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From: "Jeanne C. Butler" <jeanne@tc.cornell.edu>
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Subject: Workshop on Parallel Programming on the IBM RS/6000 SP
Organization: Cornell Theory Center
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1996 09:00:06 +0000
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Workshop on Parallel Programming on the IBM RS/6000 SP

Sunday September 29 - Friday October 4, 1996

Cornell Theory Center
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY

The Cornell Theory Center (CTC), a nationally funded 
high-performance computing and communications center, is offering a 
one-week workshop, including lectures and laboratory sessions, on 
parallel programming for the IBM SP. CTC's IBM SP, which consists of 
512 RISC processors connected by a high- performance switch, is the 
largest of its kind in the world. The SP programming model is 
distributed memory.

This workshop will offer sessions on the following topics:

- CTC Essentials:
   What programmers need to know about CTC's IBM SP system
   configuration and administration.

- Using CTC's IBM SP Effectively:
   How to design and code programs that make the best use of the
   IBM SP's features.

- The Message Passing Interface (MPI) Standard Library:
   How to write parallel programs using this message passing
   standard.

- Parallelization Case Study using MPI and
  High Performance Fortran (HPF):
   A step-by-step presentation of converting a serial program to
   a parallel program, and tuning its performance.

All topics will be presented using a mix of lectures and programming 
exercises, giving participants hands-on experience with parallel 
programming.

A full description of the topics, as well as the preliminary agenda 
and registration form, is available online at:
   http://www.tc.cornell.edu/Events/SP.Oct96/

(All trade names referenced are trademarks or registered trademarks 
of their respective companies.)


REGISTRATION INFORMATION

To apply, please complete the registration form found at:
   http://www.tc.cornell.edu/Events/SP.Oct96/

Send payment separately to arrive no later than August 16, 1996, to:
   Jeanne Butler
   Conference Assistant
   427 Frank H. T. Rhodes Hall
        Ithaca, NY  14853-3801

FEES:                                   Half    Full      Full
                                        Day*     Day    Workshop
Academic & Government Participants      $  25   $  50     $ 250
Corporate Participants                  $ 110   $ 225     $ 995
Corporate Partnership Program Members   $  85   $ 175     $ 745

   *Sunday afternoon and Friday morning are half-day sessions.

Checks should be made payable to Cornell University. Local 
applicants may charge the registration fee to the appropriate 
Cornell University account number.  Registrations will not be acted 
upon until the payment arrives. Refunds will be made to those 
applicants not accepted to the workshop. Refunds cannot be made 
after an applicant is accepted.

Course attendance is limited. Preference will be given to those who 
have already received a CTC allocation, to Corporate Partnership 
Program (CPP) members, and to those who have a CTC allocation 
application pending. It might be necessary to limit the number of 
attendees from any one research project.


OTHER TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES

Applicants should also be aware that CTC will be offering a Virtual
Workshop (VW) over the winter months. This VW will offer World Wide
Web versions of some of the material covered in this workshop, and 
it will include interactive logins on CTC's IBM SP for completion of
exercises.  CTC staff members offer consulting support to the VW 
participants through e-mail and through the CTC MOO. More 
information on this offering can be found at:
   http://www/Edu/VW/future.html

For general information on current and future CTC workshops, go to:
   http://www.tc.cornell.edu/Edu/Upcoming/

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