Newsgroups: comp.parallel
From: vigourou@cri.ens-lyon.fr (Xavier-Francois Vigouroux)
Subject: Call For Participation [2nd EuroPVM UG]
Organization: Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon, France
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 1995 15:17:02 GMT
Message-ID: <40fs9e$lfb@cri.ens-lyon.fr>


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|                          S e c o n d                               |
|           E u r o   P V M   u s e r s '   G r o u p                |
|                         M e e t i n g                              |
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|                Ecole normale superieure de Lyon                    |
|                     September, 13-15, 1995                         |
|                    europvm@lip.ens-lyon.fr                         |
|                http://www.ens-lyon.fr/~vigourou                    |
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			      CALL  FOR
			    PARTICIPATION
	       Second European PVM Users' Group Meeting

			     Lyon, France

       September 13-15, 1995, Ecole normale sup'erieure de Lyon
			    Sponsored by 
			IBM-France, IBM-Europe
	       GDR-PRC Parall'elisme R'eseaux Syst`eme
			  Matra Cap Systems
			    CRAY Research
		  Ecole normale sup'erieure de Lyon
			   Telmat multinode


			   Program Chair: 
	Jack Dongarra (University of Tennessee and ORNL, USA)
		 Marc Gengler (LIP, ENS-Lyon, France)
	     Bernard Tourancheau (LIP, ENS-Lyon, France)


			 Organization Chair: 
	       Xavier Vigouroux (LIP, ENS-Lyon, France)



The first European PVM Users  Group Meeting was held  in 1994, at  the
University of Rome, Italy. The second European PVM Users Group Meeting
will provide  an opportunity for  European users  of PVM  to meet each
other  in 1995,  share ideas  and experiences,  and  meet  some of the
members of the PVM Team.

The conference will include:



   o Invited talks
     G. Berger-Sabbatel(IMAG, France)
     T. Brandes       (GMD/SCAI, Germany)
     Y. Escaig        (INSA-Rouen, France)
     A. Geist         (ORNL, USA)

   o Contributed papers from the PVM users community

   o Technical presentations by the developers of PVM

   o Vendor presentations on supported PVM products

   o Tutorial Session on PVM (September 13)
     R. Manchek       (University of Tennessee [UTK], USA)
     J. Pruyne        (University of Wisconsin, USA)
     X. Vigouroux     (LIP, ENS-Lyon, France)

   o Round tables on "future directions and trends of PVM"
     J. Dongarra      (UTK and ORNL, USA)
     A. Geist         (Oak Ridge National Labs [ORNL], USA)

   o Round tables on "future standard between PVM and MPI"
     C. Calvin        (LMC-IMAG, France)
     L. Colombet      (CEA-CENG, France)

   o Bird of a feather on "The PVM Open Monitoring Interface"
     T. Ludwig        (Munich University of Technology, Germany)
     V. Sunderam      (Emory University, USA)
     R. Wismueller    (Munich University of Technology, Germany)


1   Program Committee



F. Dias d'Almeida(University of Porto, Portugal),
A. Beguelin      (CMU, USA),
A. de Bruin      (Erasmus University of Rotterdam, Netherlands),
M. Bubak         (Institute of Computer Science, AGH, Poland),
J. Clausen       (Diku, University of Copenhagen, Danemark),
J. Cook          (Parallab, University of Bergen, Norway),
F. Desprez       (LaBRI, Bordeaux, France),
C. G. Diderich   (EPFL, Switzerland),
I. Exman         (Yanex Computing Spaces, Israel)
A. Geist         (Oak Ridge National Labs, USA),
T. Ludwig        (Munich University of Technology, Germany),
P. Manneback     (Facult'e Polytechnique de Mons, Belgium),
G. A. Manson     (University of Sheffield, UK),
L. Matyska       (Masaryk University, Czech Republic),
G. Richelli      (Silicon Graphics, Italy),
W. Schreiner     (RISC, University of Linz, Austria)
V. Sunderam      (Emory University, USA),
O. Sykora        (Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia)
P. Tvrdik        (Czech Technical University, Czech Republic)
S. Ub'eda        (TSI, Saint-Etienne, France),
L. Valcamonici   (Italian Consortium for Supercomp. App., Italy ),
M. Valero        (UPC, Barcelona, Spain)
V. Van Dongen    (CRIM, Canada),


