Newsgroups: comp.parallel.pvm
From: kale@cs.uiuc.edu
Subject: Call for Abstracts and Participation
Keywords: Charm message driven
Organization: Dept. of Computer Sci - University of Illinois
Date: Sun, 18 Sep 94 06:12:29 GMT
Message-ID: <35gi80$oq4@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu>


                     CALL FOR PAPERS AND PARTICIPATION

                          FIRST ANNUAL WORKSHOP ON 
                     MESSAGE-DRIVEN EXECUTION AND CHARM
                 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 
                              Oct 20-21, 1994.

The deadline for one page abstracts for the workshop is extended to
September 26th. The information from the original announcement is
enclosed below for reference.

	-- L.V. Kale

   
    Message-driven execution and related concepts variously known as data
    driven execution, macro dataflow, Actors, etc. are emerging as an 
    effective strategy for efficient and modular parallel program design. 
    A message-driven program can tolerate communication latencies as well 
    as idle times due to delays in availability of remote data adaptively. 
    Control can flow freely and cleanly across multiple concurrent modules, 
    modular program design without sacrificing efficiency becomes possible. 
    In particular, one can overlap idle times in one module with useful 
    computations in another concurrent module. As the evidence for 
    effectiveness of message-driven has started building up, the interest 
    in the strategies has also increased.

    Charm, an object-oriented, message-driven parallel programming system 
    developed initially at the University of Illinois, was one the first 
    message-driven systems available on stock multicomputers.  Currently, 
    there are many research groups at various universities involved in 
    research related to Charm parallel programming system.
         
    This workshop will bring together the researchers involved in development 
    of message-driven programming languages, such as Charm, development of 
    tools for message-driven systems, and applications that use message-driven 
    languages and strategies. The workshop will be held at the University of 
    Illinois at Urbana-Champaign on October 20-21 1994. More information about 
    the local arrangements will be announced at a later date. The workshop will
    include presentations of research papers on message-driven language design,
    implementation strategies, research on tools such as performance analysis 
    and debugging tools for message-driven programs, and applications and 
    performance impact of message-driven execution.  In addition, the workshop 
    will include tutorials on using Charm and associated tools and panel 
    discussions on specific topics to be decided later.

    To submit a paper for presentation at the workshop, submit a one-page 
    abstract by September 26 1994, to the address provided below. Electronic 
    submissions in postscript format are encouraged. 

    Registration:
    To register to attend the workshop, please send the following form by 
    email, fax or mail. The registration fee (payable to University of 
    Illinois) for the workshop would be $50, the registration fee for students 
    would be $15. Information about tutorials will be released at later date. 
         
    address:    L.V.Kale             
                1304 W.Springfield                            
                Dept. of Computer Science  
                University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
                Urbana IL 61801 

    email  :    allen@cs.uiuc.edu

    fax    :    (217)333-3501



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