supercomputer applications written by a researcher who is working on solving scientific and engineering application problems on parallel computers. The book is intended to quickly bring researchers and graduate students working on numerical solutions of partial differential equations with various applications into the area of parallel processing.The book starts from the basic concepts of parallel processing, like speedup, efficiency and different parallel architectures, then introduces the most frequently used algorithms for solving PDEs on parallel computers, with practical examples. Finally, it discusses more advanced topics, including different scalability metrics, parallel time stepping algorithms and new architectures and heterogeneous computing networks which have emerged in the last few years of high performance computing. Hundreds of references are also included in the book to direct interested readers to more detailed and in-depth discussions of specific topics.
Parallel Time
Author: Brent Staples
Publisher: Pantheon
ISBN: 1524747483
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
From Pulitzer Prize winner Brent Staples, an evocative memoir that poses universal questions: Where does the family end and the self begin? What do we owe our families, and what do we owe our dreams for ourselves? What part of the past is a gift and what part a shackle? For Brent Staples there is the added dimension of race: moving from a black world into one largely defined by whites. The oldest song among nine children, Brent grew up in a small industrial town near Philadelphia. First a scholarship to a local college and then one for graduate study at the University of Chicago pulled him out of the close family circle. While he was away, the industries that supported the town failed, and drug dealing rushed in to fill the economic void. News of arrests and premature deaths among Brent's childhood friends underscored the precariousness of his perch in a world of mostly white achievers. A younger brother became a cocaine dealer and was murdered by one of his "clients." His death propelled Brent into a reconsideration of his childhood and coming-of-age that offers vivid portraits of family and place, of values that supported and pressures that tore apart, of the appeal and pain of entering a predominantly white world, and of the strengths and vulnerabilities of the black world he grew away from.
Publisher: Pantheon
ISBN: 1524747483
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
From Pulitzer Prize winner Brent Staples, an evocative memoir that poses universal questions: Where does the family end and the self begin? What do we owe our families, and what do we owe our dreams for ourselves? What part of the past is a gift and what part a shackle? For Brent Staples there is the added dimension of race: moving from a black world into one largely defined by whites. The oldest song among nine children, Brent grew up in a small industrial town near Philadelphia. First a scholarship to a local college and then one for graduate study at the University of Chicago pulled him out of the close family circle. While he was away, the industries that supported the town failed, and drug dealing rushed in to fill the economic void. News of arrests and premature deaths among Brent's childhood friends underscored the precariousness of his perch in a world of mostly white achievers. A younger brother became a cocaine dealer and was murdered by one of his "clients." His death propelled Brent into a reconsideration of his childhood and coming-of-age that offers vivid portraits of family and place, of values that supported and pressures that tore apart, of the appeal and pain of entering a predominantly white world, and of the strengths and vulnerabilities of the black world he grew away from.
Cryptography in Constant Parallel Time
Author: Benny Applebaum
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3642173675
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Locally computable (NC0) functions are "simple" functions for which every bit of the output can be computed by reading a small number of bits of their input. The study of locally computable cryptography attempts to construct cryptographic functions that achieve this strong notion of simplicity and simultaneously provide a high level of security. Such constructions are highly parallelizable and they can be realized by Boolean circuits of constant depth. This book establishes, for the first time, the possibility of local implementations for many basic cryptographic primitives such as one-way functions, pseudorandom generators, encryption schemes and digital signatures. It also extends these results to other stronger notions of locality, and addresses a wide variety of fundamental questions about local cryptography. The author's related thesis was honorably mentioned (runner-up) for the ACM Dissertation Award in 2007, and this book includes some expanded sections and proofs, and notes on recent developments. The book assumes only a minimal background in computational complexity and cryptography and is therefore suitable for graduate students or researchers in related areas who are interested in parallel cryptography. It also introduces general techniques and tools which are likely to interest experts in the area.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3642173675
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Locally computable (NC0) functions are "simple" functions for which every bit of the output can be computed by reading a small number of bits of their input. The study of locally computable cryptography attempts to construct cryptographic functions that achieve this strong notion of simplicity and simultaneously provide a high level of security. Such constructions are highly parallelizable and they can be realized by Boolean circuits of constant depth. This book establishes, for the first time, the possibility of local implementations for many basic cryptographic primitives such as one-way functions, pseudorandom generators, encryption schemes and digital signatures. It also extends these results to other stronger notions of locality, and addresses a wide variety of fundamental questions about local cryptography. The author's related thesis was honorably mentioned (runner-up) for the ACM Dissertation Award in 2007, and this book includes some expanded sections and proofs, and notes on recent developments. The book assumes only a minimal background in computational complexity and cryptography and is therefore suitable for graduate students or researchers in related areas who are interested in parallel cryptography. It also introduces general techniques and tools which are likely to interest experts in the area.
