Ph.D
Group : Parallel Systems

Asynchronous algorithmic skeletons : application to domain specific languages

Starts on 01/09/2012
Advisor : ETIEMBLE, Daniel

Funding : Contrat doctoral uniquement recherche
Affiliation : Université Paris-Saclay
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Defended on 08/10/2015, committee :

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Abstract :
In this thesis, we present developments to the approach used by the LRI Parsys team to automatically translate MATLAB-like scientific codes into high performance production codes. To reach a high level of performance, we have combined C++ template meta-programming and asynchronous parallel programming to analyze each expression and detect parallelism opportunities first, and then to ensure near-optimal use of the available resources of multi-core machines. To link these two stages of the code generation process, we have implemented a solution based on multi-level algorithmic skeletons. We have implemented our tools in the NT2 library and evaluated them with several significant scientific benchmarks.

CAUSAL LEARNING FOR DIAGNOSTIC SUPPORT


CAUSAL UNCERTAINTY QUANTIFICATION UNDER PARTIAL KNOWLEDGE AND LOW DATA REGIMES


MICRO VISUALIZATIONS: DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF VISUALIZATIONS FOR SMALL DISPLAY SPACES
The topic of this habilitation is the study of very small data visualizations, micro visualizations, in display contexts that can only dedicate minimal rendering space for data representations. For several years, together with my collaborators, I have been studying human perception, interaction, and analysis with micro visualizations in multiple contexts. In this document I bring together three of my research streams related to micro visualizations: data glyphs, where my joint research focused on studying the perception of small-multiple micro visualizations, word-scale visualizations, where my joint research focused on small visualizations embedded in text-documents, and small mobile data visualizations for smartwatches or fitness trackers. I consider these types of small visualizations together under the umbrella term ``micro visualizations.'' Micro visualizations are useful in multiple visualization contexts and I have been working towards a better understanding of the complexities involved in designing and using micro visualizations. Here, I define the term micro visualization, summarize my own and other past research and design guidelines and outline several design spaces for different types of micro visualizations based on some of the work I was involved in since my PhD.