From: joanne@epcc.edinburgh.ac.uk
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Subject: Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre Annual Seminar
Date: 31 Aug 92 12:45:14 GMT
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	           EDINBURGH PARALLEL COMPUTING CENTRE

		      A N N U A L     S E M I N A R     

 		        Monday 28 September 1992

		       The University of Edinburgh


		              Sponsored by
 	         Science and Engineering Research Council
	           Lothian and Edinburgh Enterprise Ltd
	            Scottish Enterprise Software Group

		             Co-sponsored by
     The British Computer Society (Parallel Processing Specialist Group)
	       Commission of the European Communities (DGXIII)
		   The Institution of Electrical Engineers
              The Institute of Mathematics and its Applications
            The Institute of Physics (Computational Physics Group)	


Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre, inaugurated in January 1990, is
an interdisciplinary focus for high-performance parallel computing
projects involving research groups within the University of Edinburgh,
industrial partners and academic users throughout Europe.  It
incorporates research, service and applications development divisions,
as well as participants from University departments, and affiliates
from industry, and builds on a decade of practical experience in
parallel computing.  Its goal is to accelerate the effective
exploitation of high-performance parallel computing systems throughout
academia, industry and commerce.  It supports applications work
through research into the fundamentals of parallelism, development of
support tools, parallel supercomputing services, consultancy, training
and user support and industrial liaison.

The Centre's principal computing resources include a 420-transputer
Meiko Computing Surface, providing nationally networked multi-user
access, an AMT Distributed Array Processor, and a recently installed
16,384 processor Connection Machine from Thinking Machines
Corporation.  It is also responsible for service on an i860-based
64-node Computing Surface targeted on "Grand Challenge" problems of
science and engineering.

The Centre is supported by industry, the University of Edinburgh,
Lothian Regional Council, Scottish Enterprise, and by the Department
of Trade and Industry, with major recurrent funding from the Science
and Engineering Research Council and from the Information Systems
Committee of the UFC.  EPCC is one of four designated centres in the
DTI/SERC-sponsored Parallel Applications Programme.

The Centre's Annual Seminar provides an overview of its activities and
resources, and presents a selection of research projects from the
exapanding community of users.  It also offers demonstrations of the
local computing resources and of software.  The Seminar continues the
series begun by the Edinburgh Concurrent Supercomputer Project and is
open to anyone with interests in the development and application of
parallel computing.

This year there will be two keynote speakers. Professor Geoffrey Fox
is Director of the Northeast Parallel Architectures Center, University
of Syracuse.  He is renowned for his influential work in the
development and exploitation of hypercube systems at Caltech.
Professor Hans Zima is Professor of Computer Science at the University
of Vienna, and Director of the Austrian Centre for Parallel
Computation.  From his background as a mathematician, he has emerged as
a leading figure in parallel compiler techniques and systems, and has
collaborated in and directed major projects in Europe and the United
States.


PROGRAMME

0830 Registration and Coffee

0930 EPCC Overview; D J Wallace, Director, EPCC

1000 KEYNOTE SPEAKER: "Parallel Computing in the Real World of
        Industry and Government Applications"; G C Fox, 
	Northeast Parallel Architectures
	Center, University of Syracuse

1100 Coffee

1130 Parallel Sessions (see below)

1300 Lunch

1400 Parallel Sessions and Demonstrations (see below)
	Coffee and tea will be available between 1500 and 1600.
	
1630 KEYNOTE SPEAKER: "High Performance Fortran for Parallel Systems: 
	Status and Prospects";
	H P Zima, University of Vienna 


PARALLEL SESSIONS:
    
  TOOLS AND METHODS STREAM

    1130 "Summer Scholarship Programme 1992"; N B MacDonald, EPCC and 
	 Department of Computer Science, University of Edinburgh

    1200 "Key Technology Programmes"; L J Clarke, EPCC

    1230 "The GP-MIMD Computers; A Common Architecture with a Common
	 Programming Interface"; G Barrett, Inmos Limited

    1300-1400 LUNCH
    
    1400 "Processing Linear Recursive Queries on the Connection Machine";
	 P Thanisch, Department of Computer Science, University of Edinburgh

    1430 "Neurosys: A Library for Efficient Parallel Neural Networks";
	 R Hofmann, Department of Computer Science, Technical University 
	 of Munich

    1500 "Genetic Algorithms: Intrinsically Parallel Optimisation";
	 T J Harding, EPCC

    1530 "Concurrent ML on a Multicomputer"; R A F Bhoedjang,
	 Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Vrije Universitet, 
	 Amsterdam

    1600 "Dynamic Load Balancing Strategies for Spatial Reaction-Diffusion
	  Systems"; M A Smith, EPCC and Department of Mathematics and
	  Statistics, University of Edinburgh


