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28th November 1996

/parallel/environments/lam/distribution/
Updated LAM to V6.1
/parallel/environments/lam/distribution/lam61.tar.gz
LAM 6.1 Source Distribution by LAM Project <lam@tbag.osc.edu>, http://www.osc.edu/lam.html, Ohio Supercomputer Center, USA Includes LAM 6.1 source, HTML documentation, tools, manual pages and examples.

Supported on Sun, SunOS 5.4; SGI, IRIX 6.2; IBM, AIX version 3, release 2; DEC, DEC UNIX V4.0; HP, HP-UX 10.01 and Intel X86, Linux v2.0.24 (other variations may need source changes).

(C) Ohio State University, GNU license V2.

/parallel/environments/lam/distribution/xmpi20-patch.tar.gz
Patch to updgrade XMPI 2.0 for compatibility with LAM 6.1

27th November 1996

/parallel/occam/compilers/ocpp/
Updated to V3.001
/parallel/occam/compilers/ocpp/ocpp301.tar.gz
occam Pre-Processor V3.01 (OCPP) by Mark Ian Barlow <Mark@nlcc.demon.co.uk>; Tel: +44 (0)1207 562 154 An occam pre-processor that is somewhat more friendly and with greater functionality than the rather obscure non-supported SGS-Thomson tool PREOCC. The main advantages are:

1) It comments out lines rather than removing them so toolset error messages still refer to the relevant source line.

2) For the same reason it is able to reverse it's own effect and re-construct it's input.

3) It offers more optional methods for defining symbols and extra directives.

4) It can modify files in-place, and can optionally annotate conditional directives with useful debugging data.

5) It can perform simple textual substitutions in the output code, and process embedded code-template files to generate standard constructs.

6) It possesses a (rather lightweight) capability to import constants from C header files directly into occam source code.

7) It can expand references to environment variables within any file specification attached to either it's own, or the occam compiler's native directives (#INCLUDE, &c.).

Documentation, source, transputer and DOS binaries included.

/parallel/occam/compilers/ocpp/srci100.tar.gz
Source Inventory utility (Srci) by Mark Ian Barlow <Mark@nlcc.demon.co.uk>; Tel: +44 (0)1207 562 154 A program intended to complement the imakef makefile generator in the INMOS toolset, or indeed any automated makefile generation facility. It extracts and lists those source files which are essential to permit re-building of all the targets found in a makefile. Contains source and DOS binary.
/parallel/transputer/software/compilers/gcc/pereslavl/gcc-2.7.2/
Add GCC for Transputer V11
/parallel/transputer/software/compilers/gcc/pereslavl/gcc-2.7.2/changes11
Changes in gcc-2.7.2-t800.11
/parallel/transputer/software/compilers/gcc/pereslavl/gcc-2.7.2/gcc-2.7.2-t800.11.dif.gz
gcc-2.7.2 for t800 (source diff) V11
/parallel/transputer/software/compilers/gcc/pereslavl/gcc-2.7.2/patch11.gz
Patch from V10 to V11
/parallel/libraries/numerical/omega-calculator/
Updated Omega Library and Omega Calculator to V1.1 by Omega <omega@cs.umd.edu> The Omega calculator is a text-based interface to the Omega library, a set of routines developed for manipulating: Presburger formulas, Integer tuple sets and Integer tuple relations.

See http://www.cs.umd.edu/projects/omega/ for more details.

/parallel/libraries/numerical/omega-calculator/README
Omega Project Source Release V1.1 notes
/parallel/libraries/numerical/omega-calculator/INSTALL
"Installation instructions for V1.0 of the Omega Library, Omega Calculator, and Petit"
/parallel/libraries/numerical/omega-calculator/omega_library.tar.gz
Omega Library Sources V1.1 A set of C++ classes and routines developed for manipulating: Presburger formulas; Integer tuple sets and Integer tuple relations.
/parallel/libraries/numerical/omega-calculator/code_gen.tar.gz
Code Generation Library Routines for generating code to scan the points in the union of a number of convex sets. (requires the Omega library)
/parallel/libraries/numerical/omega-calculator/omega_calc.tar.gz
Omega Calculator V1.1 Text based interface to the above libraries
/parallel/libraries/numerical/omega-calculator/demo_sparc_solaris25.tar.gz
Omega Calculator compiled for Sparc Solaris 2.5
/parallel/libraries/numerical/omega-calculator/petit.tar.gz
Petit A research tool for dependence analysis and program transformations. Requires the Omega Library and code generation library.
/parallel/libraries/numerical/omega-calculator/uniform.tar.gz
The Uniform methods transformation library

