ParMETIS 1.0: A Parallel Graph Partitioning and Sparse
Matrix Ordering Library
by George Karypis <karypis@in19.arc.umn.edu>,
http://www.cs.umn.edu/~karypis, Computer Science Department,
University of Minnesota, USA
An MPI-based parallel library that implements a variety of
algorithms for partitioning unstructured graphs and for
computing fill-reducing orderings for sparse matrices.
See also http://www.cs.umn.edu/~karypis/metis/
University of Amsterdam Computer Architecture & Parallel
Systems Group PostDoc
by Andy Pimentel <andy@wins.uva.nl>
Performance evaluation studies of parallel/distributed
platforms by means of simulation. Experience in area.
Post Doctoral Fellowship Positions at LANL
by Wayne D Joubert <wdj@c3serve.c3.lanl.gov>
LANL Scientific Computing Group seeking candidates with experience in
Numerical & Linear Algebra, Multigrid, Parallel engineering, F90,
HPF, MPI on parallel machines.
12th Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Simulation (PADS'98)
by Gabriele Kotsis <gabi@ani.univie.ac.at>
Call for papers for conference being held from 26th-28th May
1998 at Banff, Alberta, Canada. Sponsored by ACSM SIGSIM,
IEEE TCSIM, SCS.
Topics: Algorithms and methods for parallel simulation;
Models of parallel simulation; Methodologies for parallel
simulation; Implementation Issues; Performance of parallel
simulation; Application of parallel simulation; Distributed
Interactive Simulation (DIS); Distributed Simulation on the
WWW and others.
Deadlines: Papers: 6/10th October 1997; Notification: 22nd
December 1997; Camera-ready papers: 15th February 1997.
See also http://www.wnet.ca/pads98/
The 12th Annual International Symposium on High Performance
Computing (HPCS '98) by Diego Novillo <diego@cs.ualberta.ca>
Call for papers for conference being held from 20th-22nd May 1998 at
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Topics: High performance architecture; Parallel/distributed/vector
algorithms; Industrial and scientific applications; Heterogeneous
computing environments; Scalable systems; HPC using the World Wide
Web; Parallel programming environments; Tools; Visualization;
Parallel languages; Compiler technology; Parallel I/O; Operating
systems; High-speed networking; Performance modeling and evaluation
and others.
Deadlines: Papers: 15th December 1997; Notification: 15th
February 1998; Camera-ready papers: 15th March 1998.
See also http://www.cs.ualberta.ca/~hpcs98/
6th International Conference in Central Europe on Computer
Graphics and Visualization (WSCG'98)
by SKALA <SKALA@kron.zcu.cz>
Call for papers for conference being held from 9th-13th
February 1998 at Plzen, nr Prague, Czech Republic. In
cooperation with IFIP working group 5.10 on Computer Graphics
and Virtual Worlds.
Topics: Fundamental algorithms, rendering and visualization, virtual
reality, animation and multimedia, medical imaging, geometric
modelling and fractals, graphical interaction, object-oriented
graphics, WWW technologies, standards, computer vision, parallel
and distributed graphics, computational geometry, computer aided
geometric design, CAD/CAM, DTP and GIS systems, educational aspects
of related fields, usage of graphics within mathematical software
in education and others.
Deadlines: Papers: 30th September 1997; Notification: 30th
November 1997; Camera-ready papers: 10th December 1997.
See also http://wscg.zcu.cz and http://herakles.zcu.cz
Practical Performance Methods course
by J. Barnhill <barnhill@hudson.stanford.edu>
Call for participation for course being held from 4th-8th
August 1997 at WICS, Stanford University, USA.
This course introduces practical methodologies for large-scale computer
performance analysis and capacity planning in modern distributed
open systems environments. The three major subject areas are: data
collection, data analysis, and performance prediction.
See also http://www-wics.stanford.edu/WICS.html
Sixth International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of
Computer and Telecommunication Systems (MASCOTS '98)
by Azzedine BOUKERCHE <azedine@cs.mcgill.ca>
Call for papers for conference being held from 19th-24th July 1998 at
Complex Dejardins Hotel, Montreal, Canada. Sponsored by IEEE
Computer Society (TCCA, TCSIM) IFIPS, and IBM (pending).
Topics: telecommunication software, broadband communication systems,
wireless communication networks, advanced intelligent networks and
SS7, set-top boxes, digital/interactive TV, video-on-demand
servers, cable modems/telephony, thin-clients and their servers, as
well as computer system architectures, including memory and
communication systems, performance models, discrete and numeric
simulation, simulation efficiency, monitoring and visualization,
system and application tuning, performability modeling,
specification, validation and others.
Deadlines: Workshops: 12th December 1997; Tutorials: 30th January 1998:
Tools: 30th January 1998; Papers: 5th December 1997; Notification:
5th March 1998; Camera-ready papers: 10th April 1998.
See also http://www.cs.mcgill.ca/~azedine/ and
http://www.csci.unt.edu/das/
The Distributed Computing Environment (DEC) Course
by J. Barnhill <barnhill@hudson.stanford.edu>
Call for participation for course being held from 21-25th July 1997 at
Stanford University, USA.
This course will provide an overview of DCE, including
problems that arise
in building a distributed application and the DCE solution
provided; security problems, including DES encryption, private key
passwords, ACLs, PACs, EPACs, MD5 integrity checks, tickets, and
security audit; application name space; application development,
system administration and the control program called DCEcp;
authenticated firewalls, client/server architectures, highly
reliable fault tolerant systems, distributed objects, heterogeneous
environments of both hardware and operating systems, levels of
system management, and both private and public key authentication.
See also http://www-wics.stanford.edu/WICS.html