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<HTML><head><TITLE>Alan Heirich: Research in Parallel Computing and Computational Science(load balancing, mapping, rendering)</TITLE></head><body background="Icons/ltblu_ma.gif"><H1><!WA0><A HREF="http://www.cs.caltech.edu/~heirich/pics/face.gif"><!WA1><IMG SRC="http://www.cs.caltech.edu/~heirich/pics/face.gif" align=top></A><p><dl><dt>Alan Heirich<dt>Computational Scientist</h1><h2><dt>California Institute of Technology<dt>Center for Advanced Computing Research<dt>Department of Computer Science</dl></H2><DL><DT> Email: heirich@caltech.edu<DT> Phone: (818) 395-4600<DT> Fax: (818) 584-5917<DT> Snail mail: 158-79 Caltech, Pasadena CA 91125 USA</DL><hr><em> This page is permanently under construction! </em><hr><!WA2><a href="http://www.cs.caltech.edu/~heirich/pics/conference.jpg"><!WA3><img src="http://www.cs.caltech.edu/~heirich/pics/conference.mini.jpg"></a><!WA4><a href="http://www.cs.caltech.edu/~heirich/pics/conference2.jpg"><!WA5><img src="http://www.cs.caltech.edu/~heirich/pics/conference2.mini.jpg"></a><!WA6><a href="http://www.cs.caltech.edu/~heirich/pics/soda.dir.final.jpg"><!WA7><img src="http://www.cs.caltech.edu/~heirich/pics/soda.dir.final.small.jpg"></a><!WA8><a href="http://www.cs.caltech.edu/~heirich/pics/living.jpg"><!WA9><img src="http://www.cs.caltech.edu/~heirich/pics/living.small.jpg"></a><!WA10><a href="http://www.cs.caltech.edu/~heirich/pics/glossy.jpg"><!WA11><img src="http://www.cs.caltech.edu/~heirich/pics/glossy.mini.jpg"></a><!WA12><a href="http://www.cs.caltech.edu/~heirich/pics/office.jpg"><!WA13><img src="http://www.cs.caltech.edu/~heirich/pics/office.mini.jpg"></a><!WA14><a href="http://www.cs.caltech.edu/~heirich/pics/cruiser1a.jpg"><!WA15><img src="http://www.cs.caltech.edu/~heirich/pics/cruiser1a.mini.jpg"></a><!WA16><a href="http://www.cs.caltech.edu/~heirich/pics/cruiser1b.jpg"><!WA17><img src="http://www.cs.caltech.edu/~heirich/pics/cruiser1b.mini.jpg"></a><!WA18><a href="http://www.cs.caltech.edu/~heirich/pics/mount1.jpg"><!WA19><img src="http://www.cs.caltech.edu/~heirich/pics/mount1.mini.jpg"></a><!WA20><a href="http://www.cs.caltech.edu/~heirich/pics/bath.jpg"><!WA21><img src="http://www.cs.caltech.edu/~heirich/pics/bath.mini.jpg"></a><!WA22><a href="http://www.cs.caltech.edu/~heirich/pics/glass.jpg"><!WA23><img src="http://www.cs.caltech.edu/~heirich/pics/glass.mini.jpg"></a><p>The results of some parallelglobal illumination calculations performed on the <!WA24><a href="http://www.cacr.caltech.edu/about/sp2.jpg">IBM SP2s</a>at Caltech's <!WA25><A href="http://www.cacr.caltech.edu">Center for Advanced Computing Research</a>and the <!WA26><a href="http://www.tc.cornell.edu/ctc.html">Cornell Theory Center</A>.Click on these images for the full size versions (they look best in 24 bit color).Models provided by <!WA27><a href="http://radsite.lbl.gov/radiance/contributors/GregWard.html">Greg Ward </a>and Anat Grynberg, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratories,by <!WA28><a href="http://www.cs.caltech.edu/~arvo/home.html">Jim Arvo</a>(butterfly),and Eric Haines (SPD database).<HR><h2>Interests:</h2><dl><dt>Diffusion algorithms.<dt>Computer Graphics.<dt>Cluster computers.<dt>Parallel computing, scientific computing.<dt>Parallel rendering and animation.<dt>Parallel mapping and load balancing.<dt>Computational fluid dynamics.<dt>Finite element analysis.<dt>NASTRAN (language for structural FEA).<dt>Nonlinear programming and optimization.