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Path: sparky!uunet!olivea!spool.mu.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!destroyer!gatech!hubcap!fpst From: Len.Makin@mel.dit.csiro.au (Len Makin, CSIRO DIT Melbourne.) Newsgroups: comp.parallel Subject: Fifth Australian Supercomputing Conference Message-ID: <1992Nov6.125014.15818@hubcap.clemson.edu> Date: 6 Nov 92 04:11:53 GMT Sender: fpst@hubcap.clemson.edu (Steve Stevenson) Organization: Clemson University Lines: 432 Approved: parallel@hubcap.clemson.edu Call for Participation SUPERCOMPUTING - THE COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE __ ^ _/ /__|\ 5ASC / \ { Fifth Australian Supercomputing Conference 1992 \_.---. / `@' v World Congress Centre, Melbourne, Australia Monday 7th to Wednesday 9th December, 1992 The Fifth Australian Supercomputing Conference, with "Supercomputing - The Competitive Advantage" as its theme, is scheduled for Melbourne's World Congress Centre from December 7 to 9 , 1992. A special feature for this year's Conference is an INDUSTRY DAY, which is sponsored and supported by the Industry Research and Development Board. The aim of the day is to illustrate the benefits of the problem-solving capabilities of supercomputers to an invited audience of Australia's leaders of business and industry. Several Personal Computers have been donated to the Conference to be awarded to Conference attendees. Two of these will be presented to the best presented and delivered Conference Papers in the following categories: * Best overall presentation * Most original project by a student The Organising Committee for the Fifth Australian Supercomputing Conference looks forward to welcoming you to Melbourne in December. Your attendance will contribute to what is to be a most interesting and stimulating Conference. THE CONFERENCE THEME: Supercomputing - The Competitive Advantage WHEN: Sunday 6 December - Welcome Reception and Opening of the Supercomputer Exposition Monday 7 - Keynote Presentations and Special Interest papers Tuesday 8 - INDUSTRY DAY Supported and sponsored by the Industry R&D Board Wednesday 9 - Keynote Presentations and Special Interest papers WHERE: World Congress Centre Melbourne Corryong Exhibition Hall Cnr Spencer and Flinders Streets Melbourne, Victoria 3007, Australia. COST: Full Three Days Registration : $375.00 Late Registration (after 20 November 1992): $425.00 INDUSTRY DAY (including Conference Dinner): $200.00 Monday or Wednesday Day Registration : $150.00 per day Student - Full Conference: $100.00 (excluding proceedings, luncheons and evening functions) Daily Student Registration: $50.00 (excludes luncheon) WHO: KEYNOTE SPEAKERS INCLUDE: Monday 7 December Mr Paul Roy Research Fellow OSF Research Institute, Cambridge, Massachussetts USA Sponsored by ACCI/IBM Australia Ltd. Speaker to be announced Sponsored by Cray Research (Australia) Pty. Ltd. INDUSTRY DAY, Tuesday 8 December Mr John Stevenson Corporate Officer of the National Centre for Supercomputing Applications, University of Illinois, USA Mr Tony Henshaw Chairman, Information Technology Committee of the Australian Industry Research and Development Board Dr Joe Tomas Computational Engineering, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology Dr Neville Norman Associate Professor of Economics, The University of Melbourne Dr Geoffrey Fox Director of the Northeast Parallel Architectures Centre, Syracuse University, NY, USA Dr. John Burgess BHP Australia Wednesday 9 December Mr Charles Wilson, Director, Massively Parallel Systems Group, Digital Equipment Corporation, Maynard, Massachussetts USA. Sponsored by Digital Equipment Corporation (Australia) Pty Ltd. Mr Masuhiro Mikami, Systems Engineering Group, Fujitsu Limited, Tokyo, Japan. Sponsored by Australian Supercomputing Technology/Fujitsu Australia Ltd. Dr Raul Mendez Institute for Supercomputing Research, Tokyo, Japan SUPERCOMPUTER EXPOSITION Supercomputer manufacturers participating in the Exposition will demonstrate live applications running on a number of supercomputers during the Conference. This ability is made possible by a 2Mbit/s communications link between the World Congress Centre and the AARNet (Internet), courtesy of Vistel Limited, the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, the University of Melbourne, and AARNet. CONFERENCE SPONSORS The Conference Committee wishes to acknowledge and thank the following organizations for their generosity and support: PREMIUM SPONSORS Australian Computer and Communications Institute (ACCI) and IBM Australia Ltd. Australian Supercomputing Technology/Fujitsu Australia Ltd. Cray Research (Australia) Pty Ltd. Digital Equipment Corporation (Australia) Pty Ltd. MAJOR SPONSORS AND SUPPORTERS CSIRO Division of Information Technology and Supercomputing Support Group Cass Computing Pty Ltd. Convex Computer Pty Ltd. MasPar Computer Corporation Pty Ltd. Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology The University of Melbourne The University of Sydney Strategic Research Foundation Vistel Limited It would be remiss of the Organising Committees if special mention of the interest and enthusiasm of Mr Tony Henshaw, Chairman of the Information Technology Committee of the Industry Research and Development Board was not acknowledged. It is with the sponsorship and support of the Board that the INDUSTRY DAY is a reality. Australian business, industry, academia and the public sector can only benefit from this opportunity to exchange ideas and to understand better the enormous possibilities of working together with supercomputers to make Australia more internationally competitive. SOCIAL PROGRAMME Delegates may wish to invite guests to attend social functions. Costs for these functions are detailed below. The Programme Sunday 6 December 1992 from 5:30pm to 7:30pm Welcoming Reception and Official Opening of the Supercomputer Exposition, hosted by the Australian Computer and Communications Institute (ACCI) and IBM Australia Ltd., Melbourne, Victoria You are encouraged to arrive early for the Conference and to join with members of the Organising Committee, Premium and Major Sponsors, Exhibitors and other delegates at this function. Additional tickets may be purchased for $50 Tuesday 8 December 1992 at 7:00pm for 7:30pm The Conference Dinner will be held in the Bellarine Room at Melbourne's World Congress Centre on the banks of the Yarra River. Delegates are encouraged to bring a guest and the additional cost will be $60 per person. Please advise the Conference Secretariat 48 hours prior to the Function. Delegates are advised that there will be Happy Hours at the end of each day at which a cash bar will operate, located within the Supercomputer Exposition area. THE SUPERCOMPUTER COMPETITION The Organising Committee are pleased to announce that there are to be two competitions and two lucky draws during the Conference. Prizes will be laptop computers. The Super Competitions A student competition is open to undergraduate and postgraduate students of Australian Universities or Tertiary Institutions. Entrants must present papers representing research or innovative ideas in computer technology or applications Authors presenting papers to the conference will also compete for the prize for the best presented paper at the Conference. Papers will be judged on innovative technology with specific applications to industry and commerce, the delivery to the conference delegates and on the visual presentation of the submitted paper. Presenters will also be judged on the merits of diagrams, illustrations and all audio visual materials used. All attending delegates, speakers, students and visitors will also be able to place business cards into a barrel at nominated times during the conference from which two prizes will be presented. For further information about the Supercomputer Competition for Students please contact: Dr Robert C. Bell. CSIRO Supercomputing Support Manager 723 Swanston Street Carlton Vic 3053 Australia Telephone: (03) 282 2620 Facsimile: (03) 282 2600. Email: csrcb@mel.dit.csiro.au SUPERCOMPUTlNG WORKSHOP: THURSDAY-FRIDAY DECEMBER 10-11 1992 VENUE: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CENTRE THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE An intensive introductory workshop on Supercomputing will be conducted over two days at the conclusion of the Fifth Australian Supercompuling Conference. The course will cover the architectures of various Supercomputers to which Australians have easy access. The course will focus on gaining the maximum performance these devices are capable of delivering. All examples will be presented in the FORTRAN programming language. The course will concentrate on vector technology; however, a section on the use of parallel shared memory computers will be included on the second day. The workshop will give students the opportunity to use several supercomputers. The following computers will be available for the workshop: Convex, courtesy of Queensland Supercomputing Laboratory Cray Y-MP/4E, courtesy of CSIRO Fujitsu VP, courtesy of Australian Supercomputing Technology IBM 3090, courtesy of Australian Computing and Communications Institute To enable those attending the workshop to gain the maximum advantage from the machine resources being contributed, attendance is limited to fifteen. Students wil1 find it an advantage in the practical work if they have previously used Unix systems; however, rudiments of the editor and job submission will be provided at the workshop if required on an individual basis. The fee for the workshop is $190, which covers extensive notes, morning and afternoon teas and a cheese and wine reception on Thursday evening. The workshop connmences at 8.30am each day and concludes at 5.00pm. The workshop is being presented by Australian Supercompuiing Technology in association with the Fifth Australian Supercomputing Conference. The workshop will be presented by Dr Jerard Barry of Australian Supercomputing Technology. Dr Barry has presented over ten similar workshops in Australia. For further information please contact: Dr Jerard Barry, Australian Supercomputing Technology Telephone: (02) 717 9400 Facsimile: (02) 717 9429 email jmb@atom.ansto.gov.au ACCOMMODATION Block bookings for accommodation are being held at the following Melbourne City Hotels, where delegates can arrange reservations by contacting the Hotels directly. It is suggested that you also confirm your reservation by paying an accommodation deposit. CITY HOTELS Rates per room per night * CENTRA MELBOURNE $ 120 single/twin/double on the Yarra Cnr Flinders & Spencer Streets $12.50 for Continental breakfast Melbourne, Vic 3005 $15.50 for full breakfast Telephone: (03) 629 5111 Facsimile (03) 629 5624 Toll free: 008 335 590 Contact: Miss Helen Pavlou * THE VICTORIA HOTEL $76.00 twin share 215 Little Collins