ICASE/NASA Langley Workshop on Parallel Numerical Algorithms, 23-25 May 94

Purpose:
To acquaint developers of high-performance applications codes based on
partial differential equations or integral equations with the state of
the art in core areas of algorithms and the parallel computational
environment, and to engage representative experts from the algorithms
community in discussions about their applicability.

Rationale:
A principal parallel challenge in large computational fluid dynamics,
computational structural mechanics, and computational electricity and
magnetism problems is the implicit solution process.  Hence, these
applications areas meet in a common algorithmic core.  However, results
on model problems are often not transferable.  The workshop will promote
more useful development and more rapid integration of parallel
algorithms in high-performance NASA-related applications.

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Keynote Address:
Algorithmic Requirements in Aerospace Computations, Tom Zang, NASA Langley

Linear System Solvers:
dense methods -- James Demmel, Univ. of California-Berkeley
sparse direct methods -- Mike Heath, Univ. of Illinois-Urbana
sparse iterative methods -- Henk Van der Vorst, Univ. of Utrecht
eigensolvers -- Dan Sorensen, Rice University

Preconditioning Methods:
approximate and incomplete factorizations -- Tony Chan, UCLA
multilevel methods -- Steve McCormick, Univ. of Colorado-Boulder
domain decomposition methods -- Barry Smith, UCLA

Fast Transforms, Fast Summation, and Fast Operator Application:
FFTs and generalized transforms -- Richard Pelz, Rutgers University
fast multipole methods -- Jacob White, MIT
multiresolution application of operators -- Ami Harten, Tel-Aviv University

Tools and Environments:
decomposition and mapping methods -- Alex Pothen, Old Dominion Univ./ICASE
compiler and run-time environments -- Dennis Gannon, UIPUI

Performance:
performance metrics and benchmarking -- David Bailey, NASA Ames
performance ``debugging'' -- Bill Gropp, Argonne National Laboratory
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Venue:
Hampton Radisson, Hampton, Virginia

Attendance:
Limited to 75.  Applicants considered on a space available, first-come, 
first-served basis.

Registration Fee:
Approximately $50 (to be determined)

For further workshop and hotel information:
Contact Emily Todd, Conference Coordinator, ICASE (emily@icase.edu,
804-864-2174)