Parallel Parameter Tuning for Applications with Performance Variability

TitleParallel Parameter Tuning for Applications with Performance Variability
Publication TypeConference Papers
Year of Publication2005
AuthorsTabatabaee V, Tiwari A, Hollingsworth J
Conference NameProceedings of the 2005 ACM/IEEE conference on Supercomputing
Date Published2005///
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
ISBN Number1-59593-061-2
Keywordsalgorithms, compilers, design
Abstract

In this paper, we present parallel on-line optimization algorithms for parameter tuning of parallel programs. We employ direct search algorithms that update parameters based on real-time performance measurements. We discuss the impact of performance variability on the accuracy and efficiency of the optimization algorithms and proposed modified versions of the direct search algorithms to cope with it. The modified version uses multiple samples instead of single sample to estimate the performance more accurately.We present preliminary results that the performance variability of applications on clusters is heavy tailed. Finally, we studay and demonstrate the performance ofthe proposed algorithms for real scientific application.

URLhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1109/SC.2005.52
DOI10.1109/SC.2005.52