CAPPS 94 Update - 28 July 1994 [The latest version of this file can be found on the World Wide Web at http://cism.bus.utexas.edu/Announce/CAPPS.html ] The Second Annual CAPPS Conference Commercial Applications of Parallel Processing Systems October 17-19, 1994 Stouffer Hotel Austin, Texas Sponsored by * University of Texas at Austin - IC2 Institute - Graduate School of Business - Center for Information Systems Management * The RGK Foundation * HPCWire * Sybase * AT&T Global Information Solutions * Tandem Computers * Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation (MCC) This page contains the schedule, the registration form, and information on hotels and travel arrangements. Conference Schedule Monday, October 17, 1:00 - 5:00, Tutorials An Overview of Parallel Database Architectures and Performance Daniel Graham, Manager, Marketing Products Requirements IBM Power Parallel Systems The OSF Distributed Computing Environment Dr. Jeff Brumfield, Senior Lecturer The University of Texas at Austin Issues in Developing Business Applications on Parallel Computing Systems Prof. Glenn Graves, UCLA, Prof. Andrew Whinston, University of Texas Prof. Jan Stallaert, University of Texas 6:00 Reception Tuesday, October 18 8:00 Registration 8:30 Dr. Andrew Whinston, CISM, The University of Texas at Austin, Opening of Conference 8:40 Dr. George Kozmetsky, The University of Texas IC2 Institute, Welcome 8:45 Dr. Irving Wladawsky-Berger, General Mgr, Power Parallel Systems, IBM, Application Explosion and Parallel Technologies 9:30 Dr. Denis Deutsch, FirstBank, Early Users Experiences with IBM's Parallel Transaction Server 10:00 Break 10:30 Dr. Kim Mills, Northeast Parallel Architectures Center, Information on Demand -- Technologies and Applications 11:15 Dr. Aaron Goldberg, Lehman Bros., High Performance Computing on Wall Street: the Dispatcher Problem 12:00 Lunch 1:10 Mr. Kenneth Simonds, Chairman, MasPar, Decision Support For Large Enterprises: Experiences, Requirements and Expectations 1:50 Ms. Barbara Coluni, The MEDSTAT Group, Decision Support in Health Care Reform: Leveraging Information Assets via MasPar's Data-Parallelism 2:20 Break 2:40 Mr. James Horgan, Director of Service Delivery, Conrail, Is This Any Way to Run a Railroad: Changing the Way We Manage through Information Management 3:20 Matulka, Rothstein, Stakem and Kempster, Internal Revenue Service, Applicability of Parallel Processing to IRS's Tax Systems Modernization Program 4:00 Mr. Douglas Newall, VP of High-Performance Computing, Epsilon, Finding Martketing Patterns Using Parallel Processing 4:45 End of Day 5:30 Busses Depart for the Salt Lick Wednesday, October 19 7:30 Continental Breakfast 8:20 Mr. Edward Masi, President, Intel Supercomputing Division, TBD 9:00 Dr. Erik Carlson, Prudential Securities TBD 9:40 Break 10:00 Mr. Thomas Kraay, Booz-Allen & Hamilton, Principal Practical Grand Challenges to Commercial Industries 10:40 Dr. Daniel Schutzer, VP of Corporate Technology, CitiBank, Parallel Processing in the Financial Services Industry 11:20 Mr. A. D. Givens, Forward Trust House TBD 12:00 lunch 1:20 Dr. W. Derek Robb, Vice-President of Marketing, Cray Research Inc, Growing Your Business Through Data Analysis 2:00 DoE Representatives, Panel on Industrial Collaboration at DoE Labs 3:20 Break 3:40 Mr. Gary P. Smaby, President, The Smaby Group, Inc. Survival of the Fittest 4:10 Ms. Debra Goldfarb, Director, High Performance Research, IDC. TBD 4:40 Dr. Jim Browne, The University of Texas at Austin, Wrap-up Attendance is limited to a number that can be accommodated by the Conference facilities (about 250). Please register early. Target audience: Influential representatives from three distinct groups: Commercial/industrial/government users Vendors of parallel processing systems and software Researchers in the area of commercial parallel processing For more information on ... CAPPS 94 in general, contact Ed Krall and Richard Brice Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation 3500 West Balcones Center Drive Austin, TX 78759-5398 or Andy Whinston The University of Texas at Austin Center for Information