The Parallel & Distributed Computing Lab (PDCL) conducts research at the intersection of high performance computing and big data processing. Our group works in the broad area of Parallel & Distributed ...

Dr. Hoefler’s research aims at understanding the performance of parallel computing systems ranging from parallel computer architecture through parallel programming to parallel algorithms. He is also ...

Hadoop with MapReduce combines some of the best features of both distributed computing and concurrent programming with a hefty dose of parallel programming thrown in for good measure. Chuck Lam, ...

This has helped spur analysis of "beyond NP" problems. How to distribute your computation As if that weren't enough, Valiant has contributed to distributed and parallel computing.