Milestones

Goals that emphasize interaction between institutions are marked in bold.

UO

PHASE 1

• Add routine-level and message passing AI
• Develop experimentation framework and user frontend
• Develop comparative analysis modules
• Update PerfDMF for regression analysis
• OTF format updates for EPILOG
• Evaluate sample-based and direct measurement integration

PHASE 2

• Develop controller for parametric experiments
• Develop user-interface for ACA power tool
• Build PRA prototype, link with software test harness
• Implement joint measurement support
• Update PerfDMF for PerfSuite data
• Incorporate PAPI features for multi-core

PHASE 3

• Port AI on HPC systems and test
• Complete AE framework and release
• Integrate ACA with experimentation system
• Complete ACA framework and release
• Integrate PRA with application groups
• Merge automatic profile analysis with KOJAK

UTK

PHASE 1

• Define common multi-core events
• Port Scalasca distributed trace file analysis to cluster environment
• Develop additional Scalasca patterns for hardware counter profile data
• Automate use of TAU call-path profiles for selective EPILOG tracing

PHASE 2

• Implement additional PAPI network components
• Test distributed trace file analysis on production applications
• Migrate contextual hardware counter information to PAPI standard
• Incorporate PerfSuite and TAU profiles into Scalasca analysis

PHASE 3

• Continue to develop and deploy component PAPI
• Incorporate events from PAPI components into Scalasca analysis
• Extend distributed trace analysis to more parallel paradigms
• Integrate low-overhead statistical hardware counter profiling with TAU and PerfSuite

NCSA

PHASE 1

• Update core library for current processors/OS
• Incorporate Perfmon2 in hardware counter library
• Develop user-oriented reference manual
• Java API design and development (XML access)
• Begin integration with PerfDMF
• Install project software suite at NCSA
• PerfSuite v1.0

PHASE 2

• Update core library for current processors/OS
• Java XML API developed and released
• Java hardware counter API underway
• Develop engineering guide
• Integrate PerfDMF access with PerfSuite tools

PHASE 3

• Update core library for current processors/OS
• Integration with PerfDMF completed
• Joint TAU/PerfSuite automatic analysis tools completed

PSC

PHASE 1

• Install current project perrformance toolset at PSC
• Train consultants in the tools' new, advanced analysis modes
• Assess performance improvement opportunities of NEMO3D, ENZO, and NAMD groups
• Coordinate AG Performance Engineering seminars: Best Practices

PHASE 2

• Support performance engineering by NEMO3D, ENZO, NAMD, Cactus groups
• Apply updated tool features, tracking performance gains
• Coordinate AG Performance Engineering seminars: Tools for multicore

PHASE 3

• Inject performance engineering into additional applications
• Apply updated tool features, tracking performance gains
• Coordinate AG Performance Engineering seminars: Advanced Tools