The World-Time Parallel
Author: A. A. Rini
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107017475
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 279
Book Description
The only book to investigate the parallel between what happens at other times and what happens in other possible worlds.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107017475
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 279
Book Description
The only book to investigate the parallel between what happens at other times and what happens in other possible worlds.
Time Travel True Stories
Author: Richard Bullivant
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781508619352
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
What do Scientists Say About Time Travel? It's fair to say that most scientists today will tell you that time travel is impossible. Three of today's top physicists - Charles Liu, Brian Green and Michio Kaku - all hold that time travel is, if not impossible, unlikely in the extreme. However, one of the most brilliant minds of our time, physicist Stephen Hawking, disagrees - although only partially. He believes that time travel is theoretically possible, but only into the future. …. But What Do Real People Experience? The opinion of science, however, has never stopped thousands of people around the world from reporting what they firmly believe are actual experiences of spontaneous time travel! Still others insist that time travel is not only possible, but they have already done it as part of top secret government programmes. Claims for time travel range from the highly flaky to the astoundingly believable. They are especially difficult to dismiss when time travel reports come from absolutely ordinary, rock-solid people who have nothing to gain by proclaiming they travelled in time. Many people who report time travel experiences don't necessarily believe it themselves. What happened to them was so strange, so unexpected, yet so real; they simply have no other good explanation for their experience. You will meet a number of such individuals in this book, most of their stories straight out of the headline of local newspapers. No doubt, a story or two will strike the reader as pure balderdash. On the other hand, some of these cases of time travel are tantalizing and unexplainable. They also come with a certain amount of solid evidence, such as stopped clocks, frozen machines and electromagnetic devices acting in inexplicable ways. Physicist and NASA scientist Tom Campbell said that scientific advances always 'come from the fringe.' Thus, even if you consider some of these stories stepping dangerously 'out there' onto that fringy edge, remember that many of yesterday's fringe theories are today's scientific fact. At the very least, it doesn't hurt to approach the idea of time travel with an open mind and a sense of wonder.
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781508619352
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
What do Scientists Say About Time Travel? It's fair to say that most scientists today will tell you that time travel is impossible. Three of today's top physicists - Charles Liu, Brian Green and Michio Kaku - all hold that time travel is, if not impossible, unlikely in the extreme. However, one of the most brilliant minds of our time, physicist Stephen Hawking, disagrees - although only partially. He believes that time travel is theoretically possible, but only into the future. …. But What Do Real People Experience? The opinion of science, however, has never stopped thousands of people around the world from reporting what they firmly believe are actual experiences of spontaneous time travel! Still others insist that time travel is not only possible, but they have already done it as part of top secret government programmes. Claims for time travel range from the highly flaky to the astoundingly believable. They are especially difficult to dismiss when time travel reports come from absolutely ordinary, rock-solid people who have nothing to gain by proclaiming they travelled in time. Many people who report time travel experiences don't necessarily believe it themselves. What happened to them was so strange, so unexpected, yet so real; they simply have no other good explanation for their experience. You will meet a number of such individuals in this book, most of their stories straight out of the headline of local newspapers. No doubt, a story or two will strike the reader as pure balderdash. On the other hand, some of these cases of time travel are tantalizing and unexplainable. They also come with a certain amount of solid evidence, such as stopped clocks, frozen machines and electromagnetic devices acting in inexplicable ways. Physicist and NASA scientist Tom Campbell said that scientific advances always 'come from the fringe.' Thus, even if you consider some of these stories stepping dangerously 'out there' onto that fringy edge, remember that many of yesterday's fringe theories are today's scientific fact. At the very least, it doesn't hurt to approach the idea of time travel with an open mind and a sense of wonder.
