[comp.parallel] Software Demos at ICS 91

gannon@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (Dennis Gannon) (05/12/91)

the International Conference on Supercomputing will be in
Cologne June 17 - June 21 at the Queens Hotel.  As part of that
meeting will be having research software demonstrations
showing off the lastest ideas in interactive parallelization,
visualization and performance analysis.  Anybody interested in
contributing a software demo please contact me
   dennis gannon  gannon@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu     
or
   Ruediger Esser ZDV003%DJUKFA11.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU 

The demos will be on thursday june 20 and friday june 21.

We will have systems from DEC, IBM, SGI and SUN as well as 
assorted vidio facilities.  To be certain that we have the
correct software please let us know exactly what you need.


In case you have not yet registered for this meeting it is
still not too late! 

I have included the program and registration info below.

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             1991 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SUPERCOMPUTING

                            June 17 - 21, 1991
                     Queens Hotel, Cologne, Germany


                 ADVANCE PROGRAM AND GENERAL INFORMATION



CONFERENCE CHAIRMEN                    PROGRAM DIRECTOR

Edward S. Davidson                     Yoichi Muraoka
University of Michigan                 Waseda University
Ann Arbor, U.S.A.                      Tokyo, Japan

Friedel Hossfeld
Research Center Juelich (KFA)
Germany


PROGRAM COMMITTEE

EUROPE AND AFRICA
U. Trottenberg (Chair)                 A. Lichnewski
L.M. Delves                            P. Mueller-Stoy
I. Duff                                T. Papatheodorou
W. Giloi                               P. Sguazzero
J.R. Gurd                              H. Wijshoff
G. Hoffmann                            H. Zima
W. Jalby

NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA
E. Houstis (Chair)                     D. Gannon
D. Bailey                              M. Heath
F. Darema                              J. McGraw
D. DeGroot                             P. Messina
G. Fox                                 C. Polychronopoulos
E. Gallopoulos                         J. Rice

JAPAN AND FAR EAST
T. Yuba (Chair)                        S. Nagashima
T. Hoshino                             H. Tanaka
Y. Kanada                              Y. Tanakura
H. Kashiwagi                           H. Terada
N. Koike                               K. Toda


SPONSORS

ACM-SIGARCH with support from KFA in association with AICA, BCS-PPG, GI,
IPSJ, SBMAC and SIAM-SIAGS, as well as CSRD, CTI, CWI, GMD and INRIA.


SCOPE OF THE CONFERENCE

The fifth International Conference on Supercomputing, sponsored by
ACM-SIGARCH, covers a variety of topics dealing with current research
results in the development and use of supercomputer systems and
their implications for future supercomputer development. The sessions
have been scheduled around the areas of architectural design, algorithms,
applications, performance analysis, and software systems support. Being
indicated below by a special invited session, at this year's conference
the area of applications is emphasized.


INVITED SPEAKERS

Charles Brownstein, NSF, U.S.A.
Jean-Francois Omnes, EC Brussels, Belgium
John Riganati, Supercomputing Research Center, U.S.A.
Klaus Schulten, University of Illinois, U.S.A.
James E. Smith, W. R. Taylor, Cray Research Inc., U.S.A.
Koichiro Tamura, ETL, Japan
Harry Wijshoff, University of Utrecht, Netherlands
Karl-Heinz A. Winkler, Los Alamos National Laboratory, U.S.A.


INVITED SESSION ON APPLICATIONS
PARALLEL SUPERCOMPUTING: CURRENT EXPERIENCES AND FUTURE CHALLENGES

David H. Bailey, NASA Ames, U.S.A.
Hans-Juergen Herrmann, HLRZ, Germany
Geerd R. Hoffmann, ECMWF, U.K.
Charbel Farhat, University of Colorado, U.S.A.


DEMONSTRATIONS AND EXHIBITION

Complementary to the Technical Program of the conference,
there will be demonstrations by research groups and
hardware and software product presentations by vendors.


CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

The proceedings are published by ACM and will be distributed at the
conference. Each registrant will receive one copy.


