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	| High Performance Computing Symposium'95 (HPCS'95) |
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	| July 10-12 1995, Montreal, Canada		    |
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	| First Announcement and Call for Papers...         |
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High performance is a key issue for solving today's most challenging
computational problems such advanced numerical simulations, large-scale CFD, 
3D animation, interactive imaging, large network optimization, complex drug
design, genome analysis, massive data handling, complex commercial
applications, etc.  These applications require enormous computation power,
massive memories and fast communication media using state-of-the-art
technology.  At the same time, the ever increasing complex hardware must be
made useable through advanced software, including sophisticated
but easy-to-use compilers and performance visualization tools.

High Performance Computing Symposium'95 (HPCS'95) is inviting specialists from
various fields involved in high performance computing to exchange their
results, experiences and ideas. These include engineers, scientists and users
of parallel computers, parallel computer developers/vendors and computer
scientists.  Technical paper sessions, panel discussions and a vendor exhibit
will be organized in such a way as to promote synergy between the disciplines.

This conference is being organized, this time, by the Centre de recherche
informatique de Montreal (CRIM) under the sponsorship of the SuperCan
committee. It is the continuation of the previously called Supercomputing
Symposium that has taken place annually in Canada since 1987.  In 1993, the
conference was held in Toronto and in 1992 in Calgary.

HPCS'95 will be held in Montreal, at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel, 
from July 10th to July 12th, 1995.

The topics of HPCS'95 are (but not restricted to):

High-performance computing: systems and tools
	- heterogeneous/cluster computing (NOWs)
	- programming/execution models
	- compilers and tools
	- operating systems (parallel I/Os)

High-performance communications: methods and applications
	- low-level communication libraries
	- ATM networks for high performance computing
	- parallel communication software
	- network simulation/optimization

Numerical modeling and methods
	- computational fluid dynamics
	- computational chemistry and physics
	- weather/climate modeling and environmental studies
	- industrial numerical applications

Parallel imaging and visualization
	- GIS
	- medical imaging
	- virtual reality/animation
	- solid modeling

Parallel databases, non-numerical algorithms and applications
	- database languages and compilers
	- parallel AI
	- combinatorial optimization (genetics)
	- commercial applications (data mining)

The program committee members of HPCS'95 are:

F. Andre (Irisa - Rennes, France)
M. Annaratone (Digital - Maynard, USA)
C. Baru (IBM Toronto Labs - Toronto, Canada)
L. Bauwens (U. of Calgary, Calgary, Canada)
F. Bodin (Irisa - Rennes, France)
U. Bruening (GMD - Berlin, Germany)
B. Chaib-Draa (Laval U. - Quebec, Canada)
T. Crainic (CRT - Montreal, Canada)
M. Dayde (ENSEEIHT-IRIT - Toulouse, France)
R. Duquette (IREQ - Varennes, Canada)
P. Feautrier (U. de Versailles - Paris, France)
M. Feeley (U. de Montreal - Montreal, Canada)
D. Gannon (Indiana U. - Indiana, USA)
G. R. Gao (McGill U. - Montreal, Canada)
B. Goulard (U. de Montreal - Montreal, Canada)
W. Habashi (Concordia U. and CERCA - Montreal, Canada)
H. Hum (Concordia U. - Montreal, Canada)
L. Mason (INRS - Montreal, Canada)
S. Miguet (LIP - Lyon, France)
R. Noumeir (ETS - Montreal, Canada)
B. O'Farrell (IBM - Toronto, Canada)
N. Paris (Hyperparallel - Paris, France)
Y. Robert (LIP - Lyon, France)
J.-F. Rotge (U. de Montreal - Montreal, Canada)
Y. Savaria (E. Polytechnique - Montreal, Canada)
A. Schaffer (Rice - Houston, USA)
A. Singh (U. of Waterloo - Waterloo, Canada)
A. Skorek (UQTR - Trois-Rivieres, Canada)
S. Thomas (RPN - Dorval, Canada)
B. Tourancheau (LIP - Lyon, France)
G. Vezina (CRDV - Quebec, Canada)
G. T. Vuong (HQ - Montreal, Canada)

Authors should submit three copies of their full paper by February 15th 1995.
Papers should not exceed 15 pages in single space, 12pt, including figures and
references.  Papers will be selected according to their scientific merit and
the quality of their presentation. In particular, multi-disciplinary papers
addressing several of the above-mentioned topics are encouraged.
Papers must be sent to the following address.

Dr. V. Van Dongen 
Centre de recherche informatique de Montreal
1801 McGill College Avenue, suite 800
H3A 2N4, Montreal, PQ, Canada

e-mail: Vincent.Van_Dongen@crim.ca
Tel: (1-514) 398 5404
Fax: (1-514) 398 1244

Important deadlines:
	- Paper submission due February 15th 1995.
	- Notification of acceptance by April 15th 1995.
	- Camera-ready papers due May 15th 1995.

The information related to the conference may be accessed via
anonymous ftp at ftp.crim.ca, in the directory /apar/public/HPCS95.