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- From: Lori Grob <grob@lori.ultra.nyu.edu>
-
- UNIX ON SUPERCOMPUTERS WORKSHOP
-
- A large number of supercomputers are now or will in the
- future be running Unix as their primary operating system.
- This is the first workshop to consider the general problems
- of running Unix on supercomputers, and will cover topics
- both practical and abstract. Some of the topics that will
- be covered are
-
- o Performance
- o Parallelism
- o Scheduling and Load Balancing
- o Storage Management
- o Processes and Process Management
- o Experiences
-
-
- The workshop sessions will include both full-length papers
- and short presentations, and there will be works in progress
- sessions. Works in progress presentation slots will be
- available at the workshop on a first come, first served
- basis. Proceedings will be provided to registered attendees
- at the workshop.
-
-
- In addition to the regular sessions, there will be a trip to
- the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center and Westinghouse Energy
- Center facilities. Housed in the same building, this is one
- of the largest privately-owned computing centers in the
- world. A reception will be held in conjunction with the
- visit. There will also be a no-host reception Sunday even-
- ing preceding the workshop.
-
- WORKSHOP EVENT SCHEDULE
-
-
- SUNDAY EVENING, September 25
- 4:00pm - 9:00pm No host reception and registration
-
- MONDAY, September 26
- 9:00am - 5:00pm Workshop sessions
- 7:00pm - 9:00pm Reception at Pittsburgh Supercomputing &
- Westinghouse Energy Center
-
- TUESDAY, September 27
- 9:00am - 5:00pm Workshop sessions
-
-
- P R E L I M I N A R Y S C H E D U L E O F S P E A K E R S
- (Subject to Change)
-
-
- Performance
- -----------
- Kenneth Bobey, Myrias Research Corporation.
- "Monitoring Program Performance on Large Parallel Systems"
-
- Eugene Miya, NASA Ames Research Center.
- "Some Observations on Computer Performance Characterization"
-
- John Renwick, Cray Research, Inc..
- "High-speed networking with Supercomputers"
- (short presentation)
-
-
- Parallelism
- -----------
- Brian Baird, Myrias Research Corporation.
- "Distributed UNIX Services in a Massively Parallel Supercomputer"
-
- Ray Bryant, et al., IBM T.J. Watson Research Center.
- "The RP3 Parallel Computing Environment"
-
- Brewster Kahle and Bill Nesheim, Thinking Machines.
- "The Use of Unix in the Connection Machine System"
-
- Traian Muntean, University of Grenoble.
- "UNIX* on Transputers* based supercomputers"
-
-
- Scheduling and Load Balancing
- ---------- --- --------------
- Martin Fouts, NASA Ames Research Center.
- "Multitasking under UniCos: Experiences with the Cray 2"
-
- Ralph Knag, AT&T Bell Laboratories.
- "The Unicos Fair Share Scheduler"
- (short presentation)
-
-
- Storage Management
- ------- ----------
- Patrick Clancy, Multiflow Computer.
- "Virtual Memory Extensions in TRACE/UNIX"
-
- Jan Edler, Jim Lipkis, and Edith Schonberg, Ultracomputer Research Laboratory.
- "Memory Management in Symunix II"
-
- E.C. Pariser, AT&T Bell Labs.
- "Static and Dynamic Reduction of Memory Requirements on the
- Cray X-MP"
-
- Mike Muuss, BRL, Terry Slattery, USNA, and Don Merritt, BRL.
- "BUMP - The BRL/USNA Migration Project"
-
- Alan Poston, GE Aerospace, NASA Ames Research Center.
- "A High Performance File System for UNIX"
-
- Douglas E. Engert, National Laboratory.
- "Attaching IBM Disks Directly to a Cray X-MP"
- (short presentation)
-
-
- Processes and Process Management
- --------- --- ------- ----------
- Jim Lipkis, Jan Edler, and Edith Schonberg, NYU Ultracomputer Project.
- "Process Management Extensions at the Ultracomputer Project"
-
- Piyush Mehrotra, Purdue University.
