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- Subject: 1993 Convex User Group Worldwide Conference Call For Papers
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- 1993 Convex User Group Worldwide Conference
- Call For Papers
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- The Convex User Group's eighth worldwide conference will take place
- March 21-25, 1993 in Richardson, Texas. We invite you to submit abstracts
- for presentations related to this year's theme: Sharing Resources Around
- the World.
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- Tell us about your experiences with sharing files, graphics, data bases,
- peripherals, processors, or memory. Share your successes with networking
- between dissimilar types of hardware and software systems, between binary
- compatible Convex systems, or between distant computing sites. Tell us about
- code sharing, concurrent processing, or disk-to-tape data migration. Describe
- how your are using your Convex system to share information with others in your
- field to address an issue of worldwide scope such as macroeconomics,
- population studies, medical imaging, global warming or human gene sequencing.
- With users coming from around the world, we want to make this year's
- conference a true forum of international exchange.
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- As the computer industry moves toward interoperability, standards such as
- FDDI, HIPPI, UNIX and PEX are blurring distinctions between computing
- platforms and providing highways for information exchange. Emerging
- technologies, such as metacomputing, massively parallel processing (MPP),
- shared and distributed memory, and high-speed digital transmission are
- enlarging our information base and shrinking our world.
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- Transparent sharing of information requires technology independence that
- can only come through open systems and open supercomputing. This year,
- Convex and Hewlett Packard exchanged core technologies including PA-RISC and
- supercomputer compilers. In addition, Convex announced that its MPP
- initiative would use the HP chip as its fundamental processing base. Convex
- speakers will share more about this vision for the future at the conference.
- We invite you to attend and to take an active role as a speaker.
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- Formats
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- Your presentations may take any of these forms:
- - 20 minute presentation
- - 45 minute presentation
- - poster session
- - panel session chair
- - video presentation
-
- You may include 35mm slides, overhead transparencies, videotapes, or other
- audio-visual support.
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- Those who prefer to present ideas informally may choose to do poster sessions.
- If accepted, you will have space reserved to display your overhead
- transparencies or posters describing your topic, and be given an opportunity
- to speak to other interested parties about your work. Speakers who give
- formal presentations may want to schedule poster sessions to permit extended
- discussion.
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- Submission of Papers
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- Abstracts should be in English, one page long and must be received by
- December 15, 1992. You may also submit abstracts by electronic mail, in
- ASCII format. The board will send acceptances by January 15, 1993.
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- If you need additional lead time in making travel and/or budget plans to
- attend the conference, the board can accept a limited number of papers
- before the Call For Papers deadline. This way you will receive your
- invitation to present as early as possible to assist in making plans to
- attend the conference.
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- Historically, over 50 percent of the user presentations have been from users
- outside of the United States. This diversity of participants and ideas
- contributes enormously to the success of the conference. The board both
- encourages and appreciates continued worldwide participation.
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- Users whose topics are selected for presentation receive a discounted
- conference fee.
-
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- Direct paper submissions or questions to either:
- Karen Birkelbach
- President-elect, Convex User Group
- Southwest Research Institute
- 6220 Culebra Road
- P. O. Drawer 28510
- San Antonio, Texas 78228-0510
- Telephone: 512 522 5322
- FAX: 512 647 4325
- Email: karen@pemrac.space.swri.edu
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- Mary Kay Havens
- Marketing Services Manager, User Group
- Convex Computer Corporation
- 3000 Waterview Parkway
- P.O. Box 833851 M.S. MAR
- Richardson, Texas 75083-3851 USA
- Telephone: 214 497 4584
- FAX: 214 497 4848
- Email: havens@.convex.com
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- Conference location
- is the Ramada Renaissance Hotel, Richardson, Texas USA. Richardson is north
- of Dallas and is the location of Convex Computer Corporation headquarters.
- Meeting close to the headquarters office provides attendees an excellent
- opportunity to interact with Convex employees, including officers, developers,
- support, systems integration and support, and marketing.
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- _________________
- Convex User Group Worldwide Conference Speaker Registration Form
-
- Direct paper submissions to either Karen Birkelbach or Mary Kay Havens at
- the addresses listed. Complete this form and include it with your abstract.
-
- Deadline: December 15, 1992
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- Name:
- Business title:
- Company:
- Address:
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- Country:
- Telephone:
- FAX:
- Electronic mail address:
-
- Topic:
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- Attach a one-page abstract describing your topic.
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- Format
- Check the form of your presentation
- ___ 20 minute presentation
- ___ 45 minute presentation
- ___ poster session
- ___ panel session chair
- ___ video presentation
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- Audio/Visual Support
- Each session room will have an overhead projector, screen, podium, white
- board or flip chart, markers and pointer. Please designate other display
- system(s) you will need for your presentation:
-
- ___ 35mm Slide Projector
- ___ Video tape player:
- ___VHS ___Beta ___3/4" ___1/2" ___8mm
- ___ Other (describe)
-