Parallel Lives
Author: Phyllis Rose
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0394725808
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
In her study of the married couple as the smallest political unit, Phyllis Rose uses the marriages of five Victorian writers who wrote about their own lives with unusual candor: Charles Dickens, John Ruskin, Thomas Carlyle, John Stuart Mill, and George Eliot--née Marian Evans.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0394725808
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
In her study of the married couple as the smallest political unit, Phyllis Rose uses the marriages of five Victorian writers who wrote about their own lives with unusual candor: Charles Dickens, John Ruskin, Thomas Carlyle, John Stuart Mill, and George Eliot--née Marian Evans.
Parallel Computing for Real-time Signal Processing and Control
Author: M. Osman Tokhi
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1447100875
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
This book introduces the advantages of parallel processing and details how to use it to deal with common signal processing and control algorithms. The text includes examples and end-of-chapter exercises, and case studies to put theoretical concepts into a practical context.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1447100875
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
This book introduces the advantages of parallel processing and details how to use it to deal with common signal processing and control algorithms. The text includes examples and end-of-chapter exercises, and case studies to put theoretical concepts into a practical context.
The Hidden Reality
Author: Brian Greene
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141029811
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description
There was a time when 'universe' meant all there is. Everything. Yet, as Brian Greene's extraordinary book shows, ours may be just one universe among many, like endless reflections in a mirror. He takes us on a captivating exploration of parallel worlds - from a multiverse where an infinite number of your doppelg ngers are reading this sentence, to vast oceans of bubble universes and even multiverses made of mathematics - showing just how much of reality's true nature may be hidden within them.
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141029811
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description
There was a time when 'universe' meant all there is. Everything. Yet, as Brian Greene's extraordinary book shows, ours may be just one universe among many, like endless reflections in a mirror. He takes us on a captivating exploration of parallel worlds - from a multiverse where an infinite number of your doppelg ngers are reading this sentence, to vast oceans of bubble universes and even multiverses made of mathematics - showing just how much of reality's true nature may be hidden within them.
Parallel Finite-difference Time-domain Method
Author: Wenhua Yu
Publisher: Artech House Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
The finite-difference time-domain (FTDT) method has revolutionized antenna design and electromagnetics engineering. This book raises the FDTD method to the next level by empowering it with the vast capabilities of parallel computing. It shows engineers how to exploit the natural parallel properties of FDTD to improve the existing FDTD method and to efficiently solve more complex and large problem sets. Professionals learn how to apply open source software to develop parallel software and hardware to run FDTD in parallel for their projects. The book features hands-on examples that illustrate th.
Publisher: Artech House Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
The finite-difference time-domain (FTDT) method has revolutionized antenna design and electromagnetics engineering. This book raises the FDTD method to the next level by empowering it with the vast capabilities of parallel computing. It shows engineers how to exploit the natural parallel properties of FDTD to improve the existing FDTD method and to efficiently solve more complex and large problem sets. Professionals learn how to apply open source software to develop parallel software and hardware to run FDTD in parallel for their projects. The book features hands-on examples that illustrate th.
