From: pm@icase.edu (Piyush Mehrotra)
Subject: Short Course in Parallel Computation
Reply-To: pm@icase.edu
Organization: ICASE
Date: 7 Jan 1993 19:25:41 GMT

                ICASE/LaRC SHORT COURSE ON PARALLEL COMPUTATION

                               July 26-30, 1993
                       Radisson Hotel, Hampton, Virginia

       We  are  pleased  to  announce  that  the   Institute   for   Computer
  Applications  in  Science and Engineering (ICASE) and NASA Langley Research
  Center (LaRC) will conduct a Short Course on Parallel  Computation  at  the
  Radisson Hotel in Hampton, Virginia from July 26 to July 30, 1993.

       The objective of this course is to provide  scientists  and  engineers
  with  a  fairly  broad  overview  of parallel computing and the issues that
  affect the performance of programs running on multiprocessor machines.  The
  course  is  intended for scientists and engineers who would like to exploit
  the potential performance of  the  new  parallel  architectures  for  their
  application needs.

       The course is divided into three broad themes, Parallel Architectures,
  Programming  Languages  and  Tools,  and Parallel Numerical Methods.  There
  will be two three-hour lectures a day, each covering a particular subtopic.
  The topics and lecturers are:

  I. PARALLEL ARCHITECTURES AND THEIR PERFORMANCE

        Taxonomy of Parallel Architectures and Algorithms
           - Geoffrey Fox, Syracuse University
              1.  Introduction to Parallel Computing
              2.  Classification of Architectures
              3.  Classification of Algorithms

        Parallel Performance Measures
           - David Nicol, The College of William and Mary
              1.  Parallel Complexity Measures
              2.  Factors Affecting Parallel Performance

  II. PARALLEL PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES AND TOOLS

        Message Passing and Heterogeneous Environments
           - David Walker, Oak Ridge National Laboratories
              1.  Message Passing Model and the Emerging Standard
              2.  Programming Heterogeneous Environments

        Programming Models and Languages
           - Piyush Mehrotra, ICASE
              1.  Single Program Multiple Data (SPMD) Model
              2.  High Performance Fortran
              3.  Other Programming Models

        Environment and Tools
           - Daniel Reed, University of Illinois
              1.  Debuggers
              2.  Performance Prediction Tools
              3.  Performance Monitoring/Visualization

        Compilers for Parallelism
           - Ken Kennedy, Rice University
              1.  Program Analysis
              2.  Extracting Parallelism
              3.  Compiling for Distributed Memory Machines

        Software Support for Irregular Problems
           - Joel Saltz, University of Maryland
              1.  Sparse Linear Algebra
              2.  Self-Adaptive Unstructured Mesh Methods
              3.  Block Structured and Structured Adaptive Methods

  III. PARALLEL NUMERICAL METHODS

        Parallel Linear Algebra
           - Ahmed Sameh, Center for Supercomputing Research & Development, IL
              1.  Matrix Primitives
              2.  Dense Matrix Computations
              3.  Iterative Sparse System Solvers

        Partial Differential Equations:  Global Methods
           - John Van Rosendale, ICASE
              1.  Tensor Product Algorithms
              2.  Spectral and Spectral Element Methods
              3.  Multigrid Methods

        Partial Differential Equations:  Domain Decomposition Methods
           - David Keyes, Yale University
              1.  Taxonomy of Domain Decomposition Methods
              2.  Nesting of Domain Decomposition with Nonlinear Iteration
              3.  Parallel Bottlenecks


       There will be ample time for question and  answer  sessions  with  the
  lecturers.    Lecture  notes  will be made available prior to the course to
  increase its effectiveness.

       Due to space considerations, attendance will be limited to  about  100
  people.  There will be a registration fee which is still undecided.  If you
  wish to attend or would  like  further  information,  please  fill  in  the
  attached form and return by MARCH 1, 1993 to:
           Emily Todd
           ICASE, Mail Stop 132C
           NASA Langley Research Center
           Hampton, VA  23681-0001

           Telephone:  (804) 864-2175
           FAX:  (804) 864-6134
           E-mail:  emily@icase.edu

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