2   September 13 Schedule


                                                 
   8:00- 8:45  Tutorial registrations              
   8:45- 9:00  Tutorial opening                    
   9:00-10:30  Parallel Sessions (Expert and Beginner)  
  10:30-11:00  Coffee                             
  11:00-17:00  Lectures and Experimentations      
  17:00-18:00  Conference Registrations           

   o Tutorial For Experts:
     R. Manchek

   o Tutorial For Beginners:
     J. Pruyne

   o Lectures and Experimentations:
     R. Manchek & J. Pruyne


3   September 14 Schedule
                                                 
   8:00- 9:00  Conference Registrations            
   8:45- 9:00  Opening                             
   9:00-10:00  Invited Talks                      
  10:00-11:30  Parallel Sessions I                
  11:30-11:45  Coffee                             
  11:45-13:00  Short Paper Sessions I             
  13:00-14:00  Lunch                              
  14:00-15:00  Parallel Sessions II               
  15:00-16:30  Parallel Sessions III              
  16:30-16:45  Coffee                             
  16:45-17:45  Standardisation, PVM vs. MPI       
  17:45-19:45  Vendor Session                     
  20:00-23:00  Dinner by courtesy of IBM          

   o Invited Talk 1 - Amphi:
     A. Geist (ORNL , USA)
     "New Features for PVM 3.4 and Beyond"

   o Invited Talk 2 - Amphi:
     Y. Escaig (INSA-Rouen, France)
     "Distributing structural mechanics problems using PVM"

   o "Standardisation, PVM vs. MPI" - Round table - Amphi:
     L. Colombet      (CEA-CENG, France)
     C. Calvin        (LMC-IMAG, France)


3.1   Parallel Session I

                                                                         
               Session I.1 - Amphi - Vendors Implementation               
                                J. Dongarra                                
  10:00-10:30  PVM   3.2   for   T9000   transputer F. Laagel             
               networks                                                   
  10:30-11:00  PVM on the nCUBE                     G. R. Nash              
  11:00-11:30  CM-PVM: An Efficient Implementation  H. C. Hoppe, P. Ossadnik, 
               of PVM 3.3 for the CM-5              W. St"uttgen            


                                                                         
                     Session I.2 - Room (a) - Libraries                     
                                 F. Desprez                                 
  10:00-10:30  PFSLib - An I/O Interface for Paral- Ch.  Roder, S. Lamberts, 
               lel Programming Environments on Cou- Th. Ludwig            
               pled Workstations                                          
  10:30-11:00  A High-Performance PVM for Alpha   J. Brosnan, J. Lawton, T. 
               Clusters                           Reddin                  
  11:00-11:30  Control Parallelism on top of PVM: M. Christaller, M. R. Cas- 
               The ATHAPASCAN Environment         taneda Retiz, Th. Gautier  


                                                                         
                    Session I.3 - Room (b) - Extensions                    
                                  A. Geist                                  
  10:00-10:30  Compiling for Groups               G. E. Fagg, R. J. Loader, 
                                                  S. A. Williams          
  10:30-11:00  PT-PVM:  using  PVM  in  a  multi- O. Krone, M. Aguilar, B. 
               threaded environment               Hirsbrunner             
  11:00-11:30  P-RIO: Graphic and Modular Program- E. V. Carrera, O. Loques, 
               ming on PVM                        J. Leite                