20th November 1996

/parallel/events/
Added entry for HPCS97:
http://www.cs.umanitoba.ca/~hpcs97/
11th International Symposium on High Performance Computing Systems (HPCS'97) by Peter Graham <pgraham@cs.umanitoba.ca>, http://www.cs.umanitoba.ca/~pgraham/ Announcement and call for papers for symposium being held from 10th-12th July 1997 at Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Organised by Super*Can and the Dept. of Computer Science, University of Manitoba, Canada.

The international symposium covers all aspects of high performance computing; both applied as well as theoretical. Topic areas of interest include architecture, enabling technologies, software systems, algorithms, and applications for parallel, distributed, or vector systems. However, papers addressing all aspects of high performance computing are also welcome. The symposium will be fully refereed.

Topics: 1. High Performance Applications; 2. Distributed Systems and Applications; 3. Scaleable and Interoperable Systems; 4. Software for High Performance Computing; 5. Architecture; 6. Interconnections Networks & Communications; 7. Photonics and Optical Computing; 8. Visualization; 9. Performance, Modelling, and Simulation; 10. Compilation Techniques; 11. Parallel Programming Languages; 12. Algorithms and 13. Other Topics in High Performance Computing.

Deadlines: Manuscripts: 28th February 1997; Notification: 15th April 1997; Camera-ready copy: 20th May 1997.

/parallel/debuggers/
Added entry for PRISM:
http://www.nrl.navy.mil/CCS/help/GWS/Doc/Welcome2.html
PRISM by Lisa Noordergraaf <lisa@cmf.nrl.navy.mil>, http://www.nrl.navy.mil/CCS/help/ A parallel debugger and visualization tool for serial, data parallel, and message passing programs. ABSTRACT: PRISM is a parallel debugger and visualization tool developed by Thinking Machines Corporation. It provides an integrated graphical environment within which users can develop, execute, and debug programs. It provides an easy-to-use, flexible, and comprehensive set of tools for performing all aspects of serial, data parallel, and message-passing programming. Currently PRISM is available for the CM-5, and also for the new GlobalWorks System, an integrated cluster of Sun Workstations.

Languages/libraries supported include HPF, MPI, PVM, C*, and CM-Fortran.

See also http://www.think.com/

/parallel/environments/pvm3/distribution/xpvm/
Updated XPVM to 1.2.1
/parallel/standards/mpi/anl/mpiexmpl.tar.gz
MPI Example programs (C and Fortran)
/parallel/events/europar97-workshop-apps
"Euro-Par'97 Workshop 12 : Applications of High-Performance Computing" by Wolfgang Genzsch <getup@genias.de> Call for papers for Euro-Par 97 workshop being held from 26th-29th August 1997 at Passau, Germany.

Topics: existing industrial applications in CFD, FE, chemistry, and others, and new applications like multimedia support, data compression, geographical information systems, cognitive recognition, embedded systems, parallel design and implementation, dynamic distribution, computational steering and others.

Deadlines: Papers: 20th January 1997 (paper), 1st February 1997 (electronic); Notification: 2nd May 1997; Final versions: 10th June 1997; Early Registration: 30th June 1997.

See also http://www.uni-passau.de/europar97/ for Euro-Par 97 information.

/parallel/vendors/
Added details for Thinking Silicon Ltd.

19th November 1996

/parallel/events/europar97-workshop-autopar
"Euro-Par'97 Workshop 03 : Automatic Parallelization and High Performance Compilers" by Jean-Francois COLLARD <jfcollar@prism.uvsq.fr> Call for papers for Euro-Par 97 workshop being held from 26th-29th August 1997 at Passu, Germany.

Topics: automatic parallelization techniques; the production of parallel programs using high performance compilers; interplay between compiler technology and communication libraries; compiler optimizations; static analysis; program transformations; ;scheduling; allocation; mapping; communication optimization; code generation and others.

