- CALL FOR PAPERS - CALL FOR PAPERS - CALL FOR PAPERS - CALL FOR PAPERS - First European PVM Users' Group Meeting Rome, Italy October 9-11 1994, Universita' di Roma, Rome - CALL FOR PAPERS - CALL FOR PAPERS - CALL FOR PAPERS - CALL FOR PAPERS - Sponsored by IBM European Center for Scientific and Engineering Computing Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon CASPUR c/o Universita' di Roma The first European PVM Users Group Meeting will be held October 9 to 11, 1994, at the Conference Center of the University of Rome, Via Salaria 113, Rome, Italy. The meeting will provide an opportunity for European users of PVM to meet each other, share ideas and experiences, and meet some of the members of the PVM Team. The conference will include: * Invited talks by: Wolfgang Gentzsch (Genias, Germany), Vaidy Sunderam (Emory University), Bernard Tourancheau (LIP, France), * Contributed papers from the PVM user community. * Technical presentations by the developers of PVM. (Including a feedback session on future directions and features) * Vendor presentations on supported PVM products. * Social activities. * Tutorial Session (Sunday 9th) by: Adam Beguelin (CMU, USA), Robert Manchek (UT, USA). There will be Conference Registration/Reception at the conference location. The registration desk opens, for the tutorial session, at 9:00 AM on Sunday and at 9:00 AM on Monday for the conference. The Future Directions session ends at 17:00 PM Tuesday. =========================================================================== COMMITTEES Program Chair: Michel Cosnard (LIP, ENS Lyon) cosnard@lip.ens-lyon.fr (+33) 7272 8080 (fax) Renzo Di Antonio (IBM ECSEC) dantonio@romesc.vnet.ibm.com (+39) 6.5966.5548 (fax) Jack Dongarra (University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Lab.) dongarra@cs.utk.edu (615) 974-8296 (fax) Giovanni Aloisio (Universita' di Lecce) gax@astrba.ba.cnr.it gax@ibade.ba.infn.it Organization Chair: Giorgio Richelli (IBM ECSEC) giorgio@vnet.ibm.com Frederic Desprez (LIP ENS Lyon) DESPREZ@cs.utk.edu Romano Bizzarri (CASPUR c/o Universita' di Roma) bizzarri@caspur.it Program Committee: Fabrizio Baiardi (Universita di Pisa), Giovanni Aloisio (Universita' di Lecce), Adam Beguelin (Carnegie Mellon University), Serge Chaumette (LABRI, Bordeaux), Marc Garbey (LAN1-Lyon), Al Geist (Oak Ridge Nat. Lab.), Marc Gengler (LITH, EPF Lausanne), Thomas Ludwig (Technische Universitaet, Muenchen), Robert Manchek (University of Tennessee), Pierre Manneback (Universit\'e Polytechnique de Mons), Vaidy Sunderam (Emory University), Piero Sguazzero (IBM ECSEC), Pavel Tvrdik (Faculty of Elec. Eng., CTU), Stephane Ubeda (Universite de Saint-Etienne). Organization Comm.: Giulia Caliari (IBM ECSEC) Salvatore Filippone (IBM ECSEC) Stefano Patarnello (IBM ECSEC) Giorgio Richelli (IBM ECSEC) Nico Sanna (CASPUR c/o Universita' di Roma) ============================================================================= Call For Papers We invite everyone with PVM ideas or experiences to submit abstracts of papers and posters for possible presentation at the Users' Group meeting. List of topics includes (but is not limited to): The PVM system: Tools Libraries Extensions and Improvements Vendors Implementations Programming Environments .... Algorithms: Numerical Kernels Scheduling and Load Balancing Benchmarking and Pseudo-Applications .... Real-world Parallel Applications: CFD Image Processing Structural Analysis Chemistry Aerodynamics .... Authors are requested to submit a 4-pages extended abstract before September 15, 1994. Abstracts will be reviewed and authors notified of their acceptance by October 1. Any special equipment required for the talk should also be indicated in the abstract. Abstracts should be submitted in postscript form by e-mail to europvm@lip.ens-lyon.fr. ============================================================================= REGISTRATION The registration fee for the meeting is 130.000 Lit. (approx. 75 U.S.D.), and includes the reception, lunches and coffee breaks and Tuesday's banquet. If you wish to attend the tutorial session, there is an additional registration fee of 160.000 Lit. (approx. 