MAILING ADDRESS

For further details, please contact :

                        Ruediger Esser
                        Research Center Juelich -ZAM-
                        P.O. Box 1913
                        D-5170 Juelich
                        Germany
                        Phone:  +49-2461-61-6588
                        Fax:    +49-2461-61-6656
                        E-mail: zdv003@djukfa11.bitnet


TECHNICAL PROGRAM

The following list reflects the prefinal schedule of the invited and
contributed talks.

MONDAY
======

 8.30          CONFERENCE WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION

 8.45 -  9.45  Charles Brownstein, NSF, U.S.A.
               Presidential Initiative in High Performance Computing
               and Communications

 9.45 - 10.15  Coffee Break

10.15 - 12.15  SESSION 1: MASSIVELY PARALLEL AND HIGH-PERFORMANCE MACHINE
                          ARCHITECTURES

               H. Kadota, K. Kaneko, I. Okabayashi, T. Okamoto, T. Mimura,
               Y. Nakakura, A. Wakatani, M. Nakajima, J. Nishikawa, K. Zaiki,
               T. Nogi, Japan
               Parallel Computer ADENA: Its Architecture and Application

               Peter Jones, Hojung Cha, U.K.
               The HyperDynamic Architecture (Massively Parallel Message-Passing
               Machine) - Architecture and Performance

               Jochen Gries, Axel Hahlweg, Ralf Harneit, Axel Kern,
               Hans Christoph Zeidler, Germany
               High Performance Communication for MIMD Supercomputers

               D. Windheiser, W. Jalby, France
               Behavioral Characterization of Decoupled Access Execute
               Architectures

12.15 - 13.30  Lunch

13.30 - 14.30  Harry Wijshoff, University of Utrecht, Netherlands
               Data Organization in Supercomputers: Practical Implications

14.30 - 15.00  Coffee Break

15.00 - 18.00  SESSION 2: INVITED SESSION ON APPLICATIONS
                          PARALLEL SUPERCOMPUTING: CURRENT EXPERIENCES AND
                          FUTURE CHALLENGES

               David H. Bailey, NASA Ames, U.S.A.
               Experience with Parallel Computers at NASA Ames

               Hans-Juergen Herrmann, HLRZ, Germany
               Stochastic Growth Models

               Geerd R. Hoffmann, ECMWF, U.K.
               Weather Forecasting and Parallel Processing: A View from ECMWF

               Charbel Farhat, University of Colorado, U.S.A.
               Large-Scale CFD and CSM Simulations on Both Extreme
               Parallel Architectures: Finite Element Algorithms,
               Implementation Methodologies, and Performance Results

19.00  Reception by the Mayor at the City Hall

TUESDAY
======

 8.30 -  9.30  Klaus Schulten, University of Illinois, U.S.A.
               From Molecules to Networks - Biological Computing
               and Parallel Machines

 9.30 - 10.30  SESSION 3A: COMPILERS I

               Wolfgang Kuechlin, U.S.A.
               A Space-Efficient Parallel Garbage Compaction Algorithm

               Hans-Christian Hege, Hinnerk Stueben, Germany
               Vectorization and Parallelization of Irregular Problems via
               Graph Coloring

               SESSION 3B: PARALLEL PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES I

               Satoshi Sekiguchi, Toshio Shimada, Kei Hiraki, Japan
               Sequential Description and Parallel Execution Language DFCII for
               Dataflow Supercomputers

               O. Kraemer-Fuhrmann, T. Brandes, Germany
               GRACIA, a Software Environment for Graphical Specification,
               Automatic Configuration and Animation of Parallel Programs

10.30 - 11.00  Coffee Break

11.00 - 12.30  SESSION 4A: COMPILERS I

               Chinhyun Kim, Jean-Luc Gaudiot, U.S.A.
               A Scheme to Extract Run-Time Parallelism From Sequential Loops

               Zhiyuan Li, U.S.A.
               Compiler Algorithms for Event Variable Synchronization

               Michael Gerndt, Austria
               Work Distribution in Parallel Programs for Distributed Memory
               Multiprocessors

               SESSION 4B: SCHEDULING ON PARALLEL SYSTEMS

               Nikitas J. Dimopoulos, Shivakumar Radhakrishnan,
               Don Radvan, Canada
               Routing and Processor Allocation on a Hypercycle-based
               Multiprocessor

