arvind@utcsri.UUCP (11/23/87)
Date: 21 Nov 1987 00:11:00-EST (Saturday)
From: George Adams <GBA@ee.ecn.purdue.edu>
Subject: Supercomputing '88 Conference Announcement and Call for Papers
Supercomputing '88
November 14-18, 1988
Buena Vista Palace,
Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA
Sponsored by:
Computer Society of the IEEE and ACM SIGARCH
In Cooperation with:
Argonne National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory,
Los Alamos National Laboratory, NASA Ames Research Center,
National Center for Atmospheric Research,
National Science Foundation, SIAM, Supercomputing Research Center
Papers submitted by: March 14, 1988
Poster proposals due: August 2, 1988
Supercomputing '88 is a new conference that will bring together
supercomputing system researchers, designers, and users to
report new advances and experiences, state needs, suggest future
directions, and contribute to discussions. It will include
tutorials, a high quality technical program, on-line and video
taped demonstrations, informal poster sessions, vendor and
university exhibits, and product briefings.
TOPICS OF INTEREST. Examples include, but are not limited to,
the following:
Science and Supercomputing
The Impact of New Technology on the Future of Supercomputing
Supercomputing Execution Environment
Supercomputing Development Environment
Supercomputing Application Environment
Supercomputing System Evaluation
Supercomputing Management Issues
Mass Storage and Supercomputers
Technical Aspects of Products
User Experience
PAPERS. Authors are invited to submit papers which report
concrete results and experience. Papers reporting important
negative results are also encouraged. Selection criteria will
include originality, clarity, and relevance.
Requirements: Papers must be original material not previously
published. Papers must be submitted without conditions; authors
must obtain any necessary approvals and/or clearances prior to
submission. Copyright release will be required. Authors of
accepted papers will be responsible for retyping corrected
papers on special forms to be provided and for preparing visual
material for their presentations using guidelines to be
provided. Camera-ready copy is due July 18, 1988. Presentation
visual material is due for quality review October 4, 1988.
Instructions: Submit five copies to the Program Chairman by
March 14, 1988. Papers must be in English, be typed double-
spaced, and not exceed 25 pages (about 5000 words). Papers must
have: (1) a title page that lists the name, mailing and
electronic address, and telephone number for each author; (2) an
abstract; (3) keywords; (4) and the presentation media
requirement. For multiple author papers, identify the
corresponding author and the presenting author.
POSTERS. In addition to informal evening poster sessions, an
on-line poster session will be scheduled where people who have
developed interesting applications will demonstrate them using
exhibitor equipment.
Instructions: Contact the Program Chairman for all poster
proposals. Proposals for on-line posters should be made jointly
with the collaborating exhibitor.
SUPERCOMPUTING CENTER MANAGERS ROUNDTABLE. Special informal
sessions will be organized so that supercomputing center
managers can share recent progress, discuss common problems, and
consider opportunities for collaboration.
For information on the conference, program, or exhibits contact
one of the following:
General Chairman Program Chairman Exhibits Chairman
George Michael, L-306 Stephen F. Lundstrom Roger Anderson, L-306
LLNL ERL 455 LLNL
P. O. Box 808 Stanford University P. O. Box 808
Livermore, CA 94550 Stanford, CA 94305 Livermore, CA 94550
(415) 422-4239 (415) 723-0140 (415) 422-8572
gam@lll-crg.arpa lundstrom@sierra.stanford.edu anderson@lll-crg.arpa
For location and registration information contact the Computer
Society of the IEEE, 1730 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Washington,