<dt>Nonlinear dynamical systems and bifurcation theory.</dl><HR><H2> Recent Refereed Publications: </H2><p><!WA29><A href="http://www.cs.caltech.edu/~heirich/IJFCS.ps.Z">A Scalable Diffusion Algorithm forDynamic Mapping and Load Balancingon Networks of Arbitrary Topology.</a><dt>(To appear in the International Journal of Foundations of Computer Science).<p><!WA30><a href="http://www.cs.caltech.edu/~heirich/EuroGraphics.ps.Z">Scalable Photorealistic Rendering of Complex Scenes.</a><dt>To appear in the proceedings of the <!WA31><a href="http://www.cs.bris.ac.uk/~alan/Workshop/program.html">First Eurographics Workshop on Parallel Graphics and Visualization.</a><dt>(Under consideration for publication in Parallel Computing).<p><!WA32><A href="http://www.cs.caltech.edu/~heirich/icpp95.ps.gz">A Parabolic Load Balancing Method.</a><dt>1995 International Conference on Parallel Processing"outstanding paper". <p>(Click <!WA33><a href="http://www.dl.ac.uk/TCSC/Staff/HU_Y_F/MEETING/TALKS/hu1.ps.gz">here</a> for a related talk by Y.F. Hu).<HR><h2> Miscellania. </h2><p>I am the organizer for the informal<!WA34><a href="http://www.cacr.caltech.edu/calendar/journal_club/journal_club.html">C.A.C.R. Journal Club</a>.<p>It looks like I will graduate very soon,here is an<!WA35><a href="http://www.cs.caltech.edu/~heirich/abstract.ps.Z">abstract of the dissertation defense</a>.<p>Here is a bibliography of <!WA36><A href="http://www.cs.caltech.edu/~heirich/refs.ps">Diffusion in Parallel Computing</a><p><hr><h2> I gratefully acknowledge support from the following sources: </h2>National Science Foundation, Graduate Fellowship Program.<p>NSF Center for Research on Parallel Computation.<p>Cornell Program of Computer Graphics, NSF project ASC-9523483.<p>Caltech Center for Advanced Computing Research.<p>Advanced Research Projects Agency, ARPA contract N00014-91-J-1986.<hr><h2> Honors/horrors. </h2><p>Program Committee Member,Parallel Rendering Symposium,Phoenix, Arizona,October 1997.<p>Program Committee Member,ISATAdedicated conference onsimulation, diagnosis and virtual reality applicationsin the automotive industry,Florence, Italy,June 1997.<p>Program Committee Member,ISATAdedicated conference oncomputational fluid dynamics and supercomputing in the automotive industry,Florence, Italy,June 1996.<p>"Outstanding paper",1995 International Conference on Parallel Processing.<p>Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics,student member, 1992.<p>National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow,1989. <p>Honors in Computer Science,The University of Michigan, 1986.<p>Regents Alumni Scholar,The University of Michigan,1978.<p>National Merit Finalist, 1978.<p>Finalist, Michigan Mathematics Competition, 1977.<p><HR><p>Rogues Gallery: <!WA37><A href="http://www.cs.caltech.edu/~heirich/work.html">some places I have worked</A><p><hr><H2> Research notes, and (interesting?) tidbits: </h2><!WA38><a href="http://www.cs.caltech.edu/~heirich/anl_report.html"><!WA39><img src="http://www.cs.caltech.edu/~heirich/pics/bath.mini.jpg" align=middle></a><!WA40><a href="http://www.cs.caltech.edu/~heirich/anl_report.html">Scalable photorealistic rendering.