jpd@itspna.ed.ac.uk (Paul Dourish) (08/15/88)
Edinburgh Concurrent Supercomputer: First Annual Seminar
to be held at the University of Edinburgh, 26 September 1988
* The ECS Project
The Edinburgh Concurrent Supercomputer Project is built around a large Meiko
Computing Surface funded largely by the Computer Board, the DTI, and SERC. It
provides multi-user access to an electronically configurable computer resource
of 200 T800 transputers with 800Mb of memory, as well as display facilities
and a distributed file store. The development of this system is a
collaborative project between Meiko Ltd and the University of Edinburgh.
* The Seminar
The one-day seminar will provide an overview of the project, the hardware
configurations and software environment, and will present a selection of
research projects in science, engineering and artificial intelligence from the
expanding community of over 100 users. Demonstrations will also be provided.
The seminar will be held in the James Clerk Maxwell Building at the King's
Buildings campus of the University of Edinburgh. The King's Buildings are
situated about 2 miles south of the city centre, and about 10 miles from
Edinburgh Airport.
We would like to express our thanks to the sponsors, the Scottish
Development Agency, and the co-sponsors, the British Computer Society and
the Institute of Physics.
* Programme
08:30 Registration and coffee
09:30 ECS: Project Status
Session Chairman: Sir Roger Elliott, FRS
Introduction: Professor D.J. Wallace
Hardware Configuration: M.W. Brown
Software Environment: G.V. Wilson
Project Manager's Report: D.B. Mercer
10:30 Coffee
11:00 Presentations by Edinburgh Parallel Computing Consortium
Session Chairman: Professor R.N. Ibbett
The POSIE Project - Distributed Operating System for Distributed
Computations: R.J. Pooley
Simulation of a Novel Parallel Architecture on the Meiko Computing
Surface: T.R. Stiemerling
Parallel Processing for Problem Solving in Artificial Intelligence:
P.F. Wilk
Applications on AMT DAP Hardware: G.S. Pawley
12:30 Lunch
14:00 ECS Project Reports
Session Chairman: Dr J.F. Collins
Global Weather Modelling: R.S. Harwood
Oil Reservoir Modelling: M.A. Baker
Modelling of Stressed Surface Structures: E. Moncrieff
Digital Logic Simulation: M. Davoren
Image Processing: D. Prior
A Distributed 3-D Graphics package: S. Maclachlan
15:30 Tea/coffee
16:00 ECS Reports Continued
N-body Simulation of Stellar Systems: D.C. Heggie
EGS4: a Monte Carlo Event Simulation Package: J. Blair-Fish
Lattice Field Theory: A.M. Thornton
The Hubbard Model and High Temperature Superconductivity: L.J. Clarke
Neural Network Modelling: F.J. Smieja
Chess: G.V. Wilson
17:00 Close
During the afternoon session, parallel demonstrations will be run on the
ECS and DAP systems.
* Registration
The registration fee is #34.50 before 1 Sept, and #55.20 after. (Both figures
are in pounds, and include VAT.) Registration applications should be submitted
to:
Seminar Secretariat, CEP Consultants Ltd, 26-28 Albany Street,
Edinburgh EH1 3QL, Scotland.
(Tel: 031 557 2478)
Cheques should be made payable to "ECS Seminar".
Further information may be obtained from the address above; requests for
details about the project should be directed to:
Edinburgh Concurrent Supercomputer Project,
Edinburgh University Computing Service,
James Clerk Maxwell Building,
King's Buildings,
Mayfield Road,
Edinburgh EH9 3JZ
Scotland.
or by e-mail to:
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