Deadlines: Papers: 20th January 1997 (paper), 1st February 1997 (electronic). Early Registration: 30th June 1997.

See also http://www.uni-passau.de/europar97/ for Euro-Par 97 information.

/parallel/events/europar97-workshop-routing
"Euro-Par'97 Workshop 02 : Routing and Communication in Interconnection Networks" by Ernst W. Mayr <mayr@informatik.tu-muenchen.de> Call for papers for Euro-Par 97 workshop being held from 26th-29th August 1997 at Passu, Germany.

Topics: routing algorithms; communication costs of parallel algorithms; interconnection networks; fault-tolerant communication; synchronization in parallel computers; deadlock-free routing; algorithms for collective communication; graph embedding and others.

Deadlines: Papers: 20th January 1997 (paper), 1st February 1997 (electronic); Notification: 2nd May 1997; Final versions: 10th June 1997; Early Registration: 30th June 1997.

See also http://wwwmayr.informatik.tu-muenchen.de/conf/ws_02_europar97_cfp.ps for Postscript version of this call and http://www.uni-passau.de/europar97/ for Euro-Par 97 information.

15th November 1996

/parallel/theory/formal/bsp/
Added more Bulk Synchronous Parallel (BSP) links
http://www.BSP-Worldwide.org/implmnts/oxtool.htm
"Oxford BSP Toolset implementation of the Bulk Synchronous Parallel model" by Bob McLatchie <bob.mclatchie@comlab.ox.ac.uk>, http://www.comlab.ox.ac.uk/oucl/oxpara.html, Oxford Parallel, OUCL Wolfson Building, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QD, England; Tel: +44 1865 273897; FAX: +44 1865 273819 A guide to currently available implementations and how to download them.
http://www.comlab.ox.ac.uk/oucl/oxpara/bsp/bsptools.htm
Oxford BSP Programming Environment by Bob McLatchie <bob.mclatchie@comlab.ox.ac.uk>, http://www.comlab.ox.ac.uk/oucl/oxpara.html, Oxford Parallel, OUCL Wolfson Building, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QD, England; Tel: +44 1865 273897; FAX: +44 1865 273819 A general introduction to the Toolset
/parallel/faqs/bsp-model-valiant
Summary of responses giving info on Les Valiant's Bulk-Synchronous Parallel (BSP) model. Author: Benjamin Lian <isclyhb@leonis.nus.sg>

12th November 1996

/parallel/environments/pvm3/tkpvm/
Updates to TkPVM for Tcl 7.6 and Tk 4.2
/parallel/environments/lam/distribution/lam61.doc.ps.gz
LAM 6.1 User Document: MPI Primer / Developing with LAM 11th November 1996 ABSTRACT: This document is organized into four major chapters. It begins with a tutorial covering the simpler techniques of programming and operation. New users should start with the tutorial. The second chapter is an MPI programming primer emphasizing the commonly used routines. Non-standard extensions to MPI and additional programming capabilities unique to LAM are separated into a third chapter. The last chapter is an operational reference. It describes how to configure and start a LAM multicomputer, and how to monitor processes and messages. This document is user oriented. It does not give much insight into how the system is implemented. It does not detail every option and capability of every command and routine. An extensive set of manual pages cover all the commands and internal routines in great detail and are meant to supplement this document. The reader will note a heavy bias towards the C programming language, especially in the code samples. There is no Fortran version of this document. The text attempts to be language insensitive and the appendices contain For tran code samples and routine prototypes.
/parallel/events/random97
"1st International Symposium on Randomization and Approximation Techniques in Computer Science" (RANDOM'97) by ROLIM Jose D. P. <rolim@cui.unige.ch> Call for papers for conference being held from 11-12th July 1997 at Bologna, Italy.

Topics: design and analysis of randomized algorithms; randomized complexity; derandomization techniques; design and analysis of approximation algorithms; complexity of approximation problems; parallel and network algorithms; various applications and others.

Deadlines: Papers: 15th February 1997; Notification: 21st April 1997; Camera-ready papers: 11th May 1997.

See also http://cuiwww.unige.ch/~random97

/parallel/events/md-mpp-uk
Molecular Dynamics Techniques on MPP Platforms by J-C Desplat <desplat@epcc.ed.ac.uk> Call for participation for seminar being held on 25th November 1996 at Royal Institution of Great Britain, London, UK.

