CFP: Frontiers of Massively Parallel Computation '95 (Wash DC, 2/95)

The Fifth Symposium on the Frontiers of Massively Parallel Computation
February 6-9, 1995, McLean Hilton, McLean, VA


Sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society
IEEE Technical Committee on Computer Architectures
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
UMIACS


SUMMARY: DEADLINE


        Research papers (presentation or demonstration) July 18, 1994
        Workshop and tutorial proposals July 18, 1994
        Poster presentations November 1, 1994
        Exhibits contact Exhibits Chair


Frontiers '95 continues a series of meetings on the design, development,
and use of massively parallel computing systems, scalable to 1,000 or more
processors. The program of formal and interactive presentations, panel
discussions, tutorials, workshops, and exhibits will help create a dynamic
forum for researchers and practitioners. Reports of near-term practical
results as well as those having long-term implications are encouraged.


PAPER SUBMISSIONS


Submission of original research papers concerning any aspects of the
design, analysis, development, and/or use of massively parallel computers
are solicited. Papers that evaluate the use of high performance software
and hardware in solving problems with extremely demanding computational or
I/O requirements are of particular interest. Systems software researchers
and developers are encouraged to include a description of results on
applications codes or computational templates derived from applications
codes. Papers submitted by applications scientists should explore the
computational challenges posed by their application and outline the
progress they have made in dealing with these challenges. A broad range
of applications areas are targeted, including computational physics,
biology, chemistry, material sciences, fluid, and plasma dynamics,
environmental and earth sciences, and artificial intelligence.


Of equal interest are papers describing research related to innovative
algorithms, architectures, and computational models for highly scalable
systems. This includes hardware and software strategies and methods for
managing parallel resources and concurrent activities. Papers describing
evaluation, modelling, and analysis techniques that examine trade-offs for
assessing alternative parallel structures are also of interest. This may
include measurement methodologies and tools employed on current generation
scalable parallel processing systems.


Researchers can arrange to present their results either as a formal
presentation or as a research exhibit in which the use of the researcher's
software can be demonstrated interactively. A number of color Sparc and
Silicon Graphics workstations will be made available to researchers who
would like an opportunity to present their results in the form of a
research exhibit. Researchers who wish to give either a formal
presentation or an interactive demonstration should submit a paper no
longer than 10 pages in length by July 18, 1994.


Each corresponding author is requested to include in a cover letter the
following information (1) complete postal address; (2) electronic mail
address; (3) phone number; (4) fax number; (5) an indication of whether a
formal presentation or research exhibit is desired; (6) a statement that
the manuscript is unpublished and is not under review for another
conference.


Please submit SIX (6) copies of the paper, in English, to


                Program Chair
                Frontiers '95
                UMIACS
                University of Maryland
                College Park, MD 20742-3251


so that they arrive by July 18, 1994. The text should be restricted to
TEN double-spaced 8.5 by 11 inch pages. References, figures, tables, etc.
may be included in addition to the ten pages of text. Submissions will be
acknowledged promptly by electronic mail and decisions sent by September
12, 1994. Camera-ready copy for the proceedings will be due October 31,
1994.


EXHIBITS


The technical exhibit area provides an opportunity for commercial vendors
and/or other organizations to present their products and technology
directly to leading researchers, to establish avenues for future
collaboration, or simply increase their product visibility in this cutting
edge market. Exhibits will be available to attendees during the middle
two days of the symposium and vendors will be able to present live
demonstrations (within certain logistical constraints). Interested
vendors and institutions should contact the exhibits chair, Jerry Sobieski
(jerrys@umiacs.umd.edu).


TUTORIALS AND WORKSHOPS


Topical workshops and tutorials will be held on February 6, 1995.
Proposals are solicited for either half day or full day tutorials and
workshops. Researchers interested in giving a tutorial or organizing a
workshop should send a proposal by July 18, 1994 to the appropriate
Tutorial or Workshop Chair at the above address.


POSTER SESSION


The symposium will feature a poster session that will make it possible for
researchers and practitioners to share their parallel machine experiences
in an informal setting. Those interested in exhibiting their work in the
poster session should submit a one page abstract to the program committee
c/o Johanna Weinstein, at the above address by November 1, 1994.


