From: tcpp@halcyon.usc.edu (TCPP)
Newsgroups: fj.mail-lists.parallel
Subject: IEEE Technical Committee on Parallel Processing
Date: 28 Sep 92 12:25:28 GMT
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                IEEE Technical Committee on Parallel Processing 
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                    Announcement and Call for Participation 
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       A new Technical Committee on Parallel Processing (TCPP) has been 
     appointed by the IEEE Computer Society Board of Governors at their 
     June 1992 meeting. As state-of-the-art parallel computers are being 
     developed around the world, there is a strong need for interaction, 
     cooperation, and information exchange among scientists and engineers 
     to accelerate the advances in this field. The establishment of TCPP 
     is a major step towards providing a forum for such activities. TCPP 
     seeks the participation of all scientists and engineers
     in the area of parallel processing. 
     
     
     Objectives
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       The main objectives of TCPP are: 
     
         1. to act as a forum for scientists and engineers throughout the 
            world in the area of parallel processing to express their views 
            and exchange ideas through sponsored meetings, and 
     
         2. to assume leadership in reaching out to the parallel processing 
            community in 
       
               - sponsoring technical meetings, 
               - assist IEEE Computer Society in bringing out books on 
                 parallel processing and in acquiring and distributing 
                 videos of technical presentations,
               - set guidelines for undergraduate and graduate education 
                 in parallel processing, and  
               - foster interaction among academia, funding agencies, 
                 national laboratories, and industry. 
     
     
     
     Information
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       For further information, please contact: 

                     Prof. Viktor K. Prasanna
                     Chair, Technical Committee on 
                            Parallel Processing
                     Dept. of EE-Systems, EEB-244
                     University of Southern California
                     Los Angeles, CA 90089-2562
       
                     Ph:  (213) 740-4483
                     Fax: (213) 740-4449
                     Internet: tcpp@halcyon.usc.edu
     
     If you wish to be on the TCPP mailing list to receive announcements
     and newsletters, please send a note to the above address. 
     
     
  
     Organization
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       The Technical Committee consists of the following members:
     
     A. Executive Committee: 
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      Chair:              Viktor K. Prasanna (Univ. of Southern California)

      Vice-chairs:        Larry Canter       (Computer Systems Approach, Inc.)
                          Earl Swartzlander  (University of Texas, Austin) 
     
      Co-ordinator, 
       Europe-Africa:     M. Cosnard         (Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon)
     
      Co-ordinator, 
       Asia-Pacific Rim:  L. M. Patnaik      (Indian Institute of Science)
     
      Co-editors, 
       Newsletter:        Sally Jelinek      (Electronic Design Associates)
                          D. K. Panda        (Ohio State University)
     
      Co-ordinator, 
       Parallel 
       Processing 
       Education:         Russ Miller        (State Univ. of New York, Buffalo)
     
      Co-ordinator, 
       Conferences and
       Workshops:         Mary Eshaghian     (New Jersey Inst. of Technology)
     
      Co-ordinator, IEEE 
       CS Press Series 
       on Parallel 
       Processing:        Fran Berman        (Univ. of California, San Diego)
     
      Co-ordinators, 
       Publicity:         Suresh Chalasani   (Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison)
                          David Nassimi      (New Jersey Inst. of Technology) 
     
     B. Advisory Committee:
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      V. P. Bhatkar             (Center for Development of Advanced Computing)
      Doug DeGroot              (Texas Instruments)
      Jack Dongarra             (Univ. of Tennessee & Oak Ridge National Lab.)
      Richard Freund            (Naval Research and Development Center)
      Allan Gottlieb            (New York University)
      Kai Hwang                 (University of Southern California)
      Mary Jane Irwin           (Pennsylvania State University) 
      Fairy Knappe              (Maspar Computer Corporation)
      David Kuck                (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
      Vipin Kumar               (University of Minnesota)
      H. T. Kung                (Carnegie Mellon Univ.  & Harvard University)
      F. Thomson Leighton       (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
      Teresa Meng               (Stanford University)
      Paul Messina              (California Institute of Technology)
      D. K. Pradhan             (Texas A&M University)
      Sartaj Sahni              (University of Florida)
      Eugen Schenfeld           (NEC Research Institute)
      Paul B. Schneck           (Supercomputing Research Center)
      H. J. Siegel              (Purdue University)
      Benjamin Wah              (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
      P. C. Yew                 (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
     
     
     
     Newsletter and Call for Articles
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       TCPP newsletter will serve as a forum for scientists and 
     engineers in the area of parallel processing to express their 
     opinions and views. The emphasis of the newsletter will be to 
     expedite exchange of  information among its  readers.  Short 
     articles in all areas related to parallel processing will be 
     considered for  publication.  Items of interest include (but 
     not limited to): 
         
             - technical summaries of research results, 
             - announcement of new parallel processing systems, 
               technologies and standards, 
             - report on projects under development in academia, 
               industry and national laboratories, 
             - opinions on current and future trends in parallel 
               processing, 
             - review of new books, and 
             - information on new courses in parallel processing 
     
       Opinions expressed in the contributions will be those of the 
     individual authors rather than the official position of TCPP, 
     the IEEE  Computer Society, or organizations to which the 
     author(s) may be affiliated. Besides the articles, the newsletter 
     will be covering announcements of general interest: calendar of 
     events about upcoming conferences, workshops and symposia, and 
     call for papers (including upcoming special issues of journals). 
     
       In its first year, TCPP is planning to bring out three issues of 
     the newsletter. Short articles (in camera-ready form or LaTeX format) 
     can be sent to either one of the newsletter editors: 
     
     
        Ms. Sally Jelinek                 Prof. D. K. Panda
        Electronic Design Associates      Dept. of Computer & Information Science
        3184-H, Airway Ave.               Ohio-State University
        Costa Mesa, CA 92626              Columbus, OH - 43210-1277
        Ph:  (714) 751-5992               Ph:  (614) 292-5199
        Fax: (714) 979-7488               Fax: (614) 292-2911
                                          Internet: panda@cis.ohio-state.edu