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Welcome to the Systems, Networking & Renaissance Grokking ( Synergy

) Laboratory at Virginia Tech. The Synergy Lab, previously known as RADIANT, moved to Virginia Tech from Los Alamos National Laboratory in January 2006. The SyNeRGy Lab is now part of Department of Computer Science at Virginia Tech and is affiliated with the Center for High-End Computing Systems (CHECS) in the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech and the NSF Center for High-Performance Reconfigurable Computing (CHREC).

The following three projects are associated with the SyNeRGy Laboratory:
http://www.green500.org	http://www.mpiblast.org	http://sss.cs.vt.edu

Recent Publications

On the Robust Mapping of Dynamic Programming onto a Graphics Processing Unit.
Shucai Xiao, Ashwin M. Aji, Wu-chun Feng.
In Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Systems (ICPADS), Shenzhen, China, December 2009.
BibTeX Paper (PDF)
A Flexible and Extensible Framework for Delivering Designer Images for K-12 Pedagogy.
Mark K. Gardner, Adam Herr, David Mazary, Heshan Lin, Thomas Scogland, Wu-chun Feng.
In Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on the Virtual Computing Initiative (ICVCI), Research Triangle Park, NC, October 2009.
BibTeX Paper (PDF)
GePSeA: A General-Purpose Software Acceleration Framework for Lightweight Task Offloading.
Ajeet Singh, Pavan Balaji, Wu-chun Feng.
In Proceedings of the 38th International Conference on Parallel Processing (ICPP), Vienna, Austria, September 2009.
BibTeX Paper (PDF)
Energy-Efficient Cluster Computing via Accurate Workload Characterization.
Song Huang, Wu-chun Feng.
In Proceedings of the 9th IEEE International Symposium on Cluster Computing and the Grid (CCGrid), Shanghai, China, May 2009.
BibTeX Paper (PDF)
On the Energy Efficiency of Graphics Processing Units for Scientific Computing.
Song Huang, Shucai Xiao, Wu-chun Feng.
In Proceedings of the 5th IEEE Workshop on High-Performance, Power-Aware Computing (in conjunction with the 23rd International Parallel & Distributed Processing Symposium), Rome, Italy, May 2009.
BibTeX Paper (PDF)
Multi-Dimensional Characterization of Temporal Data Mining on Graphics Processors.
Jeremy Archuleta, Yong Cao, Tom Scogland, Wu-chun Feng.
In Proceedings of the 23rd IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS), Rome, Italy, May 2009.
BibTeX Paper (PDF)
The Green500 List: Year One.
Wu-chun Feng, Tom Scogland.
In Proceedings of the 5th IEEE Workshop on High-Performance, Power-Aware Computing (in conjunction with the 23rd International Parallel & Distributed Processing Symposium), Rome, Italy, May 2009.
BibTeX Paper (PDF)
Network Interface Cards as First-Class Citizens.
Wu-chun Feng, Pavan Balaji, Ajeet Singh.
In Proceedings of the IEEE Workshop on the Influence of I/O on Microprocessor Architecture, Raleigh, NC, February 2009.
BibTeX Paper (PDF)

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Recent News

(01/08/10)
Paper Accepted to IEEE ISCAS
Feng and Xiao have their paper, To GPU Synchronize or Not GPU Synchronize?, accepted for publication at the IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS) to be held in Paris, France in May-June 2010.
(12/08/09)
Paper Accepted to IEEE IPDPS
Xiao and Feng have their paper, Inter-Block GPU Communication via Fast Barrier Synchronization, accepted for publication at the 24th IEEE International Parallel & Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS) to be held in Atlanta, GA, USA in April 2010.
(11/30/09)
Two Honorable Mentions for CRA Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher
Jacqueline Addesa and Gabriel Martinez, two undergraduates in the Synergy Lab, each receive Honorable Mention from the Computing Research Association in the 2010 Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Awards Competition
(11/19/09)
The Latest Green500 List Released
At the ACM/IEEE SC|09 Conference, the latest Green500 List was announced at the Green500 List Birds-of-a-Feather (BoF). For more information, go to the Green500 web site.
(11/19/09)
ACM Best Undergraduate Poster Award at ACM/IEEE SC|09
Addesa receives the “Best Undergraduate Poster Award” as part of the ACM Student Research Competition at ACM/IEEE SC|09. In recognition of her efforts, Addesa received a monetary award, certificate, and travel expenses paid.
(10/16/09)
Scientific American: New Software Could Smooth Supercomputing Speed Bumps
Feng talks about turning to the emerging Open Computing Language, reported by Scientific American, read here.
(10/06/09)
Interview about Green Computing on National Public Radio (NPR)
Feng is interviewed on WVTF’s NPR about his efforts in green computing in southwest Virginia. For the audio, click here.
(10/04/09)
Paper Accepted to ICVCI
Gardner, Herr, Mazary, Lin, Scogland, and Feng have their paper, A Flexible and Extensible Framework for Delivering Designer Images for K-12 Pedagogy, accepted for publication at the 3rd International Conference on the Virtual Computing Initiative in Raleigh, NC, USA in October 2009.
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Our research is supported by
NSF, RNet Technologies, IBM, AMD, NVIDIA, Eli Lilly & Company, SURA, and the Virgnia Tech Foundation.