lusk@anl-mcs.ARPA (Rusty Lusk) (02/27/86)
Argonne National Laboratory has set up a research facility for the
study of parallel computing. It currently includes a 20-processor
Encore Multimax, a 12-processor Sequent Balance 8000, and (to be
delivered tomorrow) an 8-processor Alliant. Planned enhancements over
the next few months are an upgrade to the Sequent and the addition of
machine with a hypercube architecture. 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@al-mcs.arpa
The first class for those wishing to use the Argonne Advanced
Computing Research Facility will be held on March 17-19. The class
will cover parallel programming on the Encore and Sequent, and (if
all goes according to plan) the Alliant as well. 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 first class will emphasize C as the primary example programming
language, although FORTRAN will also be discussed. A later class will
reverse the roles of these two languages. Those interested in the March
class should contact
Rusty Lusk
Mathematics and Computer Science Division
Argonne National Laboratory
Argonne, IL 60439
(312) 972-7852
lusk@anl.mcs.arpa
There will be no charge for this class, nor is any financial support
for attendees available.