krj@csri.toronto.edu (Ken Jackson) (12/20/87)
NA Digest Friday, December 18, 1987 Volume 87 : Issue 83 This weeks Editor: Cleve Moler Today's Topics: CERFACS meeting Query about REDUCE on PC's Second International SUPRENUM Colloquium Conference on Computer Aided Geometric Design Third SIAM Conference on Applied Linear Algebra Supercomputing '88 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 10 Dec 87 05:09:43 cst From: Iain Duff <duff@anl-mcs.ARPA> To: na@score.stanford.edu Subject: CERFACS meeting CERFACS - EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR SUPERCOMPUTING CONFERENCE ON PARALLELISM AND SPARSE MATRICES The confernce will be held at CERFACS in Toulouse, France from April 12-14, 1988. Registration will be 1300 FFr (650FFr for students) and will cover lunch, refreshments and documentation. Low cost accommodation is available. Further information and registration forms are available from : Dominique Bennett CERFACS 42 Ave Gustave Coriolis 31057 Toulouse Cedex France +33-61-07-96-96 FAX +33-61-07-96-13 Tuesday 12 April 1988 09.30 - 11.00 "Overview of sparse matrix computations on supercomputers" I. Duff (CERFACS France and Harwell, Great Britain) 11.30 - 13.00 "Solution of large-scale problems on SUPRENUM supercomputer" U. Trottenberg (SUPRENUM, Germany) 14.30 - 16.00 "Solution of sparse least-squares problems" A. Bjorck (University of Linkoping, Sweden) 16.30 - 18.00 "Direct methods for sparse equations on parallel computers" A. George (ORNL and University of Tennessee, USA) Wednesday 13 April 1988 09.30 - 11.00 "Solution of sparse problems on vector computers" H. Van der Vorst (University of Delft, Netherlands) 11.30 - 13.00 "Iterative solution of sparse linear equations on vector and parallel computers" G. Meurant (CEA, France) 14.30 - 16.00 "Iterative techniques for large sparse unsymmetric equations on vector computers" G. Radicati di Brozolo (ECSEC, Italy) 16.30 - 18.00 "Techniques for sparse eigenproblems and solution of sparse equations" Y. Saad (University of Illinois, USA) Thursday 14 April 1988 09.30 - 11.00 "Direct methods for sparse equations on parallel computers" A. George (ORNL and University of Tennessee, USA) 11.30 - 13.00 "Large-scale non-linear optimization" P. Toint (University of Namur, Belgium) 14.30 - 16.00 "Techniques for sparse eigenproblems and solution of sparse equations" Y. Saad (University of Illinois, USA) 16.30 - 18.00 "Review of projects at CERFACS" CERFACS representative. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Dec 87 13:50:16 EST From: Henry Wolkowicz <hwolkowicz%water.waterloo.edu@RELAY.CS.NET> Subject: Query about REDUCE on PC's To: na@SCORE.STANFORD.EDU Does anyone have any experience with the REDUCE package advertised in the latest SIAM newsletter? The distributor is Northwest Computer Algor from Calif. This version operates on PC's. I am particularly interested in how it works on an IBM-PC/AT Thank you. (hwolkowicz@water.bitnet) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Dec 87 13:53:25 +0100 From: Bernd Thomas <unido!supgmbh!bernd@uunet.UU.NET> To: na@score.stanford.edu Subject: Second International SUPRENUM Colloquium Second International SUPRENUM Colloquium ======================================== The 2nd International SUPRENUM Colloquium dedicated to "Supercomputing Based on Multiprocessor Computer Architectures: Current Developments and Trends" has been held in Bonn, W.Germany, from Sept. 30 to Oct. 2. On occasion of a first prototypic version of the SUPRENUM multiprocessor being operational, this colloquium presented the progress made so far in the German parallel supercomputer project SUPRENUM - both in hardware and systems software development and in profound application software (Linear Algebra, PDE, multigrid, CFD, among others). It also reflected the evolution of the multiprocessor world SUPRENUM finds itself in. A number of internationally renowned speakers had been won to cover this latter aspect with talks ranging from hardware overviews and parallelizing tools to new application algorithms. More than 150 participants from several countries attended the meeting which was commonly considered a great success in dissemanating the idea of and enforcing the interest in parallel computing. The SUPRENUM pre-prototype system has been re-installed at the conference location so that demonstrations could be run for the interested public. Proceedings of the Colloquium will appear as a special issue of the journal "Parallel Computing" (guest editor: U. Trottenberg). Unfortunately we did not announce it in time via nanet - but maybe it