The Fifth Symposium on the Frontiers of Massively Parallel Computation February 6-9, 1995, McLean Hilton, McLean, VA Sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society IEEE Technical Committee on Computer Architectures NASA Goddard Space Flight Center UMIACS SUMMARY: DEADLINE Research papers (presentation or demonstration) July 18, 1994 Workshop and tutorial proposals July 18, 1994 Poster presentations November 1, 1994 Exhibits contact Exhibits Chair jerrys@umiacs.umd.edu Frontiers '95 continues a series of meetings on the design, development, and use of massively parallel computing systems, scalable to 1,000 or more processors. The program of formal and interactive presentations, panel discussions, tutorials, workshops, and exhibits will help create a dynamic forum for researchers and practitioners. Reports of near-term practical results as well as those having long-term implications are encouraged. PAPER SUBMISSIONS Submission of original research papers concerning any aspects of the design, analysis, development, and/or use of massively parallel computers are solicited. Papers that evaluate the use of high performance software and hardware in solving problems with extremely demanding computational or I/O requirements are of particular interest. Systems software researchers and developers are encouraged to include a description of results on applications codes or computational templates derived from applications codes. Papers submitted by applications scientists should explore the computational challenges posed by their application and outline the progress they have made in dealing with these challenges. A broad range of applications areas are targeted, including computational physics, biology, chemistry, material sciences, fluid, and plasma dynamics, environmental and earth sciences, and artificial intelligence. Of equal interest are papers describing research related to innovative algorithms, architectures, and computational models for highly scalable systems. This includes hardware and software strategies and methods for managing parallel resources and concurrent activities. Papers describing evaluation, modelling, and analysis techniques that examine trade-offs for assessing alternative parallel structures are also of interest. This may include measurement methodologies and tools employed on current generation scalable parallel processing systems. Researchers can arrange to present their results either as a formal presentation or as a research exhibit in which the use of the researcher's software can be demonstrated interactively. A number of color Sparc and Silicon Graphics workstations will be made available to researchers who would like an opportunity to present their results in the form of a research exhibit. Researchers who wish to give either a formal presentation or an interactive demonstration should submit a paper no longer than 10 pages in length by July 18, 1994. Each corresponding author is requested to include in a cover letter the following information (1) complete postal address; (2) electronic mail address; (3) phone number; (4) fax number; (5) an indication of whether a formal presentation or research exhibit is desired; (6) a statement that the manuscript is unpublished and is not under review for another conference. Please submit SIX (6) copies of the paper, in English, to Program Chair Frontiers '95 UMIACS University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742-3251 so that they arrive by July 18, 1994. The text should be restricted to TEN double-spaced 8.5 by 11 inch pages. References, figures, tables, etc. may be included in addition to the ten pages of text. Submissions will be acknowledged promptly by electronic mail and decisions sent by September 12, 1994. Camera-ready copy for the proceedings will be due October 31, 1994. EXHIBITS The technical exhibit area provides an opportunity for commercial vendors and/or other organizations to present their products and technology directly to leading researchers, to establish avenues for future collaboration, or simply increase their product visibility in this cutting edge market. Exhibits will be available to attendees during the middle two days of the symposium and vendors will be able to present live demonstrations (within certain logistical constraints). Interested vendors and institutions should contact the exhibits chair, Jerry Sobieski (jerrys@umiacs.umd.edu). TUTORIALS AND WORKSHOPS Topical workshops and tutorials will be held on February 6, 1995. Proposals are solicited for either half day or full day tutorials and workshops. Researchers interested in giving a tutorial or organizing a workshop should send a proposal by July 18, 1994 to the appropriate Tutorial or Workshop Chair at the above address. POSTER SESSION The symposium will feature a poster session that will make it possible for researchers and practitioners to share their parallel machine experiences in an informal setting. Those interested in exhibiting their work in the poster session should submit a one page abstract to the program committee c/o Johanna Weinstein, at the above address by November 1, 1994. INVITED SPEAKERS: Tom Blank, Maspar Phil Colella, UC Berkeley Ken Kennedy, Rice University Burton Smith, Tera Computer PANELS AND ORGANIZERS: Scalable I/O: Paul Messina, Caltech/JPL Parallel C++: Carl Kesselman, Caltech NII Application -- Radiation Treatment Planning: Robert Martino, NIH Embedded Systems: David Schaefer, George Mason University HPF -- Vendor Perspective: Joel Saltz, University of Maryland General Chair Joel Saltz University of Maryland Program Chair Dennis Gannon Indiana University Program Vice Chairs Algorithms Mike Heath University of Illinois Applications Ridgway Scott University of Houston Architectures Thomas Sterling CESDIS/NASA GSFC Systems Software Fran Berman UC San Diego Tutorials Chair Sanjay Ranka Syracuse University Workshops Chair Tarek El-Ghazawi George Washington University Publications Chair Joseph Ja'Ja' University of Maryland Program Committee Ian Angus Boeing Ken Batcher Kent State University Donna Bergmark Cornell Theory Center Fran Berman University of California -- San Diego Tom Blank Maspar Randy Bramley Indiana University Marina Chen Yale University Alok Choudhary Syracuse University John Dorband NASA GSFC Tarek El-Ghazawi George Washington University Charbel Farhat University of Colorado Ian Foster Argonne National Lab Geoffrey Fox Syracuse University/NPAC Joan Francioni University of Louisiana Anoop Gupta Stanford University Satya Gupta Intel John Gurd University of Manchester Paul Havlak University of Maryland Mike Heath University of Illinois Jim Hendler University of Maryland Joseph Ja'Ja' University of Maryland Carl Kesselman CalTech Robert Knighten Intel Chuck Koelbel Rice University Monica Lam Stanford University Robert Martino National Institutes of Health Paul Messina Caltech/JPL Michael Norman NCSA Merrell Patrick NSF Serge Petiton Etablissement Technique Central de l'Armement Constantine Polychronopolous University of Illinois Bill Pugh University of Maryland Sanjay Ranka Syracuse University Dan Reed University of Illinois David Schaefer George Mason University Ridgeway Scott University of Houston Marc Snir IBM Guy Steele Thinking Machines Corporation Thomas Sterling CESDIS/NASA GSFC Ken Stevens NASA Ames Rick Stevens Argonne National Lab Alan Sussman University of Maryland Lew Tucker Thinking Machines Corporation Alex Veidenbaum University of Illinois Uzi Vishkin University of Maryland Pearl Wang George Mason University Joel Williamson Convex Steve Zalesak NASA GSFC Mary Zosel Lawrence Livermore National Lab Publicity Chair Mary Maloney Goroff Caltech CCSF Exhibits Chair Jerry Sobieski University of Maryland Industry Interface Chair Jim Fischer NASA GSFC Finance Chair Larry Davis University of Maryland Registration Chair Andrea Busada University of Maryland Local Arrangements Johanna Weinstein University of Maryland Steering Committee R. Michael Hord ERIM (chair) Hank Dardy NRL Larry Davis University of Maryland Judy Devaney NIST Jack Dongarra University Tennessee Knoxville, ORNL John Dorband NASA GSFC James Fischer NASA GSFC Paul Messina Caltech/JPL Merrill Patrick NSF David Schaefer George Mason University Paul Schneck MITRE H.J. Siegel Purdue University Francis Sullivan SRC Pearl Wang George Mason University -- Paul Havlak Dept. of Computer Science, A.V. Williams Bldg Postdoctoral Research Associate U. of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742-3255 High-Performance Systems Lab (301) 405-2697 (fax: -6707) havlak@cs.umd.edu