Newsgroups: comp.parallel.mpi From: Andy Bakkers Subject: Parallel programming and java conference see: http://www.rt.el.utwente.nl/wotug20 Organization: University of Twente Date: Sat, 22 Mar 1997 16:38:31 +0100 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <3333FCF7.7A08@el.utwente.nl> Dear All, Latest information on the Parallel Programming and Java conference in the Netherlands our web page now includes abstracts of papers, student discount and registration information. Please check our URL: http://www.rt.el.utwente.nl/wotug20 Registration is now imminent if we want to guarantee you a room in the Dish Hotel. Act NOW! Conference organiser, Andy Bakkers WoTUG-20 Parallel Programming and Java conference 13 - 16 April 1997, Dish Hotel, Enschede, the Netherlands Organised by the Control Laboratory of the University of Twente the Netherlands The "Parallel Programming and Java" conference scheduled for 13 - 16 April 1997 is being organised by WoTUG. WoTUG is a world-wide network of scientists and engineers working on the practical use of parallel computing. This network has been in operation since 1984 and has hosted some 50 conferences world-wide. WoTUG-20, the twentieth conference organised by the European branch, will be hosted by the University of Twente, the Netherlands. Conference Themes: Multithreading, Parallelism and Design Patterns Multithreading is becoming more and more the accepted technique to implement parallelism in contemporary languages, such as Java and C++, and may as such be considered the replacement for the multi-tasking approach. Multithreading by itself, however, is not enough to solve the parallel programming problems. Multithreading should be accompanied by a formalism that assists the programmer to generate correct multithreaded code. WoTUG-members have a track record of implementing parallelism for over a decade based on the formal theory of CSP. This conference brings the two worlds together in order to cross-fertilise both areas. Parallelism may be considered an inherent property of a system. If so, this property should be considered during system design and parallelism should not be used as a mere tool to improve incidental performance. Parallelism is too valuable a property of a system to be ignored. The problem with the (software) design cycle is that an inherently parallel design is often implemented on a sequential computing platform. There is no formalism to support this task. On the other hand, the transformation from parallel application to parallel software may be realised using the CSP programming paradigm, structured design methods or the object oriented paradigm and design patterns. As Doug Lea writes in his book "Concurrent Programming in Java"; "One of Java's most powerful capabilities is its built-in support for threads, making concurrent programming a viable option for Java development". The multithreaded feature of Java is being proposed as an approach to concurrent programming. Java, however, needs to be accompanied by a design formalism for parallel or concurrent systems design. This conference will address the design of parallel or concurrent applications in the area of embedded real-time systems as well as in general purpose concurrent programming. This includes the use of any parallel language, including Java, in a practical way. For abstracts of the accepted papers click here Preliminary conference schedule The conference will be held from 13 - 16 April, 1997. Saturday 12 April Arrival in Enschede, check-in. Java buffet dinner at 20:00 Hrs. offered by the University of Twente. At Schiphol trains for Enschede leave at 2 minutes past the hour and 3 minutes past the half-hour the latter with one changeover in Amersfoort (opposite side of the platform). Journey time is 2 hours. Ticket price is about 40 guilders. ( For a international train time table click here) Sunday 13 April Tutorials/Workshops: "Use of Communicating Java Threads" by Gerald Hilderink of Twente University "A Tool for Proving Deadlock Freedom" by Jeremy Martin of Oxford University "An occam Approach to Java (the CSP class library)" by Peter Welch of Univ. of Kent "Beyond transputing : fully distributed semantics in Virtuoso's Virtual Single Processor programming model" by Eric Verhulst of Eonic Systems Inc. Evening: WoTUG Special Interest Groups. Monday 14 April Conference followed by session of the Special Interest Groups. Tuesday 15 April Conference, followed by the panel session and conference dinner. Wednesday 16 April Conference until lunch at 14:00 Hrs. The Schiphol trains leaves Enschede at 14:28 Hrs. and arrives at Schiphol Airport at 16:35 Hrs. ( For a international train time table click here) Conference fees The conference fee includes tutorials, proceedings and all meals. Accommodation should be ordered separately. 4* and 3* is an indication of the luxury of the rooms. Double room prices are for double occupancy of the room. First choice should be the Dish hotel if that is booked up you will be moved to the Campus hotel. Currency: DFl. BP US$ DM Conference fee Sun - Wed 495.00 163.20 266.60 440.80 Accommodation packages: A single room Dish 4* p/n 125.00 41.20 67.35 111.30 B single room Campus p/n 104.50 34.50 56.30 93.00 C single room Dish 3* p/n 100.00 33.00 53.85 89.00 D double room Campus p/n 144.50 47.65 77.85 128.70 E double room Dish 4* p/n 140.00 46.15 75.40 124.70 F double room Dish 3* p/n 115.00 38.00 62.00 102.40 Student Discount The WoTUG committee will grant a discount to a qualified students to attend the conference. The application for this discount may be done electronically by filling out the form below. The student discount is Dfl. 270,00 or BP 89 or US$ 145.50. As a result the total price per student for conference and accommodation has been reduced to BP 150 or US$ 245.10, based on rooms with double occupancy. Conference Organiser The conference organiser is: Prof. Andrew P. Bakkers University of Twente P.O. Box 217 NL-7500 AE Enschede The Netherlands Phone: 00-31-53-489 2794 Fax: 00-31-53-489 2223 E-mail: bks@el.utwente.nl Program Committee The scientific program is refereed by the international WoTUG committee. See committee.doc at "hensa" for a list of the committee members. Published Proceedings The Proceedings will be published by IOS Press see : http://www.hensa.ac.uk/parallel/journals/IOS/IOS-details Would you like to be kept informed? Then, mail to: wotug20@rt.el.utwente.nl