It seems to me a map/reduce implementation can solve your problem. There are a few out there, but most are proprietary AFAIK, for good reason cause google as patented it.
So that can be a good point of departure to solve your problem. Althought depending on the flexibility required, it may take some time to write. Sylvain. On 14 Apr 2010 17:24, "Luther Goh Lu Feng" <[email protected]> wrote: Pardon the email formatting... apparently gmail and yahoo mail don't work very well together :( ----- Forwarded Message ---- > From: Brice Rebsamen <[email protected]> > To: linuxnus <[email protected]> > Sent: Wed, April 14, 2010 4:52:06 PM > Subject: [linuxNUS] Internship offer > > Hi I am a research scientist at Temasek Lab (eng. faculty), working > in cognitive science. I am looking for a programmer for a short job. > I haven't talked to the management yet if this could be paid, but there is > a good chance that some money can be awarded for it. In any case that would > be a valuable experience and it will definitely improve your resume. And who > knows, that might result in a longer contract (Research assistant for > instance). Here is the task to achieve. We have several linux > workstations with matlab installed. However we do not have the distributed > computing toolbox. So I want to create a workaround. Typically, I want to > test one function on several data sets with several parameters, and combine > the result to find the best combination of parameters. This is a very > parallel task by nature. I believe that it would not be too difficult to > write a script that would manage connections with all available workstations > and feed them with data. This script could be written in any language you > are familiar with. C might be a good choice because of Matlab's > C interface (search doc on the engopen function for more info). If > not using the C API, the program could rely on rsh to launch remote > matlab sessions. Don't hesitate to contact me for more info, or send > me your resume. Also, forward this mail to your friends who might be > interested. Regards Brice > Rebsamen ------------------------------------ Find us in IRC > on #linuxnus @ > href="http://irc.freenode.net";>irc.freenode.net: > http://linuxnus.org/chat Our website and wiki: http://linuxnus.org/ | > http://opensource.nus.edu.sg Follow us on twitter: > http://twitter.com/linuxnusYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your > group on the web, go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/linuxNUS/ <*> Your email > settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To > change settings online go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/linuxNUS/join (Yahoo! ID > required) <*> To change settings via email: > ymailto="mailto:[email protected]"; > href="mailto:[email protected]";> [email protected] > > href="mailto:[email protected]";> [email protected] <*> > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > ymailto="mailto:[email protected]"; > href="mailto:[email protected]";> [email protected] <*> > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ _______________________________________________ LUGS Mailing list - [email protected] List FAQ: http://wiki.lugs.org.sg/LugsMailingListFaq Info page: http://www.lugs.org.sg/mailman/listinfo/slugnet To unsubscribe send an empty email to: [email protected]
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