CONFERENCES 2910) ISUG '94 HPCwire ============================================================================= ISUG-94 SAN DIEGO, CALIF. JUNE 26-29, 1994 ISUG-94 will be hosted by the San Diego Supercomputer Center and held on the University of California, San Diego campus in La Jolla, CA. Here's your chance to exchange experiences with other Intel supercomputer users, hear the latest research findings-and present your own. Attend Special Interest Group meetings on a variety of topics. Be a guest on SDSC's 400-node Paragon system for the week. Amplify your voice as you join with other users to influence Intel's product and technology focus. Program Highlights * Workshops, tutorials, paper presentations and invited talks reflecting viewpoints from industry and academia. * Four focus tracks: Data visualization Real-world applications Operating systems and performance tools Data management and I/O * Special Paragon System Tutorial Workshop on June 25 offering an introduction to parallel computing on the Intel Paragon system. Attendance is limited to 60 participants, and the first 30 registrants will have hands-on seating. * Plus a beach party and an evening at the world-famous Scripps Aquarium Conference Facilities * Guest accounts on the Intel Paragon system at SDSC * Ethernet network connected to the Internet, with telnet access to SDSC and the Internet provided on workstations and Macintosh computers To Register * Request registration form by sending e-mail to isug94@sdsc.edu, sending a fax to 619-534-5113, or writing to ISUG-94, San Diego Supercomputer Center, P.O. Box 85608, San Diego, CA 92186-9784, USA Conference Fees * $150.00 standard * $75.00 student Preliminary Program The 1994 Intel Supercomputer Users Group (ISUG) conference, ISUG-94, will be held on the University of California, San Diego, campus in La Jolla. This year's conference is hosted by the San Diego Supercomputer Center. Telnet access to SDSC and the Internet will be provided on site. Each attendee will be given for the conference week a guest account on SDSC's 400-node Paragon and an SDSC Parallel User Guide. ISUG-94 has four focus tracks, plus two additional sessions on compilers and software development. The four focus tracks are data visualization; real world applications; operating systems and performance tools; plus I/O, communication, and data management. Several presenters will provide live demonstrations of their work. A special panel discussion on Tuesday will discuss short and long term challenges for high-performance computing. All sessions are plenary and will be held in UCSD's Price Center Ballroom. The workshop will be held at the SDSC Auditorium. Saturday, June 25 1:00 pm-5:00 pm Workshop for New Paragon Users A special workshop will be held on Saturday to orient new Paragon users. This will be a half-day rendition of SDSC's two-day "Parallel Computing" workshop introducing you to parallel computing on the Intel Paragon. Topics include approaches to parallelism, Paragon hardware, debugging, optimization, and software tools. Workshop attendance is limited to 60 participants. The first 20 registrants will have hands-on seating at the workshop. Familiarity with UNIX is desirable. Sunday, June 26 9:00 am Opening of ISUG-94 Leigh Ann Tanner, NASA Ames 9:10 am Welcoming Address Sid Karin, San Diego Supercomputer Center 9:40 am Opening Remarks Ed Masi, Intel SSD 10:00 am Break Session 1: "Data Visualization" Chair: Richard Frost, San Diego Supercomputer Center 10:20 am Keynote speaker: Terry Cole, Jet Propulsion Laboratory 11:05 am "Design Considerations for Parallel Graphics Libraries" T. Crockett, ICASE 12:00 noon Lunch Break 1:00 pm "Scalar Field Modeling and Visualization on the Intel Delta" C. Bajaj and Kwun-Nan Lin, Purdue University 1:20 pm "Performance Visualization of Parallel Programs - The PARVis Environment" W. E. Nagel and A. Arnold, Central Institute for Applied Mathematics, KFA Julich (Germany) 1:40 pm "VisLite: A Light-Duty Visualization Library for the Intel Paragon" R. Frost and N. Priebe, San Diego Supercomputer Center Session 2: "Compilers" Chair: Judy Guist, Intel SSD 2:00 pm "Results from Using High Performance Fortran on the Intel Paragon" J. Levesque, Applied Parallel Research 2:20 pm "Preliminary Performance Results of HPF Programs on Paragon" V. Schuster, The Portland Group 2:40 pm "Driving Forces in the Evolution of the Paragon C and f77 Optimizing Compilers" H. Mayer, Intel SSD 3:00pm Break Session 3: "Software Development" Chair: Osman Yasar, University of Wisconsin 3:20 pm "Using the Insight Runtime Debugger on the Paragon" D. Morgenthaler, San Diego Supercomputer