Models for visualization in parallel debuggers

Pancake, Cherri M.; Utter, S.

doi:10.1145/76263.76334

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“…A study by Pancake [32] attempted to determine a correla tion between mental models and the effectiveness of visuali sations for parallel debuggers. It demonstrated that it is pos sible to implement various conceptual models using any pro gramming language, however program development becomes significantly easier and more reliable when the language has support for expressing the desired model.…”

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Design considerations for parallel performance tools

Atachiants

Gregg

Jarvis

et al. 2014

Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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In recent years there has been a shift in microprocessor manu facture from building single-core processors towards provid ing multiple cores on the same chip. This shift has meant that a much wider population of developers are faced with the task of developing parallel software: a difficult, time con suming and expensive process. With the aim of identifying issues, emerging practices and design opportunities for sup port, we present in this paper a qualitative study in which we interviewed a range of software developers, in both industry and academia. We then perform a systematic analysis of the data and identify several cross-cutting themes. These analysis themes include the practical relevance of the probe effect, the significance of orchestration models in development and the mismatch between currently available tools and developers' needs. We also identify an important characteristic of parallel programming, where the process of optimisation goes hand in hand with the process of debugging, as opposed to clearer distinctions which may be made in traditional programming. We conclude with reflection on how the study can inform the design of software tools to support developers in the endeav our of parallel programming.

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Design considerations for parallel performance tools

Atachiants

Gregg

Jarvis

et al. 2014

Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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“…Over the years, many graphical techniques have been developed for visualizing distributed state and events Pancake and Utter [1989]. present an excellent survey paper that details the types of displays most often used in debugging parallel programs.…”

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Interfaces for understanding multi-agent behavior

Szekely

Rogers

Frank

2001

Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces

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Synchronized punch-card displays are an interface technique to visualize tens of thousands of variables by encoding their values as color chips in a rectangular array. Our technique ties multiple such displays to a timeline of events enabling the punch-card displays to show animations of the behavior of complex systems. Punch-card displays not only make it easy to understand the highlevel behavior of systems, but also enable users to quickly focus on individual variables and on fine-grained time intervals. This paper describes synchronized punch-card displays and shows how this technique is extremely powerful for understanding the behavior of complex multi-agent systems.

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“…focused on finding ways to visualize what happens during a program's execution. This type of portrayal can effectively enhance one's insight into the complex interactions of the concurrent parts of a program [13]. As an alternative to visualization of parallel programs, auralization can also be used to portray the behavior of parallel programs.…”

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The Sounds of Parallel Programs

Francioni

Jackson²,

Albright³

The Sixth Distributed Memory Computing Conference, 1991. Proceedings

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Portraying the behavior of parallel programs is useful in pro8ram debuming and performance tuning. For the most part, researchers have focused on finding ways to visualize what happens during a program's execution. As an alternative to visualization, auralization can also be used to portray the behavior of parallel programs. This paper investigates whether or not sound can be used effectively to depict dzferent events that take place during a parallel proBram's execution. In particular, we focus this discussion on distributedmemory parallel programs. Three mappings of execution behavior to sound were studied. ?'he first mapping tracks the load balance of the processors of a system.In the second mapping, the jlows-of-control of the parallel processes are mapped to related sounds. The third mapping is related to process communication in a distributed-memory parallel program.

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Models for visualization in parallel debuggers

Cited by 23 publications

References 19 publications

Design considerations for parallel performance tools

Design considerations for parallel performance tools

Interfaces for understanding multi-agent behavior

The Sounds of Parallel Programs

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