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From: kutner@acsu.buffalo.edu (Andrew C Kutner)
Subject: HPC SEMINAR ANNOUNCEMENT
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Date: 19 Apr 1995 14:34:41 GMT
                                   
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           The Graduate Group in High Performance Computing
               State University of New York at Buffalo
                                   
                          presents a seminar
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   Writing Parallel Applications Using the MPI Message Passing Interface


                         Dr. Steven R. Lantz
                        Cornell Theory Center
                          Cornell University
                                                                   
                                   
                    Date: Tuesday, 18 April 1995 
                            Time: 3:30 PM
                        Place:  217A Bonner Hall

                                   
                 You are cordially invited to attend.
                                   
                                   
                               ABSTRACT
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       Parallel processing offers both an opportunity and a
       challenge for increasing the throughput of scientific
       and engineering applications.  Part of the challenge
       has been due to the plethora of approaches to parallel
       programming, each of which has its inadequacies. The
       emergence of MPI (or, "Message Passing Interface") as a
       standard for incorporating message passing into Fortran
       and C programs means better opportunities will exist than
       in the past for creating efficient and portable parallel
       applications, because optimized implementations of the MPI
       library are likely to become available on nearly all
       computing platforms. 

       This talk on MPI and parallel applications will be divided
       into two parts.  The first hour will provide a general
       introduction to MPI concepts, elements of its syntax, and
       some experiences with MPI at the Cornell Theory Center. 
       For those interested, an extra half-hour session will delve
       into some advanced features of MPI, which enhance its functionality
       relative to PVM and other message-passing libraries.


                                   
                               Contact
   Bruce Pitman  (829-2144 or  pitman@galileo.math.buffalo.edu) or
         Patrick  Dowd  (645-2406  or  dowd@eng.buffalo.edu)
                     for additional information