Center 3:40 pm "Parallel Programming with Labeled Memory" B. Bagheri, University of Houston 4:00 pm "Recent Experiences with Large Scale Applications on Sandia's Paragon" S. Plimpton, Sandia National Laboratory 4:20 pm "Parallel Multiple Shooting on the Paragon XP/S, iPSC and Clusters of Workstations: Aims, Porting Efforts, and Performance Evaluation" M. Schumann, G. Steller, S. Lamberts, M. Kiehl, R. Mehlhorn, T. Ludwig, and A. Bode, Technical University M=B8nchen (Germany) 4:40 pm "The Effects of Partition Fragmentation on Paragon Computation and Communication Timings" A. Rao, S. Goldman, and R. Frost, San Diego Supercomputer Center 5:00 pm Break 5:15 pm VisiSIG meeting 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm OPENING RECEPTION and TOUR San Diego Supercomputer Center Monday, June 27 9:00 am Conference announcements 9:10 am Keynote speaker: Bob Martino, National Institutes of Health Session 4: "Real World Applications I" Chair: Mike Leuze, Oak Ridge National Laboratory 9:45 am "On the Formation of Knotted Structures in Magnetically Collimated Relativistic Jets" M. H. P. M. van Putten, University of California at Santa Barbara 10:05 am "Simulating a Multi-Target Acoustic Array on the Intel Paragon" E. J. Wegman and C. A. Jones, George Mason University 10:25 am Break 10:40 am "Parallelizing the Quasi-Nonhydrostatic Meteorological Model for the Intel Paragon" C. F. Baillie, A. E. MacDonald, and S. Sun, NOAA Forecast Systems Laboratory, Boulder Colorado 11:00 am "Numerical Simulation of a Combustion Problem on a Paragon Machine" Desprez, University of Tennessee; M. Garbey, Claude Bernard University, Lyon (France) 11:20 am "A Parallel Method to Maximize the Fisher Information Matrix" W. L. Poston and J. L. Solka, Naval Surface Warfare Center 11:40 am "Parallelization of HIRLAM on the Intel Paragon" R. Skalin, Norwegian Institute of Technology; D. Bjorge, Norwegian Meteorological Institute; I. Lie, NDRE (Norway) 12:00 noon Lunch break Session 5: "Real-World Applications II" Chair: Gary Lamont, Air Force Institute of Technology 1:00 pm "Distributed Multiple Minimum Degree Ordering for Sparse Matrix Factorization" M. Ghose and E. Rothberg, Intel SSD 1:20 pm "FFTs for Non Power of Two Sequences on Distributed Memory Multiprocessors" D. Semarao, Oak Ridge National Laboratory 1:40 pm "The Performance of Parallel Stationary Iterative Methods on Distributed Memory Machines" Sang-Bae Kim, E. N. Houstis, A. Hadjidimos, and J. R. Rice, Purdue University 2:00 pm "Implementation of a Multigrid Elliptic Solver on Intel Parallel Systems" J. Lou, Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2:20 pm "An Integrated Parallel Finite Element System for Multi-Physics Applications" S. Nolting and H. Friz, University of Stuttgart (Germany) 2:40 pm Break Session 6: "Real-World Applications III" Chair: Marilynn Livingston, Southern Illinois University 3:00 pm "Application of the Parallel Fast Messy Genetic Algorithm to the Protein Folding Problem" L. D. Merkele, G. H. Gates, Jr., and G. B. Lamont, Air Force Institute of Technology 3:20 pm "PEPSE: Parallel Electromagnetics Problem Solving Environment" R. Perala, Electro Magnetic Applications, Inc.; D. Spicer; British Aerospace, Ltd. 3:40 pm "Experience Building a Scalable Parallel Programming Environment" D. Cottel, P. Partow, NRaD 4:00 pm "Comparison of PICARD on Two Intel Paragon Operating Systems" B. M. Minor, L. J. Chandler, P. J. Helles, J. S. Wagner, and J. S. Trahan, Phillips Laboratories, KAFB 4:20 pm "Numerical Simulation of Stratified Turbulent Flows on Intel Parallel Supercomputers" R. P.Garg, J. H. Ferziger, S. G. Monismith, and J. R. Koseff, Stanford University 4:40 pm "Calculations of Plasma Particles and Magnetic Fields with MIMD Parallel and Vector Computers" S. Ido, A. Shibata, K. Nakamura, and H. Hasebe, Saiatama University (Japan) 5:00 pm Break 5:15 pm Education SIG Meeting 6:45 pm Buses depart FROM HOTELS FOR AQUARIUM-MUSEUM 7:00 pm Buffet Reception at STEPHEN BIRCH Aquarium-MUSEUM Tuesday, June 28 9:00 am Conference announcements 9:10 am Keynote speaker: Justin Rattner, Intel SSD Session 7: "OS and Performance Tools I" Chair: Dan Marinescu, Purdue University 9:45am "Performance Tools for the Paragon" W. Auld, Intel SSD 10:05 am "Paragon Performance, a Year in Review" J. Baugh, Intel SSD 10:25 am Break 10:40 am "VCF: A Connection-Based Message-Passing Facility" M. Pandit, Intel SSD 11:00 am Panel discussion "Short- and Long-Term Challenges for High-Performance Computing" Moderator: Dan Marinescu, Purdue University John Levesque, Applied Parallel Research Arthur Maccabe, University of New Mexico Bob