- "Microthreads: Featherweight Processes in C"
-
- Dennis Ritchie, AT&T Bell Laboratories.
- "A Guest Facility for Unicos"
-
-
- Experiences (all short presentations)
- -------------------------------------
-
- H. Stephen Anderson, Ohio Supercomputer Graphics Project.
- "Distributed Supercomputer Graphics Using Unix Tools"
-
- Jonathan Brown, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
- "The CTSS/Posix Project"
-
- Robert M. Panoff, Department of Physics and Astronomy.
- "Real Productivity for Real Science Without Real UNIX"
-
- Satoshi Sekiguchi, Hiroyuki Kusumoto, and Akio Kokubu, Electrotechnical
- Laboratory.
- "A Design for Supercomputing Environment at the Tsukuba
- Research Center of MITI"
-
- Cheryl Stewart, Cornell Mathematical Sciences Institute.
- "Numerical Interprocess Communication Protocol"
-
- Kevin Wohlever, Cray Research, Inc.
- "Unicos System Administration at the Ohio Supercomputer
- Center - Tuning Considerations"
-
-
- W O R K S H O P R E G I S T R A T I O N I N F O R M A T I O N
-
- You MUST register in advance to attend this limited
- enrollment workshop. Register early as space is available
- on a first-come, first-served basis.
-
-
- REGISTRATION FEE............. $200.00
- REGISTRATION DEADLINE........ September 19, 1988
-
-
- You may pay by check (MAKE CHECK PAYABLE TO USENIX CONFER-
- ENCE) or use your VISA, MasterCard, or American Express
- charge card to pay your registration fees. Payment MUST
- accompany registration form. Purchase orders and vouchers
- are not accepted.
-
- R E F U N D C A N C E L L A T I O N P O L I C Y
-
- If you must CANCEL, all refund requests must be in writing
- and postmarked no later than September 19, 1988. Direct
- your letter to the USENIX Conference Office.
-
- H O T E L I N F O R M A T I O N
-
- The workshop will be held at:
-
- The Westin William Penn Hotel
- 530 William Penn Way
- Pittsburgh, PA 15219
- Telephone # (412) 281-7100
-
- ROOM RATES: $85.00/night - Single or Double Occu-
- pancy (Plus 9% city and state tax)
-
- TO MAKE YOUR RESERVATION.......
-
- Call the Hotel directly and ask for the Reservation Desk.
- Tell reservations that you are a USENIX Conference atten-
- dee to take advantage of our group rate. You may guaran-
- tee your late arrival with a major credit card.
-
- IMPORTANT: Room reservation deadline is September 6,
- 1988. Requests for reservations received after the dead-
- line will be handled on a space and RATE available basis.
-
- A I R P O R T T O H O T E L T R A N S P O R T A -
- T I O N
-
- The Airlines Transportation Company Bus at the Greater
- Pittsburgh Airport provides shuttle service to the William
- Penn Hotel. Due to construction, buses are only departing
- from one area of the airport at this time. To catch the
- bus, go right outside the U.S.Air baggage claim area
- located on the lower level of the main terminal, or check
- with the Airlines Transportation Company desk located near
- the rental car agencies, to verify their next scheduled
- departure. Buses run approximately every 20 - 30 minutes
- at a cost of $8.00 one way.
-
- Taxi service is available at an approximate cost of $25
- one way.
-
- FOR FURTHER CONFERENCE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
-
-
- USENIX Conference Office
- P.O. Box 385
- 16951 Pacific Coast Hwy
- Sunset Beach, CA 90742
- Telephone (213) 592-1381, (213) 592-3243
-
-
- Program Co-chairs:
-
-
- Lori Grob Melinda Shore
- NYU Ultracomputer Research Frederick Cancer Research
- Lab Facility
- 715 Broadway, 10th Floor P.O. Box B, Building 430
- New York, New York 10003 Frederick, MD 21701
- (212) 998-3339 (301)698-5660
- grob@lori.ultra.nyu.edu shore@ncifcrf.gov
- or grob@nyu.edu
-
-
- Volume-Number: Volume 15, Number 2
-
-