Newsgroups: comp.sys.transputer
From: P.H.Welch@ukc.ac.uk (phw)
Subject: WoTUG-21 Conference
Organization: University of Kent at Canterbury, UK.
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 98 16:15:37 GMT
Message-ID: <216@mint.ukc.ac.uk>


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       |        C A L L   F O R   P A R T I C I P A N T S        |
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       |                       (WoTUG 21)                        |
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       |          Architectures, Languages and Patterns          |
       |        for Parallel and Distributed Applications        |
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       |                     5-8 April 1998                      |
       |          University of Kent at Canterbury, UK           |
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       | <http://www.hensa.ac.uk/parallel/groups/wotug/wotug21/> |
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Overview:
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From commodity supercomputers to the high-level design of ASICs, from formal
theory to embedded (and not-so-embedded) applications, from languages and
tools to real user experience, WoTUG-21 takes a critical look at today's
state-of-the-art in parallel and distributed computing and explores the
future.  The emphasis is on simplicity and security at all levels of
engineering -- Ockham's Razor will never be very far away.

Keynote speaker this year will be Professor David May, FRS, the principle
architect of the occam and transputer concepts.  In addition, WoTUG-21 will
have its usual mix of submitted and invited papers, a tutorial (on Java
threads with a strong twist of occam and CSP), an exhibition, evening SIGs
and late night discussion.  WoTUG has matured into the post-transputer age,
but the principles on which it was founded remain vital and live on in ever
broadening fields of application.  Come and celebrate our coming-of-age.
Come and shape the future.

Main themes for this year's conference include:

   * Commodity multiprocessors;
   * Parallel and distributed architectures;
   * Multithreading in Java, Handel, Limbo, occam 2.x and other languages;
   * Concurrent Design Patterns;
   * Hardware Compilation (FPGAs, ASICs, ...);
   * Security Issues (Deadlock, Livelock, Starvation, ...);
   * Theory (CSP, monitors, semaphores, spin-locks, ...);
   * Scientific Engineering and Business Applications.



Academic Programme:
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Keynote Presentation
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  <title: to be announced>
      Professor David May, FRS
      University of Bristol, UK


Opening Theme
~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  "PAR and STARTP Take the Tanks"
      Oyvind Teig
      Autonica Ltd. (Trondheim, Norway)


Commodity SuperComputing (Reinventing the Transputer)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  "Commodity High Performance Computing at Commodity Prices"
      Simon Cox
      University of Southampton (UK)

  "A PCI-based Network Controller for IEEE 1355 DS-Links"
      Marcel Boosten, Bob Dobinson, Brian Martin, Peter van der Stok
      CERN (Geneva, Switzerland)

  "IEEE 1355 HS-Links: Present Status and Future Prospects"
      C.R.Anderson, M.Boosten, R.W.Dobinson, S.Haas, R.Heeley,
      N.A.H.Madsen, B.Martin, J.Pech, D.A.Thorney, C.L.Ullod
      CERN (Geneva, Switzerland)

  "An A/D D/A Board Using IEEE-1355 DS-links for a Heterogeneous
   Multiprocessor Environment"
      O.J.Greve, M.H.Schwirtz, Gerald Hilderink, Jan Broenink, Andre Bakkers
      University of Twente (Netherlands)

  "A Distributed Parallel Processing System for the StrongARM Microprocessor"
      Brian O'Neill, G.Coulson, K.L.Wong, R.Hotchkiss, J.H.Ng,
      S.Clark, P.D.Thomas
      Nottingham Trent University (UK)


Hardware Design and Compilation
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  "Advanced Silicon Prototyping in a Reconfigurable Environment"
      Matt Aubury, Ian Page, Dominic Plunkett, Matthias Sauer, Jonathon Saul
      Oxford University Computing Laboratory (UK)


Theoretical Foundations and Tools
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  "A Technique for Checking the CSP `sat' Property"
      Jeremy Martin, Sabah Jassim
      Oxford University Computing Services, University of Buckingham (UK)

  "Extending CSP"
      Adrian Lawrence
      Oxford University Computing Laboratory (UK)

  "Hardware-CSP: Extending CSP for Codesign and Shared Memory"
      Adrian Lawrence
      Oxford University Computing Laboratory (UK)

  "Systems for Parallel Programming Development"
      Alexander Katalov
      Elcom Ltd. (Moscow, Russia)


Language Matters
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  "Developing an Optimising Compiler for OCCAM"
      Spiridon Kalogeropulos
      SGS-Thomson Microelectronics (USA)