Systems Management Austin, TX 78712 CAPPS 94 Tutorials, contact Herb Schwetman Mesquite Software Inc 512-338-9153 hds@zilker.net CAPPS 94 Local Arrangements, contact Melissa Brown RGK Foundation 2815 San Gabriel Austin, TX, 78705 512-474-9298 CAPPS 94 Publicity Michael Bernhardt The Bernhardt Agency 319 SW Washington Mezzanine Level Portland, OR 97204 Phone: 503-226-6452 FAX: 503-243-2142 bernhardt1@aol.com ________________________________________________________________ Special Thanks to... * Chris Rooke, Tandem Computers * John Reagan and Wayne Boyle, AT&T Global Information Solutions * John Ellard, Sybase Corporation ________________________________________________________________ Organizing Committee Dr. Richard Brice, MCC, 512-338-3429, rsb@mcc.com Ms. Melissa Brown, RGK Foundation, 512-474-9298, Melissa_+a_RGK_+lMelissa+_Brown+r%RGK@mcimail.com Dr. James Browne, Department of Computer Science, University of Texas, 512-471-9579, browne@cs.utexas.edu Dr. J A Keane, University of Manchester, jak@computer-science.manchester.ac.uk Dr. Edward Krall, MCC, 512-338-3406, krall@mcc.com Dr. Joanne Martin, IBM Corporation 914-385-9572, Jmartin@vnet.ibm.com Ms. Beckie McCleery, MCC, 512-338-3421, mccleery@mcc.com Dr. Lutz Richter, University of Zurich, richter@ifi.unizh.ch Dr. Herb Schwetman, Mesquite Software, 512-343-6513, hds@zilker.net Dr. Lisa Sokol, MRJ Corporation, lsokol@mrj.com Mr. Tom Tabor, HPCWire, tabor@hpcwire.ans.net Dr. Andrew Whinston, Graduate School of Business, University of Texas, 512-471-8879 abw@uts.cc.utexas.edu Registration Form Name:(Prof., Dr., Mr., Ms., Mrs.) First: Middle: Last: Title: Organization: Address: City: State: Zip: Country: Telephone: wk Telephone: hm (emergency use only) Fax: Email: Which days do you plan to attend? __ Monday, October 17 reception @ Stouffer __ Tuesday, October 18 lunch __ Tuesday, October 18 dinner @ Salt Lick __ Wednesday, October 19 lunch Registration Fee The registration fee is $300.00 U.S. payable to the RGK FOUNDATION for those who register before September 19, 1994. After this date, the registration fee is $400.00. Payment must be made by money order or check in U.S. dollars. You may register by fax or email to reserve a place, but payment must be made by September 19, 1994. Tutorials The tutorials fee is $200.00 ($225.00 after September 19, 1994). __ Please register me for a tutorial #___ Please complete and mail this registration form along with the registration fee before the registration deadline Monday, October 3, 1994 to: CAPPS 94 CONFERENCE RGK Foundation 2815 San Gabriel Austin, TX 78705 Phone: 512-474-9298, Fax: 512-499-0245 Email: Melissa_+a_RGK_+lMelissa+_Brown+r%RGK@mcimail.com Cancellations In order to receive a full refund, cancellations must be made before September 19, 1994. After September 19, the refund is the registration fee minus $50 through October 9, 1994. No refunds will be given after October 10, 1994. Hotel and Travel Hotel We have reserved a block of rooms at the Stouffer Austin Hotel, 9721 Arboretum Boulevard, Austin, Texas 78759. The conference rate is $103.00-Singles/$113.00-Doubles for reservations made by Wednesday, September 21, 1994. After this date, the conference rate and room availability cannot be guaranteed. You are responsible for making your own hotel reservations by calling the Stouffer at (512) 343-2626 and mentioning the CAPPS `94 Conference. Airline Information American Airlines is offering a special discount rate for travel to the conference. You are responsible for making your own airline reservations by calling the American Airlines Meeting Services Desk. This special rate may be obtained by calling 1-800-433-1790 and asking for Starfile Number S09-O-4P6. You may call this number between 7:00 a.m. and 12:00 midnight central time seven days a week. In order to receive the meeting discount you must identify the above Starfile Number when calling the 800 number. -- / Edward J. Krall | AT&T G I S \ | Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation | krall@mcc.com | | 3500 West Balcones Center Drive | (512) 338-3406 | \ Austin, Texas 78759-5398 | FAX --> -3892 /