+--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | S e c o n d | | E u r o P V M u s e r s ' G r o u p | | M e e t i n g | | | | Ecole normale superieure de Lyon | | >>>>>>>>> September, 13-15, 1995 <<<<<<<<< | | europvm@lip.ens-lyon.fr | | http://www.ens-lyon.fr/~vigourou | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ Final CALL FOR PAPERS Second European PVM Users' Group Meeting WATCH OUT !!! New dates Lyon, France September 13-15, 1995, Ecole normale sup'erieure de Lyon Sponsored_by_ IBM-France, IBM-Europe GDR-PRC Parall'elisme R'eseaux Syst`eme Matra Cap Systems CRAY Research Ecole normale sup'erieure de Lyon Program_Chair:_ Jack Dongarra (University of Tennessee and ORNL, USA) Marc Gengler (LIP, ENS-Lyon, France) Bernard Tourancheau (LIP, ENS-Lyon, France) Organization_Chair:_Xavier Vigouroux (LIP, ENS-Lyon, France) The first European PVM Users Group Meeting was held in 1994, at the University of Rome, Italy. The second European PVM Users Group Meeting will provide an opportunity for European users of PVM to meet each other in 1995, share ideas and experiences, and meet some of the members of the PVM Team. The conference will include: o Invited talks | Al Geist (ORNL, USA) PVM Developments | Yves Escaig (INSA-Rouen, France) Numerical Applications on PVM | Gilles Berger-Sabbatel(IMAG, France) PVM on ATM network | Thomas Brandes (TU-M"unchen, Germany) HPF to PVM compilers o Contributed papers from the PVM users community o Technical presentations by the developers of PVM o Vendor presentations on supported PVM products o Social activities o Tutorial Session on PVM (September 13) o Round tables on future directions and trends of PVM o Round tables on future standard between PVM and MPI The proceedings will be published by Hermes. 1 Program Committee ====================== Filomena Dias d'Almeida(University of Porto, Portugal), Adam Beguelin (CMU, USA), Arie de Bruin (Erasmus University of Rotterdam, Netherlands), Marian Bubak (Institute of Computer Science, AGH, Poland), Jens Clausen (Diku, University of Copenhagen, Danemark), Jeremy Cook (Parallab, University of Bergen, Norway), Frederic Desprez (LaBRI, Bordeaux, France), Claude G. Diderich (EPFL, Switzerland), Vincent Van Dongen (CRIM, Canada), Iaakov Exman (Yanex Computing Spaces, Israel) Al Geist (Oak Ridge National Labs, USA), Thomas Ludwig (Munich University of Technology, Germany), Pierre Manneback (Facult'e Polytechnique de Mons, Belgium), G. A. Manson (University of Sheffield, UK), Ludek Matyska (Masaryk University, Czech Republic), Giorgio Richelli (ECSEC-IBM, Italy), Wolfgang Schreiner (RISC, University of Linz, Austria) Vaidy Sunderam (EMory University, USA), Ondrej Sykora (Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia) Pavel Tvrdik (Czech Technical University, Czech Republic) Stephane Ubeda (TSI, Saint-Etienne, France), Leonardo Valcamonici (Italian Consortium for Supercomp. App., Italy ), Mateo Valero (UPC, Barcelona, Spain) 2 Call For Papers ====================== We invite everyone with PVM ideas or experiences to submit papers for a possible presentation at the Users' Group meeting. List of topics includes (but is not limited to): o The PVM system: Tools, Libraries, Extensions and Improvements, Vendors Implementations, Pro- gramming Environments, ... o Algorithms using PVM: Numerical Kernels, Scheduling and Load Balancing, Benchmarking and Pseudo- Applications, Irregular Structures and Algorithms,.. o Real-world Parallel Applications with PVM: CFD, Image Processing, Structural Analysis, Chemistry, Aerodynamics, ... 3 Schedule ============= o September 13 | 8:00-8:45 Tutorial registrations | 8:45-9:00 Tutorial opening | 9:00-10:30Parallel Sessions (Expert and Beginner) | 11:00-17:00Lectures and Experimentations | 17:00-18:00Registrations o September 14 | 8:00-9:00 Registrations | 8:45-9:00 Opening | 9:00-10:00Invited Talks | 9:30-11:30Parallel Sessions | 11:30-13:00Posters Session and Lunch | 13:00-14:30Parallel Sessions II | 15:00-16:30Parallel Sessions III | 16:30-17:30Standardisation, PVM vs. MPI | 17:30-19:00Vendor Session | 19:30-23:00Dinner cruise by courtesy of IBM o September 15 | 8:00-9:00 Invited talks | 9:30-11:30Parallel Sessions