Parallel Implementation of a Computational Model of the HIS Using OpenMP and MPI

Primary immune responses are initiated when foreign pathogenic microorganisms move past the front-line defense system of the body. The primary immune responses consist of a) the production of antibody molecules that are specific for the pathogenic microorganism and b) the expansion and differentiation of special-purpose defensive cells, the lymphocytes. In this scenario, our work aims to develop and implement a mathematical and computational model for this primary immune response in a microscopic section of a tissue. However, solving the set of equations related to the mathematical model requires a large amount of computation. Therefore, in this work we present an initial attempt to improve the performance of the computational implementation via the use of parallel computing.