  "oc-X: an Optimising Multiprocessor occam System for the PowerPC"
      Tim Sheen, Alastair Allen, Andreas Ripke, Stacy Woo
      University of Aberdeen (UK)

  "Extended Transputer Code -- a Target-Independent Representation of
   Parallel Programs"
      Michael Poole
      University of Kent (UK)

  "MALT : A Multiway Alternation Construct for Occam"
      Adam Wong, Francis Lau
      University of Queensland (Australia), University of Hong-Kong (HK)


Applications
~~~~~~~~~~~~

  "Parallel Graph Coloring"
      Thomas Umland
      Deutsche Telekom Berkom GmbH (Berlin, Germany)

  "A Fault-Tolerant On-board Computer for Space Applications"
      Helano Castro, Joao Imbiriba, Jarbas Silveira,
      Valdivino Santaigo, Antonio Monteiro
      Universidade Fedaral do Ceara (Brazil),
      Instito Nacional de Pesquisas Espacias (Brazil)


Java Threads Tutorial (Sunday afternoon)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  "Part 1: Java Threads in the Light of occam/CSP"
      Professor Peter Welch,
      University of Kent

  "Part 2: Communicating Java Threads (the Reference Manual)
      Gerald H. Hilderink
      University of Twente


Conference Fee
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The registration fee is £295.00 sterling and includes the following:

   * Accommodation for the nights of the 5th, 6th and 7th April 1998;
   * All meals, starting with the evening meal on Sunday night, through to
     Wednesday lunch;
   * Conference Dinner;
   * One copy of the proceedings.

Bed and breakfast accommodation is also available for the night of Saturday
4th April at a cost of £16.90.


Student Bursaries
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WoTUG is sponsoring a limited number of Student Bursaries, worth £100
sterling.  To qualify, you must be registered as as a student at a Higher
Education institution, not in receipt of a salary (full-time or part-time)
and obtain a supporting letter from your academic supervisor confirming
these facts on departmental letter headed paper.  Please fax this to the
conference secretary (below).

Bursaries will be awarded on a first-come, first-served basis.  Please apply
before registering.


Registration Form
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

         Name :
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Please check one of the following:

  [ ] Full fee of £295.00
  [ ] Fee with student bursary of £195.00

Please check for any extras:

  [ ] Saturday night accommodation at £16.90

Please indicate any dietary or other requirements:




Methods of Payment

All payments in sterling only.  Please check one of the following:

I would like to pay the registration fee for WoTUG-21 by:

  [ ] Bank Transfer
      Account number: 62726269
      Account name: University of Kent
      Name of Bank: National Westminster, 11 The Parade, Canterbury, Kent,
                    CT1 2DT, England
      UK bank sort code: 60.04.27
      Net of bank charges
      Conference Name: WoTUG-21 (please state this clearly)


  [ ] Cheque

      This must accompany a posted registration form, be made in STERLING,
      drawn on a UK bank account, payable to UNIKENT, net of bank charges.


  [ ] Credit Card

      Credit card type:  MasterCard/Eurocard or Visa (please delete one)
                         (Sorry, no other credit cards are accepted.)
      Card holder's name:
      Card holder's address:
      Credit card number:
      Expiry date (MM/YY):

      Note: if you use this option, you may prefer to fax hard copy of this
            form to the Conference Secretary (below) *or* to email this
            form with PGP encryption (see the web page for our public key).


  [ ] Official Company order

      To be invoiced.


Registration will confirmed by email or fax.

Cancellation by mail or fax is possible subject to a fee of 20% if received
by March 13th 1998.  After that date, no refunds will be made.  A substitute
participant can be named at any time.


Conference Secretary
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Judith Broom
Computing Laboratory
University of Kent at Canterbury
Canterbury, Kent
UK
CT2 7NF
Phone: +44 1227 827833 (01227 827833)
Fax: +44 1227 762811 (01227 762811)
Email: J.C.Broom@ukc.ac.uk


Conference Organiser
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Professor Peter H. Welch
Computing Laboratory
University of Kent at Canterbury
Canterbury
Kent
UK
CT2 7NF

Phone: +44 1227 823629 (01227 823629)
Fax: +44 1227 762811 (01227 762811)
Email: P.H.Welch@ukc.ac.uk


Further Details:
================

Full details on the structure of the conference, programme committee,
published proceedings, academic programme, abstracts, exhibition, location
and on-line registration will be kept up to date on the conference web
address (see the title box above).