INVITED SPEAKERS:
Tom Blank, Maspar
Phil Colella, UC Berkeley
Ken Kennedy, Rice University
Burton Smith, Tera Computer


PANELS AND ORGANIZERS:
Scalable I/O: Paul Messina, Caltech/JPL
Parallel C++: Carl Kesselman, Caltech
NII Application -- Radiation Treatment Planning: Robert Martino, NIH
Embedded Systems: David Schaefer, George Mason University
HPF -- Vendor Perspective: Joel Saltz, University of Maryland


General Chair Joel Saltz University of Maryland
Program Chair Dennis Gannon Indiana University
Program Vice Chairs
Algorithms Mike Heath University of Illinois
Applications Ridgway Scott University of Houston
Architectures Thomas Sterling CESDIS/NASA GSFC
Systems Software Fran Berman UC San Diego


Tutorials Chair Sanjay Ranka Syracuse University
Workshops Chair Tarek El-Ghazawi George Washington University
Publications Chair Joseph Ja'Ja' University of Maryland


Program Committee
Ian Angus Boeing
Ken Batcher Kent State University
Donna Bergmark Cornell Theory Center
Fran Berman University of California -- San Diego
Tom Blank Maspar
Randy Bramley Indiana University
Marina Chen Yale University
Alok Choudhary Syracuse University
John Dorband NASA GSFC
Tarek El-Ghazawi George Washington University
Charbel Farhat University of Colorado
Ian Foster Argonne National Lab
Geoffrey Fox Syracuse University/NPAC
Joan Francioni University of Louisiana
Anoop Gupta Stanford University
JPL Satya Gupta Intel
John Gurd University of Manchester
Paul Havlak University of Maryland
Mike Heath University of Illinois
Jim Hendler University of Maryland
Joseph Ja'Ja' University of Maryland
Carl Kesselman CalTech
Robert Knighten Intel
Chuck Koelbel Rice University
Monica Lam Stanford University
Robert Martino National Institutes of Health
Paul Messina Caltech/
Michael Norman NCSA
Merrell Patrick NSF
Serge Petiton Etablissement Technique Central de l'Armement
Constantine Polychronopolous University of Illinois
Bill Pugh University of Maryland
Sanjay Ranka Syracuse University
Dan Reed University of Illinois
David Schaefer George Mason University
Ridgeway Scott University of Houston
Marc Snir IBM
Guy Steele Thinking Machines Corporation
Thomas Sterling CESDIS/NASA GSFC
Ken Stevens NASA Ames
Rick Stevens Argonne National Lab
Alan Sussman University of Maryland
Lew Tucker Thinking Machines Corporation
Alex Veidenbaum University of Illinois
Uzi Vishkin University of Maryland
Pearl Wang George Mason University
Joel Williamson Convex
Steve Zalesak NASA GSFC
Mary Zosel Lawrence Livermore National Lab


Publicity Chair Mary Maloney Goroff Caltech CCSF
Exhibits Chair Jerry Sobieski University of Maryland
Industry Interface Chair Jim Fischer NASA GSFC
Finance Chair Larry Davis University of Maryland
Registration Chair Andrea Busada University of Maryland
Local Arrangements Johanna Weinstein University of Maryland


Steering Committee
R. Michael Hord ERIM (chair)
Hank Dardy NRL
Larry Davis University of Maryland
Judy Devaney NIST
Jack Dongarra University Tennessee Knoxville, ORNL
John Dorband NASA GSFC
James Fischer NASA GSFC
Paul Messina Caltech/JPL
Merrill Patrick NSF
David Schaefer George Mason University
Paul Schneck MITRE
H.J. Siegel Purdue University
Francis Sullivan SRC
Pearl Wang George Mason University
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Paul Havlak Dept. of Computer Science, A.V. Williams Bldg
Postdoctoral Research Associate U. of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742-3255
High-Performance Systems Lab (301) 405-2697 (fax: -6707) havlak@cs.umd.edu
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