bruceb@telesoft.com (Bruce Bergman @nova) (03/08/91)
(I'm posting this for another individual in our company -- all responses should go to one of the three addresses at the bottom, not my .signature.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Ada On Super-Computers Workshop TRI-Ada T91 San Jose, CA October 21, 1991 Call For Contribution & Participation ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Super-computers are becoming more wide spread because of inexpensive microprocessor technology and innovative computer architectures. These architectures rely extensively on parallelism in many forms pipelining, vector processing and in many degrees coarse to medium to fine grain. Ada with its numeric processing, tasking and generic abstraction features has the potential to address the growing problem of programming super-computers effectively. The aim of this workshop, which is held in conjunction with ACM SIG Ada sponsored TRI-Ada T91, is to bring together interested super- computer users, Ada technologists compiler vendors, computer manufacturers and Ada 9X Mapping/Revision participants to address the following issues, each in a 1 and 1/2 hour session of panel and audience debate and discussion: 1) Users Needs ---------------- Currently, FORTRAN is the lingua franca of super-computer users. What steps are needed to make Ada the language of choice for users of super-computers? 2) Compiler Technology ------------------------- Super-computer architectures re uire sophisticated compilers to achieve effective performance. Ada, for performance reasons, also requires a sophisticated compiler. How can both be accommodated? 3) Language Issues --------------------- In some instances, the Ada Language Reference Manual restricts the use of parallel processing. Also, scientific users have specialized needs in handling floating pointing representation, storage and operation. What are the critical issues and what steps can be made to accommodate such issues now and in the Ada 9X revision process? 4) Wrap Up ------------- The results of the workshop lists of issues, proposed solutions and recommendations will be summarized and published in AdaLetters. If you are doing work related to any of these areas and would like to bring your expertise and point of view to bear on the above questions as a panelist, then we invite you to submit a short description 3 pages of what your interests are and in which session you are interested in participating. Short position statements from invited panelists will start each session and then the floor will be opened by a moderator for debate and discussion with the panel and the audience. The dead-line for submitting a position brief as a speaker/panelist is August 1,1991. Selection of panelists will be made by August 25, 1991. The audience attendance is limited to about 75 persons so please contact one of us as soon as possible if you are interested in attending. Philippe Collard TeleSoft 5959 Cornerstone Court San Diego, CA 92121 1 619 457 2700 1 619 597 0574 fax philippe@telesoft.com or Andre Goforth Info. Sciences Division, FI NASA ARC, ms 244-18 Moffett Field, CA 94035 1 415 604 4809 1 415 604 6997 fax andy@ptolemy.nasa.gov or Richard Sincovec RIACS NASA ARC, ms T045-1 Moffett Field, CA 94035 1 415 604 6363 1 415 962 7772 fax sincovec@riacs.edu -- Bruce A. Bergman, N7HAW UUCP: bruceb@telesoft.com TeleSoft CIS: 70431,3167 5959 Cornerstone Court West San Diego, CA. 92121-9891 All opinions expressed herein are my own. (619) 457-2700 x123 Have you hugged your horse lately?