Newsgroups: comp.parallel.mpi,comp.parallel.pvm
From: doss@ERC.MsState.Edu (Nathan E. Doss)
Subject: SPLC'94 Program Announcement and Registration Information
Organization: Mississippi State University
Date: 19 Aug 1994 15:55:53 GMT
Message-ID: <332km9$qhc@Tut.MsState.Edu>

         Scalable Parallel Libraries Conference

                 October 12-14, 1994
 National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center
          for Computational Field Simulation,
            Mississippi State, Mississippi

   Program Announcement and Registration Information

Keynote Speaker:
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Mani Chandy - California Institute of Technology, Computer Science
              & NSF Center for Research in Parallel Computing

Invited Speakers:
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Dennis Gannon - University of Indiana
Ewing Lusk - Argonne National Laboratory
Anthony Skjellum - Mississippi State University
David Walker - Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Contributed Papers:
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Purushotham V. Bangalore, Anthony Skjellum, and Nathan E. Doss -
  Scalable Libraries Using MPI: Abstraction, Performance, and 
  Portability 

Robert Bennett, Kelvin Bryant, Alan Sussman, Raja Das, and Joel Saltz -
  Jovian: A Framework for Optimizing Parallel I/O 

Joao Carreira, Luis Silva, and Joao Gabriel Silva - On the Design 
  of Eilean

Simon Chapple and Lyndon Clarke - PUL: The Parallel Utilities Library

Naindong Fang - PEMPI

William Gropp, Edward Karrels, and Ewing Lusk - MPE Graphics --
  Scalable X11 Graphics in MPI

William Gropp, Lois Curfman McInnes, and Barry F. Smith - 
  Scalable Libraries for Solving Systems of Nonlinear Equations and
  Unconstrained Minimization Problems

Jonathan Hardwick - Porting a Vector Library: a Comparison of MPI,
  Paris, CMMD and PVM 

Leslie Hart, Tom Henderson, and Bernardo Rodriguez - A Scalable
  Parallel Library for Regular Grid-Based Applications 

Edgar T. Kalns and Lionel M. Ni - Performance Evaluation of Some MPI
  Implementations on Workstation Clusters

Pedro D. Medeiros and Jose' C. Cunha - Is enhancing the functionality
  of process grouping abstractions in parallel programming libraries
  desirable and feasible?

Natawut Nupairoj and Lionel M. Ni - DaRel: A Portable Data
  Redistribution Library for Distributed-Memory Machine

Mike Osborne - Developments in Mathematical Software for Parallel
  Computers

Ravi Ponnusamy, Rajesh Bordawekar, Rajeev Thakur, Tarvinder Singh, and
  Alok Choudhary - Passion Runtime Library for Parallel I/O

Jeffrey M. Squyres and Andrew Lumsdaine - Waveform Iterative Methods
  for Parallel Solution of Initial Value Problems

John E. West, Michael M. Stephens, and Louis H. Turcotte - Adaptation
  of Volume Visualization Techniques to MIMD Architectures Using MPI 

Bwolen Yang and David R. O'Hallaron - Procedure Calls Models for
  Distributed Parameters in Data Parallel Languages

Xinglai Zhuang and Jiangping Zhu - Parallelizing a Reservoir Simulator
  Using MPI 

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Conference fee: $225 for all attendees.  Attendance will be limited due to
    space requirements (approximately 100).  Fee includes cost
    of proceedings (to be distributed after the conference),
    and some meals.    Shuttle service also provided to/from
    airport during limited times.

    Fees payable by check to Mississippi State University.

    PREREGISTRATION IS REQUIRED.  ON-SITE REGISTRATION 
    CANNOT BE GUARANTEED.

    REGISTRANTS ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO STAY FOR THE ENTIRE
    THREE-DAY CONFERENCE, TO IMPROVE THE EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION.

For further information, contact:  Anthony Skjellum,
           tony@cs.msstate.edu,
           phone: 601-325-8435
           fax:   601-325-8997

Organizing Committee: Anthony Skjellum, Mississippi State University,
                NSF Engineering Research Center for Computational
          Field Simulation + Computer Science Department,

          Donna S. Reese, Mississippi State University,
          NSF Engineering Research Center for Computational
          Field Simulation + Computer Science Department,

          Andrew Lumsdaine, University of Notre Dame,
          Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering

          Ewing Lusk, Argonne National Laboratory

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Hotel Accomodations:

  Hotel accomodations are available at several hotels close to
  the NSF Engineering Research Center.  

  The following are reasonable choices:
    The State House Hotel, (601) 323-2000
    The Best Western Motel, (601) 324-5555
    The Holiday Inn, (601) 323-6161

Airport:
  Starkville is served by the nearby Columbus, Mississippi Airport,
  (GTR), which provides connections through three larger cities:

    (American/American Eagle) through Nashville, Tennessee,
    (Delta/ASA) through Atlanta, Georgia,
    (Northwest Airlink) through Memphis, Tennessee

  GTR is approximately a 20-minute drive from Starkville, and
  several rental agencies are on-site.