A free one-day inter-disciplinary seminar that willdeal with the application of Molecular Dynamics methods to a wide variety of scientific areas from materials structure to cosmology, but focused on implementations on massively parallel machines.

/parallel/jobs/job-csm-hpc
Applied CS Associate/Professors at Colorado School of Mines, USA by Manavendra Misra <mmisra@mines.edu> ACS with experience in AI, visualisation, HPC prefered.
/parallel/events/ica3pp97
"The IEEE Third International Conference on Algorithms And Architectures for Parallel Processing" (ICA3PP-97) by Michael J Hobbs <mick@Deakin.Edu.Au> Call for papers for conference being held from 8th-12th December 1997 at Melbourne, Australia. Sponsored by IEEE.

Topics: Development and Debugging of Parallel and Distributed Programs; Distributed and Parallel Applications; Distributed and Parallel Languages; Distributed Operating Systems; Distributed Shared Memory; Distributed Scheduling and Load Balancing ; High Speed Networks for Parallel Processing; Massive Parallel Processing ; Instruction-Level Parallel Processing; Parallel and Distributed Algorithms; Parallel and Distributed Computing Systems; Parallel Processing on Clusters of Workstations and Servers ; Parallelizing Compilers; Performance of Parallel and Distributed Computing Systems and others.

Deadlines: Papers, Tutorials: 17th March 1997; Notification: 18th July 1997; Camera-ready papers: 1st September 1997; Registration: 15th October 1997.

See also http://www.cm.deakin.edu.au/ica3pp97

/parallel/events/hpcn-europe97
High-Performance Computing and Networking, Europe 1997 (HPCN Europe 97) by Jaap Hollenberg <sondjaap@horus.sara.nl> Call for papers, posters and workshops and submission rules for conference being held from 28-30th April 1997 at Vienna, Austria.

Topics: End-user HPCN applications, computational science and computer science research in HPCN.

NOTE NEW DEADLINES:

Deadlines: Extended Abstracts / Full Papers: 19th November 1996; Posters: 19th November 1996; Workshops: 19th November 1996; Notification: 1st February 1997.

See also http://www.wins.uva.nl/research/HPCN97/

/parallel/events/sc96-cc-bof
Common Compiler Infrastructure BOF at Supercomputing 1996 by Lauren L. Smith <llsmith@super.org> BOF at Supercomputing '96 on 20th November 1996 at Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

See also http:/www.supercomp.org/sc96/

/parallel/events/sc96-debug-bof
Debugger Standards BOF at Supercomputing 1996 by Jeffery S Brown <jeffb@lanl.gov> BOF at Supercomputing '96 on 20th November 1996 at Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

See also http:/www.supercomp.org/sc96/

/parallel/events/sc96-mpi2-bof
MPI-2 BOF at Supercomputing 1996 by Steve Huss-Lederman <lederman@romano.cs.wisc.edu> BOF at Supercomputing '96 on 20th November 1996 at Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

See also http:/www.supercomp.org/sc96/

/parallel/events/sc96-bsp-bof
Bulk Synchronous Parallel BOF at Supercomputing 1996 by Boleslaw Szymanski <szymansk@cs.rpi.edu> BOF at Supercomputing '96 on 21st November 1996 at Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

See also http:/www.supercomp.org/sc96/

6th November 1996

/parallel/libraries/numerical/finite-element-meshes/
Added METIS 2.0.5 release. METIS is: Unstructured Graph Partitioning and Sparse Matrix Ordering System.

See also http://www.cs.umn.edu/~karypis/metis/metis.html

/parallel/libraries/numerical/finite-element-meshes/metis-2.0.5.tar.gz
METIS 2.0.5 Distribution by George Karypis <karypis@in19.arc.umn.edu>, http://www.cs.umn.edu/~karypis and Vipin Kumar. Computer Science Department, University of Minnesota, USA. Contains the source code, documentation, manual pages and graphs. Includes manual.ps.Z and INSTALL files.

2.0.5 fixes memory problems while orering small graphs and improves speed of corarsening.