is still of interest to know what has been. We will try harder next time. Program ===================================================================== Wednesday, Sept. 30 8.30 Registration 9.30 U. Trottenberg, SUPRENUM, Bonn SUPRENUM - Concept and Essentials 10.30 Coffee Break 11.00 W. Giloi, GMD-TUB FIRST, Berlin The SUPRENUM Architecture 12.00 K. Peinze, SUPRENUM, Bonn The SUPRENUM Preprototyping Programme - Status and Experiences 13.00 Luncheon 14.00 H. Kammer, GMD-TUB FIRST, Berlin The SUPREMUM Vector Floating Point Unit 14.30 W. Schroeder, GMD-TUB FIRST, Berlin PEACE: The Distributed SUPRENUM Operating System 15.00 G. Schaeffler, Stollmann, Hamburg Connecting PEACE to UNIX 15.30 K. Solchenbach, SUPRENUM, Bonn Grid Applications on SUPRENUM-like Multiprocessors 16.00 Coffee Break 16.30 O.Kolp, H. Mierendorff, GMD, St. Augustin Performance Estimations for SUPRENUM Systems 17.00 M. D. Ercegovac, UCLA, Los Angeles Heterogeneity in Supercomputer Architectures 18.00 Reception - Greeting Address by Dr. Lutz G. Stavenhagen MdB Staatsminister beim Bundeskanzler Thursday, Oct. 1 9.00 Z. Segall, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh Performance Efficient Parallel Programming 10.00 F. Hossfeld, KFA, Juelich Vector-Supercomputers 11.00 Coffee Break 11.30 K. Kennedy, Rice University, Houston Programming Support Systems for Parallel Machines 12.30 H.P. Zima, H.-J. Bast, M. Gerndt, University Bonn Advanced Tools and Techniques for Automatic Parallelization 13.00 Luncheon 14.00 L. Lehmann, University Erlangen-Nuernberg A Model of Distributed Recovery for the SUPRENUM Multiprocessor 14.30 B. Franke, TU Braunschweig The PIPELINE-BUS - An Interconnection Network for Multiprocessor Systems 15.00 H. Rosenfeldt, V. Hammerschmidt, KAE, Bremen Hardware Packaging and Industrial Design 15.30 W. Roensch, H. Strauss, Feilmeier, Junker & Co, Muenchen A Linear Algebra Package for a Local Memory Multiprocessor: Problems, Proposals and Solution 16.00 Coffee Break 16.30 I. Gutheil, KFA, Juelich SUPRENUM Software for the Symmetric Eigenvalue Problem 17.00 I.S. Duff, AERE, Harwell A Survey of Supercomputing in Europe Friday, Oct. 2 9.00 J. Dongarra, Argonne National Laboratories Algorithm Design for Different Computer Architectures 10.00 U. Herzog, University Erlangen-Nuernberg Performance Evaluation - Fundamental Principles and Trends 11.00 Coffee Break 11.30 R. D. Williams, Caltech, Pasadena Free-Lagrange Hydrodynamics in Parallel 12.30 M. Alef, D. Seldner, Th. Westermann, E. Halter, KFK, Karlsruhe Parallel Particle Simulation in High Voltage Diodes 13.00 Luncheon 14.00 H. Capdevila, DFVLR, Braunschweig Solution of 2-D Euler Equations with a Parallel Code 14.30 J. Linden, K. Stueben, B. Steckel, GMD, St. Augustin Parallel Multigrid Solution of the Navier Stokes Equation on General 2D-Domains 15.00 O. A. McBryan, Courant Institute, New York From New Machines to New Algorithms 16.00 Coffee - The End ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Dec 87 12:06:22 EST From: Richard Bartels <hplabs!rhbartels%watcgl.waterloo.edu@relay.cs.net> To: na@score.stanford.edu Subject: Conference on Computer Aided Geometric Design Conference on Mathematical Methods in CAGD University of Oslo, Norway June 16--22, 1988 The conference will consist of two parts. On Thursday and Friday, June 16 and June 17, there will be a series of invited survey lectures. Saturday and Sunday will be free days for discussion, interaction, and optional excursions. Sessions for contributed research papers will be organized on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. The meeting will focus on curve and surface methods. A detailed program of the conference will be available at registration. Invited Speakers: P. Alfeld, Univ. Utah J. Gregory, Brunel M. Atteia, Toulouse H. Hagen, Braunschweig B. Barnhill, Arizona State K. Hoellig, Stuttgart C. de Boor, Wisconsin P. J. Laurent, Grenoble W. Boehm, Braunschweig A. Le Mehaute, Lille C. Chui, Texas A & M H. McLaughlin, RPI E. Cohen, Univ. Utah C. Micchelli, IBM W. Dahmen, Berlin G. Nielson, Arizona State G. Farin, Arizona State R. Riesenfeld, Univ. Utah R. Franke, Monterey M. Sabin, Cambridge T. Goodman, Dundee Location of Lectures: All sessions will be held in Vilhelm Bjerknes Hall on the campus of the University of Oslo. Activities: There will be several events including a beer party and a conference banquet. Abstracts: If you wish to present a research talk, please submit a title and abstract to Tom Lyche by May 1, l988. Tom Lyche Institutt for Informatikk Box 1080 Blindern 0316 Oslo 3 Norway <tom@ifi.uio.no> The