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- From: tomf@cs.man.ac.uk (Tom Franklin)
- Subject: Virtual Shared Memory Symposium 17th & 18th September 1992
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- Organization: Clemson University
- Date: 12 Aug 92 12:53:42 GMT
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- Virtual Shared Memory Symposium
- ===============================
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- Centre for Novel Computing
- University of Manchester
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- 17th & 18th September 1992
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- In Conjunction with
- SERC - NACC
- and
- BCS - PPSG
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- Scope
- =====
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- The symposium will consider all aspects of Virtual Shared Memory from
- hardware through operating systems and languages to algorithms and
- applications.
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- Speakers are drawn from industry and academia and are all actively working
- in the field.
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- Who Should Attend
- =================
-
- The symposium is aimed at all people working in the area of parallel
- computing. It will provide a detailed introduction to Virtual Shared Memory
- and current research issues.
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- It will be of particular interest to developers of applications, whether
- numeric, symbolic or database applications, who need power of parallel
- computing, but have been put off in the past by the difficulties of
- parallel computing.
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- The symposium will also be of interest to systems implementors and
- architects working on parallel systems.
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- Venue
- =====
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- The Symposium will be held at the Department of Computer Science, Computer
- Building, University of Manchester. The department has access and
- facilities for disabled visitors.
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- Catering and Accommodation
- ==========================
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- Every effort will be made to cater for special dietary requirements if
- details are provided with the completed application forms.
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- Accommodation is provided in Hulme Hall, one of the University's halls of
- residence about 15 minutes walk, or a short bus ride from the department.
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- Accommodation can only be provided if the form is returned by 17th August.
- There is NO reduction for late bookings where accommodation is not
- provided.
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- Speakers
- ========
-
- Chris Wadsworth, RAL
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- VSM: The Good, The Bad and the unknown
-
- Chris Wadsworth is leader of the Parallel Processing Group in the
- Informatics Department at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, with projects in
- the systems aspects and techniques of parallel programming and the porting
- of applications software. The group also takes a leading role in Oxford
- Parallel. His present interests focus on the exploitation of parallelism,
- the requirements for portable parallel software, and high level performance
- models for parallel machines.
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- Clemens-August Thole, GMD
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- High Performance Fortran and its relevance for VSM architectures
-
- Clemens-August Thole has worked on programming models and applications for
- distributed memory architectures since 1984. He was project manager of the
- Esprit GENESIS project, which aimed for a programming environment for
- parallel architectures. He is working for GMD as a member of the core group
- of the High Performance Fortran Forum and chairman of the related European
- working group.
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- Mike Delves, University of Liverpool
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Development of an HPF-conformant Parallel Fortran90 Compiler
-
- Mike Delves has held the Chair of Computational Mathematics at Liverpool
- University since 1969. He is Director of the Centre for Mathematical
- Software and the Transputer Support Centre which specialise in
- scientific/engineering parallel computing. His interests include Parallel
- Algorithms, Integral and Partial Differential equations and the design of
- high level languages. He is a founder member if the ESPRIT SIG on parallel
- languages for scientific computing.
-
-
- David Culler, Berkeley
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Active Messages: a Fast, Universal Communication Mechanism
-
- David Culler is an Assistant Professor in the Computer Science Division of
- the University of California at Berkeley and a Presidential Faculty Fellow.
- His research interests include computer architecture, resource management,
- and the implementation of a wide range of parallel programming models,
- including dataflow, functional programming, hardware description languages,
- and explicit distributed memory.
-
-
- Sven Hammarling, NAg
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- The Development of a Numerical Software Library for Parallel Machines
-
- Sven Hammarling is currently the Manager of the Numerical Libraries
- Division at the Numerical Algorithms Group in Oxford. He is one of the
- authors of the Level 2 and Level 3 Basic Linear Algebra Subprograms (BLAS),
- is involved in the LAPACK project, which has been developing a linear
- algebra package for high-performance computers and is a Manager for the
- Libraries Workpackage on the ESPRIT project, Supernode II.
-
- Nic Holt, ICL
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Virtual Shared Memory in Commercial Applications
-
- Nic Holt is a System Designer at ICL and was responsible for the primitive
- architecture of the ICL Series 39 which features processing nodes
- interconnected by Optical Fibre, providing Virtual Shared Memory for
- commercial applications.
