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http://hdl.handle.net/1893/30473| Appears in Collections: | Computing Science and Mathematics Journal Articles |
| Peer Review Status: | Refereed |
| Title: | Programming Languages for Data-Intensive HPC Applications: a Systematic Mapping Study |
| Author(s): | Amaral, Vasco Norberto, Beatriz Goulão, Miguel Aldinucci, Marco Benkner, Siegfried Bracciali, Andrea Carreira, Paulo Celms, Edgars Correia, Luís Grelck, Clemens Karatza, Helen Kessler, Christoph Kilpatrick, Peter Martiniano, Hugo Mavridis, Ilias |
| Contact Email: | andrea.bracciali@stir.ac.uk |
| Keywords: | High Performance Computing (HPC) Big DataData-Intensive Applications Programming Languages Domain-Specific Language (DSL) General-Purpose Language (GPL) Systematic Mapping Study (SMS) |
| Issue Date: | Mar-2020 |
| Date Deposited: | 18-Nov-2019 |
| Citation: | Amaral V, Norberto B, Goulão M, Aldinucci M, Benkner S, Bracciali A, Carreira P, Celms E, Correia L, Grelck C, Karatza H, Kessler C, Kilpatrick P, Martiniano H & Mavridis I (2020) Programming Languages for Data-Intensive HPC Applications: a Systematic Mapping Study. Parallel Computing, 91, Art. No.: 102584. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parco.2019.102584 |
| Abstract: | A major challenge in modelling and simulation is the need to combine expertise in both software technologies and a given scientific domain. When High-Performance Computing (HPC) is required to solve a scientific problem, software development becomes a problematic issue. Considering the complexity of the software for HPC, it is useful to identify programming languages that can be used to alleviate this issue. Because the existing literature on the topic of HPC is very dispersed, we performed a Systematic Mapping Study (SMS) in the context of the European COST Action cHiPSet. This literature study maps characteristics of various programming languages for data-intensive HPC applications, including category, typical user profiles, effectiveness, and type of articles. We organised the SMS in two phases. In the first phase, relevant articles are identified employing an automated keyword-based search in eight digital libraries. This lead to an initial sample of 420 papers, which was then narrowed down in a second phase by human inspection of article abstracts, titles and keywords to 152 relevant articles published in the period 2006–2018. The analysis of these articles enabled us to identify 26 programming languages referred to in 33 of relevant articles. We compared the outcome of the mapping study with results of our questionnaire-based survey that involved 57 HPC experts. The mapping study and the survey revealed that the desired features of programming languages for data-intensive HPC applications are portability, performance and usability. Furthermore, we observed that the majority of the programming languages used in the context of data-intensive HPC applications are text-based general-purpose programming languages. Typically these have a steep learning curve, which makes them difficult to adopt. We believe that the outcome of this study will inspire future research and development in programming languages for data-intensive HPC applications. |
| DOI Link: | 10.1016/j.parco.2019.102584 |
| Rights: | This item has been embargoed for a period. During the embargo please use the Request a Copy feature at the foot of the Repository record to request a copy directly from the author. You can only request a copy if you wish to use this work for your own research or private study. Accepted refereed manuscript of: Amaral V, Norberto B, Goulão M, Aldinucci M, Benkner S, Bracciali A, Carreira P, Celms E, Correia L, Grelck C, Karatza H, Kessler C, Kilpatrick P, Martiniano H & Mavridis I (2020) Programming Languages for Data-Intensive HPC Applications: a Systematic Mapping Study. Parallel Computing, 91, Art. No.: 102584. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parco.2019.102584 © 2019, Elsevier. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ |
| Notes: | Additional co-authors: Sabri Pllana, Ana Respício, José Simão, Luís Veiga, Ari Visa |
| Licence URL(s): | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ |
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