Postgraduate Supervision - Peter Strazdins

Currently Available Topics

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Below are some pre-prepared projects. Note that topics marked `Hons' includes Honours and 4th year BSEng research projects.

• High Performance Numerical Computing on Service-Oriented Architectures
  (suitable for PhD - also Masters and Honours)
• Efficient Application Performance Modelling and Prediction for Cluster Computers.
  (suitable for Masters(Research)/PhD)
• Performance Instrumentation Infrastructure for Cluster Computers,
  (suitable for Masters(Research)/PhD)
• Compilation of OpenMP Programs on Remote-memory Enabled Cluster Computers
  (suitable for PhD)
• list of coursework project topics
  (suitable for research and implementation projects by 3rd yr BIT, 4th year BSEng, Honours and Masters by coursework students)

Current Research Students under Supervision

• Xi Yang, MPhil, started May 2009, OS support for NUMA and Multicore
• Travis Stenborg, Hons, started Feb 2009, NBody Algorithms for heterogenous Clusters
• Jaison Mulerikkal, PhD, started November 2007 (APAI, HPNumSOA project)
• Danny Robson, PhD, started September 2007, Efficient and Accurate Simulation of Multi-core NUMA-based Cluster Systems (APAI, CC-NUMA Project)
• Muhammad Atif, PhD, started April 2007, Virtualization and Scheduling for Heterogeneous Clusters (Jabberwocky project)
• Jie Cai, PhD, started Jan 2007, Implementing OpenMP on Heterogeneous Clusters (APAI, Intel Cluster OpenMP project)
• Andrew Over, PhD, started June 2003, Accurate and Efficient Simulation Models for the Performance Analysis of CC-NUMA Platforms (APAI, CC-NUMA Project)

Theses Completed

• Song Jin, Hons, Nov 2007, Characterization of Application Performance on Cluster Computers
• Li-Jie Wong, BIT, Jun 2006, Enhancing Communication using Xen in SMP Clusters (Jabberwocky project)
• Hugh Blemings, MIT, Nov 2006, Multithreading Issues on Contemporary IBM Multiprocessors
• Tony Breeds, MIT, completed Jun 2006, Network-level Optimization of Cluster Computers (Jabberwocky project)
• Nic Jean, BSc Hons, completed November 2005, Performance Analysis of the OpenMP NAS parallel Benchmarks (see here for the original project proposal )
• Mark Thorn, BSEng, completed Dec 2004. Using Threading Techniques to speed up SMP Computer Simulation.
• Zhen He, PhD, Aug 1999-Dec 2002, Online clustering, replication and caching in hierarchical memory structures , (co-supervision with Stephen Blackburn and Ramesh Sankaranayana)
• John Uhlmann, Efficient Job Scheduling on Cluster Computers, Dec 2002 (see here for original proposal)
• Wi Bing Tan, Analysis and Optimisation of Communication Patterns on a Beowulf, July 2002 (see here for original proposal)
• Adam Czezowski, MSc, Singular Value Computations on the AP-1000 Array Computer , April 1995
• Seng Loke, BSc (Hons) Efficient FP Communication Functions on the Fujitsu AP1000 , December 1994 (University Medal Winner 1994; thesis deemed to be the best produced by the Department over 1993-4)
• Andrew Lynes, BSc (Hons), Linear Algebra Communication and Algorithms on the Fujitsu AP1000 , December 1994