A Case Study in Implementation-Space Exploration

Lier A, Franke L, Stamminger M, Selgrad K (2016)

Publication Type: Conference contribution, Original article

Publication year: 2016

Publisher: European Lisp Scientific Activities Association

Series: ELS2016

Pages Range: 83-90

Conference Proceedings Title: Proceedings of the 9th European Lisp Symposium on European Lisp Symposium

Event location: Krakau PL

ISBN: 978-2-9557474-0-7

URI: http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=3005729.3005739

Abstract

In this paper we show how a feature-oriented development methodology can be exploited to investigate a large set of possible implementations for a real-time rendering algorithm. We rely on previously published work to explore potential dimensions of the implementation space of an algorithm to be run on a graphics processing unit (GPU) using CUDA. The main contribution of our paper is to provide a clear example of the benefit to be gained from existing methods in a domain that only slowly moves toward higher level abstractions. Our method employs a generative approach and makes heavy use of Common Lisp-macros before the code is ultimately transformed to CUDA.

Authors with CRIS profile

Alexander Lier Chair of Visual Computing (LGDV) Linus Franke Marc Stamminger Chair of Visual Computing (LGDV) Kai Selgrad Chair of Visual Computing (LGDV)

Related research project(s)

Metalinguistic Abstractions for Graphics Applications Jan. 1, 2015 - Jan. 1, 2018

How to cite

APA:

Lier, A., Franke, L., Stamminger, M., & Selgrad, K. (2016). A Case Study in Implementation-Space Exploration. In Proceedings of the 9th European Lisp Symposium on European Lisp Symposium (pp. 83-90). Krakau, PL: European Lisp Scientific Activities Association.

MLA:

Lier, Alexander, et al. "A Case Study in Implementation-Space Exploration." Proceedings of the 9th European Lisp Symposium, Krakau European Lisp Scientific Activities Association, 2016. 83-90.

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