UC3M research New advanced computing systems
The project 'RePhrase' aims to improve the software development
for heterogeneous parallel architectures.
Heterogeneous parallel architectures
are those which are used in machines
that combine different computing devices,
such as the well-known multi-core processors,
combined with graphics cards also aimed at computing,
and, sometimes, reconfigurable hardware devices.
The group of computer architecture of the IT department
focuses its research, in this project,
on the simplification of the way programs are built
and also on the identification of defects
in parallel programs.
The challenge is to get applications which are considerably faster
while at the same time having a lower energy consumption.
The project has three applications to be put into practice.
The first one is the optimization
in industrial manufacturing processes.
The second one, the rail traffic monitoring.
And the third one, where the Carlos III university
has higher participation, the optimization of an application
used to diagnose mental disorders.
The application in which we work consists in computer processing
of images captured by magnetic resonance of the brain.
Those types of applications entail many hours,
and as a challenge for this project we hope to reduce them to minutes.
Thanks to this reduction of time,
we can facilitate the diagnostic phase
of disorders such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder or depression.
To carry out this project
we acquired a new heterogeneous IBM parallel machine
that offers a computing capacity higher than current machines.
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Communication and Culture Vice-Chancellor