Webcomputing at University of West Bohemia

Petr Girg, Luboš Matějka, Ladislav Pešička, Jiří Benedikt, Josef Otta

University of West Bohemia, Plzeň, Czech Republic

Abstract

Numerical experiments, symbolic computation and data processing become an indispensable tool in research and education nowadays. Nonstandard numerical methods are needed in modern computer based proofs (interval arithmetic). Reliable case studies are an important issue in testing large engineering software applications (we will provide an example from nuclear engineering). Purchase and maintenance of corresponding software and hardware is very expansive and not every educational or research institution can afford them. As an alternative, we offer web access to high-performance computing based on gridMathematica technology in distributed environment of the Metacentre (several academic clusters with one front end). These interactive web pages are powered by webMathematica and give access to several computational applications which were programed under gridMathematica. Our project gives chance to young talented undergraduate and graduate students to program their algorithms (of broader interest) and make them accessible to users from universities and academy. In this talk we would like to inform you on recent progress on our project.