  APPLICATIONS AND RESULTS STREAM

    1130 "The Car-Parrinello Grand Challenge: status and prospects";
	 M C Payne, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge University
    
    1200 "UKQCD: status and prospects";
	 A C Irving, Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, Liverpool
         University

    1230 "Running a 3-dimensional hydrodynamic model on a range of parallel
	 computers"; M I Ashworth, Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory (NERC)

    1300-1400 LUNCH

    1400 "Concurrent Process Simulation and Design"; J W Ponton, Department
         of Chemical Engineering, University of Edinburgh

    1430 "Modelling of Complex Systems in the Earth"; I G Main, Department of
         Geology and Geophysics, University of Edinburgh

    1500 "The Euphrates Project"; R M Dalley, Koninklijke/Shell
         Exploratie en Produktie Laboratorium, Rijswijk, The Netherlands

    1530 "Parallel Systems and Network Management"; D Allison,
	 BT Development and Procurement, Belfast

    1600 "Transient and Large Computational Fluid Dynamics
	  Calculations in Complex Geometries"; G Robinson, AEA Technology
	

DEMONSTRATIONS
    A programme of demonstrations will form a third parallel stream between
    1400 and 1630.


POSTER DISPLAY

There will also be a poster display of work under the Summer
Scholarship Programme, which this year is supporting students from
France, Germany, Ireland, The Netherlands and the United States of
America as well as the UK.


FEES

The seminar is 75 pounds (55 pounds for members of co-sponsoring
institutions).  This includes admission, lunch, refreshments, and a
Directory describing systems, utilities, application developments and
research within EPCC and its user community.  There is no charge for
industrial affiliates or registered academic users of the Centre's
services.  Fees are NOT refundable except in the event of cancellation
of the Seminar.


VENUE

The seminar will be held in the James Clerk Maxwell Buildinfg at the
King's Buildings, the University's "science and engineering campus" in
south Edinburgh.  This is some 10 miles from Edinburgh Airport, and 2.5
miles south of the city centre. 


REGISTRATION

Please make your application in advance on the Registration Form. 
Payment of the seminar fee should accompany your application.  Please
note that places are strictly limited to a maximum of 200 and will be
allocated in order of receipt of PAYMENT.  Early booking is adviseable.

Delegates should arrive between 0830 and 0930 on Monday 28 September for
completion of registration at the James Clerk Maxwell Building, The
King's Buildings, Mayfield Road.


ACCOMMODATION

Delegates can book accommodation for any nights from 25 to 28 September
in the Pollock Halls, about one mile north of the King's Buildings and a
mile south of the city centre.  Delegates may, of course, make their own
arrangements. 


ARRIVAL BY AIR/TRAIN/ROAD

Delegates arriving by air on early morning flights on 28 September are
advised to take a taxi from Edinburgh airport to the James Clerk Maxwell
Building at the above address.  A taxi rank is also available within
Waverley Station for travellers arriving by overnight sleeper.  Parking
near the James Clerk Maxwell Building is available on the King's
Building site only for cars displaying permits: free 1-day permits may
be requested on the registration form.  A bus will be provided on the
morning of 28 September, and taxis will be available to Edinburgh
(Waverley) Station and Edinburgh Airport at 1710.


SEMINAR SECRETARY

For further information, or additional copies of the programme, please
contact:

Joanne Nicholson, Seminar Secretary
Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre
The King's Buildings
Mayfield Road
Edinburgh EH9 3JZ

Telephone: +44 (31) 650 5986
Email: joanne@castle.ed.ac.uk
Fax: +44 (31) 650 6555


REGISTRATION FORM

Early booking is advisable as the number of places is strictly limited.

Name _________________________________________________________________

Organisation/Company _________________________________________________

Address ______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________

Telephone _____________________ Fax Number ___________________________


REGISTRATION FEES (including VAT).  Please tick which is applicable.

Delegate                                        75 pounds ____________

Member of co-sponsoring Institution             55 pounds ____________

Delegate of an affiliated organisation          No charge ____________

Registered user of EPCC service                 No charge ____________
(Give user number)                              ______________________


ACCOMMODATION - please tick each item required:

              Bed & breakfast       Dinner, bed & breakfast
              22.50 pounds          28 pounds
Friday 25th   _______________       _______________
Saturday 26th _______________       _______________
Sunday 27th   _______________       _______________
Monday 28th   _______________       _______________
(All prices inclusive of VAT) Total _______________


PAYMENT - Sterling cheques should be made payable to EPCC Seminar
(VAT registration number 415 3131 95)

Parking permit required (please tick) ____
Make of car and registration number   _________________________________      


Signed _________________________________________ Date _________________