Real-time web-based remote interaction with active HPC applications

Timothy John Dykes; Ugo Varetto; Claudio Gheller; Mel Krokos

doi:10.5220/0010260300880100

Real-time web-based remote interaction with active HPC applications

Timothy John Dykes, Ugo Varetto, Claudio Gheller, Mel Krokos

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Abstract

Real-time interaction is a necessary part of the modern high performance computing (HPC) environment, used for tasks such as development, debugging, visualization, and experimentation. However, HPC systems are remote by nature, and current solutions for remote user interaction generally rely on remote desktop software or bespoke client-server implementations combined with an existing user interface. This can be an inhibiting factor for a domain scientist looking to incorporate simple remote interaction to their research software. Furthermore, there are very few solutions that allow the user to interact via the web, which is fast becoming a crucial platform for accessible scientific HPC software. To address this, we present a framework to support remote interaction with HPC software through web-based technologies. This lightweight framework is intended to allow HPC developers to expose remote procedure calls and data streaming to application users through a web browser, and allow real-time interaction with the application while executing on a HPC system. We present a classification scheme for remote applications, detail our framework, and present an example use case within a HPC visualization application and real world performance for remote interaction with a HPC system over a Wide Area Network.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 16th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - IVAPP 2021
Editors	Christophe Hurter, Helen Purchase, Jose Braz, Kadi Bouatouch
Publisher	SciTePress
Pages	88-100
Number of pages	13
ISBN (Print)	9789897584886
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5220/0010260300880100
Publication status	Published - 8 Feb 2021
Event	International Conference on Information Visualization Theory and Applications - Online Duration: 8 Feb 2021 → 10 Feb 2021 http://www.ivapp.visigrapp.org/

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Name	Proceedings of the 16th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - IVAPP
Publisher	SciTePress
Volume	3
ISSN (Print)	2184-4321

Conference

Conference	International Conference on Information Visualization Theory and Applications
Abbreviated title	IVAPP 2021
Period	8/02/21 → 10/02/21
Internet address	http://www.ivapp.visigrapp.org/

Keywords

web-based scientific visualization
remote interaction
high performance computing

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Dykes, T. J., Varetto, U., Gheller, C., & Krokos, M. (2021). Real-time web-based remote interaction with active HPC applications. In C. Hurter, H. Purchase, J. Braz, & K. Bouatouch (Eds.), Proceedings of the 16th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - IVAPP 2021 (pp. 88-100). (Proceedings of the 16th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - IVAPP; Vol. 3). SciTePress. https://doi.org/10.5220/0010260300880100

Dykes, Timothy John ; Varetto, Ugo ; Gheller, Claudio et al. / Real-time web-based remote interaction with active HPC applications. Proceedings of the 16th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - IVAPP 2021. editor / Christophe Hurter ; Helen Purchase ; Jose Braz ; Kadi Bouatouch. SciTePress, 2021. pp. 88-100 (Proceedings of the 16th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - IVAPP).

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Dykes, TJ, Varetto, U, Gheller, C & Krokos, M 2021, Real-time web-based remote interaction with active HPC applications. in C Hurter, H Purchase, J Braz & K Bouatouch (eds), Proceedings of the 16th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - IVAPP 2021. Proceedings of the 16th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - IVAPP, vol. 3, SciTePress, pp. 88-100, International Conference on Information Visualization Theory and Applications, 8/02/21. https://doi.org/10.5220/0010260300880100

Real-time web-based remote interaction with active HPC applications. / Dykes, Timothy John; Varetto, Ugo; Gheller, Claudio et al.

Proceedings of the 16th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - IVAPP 2021. ed. / Christophe Hurter; Helen Purchase; Jose Braz; Kadi Bouatouch. SciTePress, 2021. p. 88-100 (Proceedings of the 16th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - IVAPP; Vol. 3).

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Dykes TJ, Varetto U, Gheller C, Krokos M. Real-time web-based remote interaction with active HPC applications. In Hurter C, Purchase H, Braz J, Bouatouch K, editors, Proceedings of the 16th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - IVAPP 2021. SciTePress. 2021. p. 88-100. (Proceedings of the 16th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - IVAPP). doi: 10.5220/0010260300880100

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