From: Len.Makin@mel.dit.csiro.au (Len Makin, CSIRO DIT Melbourne.)
Newsgroups: news.announce.conferences
Subject: Fifth Australian Supercomputing Conference
Date: 19 Nov 92 02:28:21 GMT
Expires: Wed, 9 Dec 1992 08:00:00 GMT
Organization: (none)


Call for Participation


          SUPERCOMPUTING  -  THE COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE

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           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!!)
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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 .