abstract should consist of a single page with the title of the talk, followed by the author(s) name(s), and the body of the abstract typed double spaced. Proceedings: We expect to publish a proceedings similar to Topics in Multivariate Approximation, Chui, Schumaker & Utreras (eds), Academic Press, New York, 1987. Papers will be refereed, and depending on the number of contributors, we may not be able to accept all submitted manuscripts. The book will be prepared in camera-ready form using TEX, so if at all possible we would like to receive TEX files. Typing instructions will be sent after receipt of your abstract. Registration: Wed. evening 7:00 - 10:00 P.M., Blindern Studenthjem, and starting Thur. morning at 8:00 A. M. in Vilhelm Bjerknes Hall. The registration fee will be 300 Kroner. Transportation to Oslo: Air--Northwest and SAS have direct flights from the U. S. to Gardermoen airport about 50 km north of Oslo. There is an airport bus to downtown Oslo. All other flights land at Oslo airport, Fornebu, which is about 10 km south of Oslo. From Fornebu we suggest taking a taxi directly to the University. Train--The train from Copenhagen takes about 10 hours. Boat--There are ferries to Oslo from Copenhagen, Kiel (Germany), Fredrikshavn (Denmark), and Harwich (England). You can bring you car on these ferries. There are also ferries to Kristiansand (350 km south of Oslo), Larvik (150 km south of Oslo) and Bergen (470 km west of Oslo) if you come by car. Car--You can take a ferry, or drive directly from Copenhagen in about 12 hours. Housing: We recommend that participants stay in the Blindern Studenthjem on the campus of the University of Oslo. The campus is about 4 km from downtown and can be reached by Subway 13 (Sognsvann), exiting at the Blindern station. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 Dec 87 14:53 EST From: SIAM <SIAM@wharton.upenn.edu> Subject: Third SIAM Conference on Applied Linear Algebra To: Na@score.stanford.edu SOCIETY FOR INDUSTRIAL AND APPLIED MATHEMATICS THIRD SIAM CONFERENCE ON APPLIED LINEAR ALGEBRA May 23 - 26, l988 The Concourse Hotel, Madison, Wisconsin Sponsored by the SIAM Activity Group on Linear Algebra Plus a short course on LINEAR ALGEBRA IN STATISTICS May 22, l988 Organized by: Ingram Olkin, Stanford University George P.H. Styan, McGill University Douglas Bates, University of Wisconsin GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENT AND REGISTRATION INFORMATION Research in linear algebra impacts on many areas of science. Moreover, new directions in research are suggested by questions and developments to both pure and applied mathematics. The rapid development of supercomputers, including increasingly available parallel processors, has triggered a new look at some of the standard computational linear algebra algorithms. Opportunities abound for the development of new algorithms which utilize the increasing power of machines in order to solve very large linear systems problems. The conference will bring together researchers and practioners from academic, industrial and government environments in order to promote interaction and exchange of ideas and problems in all aspects of linear algebra. The resulting cross-fertilization is expected to lead to solutions of currently outstanding problems as well as to the foundation of new problems that will guide the further development of linear algebra. Meeting Themes Large Scale Computing and Linear Systems and Control Numerical Methods Signal Processing and VLSI Inverse Eigenvalue Problems Optimization Qualitative and Combinatorial Multivariate Statistics Analysis of Matrices Design Theory for Systolic Arrays How to Contribute Contributed Presentations and Poster Presentations Contributed presentations and poster presentations are invited in all areas consistent with the conference themes. A brief description of your talk must be submitted on a SIAM abstract form, which can be obtained by completing the postage-paid coupon below and returning it to SIAM. A contributed presentation consists of a twelve-minute talk, followed by questions. Deadline for abstracts of contributed presentations and poster presentations: December 10, l987. However, SIAM will accept late contributed presentations and poster presentations for this meeting. To make a contribution, please call or write for an abstract form: Conference Coordinator, SIAM, ll7 S. l7th Street, l4th Floor, Philadelphia, PA l9l03. Telephone: (2l5) 564-2929. E-Mail: SIAM@Wharton.Upenn.edu Contributions must be received by March 2l, l988, in order to appear in the final