Summary of RISC Contribution in JRA1 WP of the SCIEnce Project

Here we report the outcome of our activity in the frame JRA1 Work Package of the SCIEnce project supported by the European Commission Framework 6 Programme. The work in this project is centered around SCSCP protocol which is a remote procedure call framework, in which both protocol messages and data are encoded in the OpenMath. By SCSCP some computer algebra systems may offer services and some others may employ them.

The RISC institute took part with 8.8 Man-Months in the activity of JRA1:

• In the first 2.2 Man-Months, we studied, deployed and tested the preliminary, proof-concept versions of the software packages (SymGrid-Par, SymGrid-Services) developed in the frame of the JRA1. We then gave our feedback to the developer groups.
  Furthermore, we searched for and discussed the possible target applications for these software platforms.
  
  
• In the next 4.7 Man-Months, we developed a software package called SCSCP4Mathematica which supports the usage of OpenMath and SCSCP from the scientific software Mathematica of Wolfram Research.
  To demonstrate the capability and the effectiveness of our new SCSCP4Mathematica software package, we developed a small distributed application in Mathematica based on the remote procedure call functionality of the SCSCP protocol and analyzed its performance in some test cases.
  
  
• In the last 1.9 Man-Months, we studied, deployed and test the final version of the SymGrid-Service software framework (developed in the frame of the SCIEnce project as well by the eAustria institute) at the environment of the RISC institute and finally we integrated it with Mathematica (though there are still some unresolved technical issues with this procedure).

Results

• Experiences with the Installation of the preliminary, Proof-Concept JRA Software Packages
• Technical Report on SCSCP4Mathematica and SymGrid-Service Installation at RISC
• The SCSCP4Mathematica software package (6MB)
• A simple example based on SCSCP4Mathematica (Distributed Polynomial Factorization)

Third-Party Resources

• SymGrid-Services Presentation - 1st Part
• SymGrid-Services Presentation - 2nd Part
• The full SymGrid-Service software package (115MB) developed by the eAustria institute
• The CAS Server - User Manual (DRAFT)
• The Client Manager - User Manual (DRAFT)

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Karoly Bosa

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