Street $67 00 single Melbourne, Vic 3000 Telephone: (03) 653 0441 $8.00 for Continental breakfast Facsimile: (03) 650 9678 $12.50 for full breakfast Toll Free: 008 331 147 Contact: Miss Claudelle Shaw The Centra Melbourne Hotel is located within the World Trade Centre/ World Congress Centre Melbourne precinct. Conference Rooms are accessible through the joint Hotel - Congress Centre Entry Foyer. The Victoria Hotel is located within 1km. of the World Congress Centre. You may take a tram down Bourke Street or Flinders Street to Flinders Street/Spencer Street junction. THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE CAMPUS The Conference Secretariat will arrange accommodation at Ormond College within The University of Melbourne if required. The daily tariff for bed and breakfast is $ 40.00 per person. Please note that single room occupancy with shared bathroom is all that is normally available. Very limited double and family accommodation units may be arranged on special request subject to availability. University College accommodation must be paid for in full in advance, and your attention is drawn to that portion of the Registration Form. TRAVEL Ansett Australia is proud to be nominated as official airline for the Fifth Australian Supercomputing Conference Please telephone Ansett Australia Reservations on 131300 to obtain the best available airfares. Be sure to quote the special number - MCO 4328 when making bookings. REGISTRATION INFORMATION Please read the following information carefully. FULL TIME REGISTRATION includes session admission (including INDUSTRY DAY), conference satchel and literature, printed conference proceedings, entry to the Supercomputing Exposition and Welcoming Reception, Conference Dinner, luncheons, morning and afternoon refreshments. DAY REGISTRATION includes session admission for the nominated day, entry to the Supercomputing Exposition, morning and afternoon refreshments and luncheon. It does not include a copy of the Conference Proceedings. INDUSTRY DAY includes session admission, entry to the Supercomputing Exposition, conference satchel, printed Proceedings, morning and afternoon refreshments and luncheon. The cost of the Conference Dinner is included in the Industry Day registration fee. STUDENT registration does not include proceedings, luncheons or the evening functions. All students that register must be enrolled as full-time students at the time of the Conference. CANCELLATION POLICY. No registration cancellations will be considered unless they are made in writing to the Conference Committee. Cancellations made before 20th November 1992 will incur a 30% deduction to cover administration costs. No refunds will be made after this date. As an alternative to cancellation, your registration may be transferred to another person before 30th November without incurring any cost penalty. The Conference Secretariat must be advised of any transfers of Registration in writing. Refunds for additional entry tickets for Social functions will not be available if participation is cancelled less than 48 hours prior to the event. REGISTRATION FORM: (PRINT AND POST. !!DO NOT EMAIL!!) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE_________SURNAME______________________________________ GIVEN NAME_________________________________________________ POSITION___________________________________________________ ORGANISATION_______________________________________________ POSTAL/STREET ADDRESS_______________________________________ SUBURB/CITY________________________________________________ STATE_______________POSTCODE___________COUNTRY______________ TELEPHONE_________________FACSIMILE_________________________ EMAIL_____________________________________________________ NAME (To appear on badge)_______________________________________ ORGANISATION (To appear on badge)_________________________________ REGISTRATION FEES $ Australian Full registration (includes all functions) $375 _________ Late registration (after 20 November) $425 _________ Monday registration $150 _________ Tuesday registration - INDUSTRY Day (includes conference dinner) $200 _________ Wednesday registration $150 _________ Student full registration * $100 _________ Daily student registration * $50 _________ for: (Tick as appropriate) Monday__ Tuesday__ Wednesday__ * - A photocopy of a current full-time student card must accompany the Registration Form. Additional tickets: Welcoming Reception $50 _________ Conference Dinner $60 _________ Lunches No.:__x$25 _________ Workshop(10/11 December) $190 _________ Accommodation(Ormond College, The University of Melbourne) >From (Arrival date): __ Dec. 1992 for ____ people, To (Departure date) __ Dec. 1992. ___ nights x $40per person _________ TOTAL _________ Please make cheques in Australian dollars payable to Fifth Australian Supercomputing Conference, or fill in the credit card details below. Bankcard/VISA/Mastercard (circle one) Name:______________________________ Number:____________________________ Expiry date:_________________________ Signature:___________________________ Please print out and return this Registration Form promptly to Fifth Australian Supercomputing Conference Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology Computer Centres - Building 5 GPO Box 2476V Melbourne Vic 3001 AUSTRALIA Enquiries to Mrs Tammy Cooper at the above address, telephone +61 3 660 2292, facsimile +61 3 663 5652, email 5asc@RMIT.edu.au .