Jack Dongarra <dongarra%anl-mcs.arpa@CSNET-RELAY> (07/15/86)
Argonne National Laboratory has set up a research facility for the
study of parallel computing. It currently includes an 8-processor
Alliant FX/8, a 20-processor Encore Multimax, a 24-processor Sequent
Balance 21000, and a 32-processor Intel iPSC hypercube.
Local projects utilizing the ACRF (Advanced Computing Research Facility)
include parallel logic programming, parallel linear algebra, and the
development of portable parallel programming methodologies.
The ACRF is intended to be a user facility to support research in
parallel computing. Those interested in using the facility in their
research should contact either
Jack Dongarra or Rusty Lusk
Mathematics and Computer Science Division
Argonne National Laboratory
Argonne, IL 60439
dongarra@anl-mcs.arpa
lusk@anl-mcs.arpa
A class for those wishing to use the Argonne Advanced
Computing Research Facility will be held on August 11-13. The class
will cover parallel programming on the Alliant, Encore, Sequent, and
Intel. This will be a hands-on class. At its completion participants
will have written and run a number of programs on each machine,
and should be familiar with the ACRF environment. The third day
of the class will be devoted to consideration of each attendee's
particular project.
This class will emphasize C as the primary example
programming language.
Those interested in the August class should contact
Ross Overbeek
Mathematics and Computer Science Division
Argonne National Laboratory
Argonne, IL 60439
(312) 972-7162
overbeek@anl.mcs.arpa
There will be no charge for this class, nor is any financial support
for attendees available.
(A class emphasizing Fortran will be held in September.)