Across Time
Author: Elizabeth O'Roark
Publisher: Elizabeth O'Roark Books
ISBN: 9781956800029
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In a dangerous time before her own...a dangerous attraction. Amelie Besson is on the cusp of attaining the life she's dreamed of-until she finds herself stuck in pre-war France, fifty years before her time. The country is about to be under German rule, but her most immediate problem is Henri Durand, the arrogant and infuriatingly handsome vineyard owner upon whom her survival depends. The fiercely protective Henri challenges everything Amelie holds true-particularly her hatred of the gift that brought her there in the first place. As the bond between them grows, Amelie will begin to wonder if the life she's returning to is actually the one she wants, and if her connection to Henri might be strong enough to surmount any obstacle...even time itself. *Across Time is Book Three in the Parallel Series and ends in a cliffhanger. "Across Time is my Top Read of 2019, hands down, no questions asked."-Amazon Best-Selling Author Maria Luis "Henri and Sarah ... the feels... the angst... the tension... DELICIOUS!" -Shhh Mom's Reading "The pace of the story and the character development was incredibly written...another EPIC read from this author. Across Time by Elizabeth O'Roark will join the ranks of the BIBLIO-ARISTOCRACY!!!" -Book Everlasting "This is the only writer who can lure me away from contemporary romance and have me reading not only paranormal but historical romance and loving every second of it!" -Book Addict "The excruciatingly slow burn of Amelie and Henri's romance...steadily builds up to a thunderous climax. A romantic suspense with a twist, this tale had me on the edge of my seat..." -Kindle Friends Forever "Oh my heck, I was awake all night reading... What a treat. From Elizabeth's gorgeous writing, the super sexy Henri, the historic France setting, the off-the-charts chemistry... Ahh!!! It is so SO GOOD." -USA Today Bestselling Author Tia Louise "A slow burn romance/enemies to lovers, with fantastic chemistry...I'm at the edge of my seat waiting for the conclusion of this duet!" -Kindled Souls Book Blog
Publisher: Elizabeth O'Roark Books
ISBN: 9781956800029
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In a dangerous time before her own...a dangerous attraction. Amelie Besson is on the cusp of attaining the life she's dreamed of-until she finds herself stuck in pre-war France, fifty years before her time. The country is about to be under German rule, but her most immediate problem is Henri Durand, the arrogant and infuriatingly handsome vineyard owner upon whom her survival depends. The fiercely protective Henri challenges everything Amelie holds true-particularly her hatred of the gift that brought her there in the first place. As the bond between them grows, Amelie will begin to wonder if the life she's returning to is actually the one she wants, and if her connection to Henri might be strong enough to surmount any obstacle...even time itself. *Across Time is Book Three in the Parallel Series and ends in a cliffhanger. "Across Time is my Top Read of 2019, hands down, no questions asked."-Amazon Best-Selling Author Maria Luis "Henri and Sarah ... the feels... the angst... the tension... DELICIOUS!" -Shhh Mom's Reading "The pace of the story and the character development was incredibly written...another EPIC read from this author. Across Time by Elizabeth O'Roark will join the ranks of the BIBLIO-ARISTOCRACY!!!" -Book Everlasting "This is the only writer who can lure me away from contemporary romance and have me reading not only paranormal but historical romance and loving every second of it!" -Book Addict "The excruciatingly slow burn of Amelie and Henri's romance...steadily builds up to a thunderous climax. A romantic suspense with a twist, this tale had me on the edge of my seat..." -Kindle Friends Forever "Oh my heck, I was awake all night reading... What a treat. From Elizabeth's gorgeous writing, the super sexy Henri, the historic France setting, the off-the-charts chemistry... Ahh!!! It is so SO GOOD." -USA Today Bestselling Author Tia Louise "A slow burn romance/enemies to lovers, with fantastic chemistry...I'm at the edge of my seat waiting for the conclusion of this duet!" -Kindled Souls Book Blog
Solving Partial Differential Equations on Parallel Computers
Author: Jianping Zhu
Publisher: World Scientific
ISBN: 9789810215781
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
This is an introductory book on supercomputer applications written by a researcher who is working on solving scientific and engineering application problems on parallel computers. The book is intended to quickly bring researchers and graduate students working on numerical solutions of partial differential equations with various applications into the area of parallel processing.The book starts from the basic concepts of parallel processing, like speedup, efficiency and different parallel architectures, then introduces the most frequently used algorithms for solving PDEs on parallel computers, with practical examples. Finally, it discusses more advanced topics, including different scalability metrics, parallel time stepping algorithms and new architectures and heterogeneous computing networks which have emerged in the last few years of high performance computing. Hundreds of references are also included in the book to direct interested readers to more detailed and in-depth discussions of specific topics.
Publisher: World Scientific
ISBN: 9789810215781
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
This is an introductory book on supercomputer applications written by a researcher who is working on solving scientific and engineering application problems on parallel computers. The book is intended to quickly bring researchers and graduate students working on numerical solutions of partial differential equations with various applications into the area of parallel processing.The book starts from the basic concepts of parallel processing, like speedup, efficiency and different parallel architectures, then introduces the most frequently used algorithms for solving PDEs on parallel computers, with practical examples. Finally, it discusses more advanced topics, including different scalability metrics, parallel time stepping algorithms and new architectures and heterogeneous computing networks which have emerged in the last few years of high performance computing. Hundreds of references are also included in the book to direct interested readers to more detailed and in-depth discussions of specific topics.