Book description
Complex systems modeling and simulation approaches are being adopted in
a growing number of sectors, including finance, economics, biology,
astronomy, and many more. Technologies ranging from distributed
computing to specialized hardware are explored and developed to address
the computational requirements arising in complex systems simulations.
The aim of this book is to present a representative overview of
contemporary large-scale computing technologies in the context of
complex systems simulations applications. The intention is to identify
new research directions in this field and to provide a communications
platform facilitating an exchange of concepts, ideas and needs between
the scientists and technologist and complex system modelers. On the
application side, the book focuses on modeling and simulation of
natural and man-made complex systems. On the computing technology
side, emphasis is placed on the distributed computing approaches, but
supercomputing and other novel technologies are also considered.
Werner Dubitzky, PhD
, is Chair of Bioinformatics at the Biomedical Sciences Research
Institute in the Faculty of Life and Health Sciences at the University
of Ulster. His research investigates systems biology, knowledge
management in biology, grid computing, and data mining.
Krzysztof Kurowski, PhD, leads the Applications Department at
Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center in Poland. His research is
focused on the modeling of advanced applications, scheduling, and
resource management in networked environments.
Bernhard Schott, Dipl. Phys., is the EU-Research Program
Manager for Platform Computing GmbH.
