grob@cmcl2.NYU.EDU (Lori S. Grob) (08/18/88)
UNIX ON SUPERCOMPUTERS WORKSHOP
A large number of supercomputers are now or will in the
future be running Unix as their primary operating system.
This is the first workshop to consider the general problems
of running Unix on supercomputers, and will cover topics
both practical and abstract. Some of the topics that will
be covered are
o Performance
o Parallelism
o Scheduling and Load Balancing
o Storage Management
o Processes and Process Management
o Experiences
The workshop sessions will include both full-length papers
and short presentations, and there will be works in progress
sessions. Works in progress presentation slots will be
available at the workshop on a first come, first served
basis. Proceedings will be provided to registered attendees
at the workshop.
In addition to the regular sessions, there will be a trip to
the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center and Westinghouse Energy
Center facilities. Housed in the same building, this is one
of the largest privately-owned computing centers in the
world. A reception will be held in conjunction with the
visit. There will also be a no-host reception Sunday even-
ing preceding the workshop.
WORKSHOP EVENT SCHEDULE
SUNDAY EVENING, September 25
4:00pm - 9:00pm No host reception and registration
MONDAY, September 26
9:00am - 5:00pm Workshop sessions
7:00pm - 9:00pm Reception at Pittsburgh Supercomputing &
Westinghouse Energy Center
TUESDAY, September 27
9:00am - 5:00pm Workshop sessions
P R E L I M I N A R Y S C H E D U L E O F S P E A K E R S
(Subject to Change)
Performance
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Kenneth Bobey, Myrias Research Corporation.
"Monitoring Program Performance on Large Parallel Systems"
Eugene Miya, NASA Ames Research Center.
"Some Observations on Computer Performance Characterization"
John Renwick, Cray Research, Inc..
"High-speed networking with Supercomputers"
(short presentation)
Parallelism
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Brian Baird, Myrias Research Corporation.
"Distributed UNIX Services in a Massively Parallel Supercomputer"
Ray Bryant, et al., IBM T.J. Watson Research Center.
"The RP3 Parallel Computing Environment"
Brewster Kahle and Bill Nesheim, Thinking Machines.
"The Use of Unix in the Connection Machine System"
Traian Muntean, University of Grenoble.
"UNIX* on Transputers* based supercomputers"
Scheduling and Load Balancing
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Martin Fouts, NASA Ames Research Center.
"Multitasking under UniCos: Experiences with the Cray 2"
Ralph Knag, AT&T Bell Laboratories.
"The Unicos Fair Share Scheduler"
(short presentation)
Storage Management
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Patrick Clancy, Multiflow Computer.
"Virtual Memory Extensions in TRACE/UNIX"
Jan Edler, Jim Lipkis, and Edith Schonberg, Ultracomputer Research Laboratory.
"Memory Management in Symunix II"
E.C. Pariser, AT&T Bell Labs.
"Static and Dynamic Reduction of Memory Requirements on the
Cray X-MP"
Mike Muuss, BRL, Terry Slattery, USNA, and Don Merritt, BRL.
"BUMP - The BRL/USNA Migration Project"
Alan Poston, GE Aerospace, NASA Ames Research Center.
"A High Performance File System for UNIX"
Douglas E. Engert, National Laboratory.
"Attaching IBM Disks Directly to a Cray X-MP"
(short presentation)
Processes and Process Management
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Jim Lipkis, Jan Edler, and Edith Schonberg, NYU Ultracomputer Project.
"Process Management Extensions at the Ultracomputer Project"
Piyush Mehrotra, Purdue University.
"Microthreads: Featherweight Processes in C"
Dennis Ritchie, AT&T Bell Laboratories.
"A Guest Facility for Unicos"
Experiences (all short presentations)
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H. Stephen Anderson, Ohio Supercomputer Graphics Project.
"Distributed Supercomputer Graphics Using Unix Tools"
Jonathan Brown, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
"The CTSS/Posix Project"
Robert M. Panoff, Department of Physics and Astronomy.
"Real Productivity for Real Science Without Real UNIX"
Satoshi Sekiguchi, Hiroyuki Kusumoto, and Akio Kokubu, Electrotechnical
Laboratory.
"A Design for Supercomputing Environment at the Tsukuba
Research Center of MITI"
Cheryl Stewart, Cornell Mathematical Sciences Institute.
"Numerical Interprocess Communication Protocol"
Kevin Wohlever, Cray Research, Inc.
"Unicos System Administration at the Ohio Supercomputer
Center - Tuning Considerations"
W O R K S H O P R E G I S T R A T I O N I N F O R M A T I O N
You MUST register in advance to attend this limited
enrollment workshop. Register early as space is available
on a first-come, first-served basis.
REGISTRATION FEE............. $200.00
REGISTRATION DEADLINE........ September 19, 1988
You may pay by check (MAKE CHECK PAYABLE TO USENIX CONFER-
ENCE) or use your VISA, MasterCard, or American Express
charge card to pay your registration fees. Payment MUST
accompany registration form. Purchase orders and vouchers
are not accepted.
R E F U N D C A N C E L L A T I O N P O L I C Y
If you must CANCEL, all refund requests must be in writing
and postmarked no later than September 19, 1988. Direct
your letter to the USENIX Conference Office.
H O T E L I N F O R M A T I O N
The workshop will be held at:
The Westin William Penn Hotel
530 William Penn Way
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
Telephone # (412) 281-7100
ROOM RATES: $85.00/night - Single or Double Occu-
pancy (Plus 9% city and state tax)
TO MAKE YOUR RESERVATION.......
Call the Hotel directly and ask for the Reservation Desk.
Tell reservations that you are a USENIX Conference atten-
dee to take advantage of our group rate. You may guaran-
tee your late arrival with a major credit card.
IMPORTANT: Room reservation deadline is September 6,
1988. Requests for reservations received after the dead-
line will be handled on a space and RATE available basis.
A I R P O R T T O H O T E L T R A N S P O R T A -
T I O N
The Airlines Transportation Company Bus at the Greater
Pittsburgh Airport provides shuttle service to the William
Penn Hotel. Due to construction, buses are only departing
from one area of the airport at this time. To catch the
bus, go right outside the U.S.Air baggage claim area
located on the lower level of the main terminal, or check
with the Airlines Transportation Company desk located near
the rental car agencies, to verify their next scheduled
departure. Buses run approximately every 20 - 30 minutes
at a cost of $8.00 one way.
Taxi service is available at an approximate cost of $25
one way.
FOR FURTHER CONFERENCE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
USENIX Conference Office
P.O. Box 385
16951 Pacific Coast Hwy
Sunset Beach, CA 90742
Telephone (213) 592-1381, (213) 592-3243
Program Co-chairs:
Lori Grob Melinda Shore
NYU Ultracomputer Research Frederick Cancer Research
Lab Facility
715 Broadway, 10th Floor P.O. Box B, Building 430
New York, New York 10003 Frederick, MD 21701
(212) 998-3339 (301)698-5660
grob@lori.ultra.nyu.edu shore@ncifcrf.gov
or grob@nyu.edu