A Java based web interface to Matlab.ppt

A Java based web interface to Matlab Siddharth Samsi, Ashok Krishnamurthy, Stanley Ahalt, John Nehrbass, Marlon Pierce Outline Motivation and Goals Matlab Web Server from MathWorks The OSU Matlab Application Portal Steps for creating a typical portal application An example Matlab application using the portal Advantages and Limitations Future work Motivations Matlab is a widely used computational environment for research and development Many large applications continue to be developed and deployed using Matlab Researchers from geographically distributed locations want to share applications and data Users want to run Matlab applications without having to buy licenses for all toolboxes Solution: A secure, web based Matlab application portal that allows researchers to upload code, run applications and visualize results Goals Create a portal capable of running Matlab applications over the web Provide the ability to interactively zoom and examine 2-D and 3-D plots Provide the ability to upload Matlab code for testing and benchmarking on common data Provide secure access to the Matlab application portal through user authentication and encrypted communication Goal Benefits of Research Portal Provides common platform for sharing data Enables easier sharing of code and results with the entire research community Single web based environment can provide easy access to all analysis tools Web interface can also be used to perform batch processing tasks more easily Matlab Web Server Interface between the web and Matlab Uses Common Gateway Interface (CGI) to provide web based communication Provides helper functions for creating output HTML from result data Enables any Matlab application to be accessed over the web Limitations of Matlab Web Server Matlab workspace is not retained All variables and data generated by an application is lost upon completion of the program Results need to be recomputed for subsequent analysis by other applications Does not provide interactivity wit