J.Wexler@edinburgh.ac.uk (04/03/91)
Transputing '91, Sunnyvale CA, April 22nd-26th 1991 On Monday 22nd and Friday 26th, a programme of workshops and tutorials is to be presented in association with the Transputing '91 conference at the Sunnyvale Hilton Inn. This is to announce the full-day session on Scientific Applications of Transputers on Friday April 26th from 0830 to 1800 Topics include: Seismic Visualisation, finite-element methods, molecular biology, neural networks, cartographic applications, and oil industry science. Speakers represent Shell UK, Jet Propulsion Laboratory (Pasadena), Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre (Scotland), University of Osnabrueck (Germany), University of Leuven (Belgium) and University of Illinois. Fee: $150. Programme 0830 - 0840: Welcome and introduction. 0840 - 1000: Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre on Seismic Visualisation and a survey of other applications and results from our Transputer-based system. 1000 - 1015: Coffee break. 1015 - 1130: Klaus Zeppenfeld (University of Osnabrueck, Germany) on finite-element methods. 1130 - 1245: Helmut Heller et al (University of Illinois) on parallel computing in molecular biology. 1245 - 1345: lunch. 1345 - 1500: Tom Tollenaere (University of Leuven, Belgium) on neural network methods and research using Transputers. 1500 - 1600: Niles Ritter (JPL) on cartographic applications of Transputers. 1600 - 1615: Coffee. 1615 - 1715: Neil Carmichael (Shell UK) on Transputers in oil industry science. 1715 - 1800: Panel question session, and close.