Newsgroups: comp.sys.transputer
From: D.J.Beckett@ukc.ac.uk (Dave Beckett)
Subject: Advanced Transputer Engineering Workshop, Canterbury, UK
Organization: University of Kent at Canterbury, UK.
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 94 15:05:13 GMT
Message-ID: <5@mint.ukc.ac.uk>

	      Advanced Transputer Engineering Workshop
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		      12th - 13th January 1995

			Computing Laboratory
		  University of Kent at Canterbury
			       England



A pre-requisite for this course is some reasonable experience in
working with occam and transputers, NOT simply attendance at the
course occam2 and Transputer Engineering!


What will I gain from this course?
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During this two-day workshop you will:

  *   Go deeper into the process of designing generic occam(TM) procedures

  *   Acquire a better understanding of the inner working of the transputer

  *   Learn how to build faster, smaller and more efficient programs

  *   Learn how to really use the post-mortem analyser


What material does this course cover?
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Practical sides to the development of occam/transputer systems will
be shown.  Subjects will range from how to design a size-independent
matrix library for two-dimensional arrays to how to dynamically load
code on a transputer network.  A very simple message passing network
kernel with an efficient buffering scheme will be discussed. The
techniques for overlapping communication with processing will be
presented.


Who should attend this course?
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If you are using transputers and want to know how to squeeze the most
out of them, this is the course for you. If you always wanted to know
what all these strange Iptr, Wptr things are the debugger keeps
throwing at you, you've come to the right place. What to do if it
keeps telling you "Invalid Wptr"? We will tell you. If you want to
build more generic procedures in occam, without sacrificing
performance or memory requirements, this course will tell you how to
do it. If you want to know how to balance an algorithm over a network
of processors, join in. You want to develop a stand-alone application
which must run independent from the toolset? We show you how you can
do it.


Costs:
     A limited number of free places on this workshop are available
     to members of HEFC-funded UK Universities and Colleges. A modest
     charge will be made to cover lunch and light refreshments on the
     two days.

Venue:
     Computing Laboratory, University of Kent at Canterbury

Lectures:
     Herman Roebbers, University of Twente, Holland

Programme:
     The workshop runs for two days. It consists of informal lectures
     with lots of examples to look at, exercises to do and a small
     transputer network to play with.

Accommodation:
     The University of Kent can provide bed and breakfast
     accommodation on campus at modest cost (subject to
     availability). Evening meals must be purchased separately.

Cancellations:
     If your unable to attend please let us know as soon as possible
     to allow us to contact delegates on the reserve list.


Further Details
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For further details or a full syllabus, special arrangements or accommodation,
or to register, please contact:

Professor P H Welch,
Computing Laboratory,
The University, Canterbury,
Kent
CT2 7NF
England

Phone:  01227 764000 ext 7695
Fax:    01227 762811
Email:  P.H.Welch@ukc.ac.uk


Registration form
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Web form: http://www.lpac.ac.uk/SEL-HPC/Events/advanced.html

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