Gregory M. Kapfhammer

Swallowtail

Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees. Isaiah 34:7

In this research project, we are investigating the hypothesis that StraightforWard benchmArks pLus reaL applicatiOns equAls meanIngful resuLts (SWALLOwtAIL). In particular, we focus on the implementation of simple performance evaluation frameworks for remote communication primitives (e.g., sockets and XML-RPC) and storage mechanisms (e.g., XML compression and Java serialization). The frameworks enable us to evaluate the performance of these key components within modern software applications. After conducting empirical studies with the benchmarking frameworks, we use advanced statistical analysis techniques in order to better understand the trade-offs in efficiency and effectiveness. We anticipate that others may use these benchmarking frameworks to make intelligent choices about storage and communication primitives and subsequently avoid degrading the performance and/or correctness of programs.

Related Presentations:

• Brian Blose, Phillip Burdette, and Gregory M. Kapfhammer. The Measured Performance of Communication and Serialization Primitives. Presented at the NITLE Workshop on Parallel and Cluster Computing, June 2007.

• Gregory M. Kapfhammer and Brian Blose. Measuring the Performance of an XML-Based Communication Primitive. Presented at the Allegheny College Research in Computer Science Seminar, September 2006.

Project Team:

• Gregory M. Kapfhammer (Allegheny College)
• Brian Blose (Allegheny College)
• Jonathan Goytia (Allegheny College)
• Jesse Hixson (Allegheny College)
• Justin Carulli (Allegheny College)
• Philip Burdette (Allegheny College)
• William Jones (Allegheny College)

This research project is supported by research and travel grants from the Department of Computer Science and the Dean's Office at Allegheny College. Please refer to Research for a complete listing of my current research activities.

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