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The traditional complex access procedure still prevents a lot of scientists to migrate their applications to massively parallel computers and to benefit from their computing power. We present a new approach for obtaining a simpler user interface using standard components of today's Internet technologies. By means of a parallel raytracing application, called DeepRay, as an example we show how to implement a simple yet powerful interface to supercomputers.
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Bühlmann, B., Bieri, H. (1998). Supercomputing at the desktop: An improved interface using Internet facilities. In: Sloot, P., Bubak, M., Hertzberger, B. (eds) High-Performance Computing and Networking. HPCN-Europe 1998. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1401. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0037189
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