from IPython.parallel import Client
import multiprocessing

class SubProc(multiprocessing.Process):
    def __init__(self, name):
        multiprocessing.Process.__init__(self, name=name)

    def run(self):
        my_client = Client()

if __name__ == '__main__':
    client = Client()
    print "There are %d engines." % len(client.ids)
    proc = SubProc("blah")
    proc.start()