Newsgroups: comp.parallel
From: rn@cs.brown.edu (Robert H.B. Netzer)
Subject: Bibliography on Parallel and Distributed Debuggers
Organization: Brown University Department of Computer Science
Date: Tue, 7 Jun 1994 13:19:37 GMT

                        Bibliography on
                Parallel and Distributed Debuggers

The debugging bibliography contains references to papers on parallel
debuggers.  The list was compiled first by Cherri Pancake and Sue Utter (1990),
then extended by Cherri Pancake and Rob Netzer (1992-1994).  It includes
technical reports, journals and conference papers, and Ph.D.  dissertations
dealing with parallel debuggers.  No distinction is made between tools for
parallel and for distributed systems, although debuggers implemented on
multiprocessor or multicomputer architectures which are only capable of
analyzing serial programs have been omitted.  Treatments of parallel
programming environments, debugging methodology, or techniques for program
analysis are included when a significant portion of the publication is devoted
to factors influencing the design/implementation of debugging tools.

An annotated version which cross-references the items by subject
classifications is currently underway.  Anyone who would like other published
papers or tech reports to be included is invited to correspond with the
editors.  We request BOTH a citation (in the BiBTeX format) and a hardcopy
version of each item.  They can be sent to either Cherri Pancake or Rob Netzer,
whose addresses are below.  Please be sure to include your address
and telephone number so that we can contact you with questions about how
your papers should be classified.
 
Three compressed files are available:
 
debug_3.0.bib.Z      Version 3.0 of the BIBTEX form of a bibliography
                     on parallel debuggers (revised 5-1-1993)

debug_3.0.ps.Z	     PostScript version of the complete bibliography
		     listing (609 entries, occupying 30 pages)

debug_3.0.add.ps.Z   PostScript version of just the new entries (239,
		     occupying 14 pages).  The previous version was
		     published in SIGPLAN Notices, vol. 26, no. 1
		     (January 1991).  If you have a copy, this is
		     a handier listing.

The bibliography is now stored on cs.orst.edu (128.193.32.1) and wilma.cs.brown.edu
(128.148.31.66), which contain identical copies.  Files can be retrieved as follows:
 
1.  Open a connection to wilma.cs.brown.edu or cs.orst.edu through ftp.
 
         > ftp wilma.cs.brown.edu                > ftp cs.orst.edu
 
2.  Log on by entering 'anonymous' at the login name prompt; enter your
    e-mail address as the password.
 
3.  Change the transfer mode to binary, and change to the directory containing
    the bibliography:
 
         ftp> binary                             ftp> binary
         ftp> cd pub/debug                       ftp> cd pub/pancake
 
4.  Issue the ftp 'get' command to transfer the desired file(s).  For
    example, to get Version 3.0, enter:
 
         ftp> get debug_3.0.bib.Z                ftp> get debug_3.0.bib.Z

Send e-mail to the coordinators if you would like your name added to a mailing
list for notification of future updates to the bibliography.  Corrections or
additions can be sent to the same address.

Cherri M. Pancake				Rob Netzer
Dept. of Computer Science			Dept. of Computer Science
Oregon State University				Brown University, Box 1910
Corvallis, OR 97331				Providence, RI 02912-1910
pancake@cs.orst.edu				rn@cs.brown.edu