simulation@uflorida.cis.ufl.edu (Moderator: Paul Fishwick) (03/08/91)
Volume: 20, Issue: 8, Thu Mar 7 13:25:12 EST 1991 +----------------+ | TODAY'S TOPICS | +----------------+ (1) Sessions on Environmental Simulation (2) CALL: Visualization '91 (3) Modelling the UNIX Scheduler (4) Modeling Human Communication Networks (5) UMIACS Parallel Processing Lab Resources (6) SOFTWARE: Hypercube Simulator (7) CALL: Simulation in Education (8) FTP is Working Now * Moderator: Paul Fishwick, Univ. of Florida * Send topical mail to: simulation@bikini.cis.ufl.edu OR post to comp.simulation via USENET * Archives available via FTP to bikini.cis.ufl.edu (128.227.224.1). Login as 'ftp', use your last name as the password, change directory to pub/simdigest. Do 'type binary' before any file xfers. * Simulation Tools available by doing above and changing the directory to pub/simdigest/tools. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 5 Mar 91 00:27:46 GMT From: mcleod@Sdsc.Edu Subject: [For Simulation Digest] To: simulation@bikini.cis.ufl.edu X-St-Vmsmail-To: ST%"simulation@bikini.cis.ufl.edu" SPECIAL ADDED ATTRACTION! (And I don't mean the dinner cruise with New Orleans jazz) There will be special sessions on simulating various aspects of the environment, the system that (currently) supports all of us, at the SCS (Society for Computer Simulation) 1991 Simulation MultiConference in New Orleans, April 1 - 5, that are NOT SHOWN ON THE PRELIMINARY PROGRAM. These sessions will be additions to the continuing track "Toward Understanding Our Environment" which made its debut at the Society for Computer Simulation 1991 Western MultiConference at the Disneyland Hotel in Anaheim, California, with five excellent presentations. The New Orleans sessions are planned for the afternoon of Monday April 1, before the "food & jazz" cruise on the on Mighty Mississippi that evening (NO April foolin'). Consideration is also being given to an informal session where those who are simply worried about current trends can discuss their concerns with those who are trying to use simulation as a tool to UNDERSTAND how best to attack the recognised problems. See the final 1991 Simulation MultiConference program for details about this get-together, which is planned for Tuesday April 2. If you are not on our mailing list to get the 1991 Simulation MultiConference Final program please REPLY to "mcleod@sdsc", Subject: "Toward Understanding Our Environment" John Mcleod ------------------------------ Newsgroups: comp.simulation Path: grinstei From: mailrus!ulowell!grinstei@uunet.UU.NET (Georges Grinstein) Subject: CFP - Visualization'91 Organization: University of Lowell Computer Science, Lowell MA Date: Tue, 5 Mar 1991 00:47:19 GMT Apparently-To: ulowell!uunet!comp-simulation *************************************************************************** *************************************************************************** CALL FOR PARTICIPATION VISUALIZATION '91 Sponsored by IEEE Computer Society, Technical Committee on Computer Graphics. October 22-25, 1991 San Diego, California This second conference will continue to explore how visualization is being used to extract knowledge from data. The conference is concerned with all aspects of visualization, with a focus on interdisciplinary techniques. The conference will allow a dialogue to occur between the developers of visualization methods and visualization users across the full spectrum of science, engineering and business. *************************************************************************** Paper Submission (due April 15, 1991) Original papers for the conference proceedings should be limited to 5000 words. Where appropriate, the use of video as part of the paper is strongly encouraged. Videos should be submitted for review with papers. Contact either co-chair for information. Four copies of each paper and ntsc-vhs video should be submitted to Gregory Nielson, papers co-chair. Co-Chairs: Gregory M. Nielson Computer Science Department Arizona State University Rural Road and University Ave. Tempe, AZ 85287-5406 (602) 965-2785 nielson@enuxva.eas.asu.edu Larry Rosenblum Naval Research Laboratory