</a><p><!WA41><A HREF="http://www.cs.caltech.edu/~heirich/crpc96.ps"><!WA42><img src="http://www.cs.caltech.edu/~heirich/office.gif" align=middle></a> <!WA43><A HREF="http://www.cs.caltech.edu/~heirich/crpc96.ps">Diffusion Algorithms</a><p>Presented at the 1996 <!WA44><a href="http://www.crpc.rice.edu/CRPC/">Center for Research on Parallel Computation</a>Annual Meeting<p><!WA45><a href="http://www.cacr.caltech.edu/publications/annreps/annrep95/cfd2.html"><!WA46><img src="http://www.cs.caltech.edu/~heirich/CACRreport.gif" align=middle></a><!WA47><a href="http://www.cacr.caltech.edu/publications/annreps/annrep95/cfd2.html">Multibody fluid dynamics (with O. Schreiber)</a><p><!WA48><A HREF="http://www.cs.caltech.edu/~heirich/poincare.ps"><!WA49><img src="http://www.cs.caltech.edu/~heirich/poincare_figure.gif" align=middle></a> <!WA50><A HREF="http://www.cs.caltech.edu/~heirich/poincare.ps">Topological Search</a><br>Recursive searchfor fixed points of functions of two parametersor one complex parameter.Applications include nonconvex optimization,roots of polynomials,and geometric intersection.Immune to roundoff.<p>Skeptical that topology has relevance to computer programs?Check <!WA51><a href="http://linus.socs.uts.edu.au:80/~shape/shape.html"> this </a> out.<p><!WA52><A HREF="http://www.cs.caltech.edu/~heirich/speedup.ps"><!WA53><img src="http://www.cs.caltech.edu/~heirich/speedup.gif" align=middle></a> <!WA54><A HREF="http://www.cs.caltech.edu/~heirich/speedup.ps">Nonlinear Scaling and Speedup</a><br>Some non-obvious sources in numerical calculations.<p><!WA55><A HREF="http://www.cs.caltech.edu/~heirich/mapSort.ps"><!WA56><img src="http://www.cs.caltech.edu/~heirich/mapSort.gif" align=middle></a> <!WA57><A HREF="http://www.cs.caltech.edu/~heirich/mapSort.ps">Mapping, Sorting, and Load Balancing</a><p><!WA58><A HREF="http://www.cs.caltech.edu/~heirich/cs-tr-94-04.ps"><!WA59><img src="http://www.cs.caltech.edu/~heirich/pics/small_quant.gif" align=middle></a> <!WA60><A HREF="http://www.cs.caltech.edu/~heirich/cs-tr-94-04.ps">CS-TR-94-04: Dynamic Load Balancing</a> (Lengthy!)<p>To read a brief summary of CS-TR-94-04<!WA61><a href="http://www.cs.caltech.edu/~heirich/text/lb_report.94">Press Here</a>.<br><p><!WA62><A HREF="http://www.cs.caltech.edu/~heirich/schrage.html"><!WA63><img src="http://www.cs.caltech.edu/~heirich/schrage.gif" align=middle></a> <!WA64><A HREF="http://www.cs.caltech.edu/~heirich/schrage.html">Revenge of the humanists</a><br>A rebuttal to a silly talk by L.A. Times/Wired columnistMichael Schrage.<p><hr><h2> Other home pages: </h2><p><!WA65><A href="http://www.caltech.edu"><!WA66><img src="http://www.caltech.edu/pictures/tinycitlogo.gif" align=middle></a>California Institute of Technology<p><!WA67><A href="http://www.tc.cornell.edu/ctc.html"><!WA68><img src="http://www.tc.cornell.edu/Icons/ctc1.gif" align=middle></a>Cornell Theory Center<p><!WA69><A href="http://www.graphics.cornell.edu/"><!WA70><img src="http://www.graphics.cornell.edu/cbox/box2.gif" align=middle></a>Cornell Program of Computer Graphics<p><!WA71><A href="http://www.cs.caltech.edu/"><!WA72><img src="http://cs.caltech.edu/pictures/mariposa.gif" align=middle></a>Caltech Department of Computer Science<p><!WA73><A href="http://www.ama.caltech.edu/"><!WA74><img src="http://www.cs.caltech.edu/~heirich/surf2a.gif" align=middle></a>Caltech Department of Applied Mathematics<p><!WA75><A href="http://www.cacr.caltech.edu"><!WA76><img src="http://www.cacr.caltech.edu/cacr_tree.gif" align=middle></a>Caltech Center for Advanced Computing Research<hr><!-----------------------------------------------------------------------------><em>heirich@caltech.edu, 13 June 1995</em><hr></body><!-----------------------------------------------------------------------------></html>⌨️ 快捷键说明
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