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SUMMARY:Scaling Up Discrete Simulations
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DESCRIPTION:Sachin Basil John\nEDIC candidacy exam\nExam president: Prof. 
 George Candea\nThesis advisor: Prof. Christoph Koch\nCo-examiner: Prof. Ra
 chid Guerraoui\n\nAbstract\nSimulations have an important role in the mode
 rn world. They help us to model complex systems around us and understand t
 heir behavior. It has many applications in diverse fields varying from phy
 sics and biology to economics and engineering. Most common simulations are
  based on mathematical models and involve solving differential equations p
 eriodically and updating state variables and outputs. In this thesis\, I a
 m looking at discrete event simulations where events occur in discrete uni
 ts of time\, and these events update the state and output of the simulatio
 n. This thesis aims to design a Domain Specific Language to program these 
 events in a narrative style and then define optimizations that result in a
 n efficient execution of sim programs and thereby achieve better scaling.\
 n\nBackground papers\nQuantum Databases\, by Roy\, S.\, et al.\nCoordinati
 on Avoidance in Database Systems\, by Bailis\, P. et al.\nThe Escrow Trans
 actional Method\, by O'Neil\, P.
LOCATION:BC 229 https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==BC%20229
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