rosenblum@ccf.nrl.navy mil Panel Proposals (due April 15, 1991) Proposals for panels are solicited. These should emphasize the application of scientific visualization to problems in research, development, demonstration, or business. The panels will be presented in parallel with papers and the case studies during the conference. A six page summary or position statements will be published in the proceedings which will be available at the conference. Co-Chairs: R. Daniel Bergeron Department of Computer Science University of New Hampshire Durham, NH 03824 (603) 862-2677 rdb@unh.edu Nahum D. Gershon The MITRE Corporation 7325 Colshire Drive McLean, VA 22102-3481 (703) 883-7518 Tutorial Proposals (due April 15, 1991) Proposals for full and 1/2 day tutorials (beginning & advanced) are solicited. These will be held on Tuesday of the conference week. Co-Chairs: Gary Laguna Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory P.O. Box 808, L-125 Livermore, CA 94550 (415)422-5659 laguna@icdc.llnl.gov Hikmet Senay Dept. of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science George Washington University Washington, DC 20052 (202) 994-5910 Interdisciplinary Case Studies (due April 15, 1991) Proposals examining the interdisciplinary nature of visualization, tools and real time applications are especially solicited. These will be presented at the conference and a four page summary will be published in the proceedings. The intent here is to emphasize the interdisciplinary nature of most applications of visualization . Co-Chairs: Paul Hazan Applied Physics Laboratory John Hopkins University Laurel, MD 20707 (301) 953-5364 Jeffrey Posdamer AT&T Bell Labs Room 15E-315 1 Whittany Road Whittany, NJ 07981-0903 (201) 386-6396 Demonstrations (due June 3, 1991) A portion of the conference will be devoted solely to demonstrations. Research organizations and commercial companies interested in presenting should contact the co-chairs. Co-Chairs: Jerome Cox Department of Computer Science Washington University, Box 1045 St. Louis, MO 63130 (314) 889-6132 jrc@cs.wustl.edu Susan Stearman Digital Equipment Corporation 4 Results Way MRO4-2/H19 Marlboro, MA 01752-3070 (508) 467-3575 Workshops (due April 15, 1991) Proposals for 1 or 2 day workshops on specific visualization methods or the application of visualization to specific problems areas should be sent to one of the workshop Co-Chairs. These workshops should deal with state-of-the-art topics and involve experts in the field. If appropriate, the workshops may be co-sponsored by another professional organization. Co-Chairs: Art Olson Department of Molecular Biology MB5 Research Institute of Scripps Clinic La Jolla, CA 92037 (619) 554-9702 olson@scripss.edu Lloyd Treinish IBM T. J. Watson Research Center P.O. Box 704, Room SK-Y68 Yorktown Heights, NY 10598 (914) 784-5038 lloyd@yktvmh3.ibm.com Conference Co-Chairs Russell Athay, Biosym Bruce Brown, Oracle bbrown@oracle.com Program Co-Chairs Georges Grinstein, University of Lowell grinstein@ulowell.edu Arie Kaufman, SUNY at Stony Brook *************************************************************************** Please distribute hard copies of this note or forward to any lists you think appropriate. If you have further publicity ideas please respond via e-mail to me. Thanks. Jeff Beddow beddow@vz.acs.umn.edu -- Dr. Georges Grinstein - Institute for Visualization and Perception Research University of Lowell Lowell, MA 01854 Internet: grinstein@cs.ulowell.edu Phone: (508) 934-3627 UUCP: {(backbones),harvard,mit-eddie,et al}!ulowell!cs.ulowell.edu!grinstein ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 5 Mar 91 15:38:17 -0600 From: drl@msc.edu (Dennis Lienke) To: simulation@bikini.cis.ufl.edu Subject: UNIX scheduler Cc: drl@msc.edu, dwm@msc.edu, jje@msc.edu We are interested in experiences in modeling the UNIX scheduler. This is for application on very large, multi-processor machines, such as CRAY-2's. Thanks in advance ... dwm@msc.umn.edu (Don Mears) drl@msc.umn.edu (Dennis Lienke) ------------------------------ From: mzack@lynx.northeastern.edu Date: Wed, 6 Mar 91 09:12:56 EST To: simulation@bikini.cis.ufl.edu Subject: modeling organizational