diff --git a/examples/mpi_hello_world.c b/examples/mpi_hello_world.c
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+++ b/examples/mpi_hello_world.c
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+#include <mpi.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+int main(int argc, char** argv) {
+  // Initialize the MPI environment. The two arguments to MPI Init are not
+  // currently used by MPI implementations, but are there in case future
+  // implementations might need the arguments.
+  MPI_Init(NULL, NULL);
+
+  // Get the number of processes
+  int world_size;
+  MPI_Comm_size(MPI_COMM_WORLD, &world_size);
+
+  // Get the rank of the process
+  int world_rank;
+  MPI_Comm_rank(MPI_COMM_WORLD, &world_rank);
+
+  // Get the name of the processor
+  char processor_name[MPI_MAX_PROCESSOR_NAME];
+  int name_len;
+  MPI_Get_processor_name(processor_name, &name_len);
+
+  // Print off a hello world message
+  printf("Hello world from processor %s, rank %d out of %d processors\n",
+         processor_name, world_rank, world_size);
+
+  // Finalize the MPI environment. No more MPI calls can be made after this
+  MPI_Finalize();
+}
+
diff --git a/swarmlab/run b/swarmlab/run
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+++ b/swarmlab/run
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+mpicc -o /project/mpi_hello_world ../examples/mpi_hello_world.c 
+sudo -u mpi scp /projects/mpi_hello_world mpi@10.0.8.10:/project/mpi_hello_world
+sudo -u mpi mpirun -n 10 -f /projects/hosts  /project/mpi_hello_world  2>&1 | tee /project/output.log
diff --git a/swarmlab/runbefore b/swarmlab/runbefore
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+++ b/swarmlab/runbefore
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+IP_ADDR=$(ip addr show | grep "inet " | grep  "eth0" | awk '{print $2}')
+nmap -sP $IP_ADDR  | grep ondemand_mpi_worker | awk  -F "[()]" '{ for (i=2; i<NF; i+=2) print $i }' > /project/hosts
+