/parallel/environments/pvm3/distribution/xpvm1.1.1/
Added XPVM 1.1.1 release:

XPVM provides a graphical interface to the PVM console commands and information, along with several animated views to monitor the execution of PVM programs. These views provide information about the interactions among tasks in a parallel PVM program, to assist in debugging and performance tuning.

To analyze a program using XPVM, a user need only compile their program using the PVM library, version 3.3 or later, which has been instrumented to capture tracing information at run-time. Then, any task spawned from XPVM will return trace event information, for analysis in real time, or for post-mortem playback from saved trace files.

Release includes binaries for sun4, sgi5, rs6k and alpha as well as source.

/parallel/environments/pvm3/distribution/xpvm1.1.1/xpvm.src.1.1.1.tar.Z.uu.Z
XPVM 1.1.1 Source distribution
/parallel/environments/pvm3/distribution/xpvm1.1.1/src.ptch.110to111.tarzuu.Z
Patch from XPVM 1.1.0 to 1.1.1
/parallel/environments/pvm3/distribution/xpvm1.1.1/xpvm.alpha.1.1.1.tar.Z.uu.Z
XPVM 1.1.1 binary release for DEC Alpha OSF/1
/parallel/environments/pvm3/distribution/xpvm1.1.1/xpvm.rs6k.1.1.1.tar.Z.uu.Z
XPVM 1.1.1 binary release for IBM RS6000
/parallel/environments/pvm3/distribution/xpvm1.1.1/xpvm.sun4.1.1.1.tar.Z.uu.Z
XPVM 1.1.1 binary release for Sun Sparc SunOS
/parallel/environments/pvm3/distribution/xpvm1.1.1/xpvm.sgi5.1.1.1.tar.Z.uu.Z
XPVM 1.1.1 binary release for SGI IRIX5
/parallel/jobs/job-mproc-boston
Senior HW Engineering Manager for building Multi-processor Systems by Larry Watts <lwatts@world.std.com> Need background of ASIC design and experience with VME or PCI based products. Based in Boston area, USA.
/parallel/jobs/pads-singapore
Research personnel for parallel & distributed simulation (PADS) by CAI Wentong <aswtcai@ntu.ac.sg> A range of posts from Senior/Research Fellow to Research Assistant with appropriate requirements. All working in PADS area simulating a virtual factory and working on major PADS issues. Positions are in Gintic, Singapore.
/parallel/events/ctc-mpi-hpf
"Cornell Theory Center Virtual Workshop - Parallel Programming with MPI and HPF" by Jeanne C. Butler <jeanne@tc.cornell.edu> Call for attendance for virtual workshop being held from 8th January - 7th March 1997 on the Internet.

This is an on-the-net program for studying high performance computing using Web-based materials and CTC machines.

Deadline: Registration: 27th November 1996.

See also http://www.tc.cornell.edu/Edu/VW/

/parallel/events/wpdrts
"Joint Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Real-Time Systems: Fifth International Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Real-Time Systems (WPDRTS) and Third Workshop on Object-Oriented Real-Time Systems (OORTS) " (WPDRTS/OORTS) by Binoy Ravindran <binoy@cse.uta.edu> Call for papers for workshop being held 1st-3rd April 1997 at Geneva, Switzerland.

Topics: Architecture, Benchmarking; Command and Control Systems; Communications and Networking; Databases; Embedded Systems; Fault Tolerance; Formal Methods; Instrumentation; Languages (Real-Time); Multimedia; New Paradigms; Object Orientation; Signal and Image Processing; Software Architectures; Systems Engineering; Tools and Environments; Validation and Simulation; Visualization and others.

Deadlines: Manuscripts: 1st December 1996; Notification: 20th December 1996; Camera-ready papers: 24th January 1997.

See also http://cuiwww.unige.ch/~ipps97/

/parallel/events/parcfd97
Parallel Computational Fluid Dynamics 1997 (Parallel CFD '97) by David Emerson <D.R.Emerson@dl.ac.uk> Details of conference being held from 19th-21st May 1997 at Manchester, UK.

An annual conference dedicated to the discussion of recent developments and applications of parallel computing in the field of Computational Fluid Dynamics and related disciplines.

Topics: reacting flows, rarefied gas flows, multiphase flows, plasma flows, turbulent flows, LES, DNS, re-entry