Martino, National Institutes of Health Reagan Moore, San Diego Supercomputer Center Justin Rattner, Intel SSD David Walker, Oak Ridge National Laboratory 12:00 noon Lunch break Session 8: "OS and Performance Tools II" Chair: Reagan Moore, San Diego Supercomputer Center 1:00 pm "The Message Passing Interface" D. Walker, Oak Ridge National Laboratory 1:40 pm "Programming with the Message Passing Interface" R. Knighten, Intel SSD 2:00 pm "OSF/1 on the Paragon: Past, Present and Future" T. Merrow, Intel SSD 2:40 pm Break Session 9: "OS and Performance Tools III" Chair: David Walker, Oak Ridge National Laboratory 3:00 pm Tutorial: "SUNMOS on the Intel Paragon" R. Riesen and S. Wheat, Sandia National Laboratory; A. Maccabe, University of New Mexico 4:00 pm "Experiences with SUNMOS on the Paragon XP/S-15" B. Traversat, W. Nitzberg, and S. Fineberg, NASA Ames 4:20 pm "Paragon System Usage" G. Kremenek, San Diego Supercomputer Center 4:40 pm "Paragon Throughput Analysis" K. Steube, San Diego Supercomputer Center 5:00 pm Break 5:15 pm Concurrent I/O SIG Wednesday, June 29 9:00 am CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENTS 9:10 am "European Users' Group Activities Update" Thierry Priol, IRISA (France) 9:20 am Keynote speaker: Chuck Mosher, ARCO Session 10: "I/O, Communication, and Data Management I" Chair: Leigh Ann Tanner, NASA Ames 9:40 am "Paragon I/O Overview" J. Carter, Intel SSD 10:20 am* Break 10:40 am "Maximum Strategy HPC File Server Project" E. Calkins, Maximum Strategy, Inc. 11:00 am Tutorial: "Doing Collective Communication Right" R. van de Geij, University of Texas; D. Payne, Intel SSD 12:00 noon Lunch break Session 11: "I/O, Communication, and Data Management II" Chair: David Payne, Intel SSD 1:00 pm "A Fast Implementation of the NASA Ames Parallel Application I/O Benchmark on a Paragon MIMD Supercomputer" T. N. Phung, E. Kushner, and D. Minturn, Intel SSD 1:20 pm Tutorial: "Obtaining High Communication Performance on the Intel Paragon Under R1.2" W. Saphir, NASA Ames 2:00 pm "The Parallel File System on the Intel Paragon" B. Rullman, Intel SSD 2:40 pm Break Session 12: "I/O, Communication, and Data Management III" Chair: Chuck Mosher, ARCO 3:00 pm "Active Messages Versus Explicit Messages Under SUNMOS" R. Riesen and S. Wheat, Sandia National Laboratory; A. Maccabe, University of New Mexico 3:20 pm "Low Latency Remote Memory Access on the Intel Paragon" M. Rosing, Pacific Northwest Laboratories; P. Pierce, Intel SSD 3:40 pm "NX Message Buffering on the Paragon" G. Regnier; Intel SSD 4:00 pm Tutorial: "Programming with LPARX" S. Baden and S. Kohn, University of California at San Diego 5:00 pm Break 5:15 pm Tools SIG Meeting 6:00pm CLOSING RECEPTION AND BARBEQUE Price Center Plaza EXHIBITOR INFORMATION Representatives from industry and academia will exhibit in the lobby immediately outside the main conference hall between 9:00 am and 5:00 pm each day. Applied Parallel Research (APR) APR will provide a demonstration of their benchmark software and High- Performance Fortran compilation system on the Intel Paragon. HPCWire HPCWire is an electronic magazine which publishes the latest news in high- performance computing, plus analyses, benchmarks, and special features. Conference attendees are eligible for a free trial subscription. IEEE Computer Society The IEEE Computer Society will exhibit and sell the latest of its books and magazines of interest to Intel Supercomputer users. UCSD Scott B. Baden and Scott R. Kohn will demonstrate LPARX, a C++ class library for building portable implementations of parallel applications. Maximum Strategy Maximum Strategy is a world leader in large-capacity storage solutions for high-performance computing environments. They will demonstrate storage solutions for the Intel Paragon computer. Portland Group The Portland Group is a leading developer of HPF and C++ compilers for the Intel Paragon. Product information will be available. SIAM SIAM will display sample publications and brochures. ON-SITE REGISTRATION Attendees are encouraged to register in advance to guarantee seating and hotel accommodations. All conference materials, including the final program and proceedings, will be handed out to registrants upon arrival. The registration and information desk will be open at the following times and places: Saturday, June 25 12:00 noon-4:00 pm at SDSC (tutorial attendees only) 1:00 pm-5:00 pm at UCSD Price Center (all other attendees) Sunday & Monday, June 26-27 7:30 am-5:00 pm at UCSD Price Center Tuesday & Wednesday, June 28-29 8:30 am-5:00 pm at UCSD Price Center Note: Saturday workshop attendance is limited to 60 participants. MEALS