Software Engineering, Distributed Programming

Distributed Programming

Java

Java and HotJava are trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc., U.S.A.

Another language which was and is highly promoted by the WWW is Java. Java is a simple, robust, object-oriented, platform-independent multi-threaded, dynamic general-purpose programming environment. Its internal class libraries make it very amenable for applications in complex, distributed networks.
Java code is compiled to a platform-independent byte code which is interpreted by the Java Virtual Machine. The concept of applets - pre-compiled Java code which can be transferred from a remote host and run on the local Java Virtual Machine integrated in a WWW browser - is tailor-made for the WWW.

Tools

JFactory is a visual interface builder for Java applications and applets.
HotJava is a WWW browser written in the Java programming language supporting Java applets.

Tutorials

The Java Tutorial is available from this server (ftp.cosy.sbg.ac.at) in the July 9, 1996, version (1,3 MB gzip'd tar'd HTML).

Parallel Virtual Machine (PVM)

PVM is a software package which provides a very simple and powerful interface to use a heterogeneous cluster of interconnected Unix computers as a single parallel machine. PVM can be compiled on a great variety of platforms and has emerged as one of the most used tools for distributed computing.

Research

Parallel Training - Evolutionary Designed Artificial Neural Networks
Parallel Image Processing - Fractal and Wavelet Based Image Compression and Signal Characterization
Parallel Numerics - Pseudo Random Number Generation and Monte Carlo Methods

page created by Helmut A. Mayer - helmut@cosy.sbg.ac.at