edwest@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (Dr. Edmund West) (05/30/89)
This is the preliminary programme for SUPERCOMPUTING SYMPOSIUM '89,
which will be held in Toronto on June 19-21. This announcement contains
(1) general information, (2) scheduled papers, (3) registration form.
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Supercomputer Symposium '89 - "SUPERCOMPUTING IN THE '90s"
PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME
On behalf of the Organizing Committee, I would like to invite you to
attend the Supercomputing Symposium '89.
The theme for this year's symposium - "Supercomputing in the '90s" - is
particularly topical as we begin to look to the next generation of
supercomputing hardware and software. A great deal has been
accomplished with the current generation of supercomputers and much of
this year's symposium will be devoted to celebrating these successes.
The programme of this year's symposium consists of more than 60
sessions which contain contributions from the research community,
commercial vendors and government. It is the sense of direction that we
obtain from these presentations that will ultimately define how
supercomputing will evolve.
Anna M. Pezacki,
Chairman,
Supercomputing Symposium '89.
Registration Information
The registration fee is $295.00. A special rate of $175.00 is
available to students. Extra tickets for the Opening Reception (Monday
evening) and the Symposium Banquet (Tuesday evening) are $20.00 and
$50.00 respectively.
Cheques should be made payable to "Supercomputing Symposium Canada
'89." The organizing committee regrets that payment by purchase order
or through major credit cards cannot be accommodated.
Note: Walk-in registrations will be accepted, but it may not be
possible to provide meals for such registrants.
Special Events
Early-bird Reception: Sunday, June 18, 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Opening Reception: Monday, June 19, 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Symposium Banquet: Tuesday, June 20.
Reception: 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. (cash bar).
Dinner: 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Following the banquet Ms. Liona Boyd will present a solo mini-concert
for the entertainment of the symposium delegates and guests.
Programme Highlights
Applications
The Applications Stream will feature a wide variety of talks which deal
with the effective use of supercomputers to solve problems in science
and engineering, by both academic and industrial researchers. There is
something of interest in this stream for all who use supercomputers or
who are interested in supercomputers and their application.
The latest computational research results using supercomputers in many
fields will be presented, including (but not limited to) computational
fluid dynamics, microwave heating, lattice gauge theory, liquid steel
processing, structural analysis, Monte Carlo and molecular dynamics
simulations, pattern analysis, condensed matter physics and
environmental modelling. In addition, a speaker from the Canadian
Meteorological Centre will explain how supercomputers are used in
Canada's Operational Short-Range Numerical Weather Prediction Model.
Many papers will illustrate the latest techniques in the use of
graphics for scientific visualization. There will be talks on the
supercomputing environment, and the role of supercomputers in
distributed applications.
For delegates interested in algorithms, there will be papers describing
the development of algorithms for parallel and vector hardware, and
their implementation in tasks such as linear equation solvers, sorting
routines, Runge-Kutta methods and Navier-Stokes equations solvers.
Finally, for those interested in how others use supercomputers, there
will be presentations from various groups describing their experiences
with industrial programs, user training and particular machines.
Speakers from the University of Calgary, McMaster University, the
University of New Brunswick, the Supernet as well as Australian
National University consortium will be represented.
Communications
The Communications stream will feature presentations on short term and
long term networking initiatives at the national level. The National
Research Council's NRCnet initiative to establish a national computer
network has advanced to the proposal stage. The longer term initiative
of Industry, Science and Technology Canada to implement an
OSI-compliant state-of-the-art high speed network, perhaps as a natural
extension of NRCnet, will also be of interest to SS '89 delegates.
In addition, the growth of the regional networks is an essential
component of the evolving computer communications field, for it is
through the regional networks that individual researchers will
ultimately become a part of the national and international research
computing and communications network.
System Architecture
The Systems Architecture Stream will focus on the latest developments
and future trends in supercomputer hardware and software. There will be
a variety of papers dealing with these issues from both vendors and
users.