               N.P. Chrisochoides, E.N. Houstis, C.E. Houstis, U.S.A.
               Geometry Based Mapping Strategies for PDE Computations

               Xiaodong Zhang, U.S.A.
               Dynamic and Static Load Balancing for Solving Block Bordered
               Circuit Equations on Multiprocessors

12.30 - 14.00  Lunch

14.00 - 15.00  Jean-Francois Omnes, EC Brussels, Belgium
               High Performance Computing and European R&D Programmes

15.00 - 15.30  Coffee Break

15.30 - 17.30  SESSION 5A: PARALLEL NUMERIC ALGORITHMS AND APPLICATIONS

               Haesun Park, L. Magnus Ewerbring, U.S.A
               An Algorithm for the Generalized Singular Value Decomposition on
               Massively Parallel Computers

               Christian Bischof, Andreas Griewank, David Juedes, U.S.A.
               Exploiting Parallelism in Automatic Differentiation

               K.P. Traar, M. Stiftinger, O. Heinreichsberger, S. Selberherr,
               Austria
               Three-Dimensional Simulation of Semiconductor Devices on
               Supercomputers

               A. Boehm, J. Brehm, H. Finnemann, Germany
               Parallel Conjugate Gradient Algorithms for Solving the Neutron
               Diffusion Equation on SUPRENUM

               SESSION 5B: LOOP OPTIMIZATION: PARTITIONING AND DISTRIBUTION

               David E. Hudak, Santosh G. Abraham, U.S.A.
               Beyond Loop Partitioning: Data Assignment and Overlap to Reduce
               Communication Overhead

               Sesh Venugopal, William Eventoff, U.S.A.
               Automatic Transformation of FORTRAN Loops to Reduce Cache
               Conflicts

               Vivek Sarkar, Guang R. Gao, U.S.A.
               Optimization of Array Accesses by Collective Loop Transformations

               D. Kulkarni, K.G. Kumar, A. Basu, A. Paulraj, India
               Loop Partitioning for Distributed Memory Multiprocessors as
               Unimodular Transformations

WEDNESDAY
=========

 8.30 -  9.30  Koichiro Tamura, ETL, Japan
               Research Results of the Project "High Speed Computing System for
               Scientific and Technological Uses"

 9.30 - 10.30  SESSION 6: SYSTOLIC ARRAY ARCHITECTURES

               E. Chow, J. Peterson, M. Waterman, U.S.A.
               A Systolic Array Processor for Biological Information Signal
               Processing

               Herbert G. Mayer, Brent Baxter, U.S.A.
               Software and Hardware Parallelism on the iWarp Systolic Array
               Architecture

10.30 - 11.00  Coffee Break

11.00 - 12.30  SESSION 7: COMPILERS II

               Michael Weiss, U.S.A.
               Strip Mining on SIMD Architectures

               Francois Irigoin, Pierre Jouvelot, Remi Triolet, France
               Semantical Interprocedural Parallelization: An Overview of the
               PIPS Project

               Constantine D. Polychronopoulos, U.S.A.
               The Hierarchical Task Graph and Its Use in Auto-Scheduling

12.30 - 14.00  Lunch

14.00 - 18.00  Cologne Tour

19.30  Reception by the Board of Directors of KFA

20.30  Conference Dinner

THURSDAY
========

 8.30 -  9.30  James E. Smith, W. R. Taylor, Cray Research Inc., U.S.A.
               Accurate Modelling of Interconnection Networks in Vector
               Supercomputers

 9.30 - 10.30  SESSION 8: CACHE COHERENCE PROBLEMS

               David J. Lilja, Pen-Chung Yew, U.S.A.
               Combining Hardware and Software Cache Coherence Strategies

               Yung-Chin Chen, Alexander V. Veidenbaum, U.S.A.
               A Software Coherence Scheme with the Assistance of Directories

10.30 - 11.00  Coffee Break

11.00 - 12.30  SESSION 9A: NON-NUMERIC ALGORITHMS

               Alok Choudhary, Sanjay Ranka, U.S.A.
               Mesh and Pyramid Algorithms for Iconic Indexing

               Markus Hegland, Switzerland
               Implementing "Partition" on Vector Computers

