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ArticleComputer physics communications2015

Asynchronous Replica Exchange Software for Grid and Heterogeneous Computing.

Emilio Gallicchio, Junchao Xia, William F Flynn, Baofeng Zhang, Sade Samlalsingh, Ahmet Mentes, Ronald M Levy

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Article in Computer physics communications, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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7 authors.

Emilio GallicchioDepartment of Chemistry, Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, Brooklyn, NY.
Junchao XiaCenter for Biophysics and Computational Biology, Institute of Computational Molecular Science and Department of Chemistry, Temple University, Philadelphia PA.
William F FlynnCenter for Biophysics and Computational Biology, Institute of Computational Molecular Science and Department of Chemistry, Temple University, Philadelphia PA.
Baofeng ZhangDepartment of Chemistry, Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, Brooklyn, NY.
Sade SamlalsinghDepartment of Chemistry, Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, Brooklyn, NY.
Ahmet MentesCenter for Biophysics and Computational Biology, Institute of Computational Molecular Science and Department of Chemistry, Temple University, Philadelphia PA.
Ronald M LevyCenter for Biophysics and Computational Biology, Institute of Computational Molecular Science and Department of Chemistry, Temple University, Philadelphia PA.

Funding

Project 9P50GM103368 · NIGMS · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI SHARPLESS, KARL BARRY · 2012 to 2016
$20.0M
DYNAMICS OF PEPTIDES AND PROTEINSR01GM030580 · NIGMS · TEMPLE UNIV OF THE COMMONWEALTH · PI LEVY, RONALD · 1985 to 2018
$6.1M
NIGMS NIH HHS P50 GM103368NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM030580
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Parallel replica exchange sampling is an extended ensemble technique often used to accelerate the exploration of the conformational ensemble of atomistic molecular simulations of chemical systems. Inter-process communication and coordination requirements have historically discouraged the deployment of replica exchange on distributed and heterogeneous resources. Here we describe the architecture of a software (named ASyncRE) for performing asynchronous replica exchange molecular simulations on volunteered computing grids and heterogeneous high performance clusters. The asynchronous replica exchange algorithm on which the software is based avoids centralized synchronization steps and the need for direct communication between remote processes. It allows molecular dynamics threads to progress at different rates and enables parameter exchanges among arbitrary sets of replicas independently from other replicas. ASyncRE is written in Python following a modular design conducive to extensions to various replica exchange schemes and molecular dynamics engines. Applications of the software for the modeling of association equilibria of supramolecular and macromolecular complexes on BOINC campus computational grids and on the CPU/MIC heterogeneous hardware of the XSEDE Stampede supercomputer are illustrated. They show the ability of ASyncRE to utilize large grids of desktop computers running the Windows, MacOS, and/or Linux operating systems as well as collections of high performance heterogeneous hardware devices.

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BOINCdistributed computinggrid computingpeptide dimerizationprotein-ligand bindingreplica exchange molecular dynamics

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PMID27103749
PMCPMC4834714

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