from IPython.parallel import Client

rc = Client()
view = rc.load_balanced_view()

def sleep_and_echo(t, msg):
    import time
    time.sleep(t)
    return msg

world = view.apply_async(sleep_and_echo, 3, 'World!')
hello = view.apply_async(sleep_and_echo, 2, 'Hello')

print "Submitted tasks:", hello.msg_ids + world.msg_ids
print hello.get(), world.get()