One of the major events of the conference will be the presentation in
Tuesday's plenary session by Bob Ewald (Executive Vice-President for
Software, Cray Research) on the role of supercomputers in the large
networks we can expect to see in the '90s.
One of the highlights will be the first public appearance of the Myrias
Research Corporation SPS-2, a moderately parallel system consisting of
128 processing units. An operational SPS-2 will be on display in the
Exhibit area.
Several vendors will make technical presentations about their latest
products. A wide range of submitted papers will discuss such issues as
the increasing importance of parallelism in future systems, the growth
of UNIX as the supercomputer operating system of choice, the
measurement of performance of supercomputer workloads, and more.
Plenary Talks
"A View of Large Scale Computing from a University President"
Dr. George E. Connell,
President,
University of Toronto
It is essential that university researchers continue to have access to
state-of-the-art computing services. This will require major changes
in attitudes and policies in governments, in universities and amongst
other user groups.
"Strategic Supercomputing Directions"
Robert H. Ewald,
Executive Vice-President, Software
Cray Research, Inc.
Network supercomputing environments of the future will be characterized
by high performance workstations inter-connected with local area
networks. When users require resources or capabilities not available
on the workstation, they will seek the "best" functionality and
performance available elsewhere on the network. The major network
nodes will include supercomputers, file servers, security and control
systems, and real-time systems.
This talk will review long-term directions of supercomputing hardware,
software, and networking. Industry trends will be discussed and Cray's
general direction will be presented.
"An International Perspective on High Performance Computing in the 1990's"
J. Richard Sherman,
President,
InfoResearch Institute, Inc. &
Research Consortium, Inc.
High performance computing, sometimes referred to as supercomputing,
has become the information technology of significant interest to world
class organizations. The Research Consortium gathers data, and with a
specialized method of research and evaluation, is helping to shape and
implement policies for many of the world's major supercomputer users
and vendors.
This presentation will discuss the organization of Research Consortium,
Inc., and describe how the research methodology has been implemented.
Mr. Sherman will review some preliminary research findings in context
with the significant issues confronting the user community.
Symposium Presentations
1. Application Specific Parallel Processors, Allen, G.R., Control Data
Canada Limited.
2. C as a Language for Supercomputing, Astfalk, G., Convex Computer
Corporation.
3. Simulation of Laser Induced Multiphoton Processes in Molecules,
Bandrauk, A.D., Department de Chimie, Universite de Sherbrooke.
4. PAMS/SPS-2 System Overview, Beltrametti, M., Wilson, D., Walker, M.,
Myrias Research Corporation.
5. Supercomputing Education, Bhavsar, V.C., School of Computer Science,
University of New Brunswick.
6. Vectorization and Parallelization of Monte Carlo Codes, Bhavsar,
V.C., School of Computer Science, University of New Brunswick.
7. CRAY Architecture, Bongiorno, V., Cray Canada Inc. (60 minutes)
8. Parallel Sorting on the Myrias SPS-2, Boulet, D.A., Myrias Research
Corporation.
9. Supercomputing in Australia and at the Australian National
University, Brewin, L., Supercomputer Facility, Computer Services
Centre, Australian National University.
10. Benchmarking Linear Solvers for a Fluid Dynamics Application, Bugg,
J.D., Rowe, R.D., Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University
of Calgary.
11. Identification and Development of ISDN Applications within the
Post-Secondary Environment, Carson, D., University of Toronto Computing
Services
12. Standardization of Integrated Services Networks, Cobb, A., York
University.
13. "Sharing the Wealth": Supercomputing Technology Transfer at the
University of Calgary, Comer, P.L., SuperComputing Services, The
University of Calgary.
14. Computing Three-Dimensional Ship Waves on a Supercomputer, Cong,
L.Z., He, Y.J., Hsiung, C.C., Technical University of Nova Scotia.
15. Interactive 4-D Visualization of Fields, Dickinson, R.R., Visual
Edge Software Ltd.
16. Monte Carlo Investigation of Polymer Hydrodynamics, Dietrich, R.W.,
Ethier, C.R., Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of
Toronto.
