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Jesper Larsson Träff

Univ.Prof. Dr. / MSc PhD

Research Focus

  • Computer Engineering: 70%
  • Logic and Computation: 20%

Research Areas

  • parallel algorithms, Scheduling, parallel computing, parallel programming, parallel programming models, Message Passing Interface (MPI)
Jesper Larsson Träff

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Basic Research in Parallel Computing with focus on- Models and Algorithms for fundamental problems- Algorithms and Data Structures for Shared-Memory Systems- Complexity theory for Parallel Computing- Scheduling and Routing- Software Interfaces for Parallel Computing, for example Message-Passing Interface (MPI)- High-Performance Computing- experimental parallel Algorithmics- Performance Analysis and Benchmarking

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2024

2023

2022

2021

2020

  • Special issue: Selected papers from EuroMPI 2019 / Träff, J. L., & Hoefler, T. (2020). Special issue: Selected papers from EuroMPI 2019. Parallel Computing, 99, Article 102695. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parco.2020.102695
  • k-ported vs. k-lane Broadcast, Scatter, and Alltoall Algorithms / Träff, J. L. (2020). k-ported vs. k-lane Broadcast, Scatter, and Alltoall Algorithms. arXiv. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2008.12144
  • Efficient Process-to-Node Mapping Algorithms for Stencil Computations / Hunold, S., von Kirchbach, K., Lehr, M., Schulz, C., & Träff, J. L. (2020). Efficient Process-to-Node Mapping Algorithms for Stencil Computations. arXiv. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2005.09521
    Project: Process Mapping (2019–2024)
  • Classical and pipelined preconditioned conjugate gradient methods with node-failure resilience / Pachajoa, C., Levonyak, M., Pacher, C., Träff, J. L., & Gansterer, W. (2020). Classical and pipelined preconditioned conjugate gradient methods with node-failure resilience. In A. Schlögl, J. Kiss, & S. Elefante (Eds.), Austrian High-Performance-Computing Meeting (AHPC 2020) (p. 13). IST Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:7474
  • High-Quality Hierarchical Process Mapping / Faraj, M. F., van der Grinten, A., Meyerhenke, H., Träff, J. L., & Schulz, C. (2020). High-Quality Hierarchical Process Mapping. arXiv. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2001.07134
  • Decomposing MPI Collectives for Exploiting Multi-lane Communication / Träff, J. L. (2020). Decomposing MPI Collectives for Exploiting Multi-lane Communication. SPCL_Bcast, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/87082
  • High-Quality Hierarchical Process Mapping / Faraj, M. F., van der Grinten, A., Meyerhenke, H., Träff, J. L., & Schulz, C. (2020). High-Quality Hierarchical Process Mapping. In S. Faro & D. Cantone (Eds.), 18th International Symposium on Experimental Algorithms, SEA 2020 (pp. 4:1-4:15). Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik. https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPIcs.SEA.2020.4
    Project: Process Mapping (2019–2024)
  • Decomposing MPI Collectives for Exploiting Multi-lane Communication / Träff, J. L., & Hunold, S. (2020). Decomposing MPI Collectives for Exploiting Multi-lane Communication. In 2020 IEEE International Conference on Cluster Computing (CLUSTER). IEEE International Conference on Cluster Computing (IEEE Cluster 2020) - Online Conference, Kobe, Japan. IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/cluster49012.2020.00037
  • Signature Datatypes for Type Correct Collective Operations, Revisited / Träff, J. L. (2020). Signature Datatypes for Type Correct Collective Operations, Revisited. In 27th European MPI Users’ Group Meeting. 27th European MPI Users’ Group Meeting (EuroMPI/USA 2020) - Online Conference, Austin, United States of America (the). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1145/3416315.3416324
  • Collectives and Communicators: A Case for Orthogonality / Träff, J. L., Hunold, S., Mercier, G., & Holmes, D. J. (2020). Collectives and Communicators: A Case for Orthogonality. In 27th European MPI Users’ Group Meeting. 27th European MPI Users’ Group Meeting (EuroMPI/USA 2020) - Online Conference, Austin, United States of America (the). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1145/3416315.3416319
  • Efficient Process-to-Node Mapping Algorithms for Stencil Computations / von Kirchbach, K., Lehr, M., Hunold, S., Schulz, C., & Träff, J. L. (2020). Efficient Process-to-Node Mapping Algorithms for Stencil Computations. In 2020 IEEE International Conference on Cluster Computing (CLUSTER). IEEE International Conference on Cluster Computing (IEEE Cluster 2020) - Online Conference, Kobe, Japan. IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/cluster49012.2020.00011
    Project: Process Mapping (2019–2024)
  • Optimizing Memory Access in TCF Processors with Compute-Update Operations / Forsell, M., Roivainen, J., & Träff, J. L. (2020). Optimizing Memory Access in TCF Processors with Compute-Update Operations. In 2020 IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium Workshops (IPDPSW). 22nd Workshop on Advances in Parallel and Distributed Computational Models (APDCM 2020) in conjunction with IPDPS 2020 - Online Conference, New Orleans, United States of America (the). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/ipdpsw50202.2020.00100
  • A more Pragmatic Implementation of the Lock-free, Ordered, Linked List / Träff, J. L., & Pöter, M. (2020). A more Pragmatic Implementation of the Lock-free, Ordered, Linked List. arXiv. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2010.15755
  • Better Process Mapping and Sparse Quadratic Assignment / Kirchbach, K. V., Schulz, C., & Träff, J. L. (2020). Better Process Mapping and Sparse Quadratic Assignment. ACM Journal on Experimental Algorithmics, 25, 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1145/3409667
    Project: Process Mapping (2019–2024)
  • Exploiting Multi-lane Communication in MPI Collectives / Träff, J. L. (2020). Exploiting Multi-lane Communication in MPI Collectives. In A. Schlögl, J. Kiss, & S. Elefante (Eds.), Austrian High-Performance-Computing Meeting (AHPC 2020) (p. 30). IST Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:7474