               E.-G. Talbi, P. Bessiere, France
               A Parallel Genetic Algorithm for the Graph Partitioning Problem

               SESSION 9B: DATA DEPENDENCE ANALYSIS

               Michael Wolfe, U.S.A.
               Experiences with Data Dependence Abstractions

               Kleanthis Psarris, Xiangyun Kong, David Klappholz, U.S.A.
               Extending the I Test to Direction Vectors

               William Pugh, U.S.A.
               Uniform Techniques for Loop Optimization

12.30 - 14.00  Lunch

14.00 - 15.00  John Riganati, Supercomputing Research Center, U.S.A.
               Ideas in Supercomputing: Philosophy and Pragmatism

15.00 - 15.30  Coffee Break

15.30 - 18.00  SESSION 10A: PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS I

               Willi Schoenauer, Hartmut Haefner, Germany
               Supercomputers: Where are the Lost Cycles?

               Wolfgang E. Nagel, Markus A. Linn, Germany
               Parallel Programs and Background Load: Efficiency Studies with
               the PAR-Bench System

               Jukka Helin, Rudolf Berrendorf, Germany
               Analyzing the Performance of Message Passing Hypercubes: A Study
               with the Intel iPSC/860

               Hock-Beng Lim, Pen-Chung Yew, U.S.A.
               Parallel Program Behavioral Study on a Shared-Memory

               Vipin Kumar, Anshul Gupta, U.S.A.
               Analysis of Scalability of Parallel Algorithms and Architectures

               SESSION 10B: PARALLEL PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES II

               Fujio Yamamoto, Japan
               Solving Banded Systems Using a Parallel Programming Language
               with Hierarchically Data Descriptive Features

               Charles Koelbel, Piyush Mehrotra, U.S.A.
               Programming Data Parallel Algorithms on Distributed Memory
               Machines Using Kali

FRIDAY
======

 8.30 -  9.30  Karl-Heinz A. Winkler, Los Alamos National Laboratory, U.S.A.
               Simulation and Visualization of Supersonic Flows

 9.30 - 10.30  SESSION 11: INTERACTIVE SYSTEMS

               Bill Appelbe, Kevin Smith, Kurt Stirewalt, U.S.A.
               PATCH - A New Algorithm for Rapid Incremental Dependence Analysis

               Ken Kennedy, Kathryn McKinley, Chau-Wen Tseng, U.S.A.
               Analysis and Transformation in the ParaScope Editor

10.30 - 11.00  Coffee Break

11.00 - 12.00  SESSION 12: PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS II

               Byung-Chang Kang, U.S.A.
               Performance Analysis of Multistage Combining Networks Using a
               Probabilistic Model

               D. Bradley, G. Cybenko, H. Gao, J. Larson, F. Ahmad, J. Golab,
               M. Straka, U.S.A.
               Supercomputer Workload Decomposition and Analysis

12.00  Conference Ends


CONFERENCE VENUE

The conference will be held at the :

                   Queens Hotel
                   Duerener Strasse 287
                   D-5000 Cologne 41
                   Germany
                   Phone:  +49-221-4676-0

The Queens Hotel is located in the western part of the city. With
public transport you may reach the city center in about 15 minutes.


REGISTRATION

For conference registration and hotel reservation forms please contact
Ruediger Esser by means of the above mailing address or

                   John R. Sopka
                   Digital Equipment Corporation
                   TAY 1-2 / H03
                   151 Taylor Street
                   Littleton, Massachusetts 01460, U.S.A.
                   E-mail: sopka@olcrow.enet.dec.com    (Internet)

The registration fee includes a copy of the proceedings, coffee and
refreshments, lunches, and the social events except the expenses for
the conference dinner.

FEES

                      Before May 15            After May 15

Members              DM 480    $ 320          DM 630    $ 420

Non-Members          DM 600    $ 400          DM 780    $ 520

Students             DM 210    $ 140          DM 270    $ 180

Member registration is open for members of ACM, AFCET, AICA, BCS,
GI, IEEE-CS, IPSJ, SBMAC, and SIAM. The membership number must be
supplied on the registration form.

For student registration, a proof of full-time student status
(e.g. a copy of your current student identification card) must be
included. The student registration fee does not include lunches.

