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From: C.Walshaw@gre.ac.uk (Chris Walshaw)
Subject: ANNOUNCE: PVM with Fortran - 1 day course
Organization: School of Maths, University of Greenwich, U.K.
Date: Mon, 22 May 1995 10:36:35 +0100 (BST)
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Announcing a one day course in:

	Parallel Tools - PVM with Fortran

July 10

	Parallel Virtual Machine (PVM) is a message-passing library
that allows a collection of computers to function as a single
high-performance parallel machine. Because of its wide availability
on a variety of machines, it has become a de facto standard and
has been used succesfully for solving large-scale problems
in science, industry and business.

	This one-day course provides an introduction to the principles
behind PVM such as message passing and heterogeneous computing,
and a description of PVM's interface for Fortran programmers.
The course closes with PVM program demonstrations and a simple
PVM exercise.

The course will be run by the University of Greenwich, under the auspices
of the London & South-East centre for High Performance Computing (SEL-HPC).
SEL-HPC is a JISC funded consortium comprised of the London Parallel
Applications Centre, the University of Greenwich, the University of
Kent & the University of London Computer Centre, formed in response
to the new technologies initiative in HPC. Further information about
its activities can be found on the world wide web at the URL:
	http://www.lpac.ac.uk/SEL-HPC/



Who should attend this course?

The course is aimed at computational scientists, engineers and
mathematicians with programming experience in Fortran who

	* wish to learn about message-passing and PVM

	* are interested in solving computationally-intensive applications
        on cluster of workstations and/or supercomputers

It is also aimed at lecturers and teaching staff who wish to introduce
the principles of message passing and specifically PVM into their own
courses. It is provided primarily for members of HEIs in London and the
South East, although members of HEIs in other parts of the UK are welcome
to attend.



What will I gain from this course?

The course will provide you with:

	* an understanding of the key concepts of message passing
	and heterogeneous computing

	* basic knowledge on how to develop and run simple
	PVM Fortran programs

	* a few pointers on how PVM might be useful to solving
	your large-scale scientific applications



What material does this course cover?

	* Introduction to HPC/Message Passing

	* Introduction to PVM

	* Basic PVM Fortran calls

	* Running PVM / a simple example

	* XPVM Workshop

	* PVM exercise in F77


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Costs:
This course is provided primarily for members of all HEFC funded
Universities and Colleges in London and the South East but is open
to members of other UK HEFC institutions. There is no fee, but
to secure a place, please register by June 26th.

Venue:
School of Maths, University of Greenwich, Wellington St,
Woolwich, LONDON SE18 6PF.

Lecturers:
Christos Triantafillou, Chris Walshaw, Kevin McManus & Emyr Evans.

Programme:
The course will run from 10.00 am to approximately 4.30 pm with a break
for lunch. It consists of lectures and hands-on workshops.

Cancellations:
If you book but find that you are unable to attend please let us know as
soon as possible to allow us to contact delegates on the reserve list. 

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Parallel Tools; PVM with Fortran - Registration form

I would like to attend the course "Parallel Tools - PVM with Fortran"
on 10th July 1995

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Completed forms or email applications should be sent to: C. Triantafillou
School of Maths, University of Greenwich, Wellington St, Woolwich,
LONDON SE18 6PF.
Phone: 0181 331 8445	email: C.Triantafillou@gre.ac.uk Fax: 0181 331 8665



