def scatter_dict(view, name, d):
    """partition a dictionary across the engines of a view"""
    ntargets = len(view)
    keys = d.keys() # list(d.keys()) in Python 3
    for i, target in enumerate(view.targets):
        subd = {}
        for key in keys[i::ntargets]:
            subd[key] = d[key]
        view.client[target][name] = subd


from IPython import parallel

rc = parallel.Client()
dv = rc[:]
dv

test_dict = {'43':"lion", '34':"tiger", '343':"duck"}

scatter_dict(dv, 'test', test_dict)

dv['test']

def dostuff():
    d2 = {}
    for k,v in test.items():
        print k, v
        d2[k[::-1]] = v[::-1]
    return d2

ar = dv.apply_async(dostuff)
ar.wait()
ar.display_outputs()
ar.get()


def gather_dict(view, name):
    """gather dictionaries from a DirectView"""
    merged = {}
    for d in view.pull(name):
        merged.update(d)
    return merged

gather_dict(dv, 'test')