@article{beckmann:horizons,
    author = {Carl J. Beckmann and Donald D. McManus and George Cybenko},
    title = {Horizons in Scientific and Distributed Computing},
    journal = {IEEE Computing in Science and Engineering},
    year = {1999},
    month = {January},
    volume = {1},
    number = {1},
    pages = {23--30},
    publisher = {IEEE Computer Society Press},
    copyright = {IEEE},
    group = {coabs},
    url = {http://agent.cs.dartmouth.edu/CoABS/papers/beckmann:horizons.pdf},
    abstract = {The article surveys current technologies relevant to developing
scientific applications on globally distributed networks. It reviews some
networking and computing technologies that are having a significant impact,
real or perceived, in the commercial computing world and might be valuable
for future distributed scientific computing. In many cases, an unfortunate
combination of technical inbreeding and aggressive marketing has created
jargon and hyperbole barriers to understanding. So, presentations of these
technologies too often use terminology potentially foreign to scientific
computing people. That has been our experience at least. The article's goal
is to remove some of these barriers. Developing scientific applications on
globally distributed networks requires language support (Java, MPI, OpenMP),
mechanisms for managing distributed computations and services (components and
agents), and advanced networking technologies (IPv6, ATM).}
}