STILES@cc.usu.edu (Dyke Stiles) (03/07/90)
NORTH AMERICAN TRANSPUTER USERS FALL CONFERENCE Sheraton Sunnyvale, CA April 26 & 27, 1990 Organized by: Program and General Chair Brian Raines, CIC, CMP Alan S. Wagner Executive Meeting Management Dept. of Computer Science P.O. Box 434 University of British Columbia Camp Hill, PA 17001 E-Mail: Wagner@cs.ubc.cdn (717)731-9295 (800)828-7494 Contributions from North America and around the World will discuss the latest research and applications in transputers. **************************************************************** A special session devoted to systems for topology and machine independent programming will be held during the meeting. Those using transputers and similar parallel processing systems realize that developing programs to run on specific topologies can be a tedious and time-consuming chore. The problem is greatly magnified when the user must be able to adapt to changing topologies or to completely different machines. We have all been waiting for the day when program development becomes independent of the specific details of the hardware. Several research organizations and software firms have been working to develop packages to ease the task of developing programs for a variety of parallel processing platforms. Some of these are now on the market. NATUG has invited representatives to discuss nine of these projects at the Spring meeting. Those appearing, and their topics, include: Prasad Vishnubhotla, Ohio State: Alps Adam Kolawa, Parasoft: Express/Cubix Jim Engle, MIMD System: Helios Wm Leler, ex-Cogent: Linda Jan Graat, Parsec: PAR.C John Florentin, Birkbeck College Strand Paul King, Real Time Systems: transIDRIS Dave Fielding, Cornell: Trollius The Spring NATUG meeting will provide an excellent opportunity for old and new users to become acquainted with the latest tools for developing parallel programs. ****************************************************************** Tentative Program (First authors' affiliations shown) TransAcq: real-time data acquisition and analysis system for optical spectroscopy Brad V. Duncan, Linda S. Powers, G.S. Stiles Department of Electrical Engineering Utah State University The development of a visual telephone for the deaf: using transputers for real-time image processing Scott Galuska Department of Computer and Information Science University of Delaware Using transputer in the design of high performance architectures dedicated to the implementation of OSI transport protocol Christophe Diot and Michel Ng.X.Dang LGI Laboratory, IMAG Grenoble TCP/IP Networking using transputers Roger M.A. Peel Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering University of Surrey Revised simplex method on a network of T800 transputers J. Luo, F. Bruggeman and G.L. Reijns Faculty of Electrical Engineering Delft University Transputer implementation of the EM algorithm for PET image reconstruction. Fred U. Rosenberger, Gerald C. Johns, David G. Politte, and Charles E. Molnar Institute for Biomedical Computing Washington University The fast multipole algorithm on transputer networks John A. Board, Jr. and James F. Leathrum, Jr. Department of Electrical Engineering Duke University A parallel-processing subsystem for the generation of 3-D cardiac images from CT Scott R. Cannon and Stephen J. Allan Department of Computer Science Utah State University Molecular dynamics simulations on a systolic ring of transputers K. Boehncke, H. Heller, H. Grubmuller, and K. Schulten Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology University of Illinois Simulation of self-organizing neural nets: a comparison between a transputer ring and a connection machine CM-2 K. Obermayer, H. Heller, H. Ritter, and K. Schulten Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology University of Illinois Parallelizing using process-and-data-decomposition (PADD) approach on a multi-ring transputer network-- an example Hamid R. Arabnia and Mary R. Robinson Department of Computer Science University of Georgia Hardware voting of transputers in real-time nMR fault-tolerant systems J. Standeven and M.J. Colley Department of Computer Science University of Essex A real-time task scheduling scheme for loosely coupled systems Ghasem S. Alijani and Shyn-Chang Su Computer Science Department University of Wyoming Transputer-based multi robot simulation Hubertus Franke, D. Shea, and L.C. Zai Department of Electrical Engineering Vanderbilt University Partitioned, replicative neural networks for cooperative robot systems Martin J. Dudziak Inmos Corporation Multigraph for the transputer Ben Abbott, Csaba Biegl, and Janos Sztipanovits Department of Electrical Engineering Vanderbilt University Graphical visualization of distributed algorithms Oliver Vornberger and Klaus Zeppenfeld Department of Mathematics and Computer Science University of Osnabruck A visual programming system for the transputer M. Roberts and P.M. Samwell Centre for Information Engineering City University, London An efficient and flexible implementation of ALT S.W. Lau and F.C.M. Lau Department of Computer Science University of Hong Kong A dynamic distributed system using remote procedure calls in a message passing system Tom Hintz and Mark Phillips University of Technology Sydney, Australia A virtual architecture for investigating dynamic load balancing on transputer networks I.A. Horton and S.J. Turner Department of Computer Science University of Exeter Mapping search graphs onto arbitrary transputer networks (or making PROLOG parallel) Douglas Eadline Paralogic, Inc. On the performance of ALT in Occam K.M. Shea and F.C.M. Lau Department of Computer Science University of Hong Kong A transputer-based motion detection/tracking algorithm Andrew P. Bernat and James Rupel Department of Computer Science University of Texas at El Paso Transputer fault-tolerant processor Jorge L. Ortiz, Willie L. McCoy, and Michael M. Thomas Electrical and Computer Engineering Department University of Puerto Rico Applications of transputer interface to DSP vector processor Richard L. Tutwiler Pennsylvania State University Object oriented modeling for sensor-guided real-time robot control Ying Zhang Department of Computer Science University of British Columbia ****************************************************************** Program Registration Information *Early Registration is Strongly Advised NATUG ATTENDEE REGISTRATION FEE (includes: one copy of conference proceedings, one continental breakfast, four meeting breaks, one reception, and exhibit admission. Additional copies of proceedings available for 20% off list price.) Early: $150.00 (Postmarked by 23 March 90) Regular: $200.00 STUDENT REGISTRATION FEE (includes the same features as the NATUG attendee without the proceedings) Early $75.00 Regular $ 85.00 * Registration will be confirmed in writing and more information on travel and accommodations will be sent providing registration is received by March 23, 1990. * Registration cancellation must be confirmed in writing, and a penalty of 10% paid registration fee will be assessed. No refund will be made if cancellation is postmarked after April 21, 1990; however, registration (less 10% assessment) can be applied toward a future NATUG Program. * This NATUG Program meets the requirements for deductibility under the new Tax Reform; however, you should consult your own financial authority for specific interpretation. * For additional program/lodging information, call Executive Meeting Management at 1-800-828-7494 (9:00AM to 4:00PM EST). AIRLINE TRAVEL INFORMATION * North American Transputer Users Group has appointed Executive Meeting Management and American Airlines as the official agency and air carrier for this meeting. * American Airlines (NATUG's Official Carrier for this meeting) will extend special conference rates to its hub in San Jose, CA. A 40% discount on full day coach (7 day advance ticketing), and 5% discount on all published promotional fares. * For information on reduced airfare reservations and ticketing assistance, call American Airlines Meeting Service Desk toll free at (800)433-1790. Ask for a special Meeting Saver Fare and indicate NATUG's STAR File #S027Z0L3. Conference Lodging Reservations All Room reservations will be made directly with the Sheraton, Sunnyvale, as well as all payments for room and tax. NATUG's special conference rate is $70.00 for single and double reservations with a city tax of 8%. 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