90 U.S.D.) If you want to pay in advance, please fill in the attached registration form, and return the registration form to by either fax or email to: PVM Users' Group Meeting Registration Attn. Silvia Rosati, pvmug@vnet.ibm.com Fax : (+39) 6.5966.5548 The fee can also be payed by remittance on the following bank account: c/c n 9457824/01/57 Banca Commerciale Italiana Succursale di Segrate - Milan (Italy) Sort code: ABI = 02002 CAB = 20600 On-site cash payments will be accepted only in Italian currency. If you want to pay on-site, we ask that you still fill out the registration form and return it for registration. This will allow us to get an accurate head count for planning purposes. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FIRST EUROPEAN PVM USERS' GROUP MEETING REGISTRATION FORM Name _________________________________________________________________________ Company ______________________________________________________________________ Address/Mailstop______________________________________________________________ City/State/Zip/Country _______________________________________________________ Daytime Phone Number _________________________________________________________ Fax number __________________________ Email __________________________________ Do you have any special needs? _______________________________________________ Meeting Registration 130.000 Lit. [ ] Tutorial: 160.000 Lit. [ ] Credit Card: American Express [ ] Diners [ ] Card Number ____________________________________________ Cardholder Name ____________________________________________ Expiration Date ______________ Today's Date ________________ ============================================================================= HOTEL REGISTRATION A limited number of rooms have been blocked out in a number of different Hotels for the PVM meeting. BE SURE TO MAKE YOUR ROOM RESERVATIONS BEFORE SEPTEMBER 25TH. Rooms will be held until 5 P.M. of the expected arrival day, unless guaranteed with an accepted credit card. Check-in time is after 1:00 PM and check-out time is noon. Reservation requests must be made before September 25th, 1994. After this date, reservations will be based upon room availability. Cancellations made after 5 P.M. of the check-in day will be billed one night's room and tax. All of the hotels are located downtown and within a short distance. A shuttle bus, between some meeting points adjacent to the hotels and the conference location will be available on Monday and Tuesday. ========= Hotel List ========= Name Rating Price (Lit.) Address Single Double -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jolly **** 270.000 310.000 Corso Italia 1 Mediterraneo **** 198.000 264.000 Via Cavour 15 D'Azeglio **** 170.000 n.a. Via Cavour 18 Atlantico **** 149.000 200.000 Via Cavour 23 San Giorgio **** 149.000 200.000 Via Amendola 61 Nord Nuova Roma *** 122.000 162.000 Via Amendola 3 ============================================================================= **** HOTEL REGISTRATION FORM **** (This form should be mailed to the European PVM Users' Group Registration and NOT to the hotel) Name _________________________________________________________________________ Sharing With _________________________________________________________________ Institution __________________________________________________________________ Address ______________________________________________________________________ City _____________________________________ State__________ Zip _______________ Hotel Requested ______________________________________________________________ Daytime Phone ________________________ Evening Phone _______________________ Check In _____/October/94 Arrival Time _____________ Check Out_____/October/94 Departure Time _____________ Double [ ] Single [ ] Smoking Room [ ] Non-Smoking Room (Where available) [ ] Number of people in room _______ Credit Card: American Express [ ] Visa [ ] Diners [ ] MasterCard [ ] Card Number ________________________________________________ Cardholder Name ____________________________________________ Expiration Date ______________ Today's Date ________________ ============================================================================= TRANSPORTATION The Rome airport "Leonardo da Vinci" is located about 20Km south-west of the city; in order to reach the hotels there are the following alternatives: * Underground to either the "Ostiense" or "Termini" trail stations and then a taxi to the hotel. * Taxis or limousines directly from the airport. On October 10 and 11, a shuttle bus will be available between the Conference Center and some meeting points nearby the Hotels in the list. =============================================================================