17. Standardization of Computing Environments, Domingo, P.,
Supercomputing Services, The University of Calgary.
18. Seafloor Electromagnetic Diffusion Computations, Everett, M.E.,
Edwards, R.N., Department of Physics, University of Toronto.
19. SUPERNET - A Recent Evaluation, Findleton, I.B., SUPERNET.
20. Algorithms for Moving Boundary Problems for the Navier-Stokes
Equations, Floryan, J.M., Department of Mechanical Engineering, The
University of Western Ontario. (60 minutes)
21. Fluid Dynamical Aspects of Crystal Growth in Microgravity
Environment, Floryan, J.M., Department of Mechanical Engineering, The
University of Western Ontario.
22. Vector Processing with the IBM 3090-180VF: The U.N.B. Experience,
Gallagher, I.M., Computing Services, University of New Brunswick.
23. Numerical Methods for the Modeling of Microwave Heating,
Gallerneault, C., Lorenson, C., Ball, M.D., Kingston Research and
Development Centre, Alcan International Ltd., and Bantin, C., Chung,
A., Balmain, K., Department of Electrical Engineering, University of
Toronto.
24. Searching Low Signal to Noise Astronomical Cubes, Glendenning,
B.E., Kronberg, P.P., Department of Astronomy, University of Toronto.
25. Trends in Very High Bandwidth Communications, Goldstein, B., IBM
Yorktown.
26. Some Aspects of Supercomputer Demand, Gotlieb, C.C., University of
Toronto.
27. Multipurpose Graphics System, Grimsrud, A., Cray Research Inc.
28. Vectorization and Visualization of Fractals, Gujar G.U., Bhavsar,
V.C., School of Computer Science, University of New Brunswick.
29. Applications of Supercomputers to Liquid Steel Processing
Operations, Guthrie, R., Joo, S., Greiss, H., Department of Mining and
Metallurgical Engineering, McGill University, and Misegades, K., Cray
Research, Inc.
30. Numerical Solution of Two-Dimensional Time-Dependent Gas dynamic
Flows for Hypersonic Studies, Hawken, D.F., Viatec Resource Systems
Inc., and Gottlieb, J.J., University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace
Studies.
31. A User Interface Management System for Scientific Computing with X
Windows, Hayne, C., Visual Edge Software Ltd.
32. Analysis of Fabricated Steel Cylindrical Member by ANSYS - A
Nonlinear Finite Element Program, Hu, T.S., Birkemoe, P.C., Prion,
H.G.L., Department of Civil Engineering, University of Toronto.
33. IBM Supercopmuter Overview, Kaplan, B., IBM Canada Limited. (60
minutes)
34. A New Spherical-Elliptic Multi-grid Solver based upon an
Icosahedral Finite Element Discretization of the Two-Sphere, Karpik,
S., Peltier, W.R., Department of Physics, University of Toronto.
35. Supercomputers and Lattice Gauge Theory, Kroger, H., Department de
Physique, Universite de Laval. (60 minutes)
36. Application of Supercomputers for the Simulation of Non-Linear
3-Dimensional Ground Behaviour Due To Shallow Tunnels, Lee, K.M., Rowe,
R.K., Geotechnical Research Centre, The University of Western Ontario.
37. Orientational Freezing in Molecular Crystals, Lewis, L.J.,
Department de Physique, Universite de Montreal.
38. Directional Pattern Analysis using Scale-Space Approach, Liu, Z.Q.,
Rangayyan, R.M., Frank, C., Department of Electrical Engineering, The
University of Calgary.
39. Supercomputing - Myth and Reality, Luste, G.J., Department of
Physics, University of Toronto.
40. Steel Tubular Damage in Offshore Structures - A Nonlinear Finite
Element Analysis, MacIntyre, J., Birkemoe, P., Department of Civil
Engineering, University of Toronto.
41. A Method of Integration for Air Chemistry Models, Makar, P., Cho,
H.R., Department of Physics, University of Toronto.
