Network-Based Parallel Computing - Communication, Architecture, and Applications: 4th International Workshop, CANPC 2000 Toulouse, France, January 8, 2000 Proceedings

Clusters of workstations/PCs connected by o?-the-shelf networks have become popular as platforms for cost-e?ective parallel computing. Technological - vances in both hardware and software have made such a network-based parallel computingplatform an a?ordable alternative to commercial supercomputers for an increasing number of scienti?c applications. Continuing in the tradition of the three previously successful workshops, this fourth Workshop on Communication, Architecture and Applications ...