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2015

  • The Shortest Path Problem with Edge Information Reuse is NP-Complete / Träff, J. L. (2015). The Shortest Path Problem with Edge Information Reuse is NP-Complete. arXiv. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.1509.05637
  • Polynomial-time Construction of Optimal Tree-structured Communication Data Layout Descriptions / Ganian, R., Kalany, M., Szeider, S., & Träff, J. L. (2015). Polynomial-time Construction of Optimal Tree-structured Communication Data Layout Descriptions. arXiv. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.1506.09100
  • The Lock-free k-LSM Relaxed Priority Queue / Wimmer, M., Gruber, J., Träff, J. L., & Tsigas, P. (2015). The Lock-free k-LSM Relaxed Priority Queue. arXiv. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.1503.05698
  • The Power of Structured Data in MPI / Träff, J. L. (2015). The Power of Structured Data in MPI. The University of Texas at Austin, Prof. Robert A. van de Geijn, Austin, Texas, Non-EU. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/86053
  • MPI Datatype reconstruction (for vector and index types) / Träff, J. L. (2015). MPI Datatype reconstruction (for vector and index types). Compilers and Languages Group, Institute of Computer Languages, TU Wien, Vienna, Austria, Austria. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/86126
  • The Relative Power of Synchronization Primitives / Träff, J. L. (2015). The Relative Power of Synchronization Primitives. Computational Mathematics in Engineering Group - Prof. Dr. Joachim Schöberl, Institute for Analysis and Scientific Computing, TU Wien, Vienna, Austria, Austria. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/86043
  • Specification Guideline Violations by MPI_Dims_create / Träff, J. L., & Lübbe, F. D. (2015). Specification Guideline Violations by MPI_Dims_create. In J. Dongarra, A. Denis, B. Goglin, E. Jeannot, & G. Mercier (Eds.), Proceedings of the 22nd European MPI Users’ Group Meeting. ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/2802658.2802677
    Project: MPI (2013–2018)
  • Isomorphic, Sparse MPI-like Collective Communication Operations for Parallel Stencil Computations / Träff, J. L., Lübbe, F. D., Rougier, A., & Hunold, S. (2015). Isomorphic, Sparse MPI-like Collective Communication Operations for Parallel Stencil Computations. In J. Dongarra, A. Denis, B. Goglin, E. Jeannot, & G. Mercier (Eds.), Proceedings of the 22nd European MPI Users’ Group Meeting. ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/2802658.2802663
    Projects: EPiGRAM (2013–2016) / MPI (2013–2018)
  • Efficient, Optimal MPI Datatype Reconstruction for Vector and Index Types / Kalany, M., & Träff, J. L. (2015). Efficient, Optimal MPI Datatype Reconstruction for Vector and Index Types. In J. Dongarra, A. Denis, B. Goglin, E. Jeannot, & G. Mercier (Eds.), Proceedings of the 22nd European MPI Users’ Group Meeting. ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/2802658.2802671
    Project: EPiGRAM (2013–2016)
  • The lock-free k-LSM relaxed priority queue / Wimmer, M., Gruber, J., Träff, J. L., & Tsigas, P. (2015). The lock-free k-LSM relaxed priority queue. In A. Cohen & D. Grove (Eds.), Proceedings of the 20th ACM SIGPLAN Symposium on Principles and Practice of Parallel Programming. ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/2688500.2688547
  • Euro-Par 2015: Parallel Processing / Euro-Par 2015: Parallel Processing. (2015). In J. L. Träff, S. Hunold, & F. Versaci (Eds.), Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-48096-0