Lunch will be provided on Sunday, June 26. Refreshments will be served during all morning and afternoon breaks. The Price Center food court will offer a wide assortment of lunch options for about $5 per meal Monday-Wednesday, June 27-29. Food will also be served at the special events on Sunday, Monday, and Wednesday evenings, but reservations are required. OTHER FEATURES OPENING RECEPTION A reception and tour of the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) will be held Sunday evening from 6 pm to 8 pm. SDSC is a national computational science and engineering laboratory which receives substantial funding from the National Science Foundation. Monday Night BUFFET Join us from 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm on Monday evening for a reception and tour at the Stephen Birch Aquarium-Museum, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, sponsored by Intel SSD. This complimentary reception includes live music and a buffet. Guests may attend at $20.00 each for adults and $10.00 each for children. Wednesday Evening BARBEQUE A closing reception sponsored by Applied Parallel Research, HPCWire, Intel SSD, and the Portland Group will be held Wednesday evening from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm at the Price Center Plaza. Enjoy live Jamaican jazz and dancing. The Hotels Special rates have been negotiated with two nearby hotels for ISUG participants. Complimentary shuttle buses will transport participants to and from the conference. To ensure that you receive the conference rate, reservations must be made prior to June 3, 1994. Each hotel offers: * Complimentary buffet breakfast and daily newspaper * Complimentary social hour Monday-Friday, including heavy hors d'oeuvres (light meal) and full bar * Complimentary airport transportation * Daily housekeeping The Residence Inn offers the following special features: * Suites with fully equipped kitchens, including microwaves, full-sized appliances, and all utensils * Nearby dining: El Torito and The Elephant Bar The Radisson Hotel La Jolla offers the following special features: * Rooms equipped with coffee makers, hair dryers, and video players * On-site dining: Humphrey's La Jolla Grill and Shooters Lounge Residence Inn rates for ISUG participants are: * Studio suite (1 bed/1 bath) rate: $75.00 plus tax, single occupancy * Penthouse Suite (2 bed/2 bath) rate: $129.00 plus tax; $64.50 per person double occupancy, $43.00 per person triple occupancy Radisson Hotel La Jolla rates for ISUG participants are: * King room (1 king-sized bed/1 bath) rate: $75.00 plus tax, single occupancy * Queen room (2 queen-sized beds/1 bath) rate: $85.00 plus tax; $42.50 per person double occupancy TRANSPORTATION & PARKING Complimentary shuttles will be provided to and from the airport and the conference by the hotels. To assist the hotels with their transportation schedules, please notify the hotel clerk of your anticipated transit needs upon arrival. Transportation will also be provided from the conference and hotels to the special events on Monday and Wednesday evening. GENERAL DIRECTIONS: The University of California at San Diego (UCSD) is located in La Jolla, approximately 15 miles north of downtown San Diego. From the airport, follow signs to Interstate 5 north. From the Los Angeles area, take Interstate 405/5 south approximately 75 miles. Directions to hotels: Exit Interstate 5 at La Jolla Village Drive and travel west. Radisson - Make a U-turn 1 block from the freeway at the intersection of Villa La Jolla Drive. Hotel is on the right. Residence Inn - Exit right to Gilman Drive two blocks from the freeway and turn left (south) at the stop sign. Hotel is first venue on left. Directions to conference: Proceed north on Gilman Drive from Villa La Jolla. A parking permit ($4 per day) and map can be obtained from the information booth on the right. Note: On-campus parking is limited. Saturday's tutorial will be held at SDSC, at the north end of the UCSD campus. Parking at SDSC is free on Saturday to all tutorial participants. All other events will be held in UCSD's Price Center Ballroom. Registration Form ISUG-94 San Diego Supercomputer Center P.O. Box 85608 San Diego, CA 92186-9784 Please type or block print separate registration forms for each Conference attendee. Mail completed forms to above address, or send electronically to isug94@sdsc.edu (e-mail) or 619-534-5113 (fax). Advanced payment by mail is preferred. Make checks payable to ISUG-94. All payment must be in U.S. dollars. Credit cards or invoices for registration fees are not accepted. 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