3.2   Short Paper Session I

                                                                         
                    Session SI.1 - Amphi - Short Papers                    
                                 M. Gengler                                 
  11:45-12:00  A PVM-based Parallel Vision System Z. Juhasz,  Z. Dobos,  L. 
                                                  Fodor, K. Simon, A. Szucs  
  12:00-12:15  Customizing the Pablo environment forM. Bubak, W. Funika, J. 
               PVM applications monitoring        Moscinski, D. Tasak     
  12:15-12:30  The TOOL-SET - An Integrated Tool  T. Ludwig, R. Wismuller, 
               Environment for PVM                R. Borgeest, S. Lamberts, 
                                                  C. Roder, G. Stellner, A. 
                                                  Bode                    
  12:30-12:45  PVM  implementation  for  Low-Level L.  Lef`evre,  S.A.  Amin, 
               image processing systolic Array Designs D.J. Evans         
  12:45-13:00  A unified languages for real-time imageD. Galinec          
               processing                                                 
                                                                         
                  Session SI.2 - Room (a) - Short Papers                  
                               X.-F. Vigouroux                               
  11:45-12:00  A Processor Farm algorithm without B. Di Martino, N. Maz-  
               coordinator                        zocca, S. Russo         
  12:00-12:15  Collective           Communications C. Calvin, L. Colombet 
               Benchmarks on CRAY T3D                                     
  12:15-12:30  Avoidance  of  Superfluous  Computa- I.  Exman,  E.  Hirik,  D.
               tions in Parallel Dynamic Programming Citron               
  12:30-12:45  Genetic Optimization Techniques    P. Lyaet, C. Baranger   


3.3   Parallel Session II

                                                                         
                        Session II.1 - Amphi - CFD                        
                                V. Sunderam                                
  14:00-14:30  A  Distributed  Implementation  of Pa. W. Grant, M. F. Web- 
               Finite  Element  Algorithm  for  Fluid ster, X. Zhang      
               Dynamics                                                   
  14:30-15:00  Parallel simulations of a turbulent pipeM. Fatica, M. Briscolini 
               flow on the IBM-SP2 using PVM                              


                                                                         
                 Session II.2 - Room (a) - Communications                 
                                  S. Ub'eda                                  
  14:00-14:30  A  Distributed  Linda-like  Kernel Afor. Rowstron, A. Douglas, 
               PVM                                A. Wood                 
  14:30-15:00  Fault Tolerant Message-Passing under L. Servissoglou, E. Kanel- 
               PVM                                lopoulos, D. Kaletta    


                                                                         
          Session II.3 - Room (b) - Load Balancing & Scheduling           
                                  I. Exman                                  

  14:00-14:30  Adaptative load distribution for PVM P. Griebel                
  14:30-15:00  Compilation of Data-Parallel Programs G. Utard             
               into PVM code for Local Area Networks                      
               of Workstations                                            



3.4   Parallel Session III
                                                                         
                       Session III.1 - Amphi - Tools                       
                                 Y. Escaig                                 
  15:00-15:30  Resource  Management  and  Check-  G. Stellner, J. Pruyne  
               pointing for PVM                                           
  15:30-16:00  WANN: A Visual Interface for Manag- R. Baraglia, G. Faieta, M.
               ing Metacomputers                  Formica, D. Laforenza   
  16:00-16:30  Issues  in  Performance  Tracing  withE. Maillet           
               Tape/Pvm                                                   


                                                                         
                    Session III.2 - Room (a) - Libraries                    
                                P. Manneback                                

  15:00-15:30  PVM Task Management                J. J. O'Mullane         
  15:30-16:00  DREAM: A Distributed Shared Mem-   C. Dumoulin             
               ory model using PVM                                        
  16:00-16:30  Replicated processing with PVM3    D. Thibau               


4   September 15 Schedule


                                                 
   8:00-9:00   Invited talks                       
   9:30-11:30  Parallel Sessions IV               
  11:30-12:00  Coffee                             
  12:00-13:00  Short Paper Sessions II            
  13:00-14:00  Lunch                              
  14:00-15:30  Parallel Sessions V                
  15:30-15:45  Coffee                             
  15:45-16:45  Future of PVM                      
  16:45-17:00  Closing Session                    

   o Invited Talk 1 - Amphi:
     G. Berger-Sabbatel (IMAG, France)
     "PVM on ATM network"

   o Invited Talk 2 - Amphi:
     T. Brandes (GMD/SCAI, Germany)
     "HPF to PVM compilers"

   o "Future of PVM" - Round table - Amphi:
     A. Geist         (Oak Ridge National Labs [ORNL], USA)
     J. Dongarra      (UTK and ORNL, USA)