Conference dinner    DM 50     $ 35

The conference dinner is partly sponsored by KFA.

Due to the limited facilities, the number of participants is limited.
Therefore, we advise you to register early. Registrations will be
accepted on a first-come, first-served basis.


ACCOMMODATION AND RESERVATION

Reservations at the following special room rates have been arranged
with the Queens Hotel and with other hotels within walking distance
of the Queens Hotel.

                Single Room     Double Room

       Cat. A      DM 145          DM 215

       Cat. B      DM  70          DM 120


Category A rooms are fully equipped with shower, private WC, color TV
and telephone. Category B rooms are more simply equipped.
The room rates include a breakfast buffet for Cat. A,
or a continental breakfast for Cat. B.

In order to take advantage of these special rates your registration
form must be returned before May 15, 1991. Hotel reservations received
after this date will be subject to availability of accommodation. The
conference has appointed the Cologne Tourist Office to handle the
assignment of hotel reservations. Rooms will be assigned in order of
receipt and participants will receive a written confirmation from
the Tourist Office. Payment for accommodations
must be made at the hotel when you leave.


CANCELLATIONS

Conference registration cancellations must be in writing. Those postmarked
by June 1, 1991 will receive a full refund except for a fee of DM 60
($ 40). For later cancellations, only a 50 % refund will be granted.

If you have to change or cancel your hotel reservation, notify your
hotel directly. The cancellation must not be later than one week
before the scheduled day of arrival, otherwise you may be liable
for full payment.


ENTRY-REGULATIONS

Coming from abroad, please check with your travel agent or local
emigration authorities on whether a (valid) passport, tourist card
or visa is necessary for residents of your country to visit Germany.


COLOGNE

Cologne, a well-known city by the Rhine river in the western part of
Germany with 2000 years of history, offers a variety of attractions.
Besides the Romanesque churches, the Altstadt (Old Town), and the many
museums, the Cologne Cathedral is a perfect example of the High Gothic
style of all the world's large churches. Although the city conveys
the cosmopolitan touch, romantic nooks and crannies may be found at
every turn. The many pubs, bars, and ale-houses provide a friendly and
comfortable atmosphere.


GET-TOGETHER AND CHECK-IN

An informal get-together will take place on Sunday, June 16, from 7.00
to 9.00 p.m. at the Queens Hotel. The conference registration desk
will also be open at this time for participants to pick up their
conference material as well as helpful local information.


OTHER SOCIAL EVENTS

In the evening of Monday, June 17, there will be a reception for all
participants and accompanying persons in the city hall of Cologne.
On Wednesday afternoon, June 19, a guided tour through Cologne will be
organized, including a visit to the Cologne Cathedral and to one of the
city's famous museums. That evening the conference dinner will be held
at the Botanical Gardens, called Flora, for which all participants and
guests are invited to purchase tickets.


HOW TO TRAVEL TO COLOGNE

By air:   - via Cologne/Bonn airport. From
            the airport you may take a taxi to your hotel (fare about
            DM 40). Buses to the city center leave every 20 minutes
            (Bus No. 170, fare DM 3.60). From the city center, you should take
            a taxi to your hotel (fare about DM 10).
          - via Duesseldorf airport. The suggested and most convenient
            way to Cologne Central Railway Station (in the city center)
            is the Lufthansa Airport Express.
By train: There are direct train connections between Cologne and all
          major European cities.
By car:   Several motorways, namely A1, A3, and A4, run into the Cologne
          motorway ring (see map). The
          Queens Hotel, providing about 100 parking spaces, can be easily
          reached by leaving the motorway A1 at exit 'Koeln-Loevenich'
          (see map).


WEATHER

For the conference, we have ordered pleasant, sunny and dry weather with
average temperatures around 20 degrees Celsius during the day. But be
prepared in any case for our normal weather -- rain every other day.


IMPORTANT DATES

 May    15, 1991      Deadline for advance registration and
                      hotel reservation
June    16, 1991      Get-together and check-in
June 17-21, 1991      Conference

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Steve Stevenson                            {steve,fpst}@hubcap.clemson.edu
Department of Computer Science,            comp.parallel
Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634-1906 (803)656-5880.mabell