42. Improvements to Eclipsing Binary Synthetic Light Curve Modelling on
the Cyber 205, Milone, E.F., Stagg, C.R., Rothney Astrophysical
Observatory, The University of Calgary.
43. Parallel Molecular Dynamics on the Myrias SPS-2, Minchau, B.,
Vankooten, R., Myrias Research Corporation.
44. Computational Fluid Dynamics, Misegades, K., Cray Research, Inc.
45. Dynamical Interactions of Cosmic Strings, Moriarty, K.J.M., Myers,
E., Rebbi, C., Dalhousie University and IAS. (60 minutes)
46. 3-Dimensional Gravity Modelling: Benchmarking the Supercomputers,
Nagy, D., Geological Survey of Canada and others.
47. Supercomputing and Regional Networking: An ONet perspective,
Oattes, L. University of Toronto Computer Services.
48. A Moderately Parallel System Architecture for Supercomputer
Applications, Oestreicher, D.R. Evans and Sutherland Computer Division.
49. Image Coding using Vector Quantization with the CRAY X-MP,
Panchanathan, S., Goldberg, M., Khalfallah, H., Department of
Electrical Engineering, University of Ottawa.
50. The Architecture and Operating System of the Hector Multiprocessor,
Pilkington, C., Holt, R., Department of Computer Science, University of
Toronto.
51. A Simple and Efficient Procedure for the Monte Carlo Calculation of
the Surface Energy in Coexisting Phases, Potvin, J., Department of
Physics, Boston University, and Department of Mathematics and Computer
Science, Dalhousie University.
52. The evolution of Supercomputing, Randal, G., Control Data Canada
Limited. (60 minutes)
53. Computer Experiments in Condensed Matter Physics, Rycerz, Z.A.,
Jacobs, P.W.M., Department of Chemistry, The University of Western
Ontario.
54. Multi-bifurcation in a Field of Topographically Forced Internal
Waves: High Resolution Simulations on the CRAY X-MP, Scinocca, J.S.,
Peltier, W.R., Department of Physics, University of Toronto.
55. How a SIMD Machine Can Implement a Complex Cellular Automaton? A
Case Study: Von Neumann's 29-state Cellular Automaton, Signorini, J.,
Department of Computer Science, Universite Paris.
56. Fully Vectorizing Runge-Kutta and Runge-Kutta-Nystrom Algorithms
for Supercomputers, Sonmor, L., Department of Physics, York University.
57. Canada's Operational Short-Range Numerical Weather Prediction Model
Staniforth, A., Lepine, M., Mailhot, J., Roch, M., Simard, A., Tanguay,
M., Atmospheric Environment Service, Environment Canada.
58. A Coupled Wellbore/Oilreservoir Simulation on the Myrias Parallel
Computer, Stone, T.W., Alberta Research Council, London M., Myrias
Research Corporation.
59. Getting the Best of Both Worlds -- Application of Computer
Modelling in System Analysis; from Micro to Supercomputer. Sydor, M.,
Brown, G., Cheng, H., Butot, W., Morasse, B. Water Modelling Section,
Environment Canada.
60. National Research Network: An Update, Taylor,R., Division of
Informatics, National Research Council, Ottawa, and A.W. Woodsworth,
Dominion Astrophisical Observatory, National Research Council,
Victoria. (60 minutes)
61. COS to UNICOS Migration at the Ontario Centre for Large Scale
Computation, West, E., Ontario Centre for Large Scale Computation,
University of Toronto.
62. System Wide Performance Analysis using the Hardware Performance
Monitor on the CRAY X-MP/24, West, E., Ontario Centre for Large Scale
Computation, University of Toronto.
63. A National T1 Network, feasible or not?, Williams, D. Industry,
Science and Technology Canada.
64. Benchmark of Mathematical Libraries on CRAY Computers, Wu, K.W.,
CRAY Research, Inc.
65. DN10000 Technical Overview, Apollo Computer (Canada) Limited.
(60 minutes)
66. Network Computing System, Apollo Computer (Canada) Limited.
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