4.1   Parallel Session IV

                                                                         
                       Session IV.1 - Amphi - Tools                       
                               B. Tourancheau                               
   9:30-10:00  PARA++: C++ Bindings for Message   O. Coulaud , E. Dillon  
               Passing Libraries                                              
  10:00-10:30  A Tool for the numerical validation ofJ. L. Lamotte        
               parallel code programming with FOR-                        
               TRAN 77 and PVM                                                
  10:30-11:00  PM2 Parallel Multithreaded Machine AR. Namyst, J. F. M'ehaut 
               multithreaded environment on top of                        
               PVM                                                        
  11:00-11:30  XdbxR/pvm: A PVM Program Debug-    T. Miei, N. Takahashi   
               ger with Demand-Driven Replay                              


                                                                         
                  Session IV.2 - Room (a) - Applications                  
                               X.-F. Vigouroux                               
   9:30-10:00  Distributed  Computing  in  Quantum  A. M. Marquez, J. Oviedo, 
               Chemistry:  Parallel  Computation of J. Fernandez Sanz     
               the second derivatives of the RHF en-                      
               ergy on distributed memory computers                           

  10:00-10:30  Implementation   of   an   Efficient K.  P.  Williams,  S.  A.
               and Powerful Parallel Pseudo-Random  Williams               
               Number Generator                                           
  10:30-11:00  Parallel Network Coverage Simulation S. Josselin, D. Wagner, S.
               Application                        Ub'eda                  
                                                                         
                  Session IV.3 - Room (b) - Applications                  
                                 G. Manson                                 
   9:30-10:00  Distributed Progressive Radiosity onFa. Bricout, E. Lepretre 
               Workstation Network using PVM                                  
  10:00-10:30  Resolution of large sparse linear sys-C. Baranger, M. Vayssade 
               tems  on  a  workstation  cluster  with                    
               PVM                                                            
  10:30-11:00  Numerical experimentations of paral- L. Champaney, J. Y. Cog- 
               lel strategies in structural non-linear nard,  D.  Dureisseix,
               analysis                                P. Ladev`eze
  11:00-11:30  VEplatform Software                F. Arickx, J. Broeckhove, 
                                                  K. Demuynck             


4.2   Short Paper Session II

                                                                         
                   Session SII.1 - Amphi - Short Papers                   
                               B. Tourancheau                               
  12:00-12:15  DO-OPEN: A PVM-based Distributed   A. Omodeo, M. Pugassi,  
               Object System                      N. Scarabottolo         
  12:15-12:30  On the Distribution of Parallel Tasks J. Schule, A. Brandes  
  12:30-12:45  Tools for Multimedia Distributed Ap- S. Sadou, J.M. Inglebert, 
               plications Design                  L. Courtrai             
  12:45-13:00  Using PVM With a Logic Programming R.F.P. Marques, J.A. Car- 
               Interface                          doso e Cunha            


                                                                         
                  Session SII.2 - Room (a) - Short Papers                  
                                  R. Baron                                  
  12:00-12:15  Parallelization of Neural Networks al-B. Di Martino        
               gorithms in PVM                                            
  12:15-12:30  Experiences using PVM with a Severe A. Sathye, G. Bassett  
               Storm Forecasting Model                                        
  12:30-12:45  PVM Implementations of Advection-  W.  Owczarz,   J.  Was- 
               Chemistry  Modules  of  Air  Pollution niewski, Z. Zlatev  
               Models                                                     
  12:45-13:00  Parallel Seismic Ray Tracing with PVMP. Amand, J. Virieux  

                                  
  Session SII.2 - Room (p) - BOF   
                                    

            To determine            



4.3   Parallel Session V

                                                                         
              Session V.1 - Amphi - Vendors Implementation               
                                W. Schreiner                                
  14:00-14:30  Efficient  Collective  Communication M. Bernaschi, G. Iannello 
               Operations in PVMe                                         
  14:30-15:00  Network PVM Performance            H. Poxon, L. Costello   
                                                                         