communication Is anyone aware of research done on modeling human communication networks in groups or organizations? I am particularly interested in modeling interaction within small groups to assess the impact of introducing computer-mediated communication technology (e.g., electronic mail, bulletin boards, etc.) on the group's communication patterns. I know very little about simulation (other than a course in GPSS taken 15 years ago), but it appears to have potential for understanding the dynamics of organizational communication. Any comments? ------------------------------ To: comp-simulation@uunet.UU.NET Path: mimsy!umiacs.umd.edu!curtiss From: curtiss@umiacs.umd.edu (Phil J. Curtiss) Newsgroups: comp.ai,comp.ai.vision,comp.simulation Subject: Getting accounts on the UMIACS Parallel Processing machines Date: 6 Mar 91 18:19:12 GMT Sender: news@mimsy.umd.edu Reply-To: curtiss@umiacs.umd.edu (Phil J. Curtiss) Followup-To: comp.ai Organization: University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies A little while ago an announcement was made regarding the availability of University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies (UMIACS) Parallel Processing Lab resources. Since then, many people have shown interest in gaining access to these resources. Below, you will find a brief summary of what must be submitted to get accounts and start using the lab's machines. More information than what is summarized below may be required of you depending on your specific needs (disk space, reserved time on a given machine, how many users from one site, etc.). To get an account on machines within the UMIACS Parallel Processing Lab, you must submit a brief abstract of the project for which you wish to use the machines in the lab along with a list of those who will be working on the project and those that need accounts. You must submit this request to Mitch Murphy (the Parallel Processing Lab Manager) at the following address mitch@umiacs.umd.edu. As stated in the previous article, the UMIACS Parallel Processing Lab currently operates a 16k Connection Machine and a BBN Butterfly Machine, with hopes of acquiring other architectures in the future. We are currently putting together a detailed document describing the facilities of the Lab and will make it available via anonymous ftp from ftp.umiacs.umd.edu. A list of abstracts of all the current projects in the lab is also being assembled and will be made available via anonymous ftp from ftp.umiacs.umd.edu. Please note that if you wish to apply for an account on any of the lab's machines, and do *not* wish to be included in the abstract list that is to be made available, please let us know. If you do so, we will not place your project in the list. Lastly, we ask that you circulate the availability of the UMIACS Parallel Processing Lab resources to anyone you think might be interested and might benefit from the use of the lab. Please direct any questions you may have to either curtiss@umiacs.umd.edu or mitch@umiacs.umd.edu. -- Domain: curtiss@umiacs.umd.edu Phillip Curtiss UUCP: uunet!mimsy!curtiss UMIACS - Univ. of Maryland Phone: +1-301-405-6744 College Park, Md 20742 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 Mar 91 16:00:56 -0700 From: Dirk Grunwald <grunwald@foobar.Colorado.EDU> To: simulation@bikini.cis.ufl.edu Subject: Simulation of the iPSC/2 et al Reply-To: grunwald@foobar.colorado.edu Office: 6-1 EECR (303) 492-0452 I have built a simulator for circuit switched hypercubes that was used for performance studies of the JPL Hyperswitch, and can also be tuned to mimic the iPSC/2. It was used for network studies and load distribution simulations. It's basically a ``home grown'' simulator written in C++. Bobby Nazief at UIUC has extended it to support meshes and extended the load distribution model to include migration. Dirk Grunwald -- Univ. of Colorado at Boulder (grunwald@foobar.colorado.edu) (grunwald@cs.colorado.edu) [[MODERATOR: I have asked Dirk to provide us with some more information on how to get his software. Here is his reply, FYI -- PAF]] It's available now partly with the Gnu G++ library (Random and RNG classes, Statistic and Histogram), and