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- Iain Duff, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- The Solution of Sparse Systems on Parallel Computers
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- Iain Duff is Group Leader of Numerical Analysis in the Central Computing
- Department. He is also Project Leader of the Parallel Algorithms Group at
- CERFACS, and is visiting Professor of Mathematics at the University of
- Strathclyde. He was Carnegie Fellow at Oxford University and Harkness
- Fellow at Stony Brook and Stanford and then a lecturer in Computer Science
- at Newcastle University. He joined the Numerical Analysis Group at Harwell
- in 1975, and moved to his current job in 1990.
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- Harry Wijshoff, Leiden University
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Implementation Issues of Sparse Computations
-
- Harry Wijshoff is a professor in computer systems and software at the
- University of Leiden. Previously he worked at University of Illinois,
- RIACS, NASA Ames, and Utrecht University. At the University of Leiden he
- leads a group researching high performance computing and parallel
- processing. He is the coordinator of an Esprit III BRA project on
- Performance critical applications of parallel architectures (APPARC).
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- Vadim Abrossimov, Chorus Systemes
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Distributed Virtual Shared Memory in Chorus
-
- Vadim Abrossimov is one of the key architects of the Chorus micro-kernel.
- He concentrated on the design and implementation of the CHORUS distributed
- Virtual Memory Management. He joined Chorus Systemes at its creation in
- 1986 after two years at INRIA working on object oriented systems.
-
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- Peter Bird, ACRI
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Proactive Systems
-
- Peter Bird is a computer system architect for ACRI, which is developing a
- multi-nodal, high performance system. He received a PhD from Michigan
- University and then studied retargetable, pattern directed code generators
- which optimised pipeline scheduling. He has also designed and developed
- compilers for a parallel pipelined machine for a data-flow specification
- language for ODEs used for Real-Time applications.
-
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- Steve Frank, KSR
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Memory System Architecture and Programming Environment of the KSR1
-
- Steve Frank is a co-founder of Kendall Square Research and made a major
- contribution to the architecture, design partitioning, and technology
- selection of the KSR1. He is presently involved in the definition of future
- products. Prior to joining KSR, he contributed to the architecture and
- implementation of three multiprocessors: Encore's MultiMax, the Synapse N+1
- and a multiprocessor for an experimental PBX at Rolm. He earned his B.S.
- and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering from MIT.
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- The University of Manchester
- ============================
-
- Manchester University is Britain's largest campus university.
-
- The University of Manchester is within a couple of miles of the city centre
- and is easily accessible by train and road and also by air via Manchester's
- International Airport.
-
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- The Department of Computer Science
- ==================================
-
- The Department is one of the oldest Computer Science departments. The
- world's first stored programme computer was built, and virtual memory was
- invented here. It now has over 50 academic staff, a similar number of
- researchers and more than 600 undergraduate students making it the largest
- Computer Science department in the country.
-
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- The Centre For Novel Computing
- ==============================
-
- The Centre for Novel Computing (CNC) was established in 1990 to help bring
- parallel and novel computing techniques to users. It undertakes projects
- with users from academia and industry. Recently the CNC has acquired two
- computers which support Virtual Shared Memory:
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- A 32 cell KSR1 from Kendall Square Research Inc.
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- A 13 cell prototype EDS machine from ICL Ltd.
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- Manchester
- ==========
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- The Manchester Museum and Whitworth Art Gallery are within a few minutes
- walk of the Department of Computer Science, while the centre of Manchester
- houses many attractions. These include the Manchester Science Museum, The
- Opera House and Royal Exchange Theatres, The Granada Studio Tour and
- Manchester's China Town. Stately homes, open air and beautiful countryside
- can be enjoyed at the nearby Dunham Massey Park, Tatton Park and the Peak
- District National Park.
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- _________________________________________________________________________
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- Application Form
- To: Ursula Hayes
- Department of Computer Science
- University of Manchester
- Manchester
- M13 9PL
- England
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- Telephone: +44 (61) 275 6172
- Fax: +44 (61) 275 6236
- email vsm@cs.man.ac.uk
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- The fee includes the Symposium fee and proceedings, Accommodation in Hulme
- Hall for 17th September plus lunches and coffee.
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- Fee: Full 200.00
- BCS PPSG 180.00
- Academic 100.00
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- Additional nights in Hulme Hall @ 20.00
- Wednesday 16th __
- Friday 18th __
- Enclosed fee ____________
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- Dietary Requirements: _________________________________________
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- Please make Cheques payable to "The University of Manchester"
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- Tom.
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- Tom Franklin
- Centre for Novel Computing Phone +44 61 275 6134
- Department of Computer Science Fax +44 61 275 6204
- University of Manchester
- Manchester email tomf@cs.man.ac.uk
- M13 9PL
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