IV | 11:30-13:00Posters Session and Lunch | 13:00-14:30Parallel Sessions V | 15:00-16:00Future of PVM | 16:00-17:00Closing Session 4 Guidelines =============== Authors are requested to submit a 4 to 6 pages paper before June 19, 1995. Papers will be reviewed and authors notified of their acceptance by July 28. Any special equipment required for the talk should also be indicated on a separated e-mail. Papers should be sent by e-mail to europvm@lip.ens-lyon.fr in uuencoded compressed postscript form. Please follow strictly the following guidelines in order for your contribution to enter the review process (no exception allowed): o All submissions must come from a LaTeX source using the following styles: \documentstyle[times,a4]{article} \textwidth 120mm \textheight 190mm \baselineskip 4mm and be transcripted in postscript (TM) format using the following command: dvips -o o All submissions must BE SENT BY EMAIL using the following commands: compress .ps uuencode .ps.Z ..ps.Z > mypaper.uue mail europvm@lip.ens-lyon.fr < mypaper.uue o Valid submissions will be acknowledged by email automatically. 5 Registration ================= The registration fee for the meeting is 600 FF (400 FF for the students), and includes the reception, lunches and coffee breaks, the conference banquet and the proceedings. If you wish to attend the tutorial session, there is an additional registration fee of 500FF. If you want to pay in advance, please fill in the attached registration form, and return the registration form by either fax or email to: _______________________________________ | PVM Users' Group Meeting Registration | | Attn. Valerie ROGER, | | LIP - URA 1398 | | Ecole Normale Sup'erieure de Lyon | | 46, all'ee d'Italie | | 69364 Lyon Cedex 07 - France | | Fax : (+33) 7272 8080 | |_Email_:_valerie@lip.ens-lyon.fr_______| The fee can be payed by remittance on the following bank account: __________________________ | Ch`eques postaux | |_20041_01007_0940392N038_71 | On-site cash payments will be accepted only in French currency. If you want to pay on-site, we ask that you still fill in the registration form and return it for registration. This will allow us to get an accurate head count for planning purposes. 6 First European PVM Users' Group Meeting Registration Form Name : Company : Address/Mailstop : City/State/Zip/Country: Daytime Phone Number : Fax number : Email : Do you have any special_needs? Meeting Registration [ ] 600_FF [ ] 400 FF for students Tutorial [ ]500 FF 7 Hotel Registration ======================= Different hotels are located midtown and within a short distance of the conference rooms. Be sure to make your room reservations before September 4. Rooms will be held until 5 P.M. of the expected arrival day, unless guaranteed with an accepted credit card. Check-in time is after 1:00 PM and check-out time is noon. Reservation requests must be made before September 4, 1995. After this date, reservations will be based upon room availability. Cancellations made after 5 P.M. of the check-in day will be billed one night's room. Name Rating Price (FF) Address Fax # and Phone # Room Breakfast F-69007 Lyon Mercure *** 400 53 70, av Leclerc 72 71 11 00 72 71 11 11 Fimotel ** 250 35 246, av M. Merieux 78 72 15 30 72 71 63 63 Ibis ** 315 34 68, av Leclerc 78 72 28 61 78 58 30 70 Relais Perrache ** 257 34 24, quai Perrache 78 37 67 98 78 37 16 64 (country code for France is 33) 8 Transportation =================== The Lyon Satolas airport is located about 20km south-est of the city. In order to reach the hotels there are the following alternatives: o shuttle bus to either Lyon-Part Dieu railway station or Lyon-Perrache railway station and then a taxi to the hotel. o Taxis directly from the airport. 9 Important Dates ==================== June 19, 1995 Due date for papers July 28 Notification of acceptance September 1 Camera ready papers due +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | S e c o n d | | E u r o P V M u s e r s ' G r o u p | | M e e t i n g | | | | Ecole normale superieure de Lyon | | September, 13-15, 1995 | | europvm@lip.ens-lyon.fr | | http://www.ens-lyon.fr/~vigourou | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+