also from foobar.colorado.edu, in pub/Awe2/Awe2-xx.yy.tar.Z. This implements a general tasking library that runs on m68k, i386, MIPS, SPARC, m88k and ns32k processors. Additional classes to support event-based simulation are being built right now, as I need them. A student is eventually taking the latter and making it run in distributed time. This software is generally available, with an FSF style copyleft, but with precious little documentation. Dirk Grunwald -- Univ. of Colorado at Boulder (grunwald@foobar.colorado.edu) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Mar 91 02:29:07 GMT From: mcleod@Sdsc.Edu Subject: Call for papers To: simulation@bikini.cis.ufl.edu X-St-Vmsmail-To: ST%"simulation@uflorida.cis.ufl.edu" ***************************************************** * * * CALL FOR PAPERS * * * * SIMULATION IN EDUCATION FOR BUSINESS, * * MANAGEMENT, AND MIS * * * * 1992 SCS WESTERN MULTICONFERENCE * * JANUARY 20-22, 1992 NEWPORT BEACH, CA. * * * ***************************************************** SCS SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS: This conference will focus on using simulation in Business, Management and MIS education, and on teaching of simulation to college students. Possible topic areas include: 1. Using Simulation for education and training. - Design and use of training environments using simulation. - Testing and validation of simulation based software. - Effectiveness of simulation based Training. - Applications of simulations for corporate training. - Applications of simulations for college level education. - Specific Application Areas of Interest -- Business Policy and Strategy -- Planning and Decision Support -- Operations and Control -- Information Systems Support -- Product Development and Marketing 2. Teaching Simulation - Programming, Application, Data Analysis - Comparison and Demonstration of Simulation Languages - Pedagogical Considerations - Innovative Education - Cases for Classroom Simulation - Suggestions for Data Analysis and Presentation TUTORIALS AND PANELS ON THE ABOVE AREAS OF INTEREST - Curriculum Design Considerations - A Discussion of Methods and Languages - A Discussion of Texts and Software - A Discussion of Available Simulation based Training Software - Sources of Funding for Research and Development ***************************************************** * * ***************************************************** Let me know if you have any interest in being a session chair, reviewer, or submitting a paper. Since I don't really have a good mailing list to work from, I would very thankful if you could pass along the word and/or send names and E-mail addresses for anyone you know who might want to participate. We will be trying to generate interest among faculty in colleges of business, professionals involved in corporate training, and faculty in Industrial Engineering programs. Tentative Schedule: April 1, 1991 - Identify Session Chairs July 1, - Abstracts/Papers Due Aug 1, - Notification Oct 15, - Camera Ready Papers Due Thanks, _Bob Roberts RROBERTS@NMSUVM1.BITNET RROBERTS@NMSU.EDU Department of Accounting and BCS New Mexico State University Box 30001 Dept 3DH Las Cruces, NM 88003 (505) 646-4903 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Mar 91 13:23:44 -0500 From: "Paul Fishwick" <fishwick@fish.cis.ufl.edu> To: simulation@ufl.edu Subject: BIKINI back up! If any of you tried to FTP to the machine BIKINI, you noticed that it has been inaccessible for a couple of days -- this was due to a bad disk that had to be replaced. Everything is back up now and operating normally thanks to our system staff. -paul f. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Prof. Paul A. Fishwick.............. INTERNET: fishwick@fish.cis.ufl.edu| | Complex Systems and Simulation Group UUCP: gatech!uflorida!fishwick | | Dept. of Computer Science........... PHONE: (904) 392-1414 | | University of Florida............... FAX: (904) 392-1220 | | Bldg. CSE, Room 301................. | | Gainesville, FL 32611............... | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ------------------------------ END OF SIMULATION DIGEST ************************