                    Session V.2 - Room (a) - Numerical                    
                                J. Dongarra                                
  14:00-14:30  Solving  Structural  Mechanical  Prob- I.    Szeber'enyi,     G.
               lems by PVM and Simplex Algorithm  Domokos, Z. Gaspar      
  14:30-15:00  PVM    precise    QR    eigenvalue M. Ahues, A. Largillier, F.
               computations                       Tisseur                     
  15:00-15:30  Parallel tree N-body codes on clusters U.             Becciani, 
               and MPP platforms                  V. Antonuccio-Delogu, F. 
                                                  Magugliani              


                                                                         
                  Session V.3 - Room (b) - Optimization                   
                                 M. Gengler                                 
  14:00-14:30  Computing the nth Roots of Matrices M. Inceoglu            
               Using PVM                                                  
  14:30-15:00  Array Redistribution in ScaLAPACK  L. Prylli, J. Dongarra, B.
               using PVM                          Tourancheau                 
  15:00-15:30  Evolutionary Algorithms for the Opti- T. Back, T. Beielstein, B.
               mization of Simulation Models Using Naujoks, J. Heistermann 
               PVM                                                        



5   Registration



The registration fee for the meeting is 600 FF (400 FF for the
students), and includes the reception, lunches and coffee breaks, the
conference banquet and the proceedings.

If you wish to attend the tutorial session, there is an additional
registration fee of 500FF.

If you want to pay in advance, please fill in the attached
registration form, and return the registration form by either fax or
email to:


                                                     
                 PVM Users' Group Meeting Registration  
                 Attn. Valerie ROGER,                  
                 LIP - URA 1398                        
                 Ecole Normale Sup'erieure de Lyon        
                 46, all'ee d'Italie                        
                 69364 Lyon Cedex 07 - France            
                 Fax : (+33) 7272 8080                  
                 Email : valerie@lip.ens-lyon.fr       


The fee can be payed by remittance on the following bank account:


                                                
                      Ch`eques postaux             
                      20041 01007 0940392N038 71  


On-site cash payments will be accepted only in French currency.  If
you want to pay on-site, we ask that you still fill in the
registration form and return it for registration. This will allow us
to get an accurate head count for planning purposes.

5.1   Second European PVM Users' Group Meeting Registration Form


Name                   : 
Company                : 
Address/Mailstop       : 
City/State/Zip/Country : 
Daytime Phone Number   : 
Fax number             : 
Email                  : 


Do you have any special needs? 
Meeting Registration       600 FF

                           400 FF for students
Tutorial                   500 FF

5.2   Hotel Registration


Different hotels are located midtown and within a short distance of
the conference rooms. Be sure to make your room reservations before
September 4. Rooms will be held until 5 P.M. of the expected arrival
day, unless guaranteed with an accepted credit card. Check-in time is
after 1:00 PM and check-out time is noon. Reservation requests must be
made before September 4, 1995. After this date, reservations will be
based upon room availability. Cancellations made after 5 P.M. of the
check-in day will be billed one night's room.

                                                       
                              Hotels List                 

                    Name       Rating    Price (FF)      
                                      Room    Breakfast  
                  Mercure      ***     505       56     
                   Fimotel      **     250       35     
                    Ibis        **     315       34     
               Relais Perrache  **     280       34     
                                                                
                           Hotels Address                         

           Name           Address         Fax #      Phone #   
                        F-69007 Lyon                             
         Mercure        70, av Leclerc   72 71 11 00- 72 71 11 11  
          Fimotel    2 46, av M. Merieux 78 72 15 30- 72 72 63 63  
           Ibis         68, av Leclerc   78 72 28 61- 78 58 30 70  
      Relais Perrache  24, quai Perrache 78 37 67 98- 78 37 16 64  

                    (country code for France is 33)

6   Transportation



The Lyon Satolas airport is located about 20km south-est of the
city. In order to reach the hotels there are the following
alternatives:



   o shuttle bus to either Lyon-Part Dieu railway station or Lyon-Perrache
     railway station and then a taxi to the hotel.

   o Taxis directly from the airport.

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