  Correct directions (better than rental agencies) will be provided
  to registered attendees.  Shuttle to hotels on October 11/12,
  and to airport on October 14.  Also, shuttle to/from hotels will
  be provided each morning, and Wednesday, Thursday afternoons.

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        *** Message-Passing Interface Tutorial ***

              preceding the

      Scalable Parallel Libraries Conference II (SPLC94)

               October 11, 1994
     National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center
         for  Computational Field Simulation
        at the <<Center for Visual Creation>>
          Mississippi State, Mississippi
                   
The tutorial will be housed at the ERC's new <<Center for Visual
Creation>>, a Silicon Graphics, Inc. National Training Center, using a
state-of-the-art video classroom based on SGI workstations, and SGI
Onyx multiprocessor.  The classroom systems will provide
state-of-the-art interaction between instructors and the attendees, and
will also provide the basis for running parallel MPI jobs.

Tutorial Instructors: Anthony Skjellum, Ph.D.,
                      Nathan Doss,
                      Paula Vaughan,
                      Purushotham Bangalore,
                      Mississippi State University,
                      NSF Engineering Research Center for 
                          Computational Field Simulation

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MPI is the message-passing interface standard, defined by the MPI
Forum.  This new standard for message-passing incorporates the best
aspects of common message-passing practice together with advanced
concepts to improve software engineering of large-scale message-passing
programs, and to allow access to high-performance hardware of current
and soon-to-be-released multicomputers (MPPs) and networked clusters.
MPI builds on the experience of systems like P4, PVM, Zipcode,
Chameleon, NX, and other systems. MPI builds on the input of vendors:
Cray, Intel, IBM, Meiko, Convex, NEC, Kuck and Associates, Parasoft, and
others.

Intended audience: This tutorial is designed for people who are interested
in MPI and applications development, and who plan to attend SPLC94, but who
may want an in-depth introduction to MPI prior to attending the conference,
which will include/emphasize applications of MPI and libraries built on MPI.

The tutorial is targeted as an advanced introduction, so that people who
are familiar with C and/or FORTRAN programming will be successful at
writing basic MPI codes after the tutorial is completed, but with a
broader understanding of the concepts.  Ideally, it is aimed at people
who have experience with a message-passing system like NX or P4 or PVM,
but that is not required.

Topics will include: writing simple programs in MPI, porting from other
message-passing systems to MPI, and using MPI intermediate and advanced
features.  Furthermore, basic concepts of application-development
in the message-passing environment will be included.

The tutorial presenters have extensive experience with the development
of MPI as well as participation in the MPI Forum.  They have early
efforts at developing parallel libraries with MPI as well as
applications development based on MPI.

NOTE!
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Paid tutorial attendees will receive a copy of "Using MPI: Portable
Parallel Programming with the Message-Passing Interface," by William
Gropp, Ewing Lusk and Anthony Skjellum, as part of the registration fee
(published by MIT Press).  If the book should not be available by
October 11, the books will be shipped as soon as available (expected
publication is in October, 1994).
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Tutorial fee:   $225 for all tutorial attendees, in addition to SPLC94
conference fees.  Class size limit is 10 persons. 

Attendance at the SPLC94 conference following the tutorial is not
required, but is strongly recommended.

    8 hour class, followed by 4 hour open laboratory.
    Lunch included.

    Shuttle service also provided to/from airport during limited times.

    Fees payable by check to Mississippi State University.

    PREREGISTRATION IS REQUIRED.  ON-SITE REGISTRATION NOT AVAILABLE.
    REGISTRATION BY AUGUST 15 IS    $225.
    REGISTRATION BY SEPTEMBER 15 IS $325.  

    REGISTRANTS ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO STAY FOR THE ENTIRE
    THREE-DAY CONFERENCE FOLLOWING THIS TUTORIAL IN ADDITION (SEE SPLC94
          CALL FOR PARTICIPATION).

For further information, contact:  Anthony Skjellum,
           tony@cs.msstate.edu,
           phone: 601-325-8435
           fax:   601-325-8997

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For further information on SPLC94, please see SPLC94 announcement.
Available by ftp from aurora.cs.msstate.edu; directory: pub/SPLC94/SPLC94.2
On Mosaic: http://www.erc.msstate.ed/ss/splc94.html
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------------------------- Registration Form --------------------------------

      
        Scalable Parallel Libraries Conference

             October 12-14, 1994
     National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center
         for Computational Field Simulation,
          Mississippi State, Mississippi

Name:

Address:
        
        

e-mail: 

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Attending: ____ Conference      _______ MPI Tutorial

Please pay in US Dollars by check or money order payable to:

Mississippi State University/Engineering Research Center (MSU/ERC)

Amount: $225/Conference
        $225/Tutorial(before September 15)
        $325/Tutorial(after September 15) 

Please register by September 15. Registration forms and payment should
be mailed to: Scalable Parallel Libraries Conference '94
              NSF Engineering Research Center
              attn: Anthony Skjellum
              PO Box 6176
              Mississippi State, MS 39762

Conference price includes conference banquet (Thursday night) and 
conference proceedings printed by IEEE Press.

