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From: Chris Walshaw <C.Walshaw@gre.ac.uk>
Subject: REMINDER: Basic Parallel Strategies for Scientific Computing
Organization: School of Maths, University of Greenwich, U.K.
Date: Mon, 6 Nov 1995 13:45:17 GMT
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	Basic Parallel Strategies for Scientific Computing

			29th November 1995

Typical Scientific Computing problems such as Computational Mechanics
(CM) and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) applications, with their
large CPU requirements but reasonably sparse connectivity patterns,
are potentially in an excellent position to exploit the emerging High
Performance Computing (HPC) technologies to obtain a far greater throughput
of results.

This one-day course provides an introduction to the principles
behind parallel scientific computing such as message passing
data/problem decomposition and programming paradigms.

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
London Computer Centre, formed in response to the new technologies initiative
in HPC. Further information about its activities can be found at
	"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 or C who
are interested in exploiting HPC facilities. It is also aimed at
lecturers and teaching staff who wish to introduce the principles
of HPC 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?

This one day course will provide you with:
   insight and initial experience into the ideas of HPC

   access to the training materials being developed by SEL-HPC
		for your own use

   contact points for further resourses such toolkits and software
		libraries

What material does this course cover?

The course will take you through an introduction to HPC, with a
brief look at machines available, their architectures and
programing strategies. It will focus on the single program
multiple data (SPMD) paradigm and cover its application to
scientific mesh based codes. It will also provide a introduction to the
available software libraries and parallelisation tools. It will
include two short workshop sessions in message passing and
parallelisation tools.

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 24th November. 

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

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. 

Basic Parallel Strategies for Scientific Computing - Registration form

I would like to attend the course "Basic Parallel Strategies
for Scientific Computing" on 29th November 1995

Name:
Department and Institution:
Address for Correspondance:

Email:
Phone:

Completed forms or email applications should be sent to: A. Marsh,
School of Maths, University of Greenwich, Wellington St, Woolwich,
LONDON SE18 6PF.

Phone: 0181 331 8746	email: T.Marsh@gre.ac.uk	Fax: 0181 331 8665