2014

  • Preface: Selected Papers from EuroMPI 2012 / Träff, J. L., & Benkner, S. (2014). Preface: Selected Papers from EuroMPI 2012. Computing, 96(4), 259–261. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00607-013-0335-z
  • An improved, easily computable combinatorial lower bound for weighted graph bipartitioning / Träff, J. L., & Wimmer, M. (2014). An improved, easily computable combinatorial lower bound for weighted graph bipartitioning. arXiv. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.1410.0462
  • Perfectly Load-Balanced, Stable, Synchronization-Free Parallel Merge / Siebert, C., & Träff, J. L. (2014). Perfectly Load-Balanced, Stable, Synchronization-Free Parallel Merge. Parallel Processing Letters, 24(01), 1450005. https://doi.org/10.1142/s0129626414500054
  • Reproducible MPI Micro-Benchmarking Isn't As Easy As You Think / Hunold, S., Carpen-Amarie, A., & Träff, J. L. (2014). Reproducible MPI Micro-Benchmarking Isn’t As Easy As You Think. Research Group Theory and Applications of Algorithms, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Austria. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/85872
    Projects: MPI (2013–2018) / ReproPC (2013–2016)
  • The Power of Structured Data in MPI / Träff, J. L. (2014). The Power of Structured Data in MPI. Compiler Technology and Computer Architecure Group at the University of Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom, EU. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/85832
  • The Power of Structured Data in MPI / Träff, J. L. (2014). The Power of Structured Data in MPI. Research Group Theory and Applications of Algorithms and Research Group Scientific Computing, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Austria. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/85825
  • The Power of Structured Data in MPI / Träff, J. L. (2014). The Power of Structured Data in MPI. I3MS Seminar Series, Aachen GRS, RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany, EU. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/85805
    Projects: EPiGRAM (2013–2016) / MPI (2013–2018)
  • Implementing a classic: zero-copy all-to-all communication with MPI datatypes / Träff, J. L. (2014). Implementing a classic: zero-copy all-to-all communication with MPI datatypes. Department of Computer Science, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, EU. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/85783
  • Reproducible MPI Micro-Benchmarking Isn't As Easy As You Think / Hunold, S., Carpen-Amarie, A., & Träff, J. L. (2014). Reproducible MPI Micro-Benchmarking Isn’t As Easy As You Think. In J. Dongarra, Y. Ishikawa, & A. Hori (Eds.), Proceedings of the 21st European MPI Users’ Group Meeting. ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/2642769.2642785
    Projects: MPI (2013–2018) / ReproPC (2013–2016)
  • Optimal MPI Datatype Normalization for Vector and Index-block Types / Träff, J. L. (2014). Optimal MPI Datatype Normalization for Vector and Index-block Types. In J. Dongarra, Y. Ishikawa, & A. Hori (Eds.), Proceedings of the 21st European MPI Users’ Group Meeting. ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/2642769.2642771
    Project: EPiGRAM (2013–2016)
  • Zero-copy, Hierarchical Gather is not possible with MPI Datatypes and Collectives / Träff, J. L., & Rougier, A. (2014). Zero-copy, Hierarchical Gather is not possible with MPI Datatypes and Collectives. In J. Dongarra, Y. Ishikawa, & A. Hori (Eds.), Proceedings of the 21st European MPI Users’ Group Meeting. ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/2642769.2642772
  • MPI Collectives and Datatypes for Hierarchical All-to-all Communication / Träff, J. L., & Rougier, A. (2014). MPI Collectives and Datatypes for Hierarchical All-to-all Communication. In J. Dongarra, Y. Ishikawa, & A. Hori (Eds.), Proceedings of the 21st European MPI Users’ Group Meeting. ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/2642769.2642770
  • Implementing a classic / Träff, J. L., Rougier, A., & Hunold, S. (2014). Implementing a classic. In M. Gerndt, P. Stenström, L. Rauchwerger, B. Miller, & M. Schulz (Eds.), Proceedings of the 28th ACM international conference on Supercomputing - ICS ’14. ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/2597652.2597662
  • Data structures for task-based priority scheduling / Wimmer, M., Versaci, F., Träff, J. L., Cederman, D., & Tsigas, P. (2014). Data structures for task-based priority scheduling. In Proceedings of the 19th ACM SIGPLAN symposium on Principles and practice of parallel programming - PPoPP ’14. 19th ACM SIGPLAN Symposium on Principles and Practice of Parallel Programming, PPoPP 2014, Orlando, Florida, USA, Non-EU. ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/2555243.2555278

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  • Innovation Radar: Innovation Title: PGAS-based MPI with interoperability; Innovation Category: Exploration; FP 7 project EPiGRAM
    2018 / Project
  • Best Paper Award: "Reproducible MPI Micro-Benchmarking Isn't As Easy As You Think", S. Hunold, A. Carpen-Amarie, J. Träff, 21st European MPI Users' Group Meeting, EuroMPI/ASIA 2014, Kyoto, Japan, September 9-12, 2014
    2014 / Program Chairs of EuroMPI/ASIA 2014 / Japan

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