<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="6.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>47</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Dikaiakos, Marios</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Rana, Omer</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ur, Shmuel</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Louren{\c c}o, João</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Topic 1: Support Tools and Environments</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Euro-Par 2008  Parallel Processing</style></secondary-title><tertiary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Lecture Notes in Computer Science</style></tertiary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2008</style></year></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-85451-7_1</style></url></web-urls></urls><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Springer-Verlag</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Berlin, Heidelberg</style></pub-location><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">5168</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1–2</style></pages><isbn><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">978-3-540-85450-0</style></isbn><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The spread of systems that provide parallelism either ‘‘in-the-large’’ (grid infrastructures, clusters) or ‘‘in-the-small’’ (multi-core chips), creates new opportunities for exploiting parallelism in a wider spectrum of application domains. However, the increasing complexity of parallel and distributed platforms renders the programming, the use, and the management of these systems a costly endeavor that requires advanced expertise and skills. Therefore, there is an increasing need for powerful support tools and environments that will help end-users, application programmers, software engineers and system administrators to manage the increasing complexity of parallel and distributed platforms.</style></abstract></record></records></xml>