program. SIAM will consider contributions until May 4, l988, but those received after March 2lst will be listed in an addendum. Minisymposia A minisymposium may focus on any topic consistent with the conference themes and may be organized by any SIAM member. Prospective organizers are asked to provide the title of the suggested minisymposium, a description not exceeding l00 words, and a recommended list of speakers and titles of their talks. Proposals must be submitted on a SIAM proposal form, which can be obtained by completing the postage-paid coupon below and returning it to SIAM. Deadline for minisymposium proposals: January 5, 1988. Preliminary Program for Conference If you wish to receive additional information regarding the conference or you would like to receive the preliminary program, contact SIAM Conference Coordinator, ll7 South l7th Street, l4th Floor,, Philadelphia, PA l9l03-5052. Telephone: (2l5) 564-2929 or E-Mail to: SIAM@Wharton.Upenn.edu Invited Presentations Numerical Linear Algebra on a Shared Memory Multiprocessor Ahmed Sameh, Center for Supercomputing Research and Development, and the University of Illinois, Urbana Direct Methods for Solving Sparse Systems on Parallel Computers J. Alan George, University of Tennessee, and Oak Ridge National Laboratory The Formulation and Analysis of Inverse Eigenvalue Problems for Symmetric Matrices Shmuel Friedland, University of Illinois, Chicago On a Class of Robust Numerical Methods in Linear System Theory Paul Van Dooren, Phillips Research Laboratory, Brussels, Belgium Applications of Linear Algebra to Problems of Direction-Finding and High Resolution Spectral Analysis T. Kailath, Stanford University Qualitative Analysis of Linear Systems Victor Klee, University of Washington, Seattle Greedy Algorithms in Mathematical Programming Alan J. Hoffman, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center Group-Symmetry Covariance Models Michael Perlman, University of Washington, Seattle Minisymposia Numerical Linear Algebra for Parallel Architectures Robert J. Plemmons, North Carolina State University Matrix Computations in Statistics George Oustrouchov, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Combinatorial Techniques in Matrix Analysis Charles R. Johnson, Clemson University Canonical Forms of Matrices Roger A. Horn, Johns Hopkins University Signal Processing George Cybenko, Tufts University Geometric and Lie Theoretic Methods in Numerical Linear Algebra Gregory A. Ammar, Northern Illinois University Lanczos Algorithms Beresford N. Parlett, University of California, Berkeley Large Eigenvalue Problems Beresford N. Parlett, University of California, Berkeley Numerical Methods for Structured Eigevalue Problems Ralph Byers, University of Kansas, Lawrence Organizing Committee Richard A. Brualdi, Co-Chair University of Wisconsin, Madison Hans Schneider Co-Chair University of Wisconsin, Madison David H. Carlson San Diego State University John G. Lewis Boeing Computer Services Robert Plemmons North Carolina State University Charles Van Loan Cornell University ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 13 Dec 87 17:18:48 EST From: Gene Golub <golub@golubsun.cs.umd.edu> To: NA@score.stanford.edu Subject: Supercomputing '88 Supercomputing '88 November 14-18, 1988 Orlando, 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. Supercomputing '88 Organizing Committee General Chairman George Michael, LLNL Deputy Chairman Robert Voigt, ICASE Program Chair Stephen Lundstrom, Parallel Technology Publicity Chair George Adams, Purdue University and RIACS Exhibits Chair Roger Anderson, LLNL Local Arrangements Chair Dennis Duke, Florida State Univ. Finance Chair Sidney Fernbach, consultant Publication Chair Harlow Freitag, SRC Supercomputing '88 Advisory Committee Robert Borchers Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Bill Buzbee National Center for Atmospheric Research F. Ron Bailey NASA Ames Research Center Melvyn Ciment National Science Foundation Jack Dongarra Argonne National Lab Doug DeGroot ACM-Sigarch; Texas Instruments Joanne Martin IEEE Computer Society, TC on Supercomputing; IBM Norman R. Morse Los Alamos National Laboratory Paul Schneck Supercomputing Research Center Daniel Sorenson Argonne National Laboratory 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, DC 20036-1903. (202) 371-1013 ------------------------------ End of NA Digest ************************** ------- Reposted by: -- Prof. Ken Jackson, Computer Science Dept., Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5S 1A4. E-mail: krj@csri.toronto.edu Phone: 416-978-7075