High Efficiency, Scalable, Parallel Processing Approaches for Multi-Sensor Data Fusion

Management Communications and Control, Inc. (MCCI) proposes extension of data flow graph programming technology into the non-traditional grid based HPC application domain. Phase I demonstrated the feasibility of developing grid based applications with dataflow graph programming, design, and automated code generation tools. The naturally systolic execution behavior of data flow graph grids ideally suits them for specification of recursive equation systems simulating physical phenomena or solution of moreabstract equation systems. Significant productivity gains were demonstrated with design and automated code generation tools including the automated import of MATLABr functional specifications. Tool based design methods were applied to achieve highexecution efficiencies on small parallel architectures of 12 processors. MCCI proposes to demonstrate implementation of high efficiency grid based HPC applications on large architectures of 256 plus processors and productivity gains based on the use of thecompany's data flow tools. The company will restructure its data flow programming environment into public domain and commercial product sets to best support HPC application development in DARPA and other government programs and facilitate establishingtheir commercial market position.