Changes to the archive in in February 1997

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21st February 1997

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20th February 1997

/parallel/tools/editors/emacs/occam-mode.el: An occam2 mode for GNU Emacs (19.3X or later) based on the work of Jesper Larsson Traff and Jared C. Saia (below). Changes are: Added: more reserved words/keywords, IMenu support (19.31+), font-lock support; Fixed `occam-comment-indent', enhanced hilit19 support and other minor fixes . Author: Phil Nitschke <phil@mrad.com.au>
/parallel/applications/visualisation/: Added entry:
/parallel/transputer/software/drivers/: Added entry:
/parallel/environments/pvm3/distribution/win32/nt_paper.ps.gz: Another Architecture: PVM on Windows 95/NT by Markus Fischer and Jack Dongarra. October 4, 1996 ABSTRACT: This paper describes the implementation of PVM in the new WIN32-bit world. There are no restrictions to existing applications which are using PVM since it is fully compatible to the existing PVM3 release. We discuss the limits and provide some benchmarking results. The software package is freely available at netlib: http://www.netlib.org/pvm3/index.html
/parallel/environments/pvm3/distribution/win32/pvmwin32beta3x.zip: PVM Win32 Beta3X Source
/parallel/environments/pvm3/distribution/win32/pvmwin32beta3src.zip: PVM Win32 Beta3 Source
/parallel/environments/pvm3/distribution/win32/pvmwin32beta2x.zip: PVM Win32 Beta2 Source
/parallel/environments/pvm3/tkpvm/xpvm1.2.1_tcl8.0.tar.gz: XPVM 1.2.1 for Tcl 8.0 Conversion of xpvm to work with Tcl 8.0 (and later) by Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@nici.kun.nl>, http://www.cogsci.kun.nl/~nijtmans/, Nijmegen Institute of Cognition and Information (NICI), Netherlands
/parallel/tools/editors/folding-editors/fe-mh/fe-0.4.tar.gz: FE Folding Editor Version 0.4 by Michael Haardt <michael@cantor.informatik.rwth-aachen.de>

13th February 1997

/parallel/jobs/dsp-prog: Image and Signal Processing at Lockheed Martin Electronics & Missiles, Orlando, FL, USA by johnd <johnd@iplmaster.orl.lmco.com> Requirements for TI 320C80 Assembly/C programmer for work on MPEG-2 codecs.
/parallel/jobs/fluids-cantab: Discrete modelling of complex fluids, Cambridge, UK by Andrew J Wilson <ajsw@tattoo.ed.ac.uk> Schlumberger Cambridge Research are currently seeking to recruit a student to work on the application of discrete modelling methods to complex fluids, with specific geophysical (and possibly geochemical) applications to fluid flow in porous media.
/parallel/jobs/jobs-epcc: Edinburgh Parallel Computing Center (EPCC), Scotland, UK by Julian Parker <jp@epcc.edinburgh.ac.uk> Jobs as Cray T3D applications Cosnultants, Industrial Applications Consultant. Deadline: 21st February 1997. See also http://www.epcc.ed.ac.uk/jobs/
/parallel/jobs/pablo: Pablo Research Group, UIUC, USA by Ruth Aydt <aydt@cs.uiuc.edu> Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has one or more positions for Pablo project working on virtual reality tools and adaptive control as mechanisms for exploring and tuning system performance, with some overlap to other group projects. Requires: A bachelor's degree in computer science or a related scientific field, and at least two years experience with C programming (preferably C++) and the UNIX operating system are the minimum requirements. In addition, experience with high-end virtual reality systems, OpenGL, and large-scale software projects is highly desirable. See also http://www-pablo.cs.uiuc.edu
/parallel/jobs/intel-mp: Intel MP Architecture/Validation Position, USA by Rick Zucker <rzucker@ichips.intel.com> Requirementss: Masters or PhD degree, or a Bachelors along with industry experience. A solid knowledge of all areas of computer architecture is required, as well as an especially solid understanding of MP areas such as cache coherence, synchronization and memory ordering. Candidates should also be capable of understanding low level architectural details and be able to read and interpret HDL code.
/parallel/jobs/lanl-pooma: Los Alamos Nat'l Lab (LANL) researcher, USA by Peter Beckman <beckman@lanl.gov> Work on Parallel Object-Oriented Methods and Applications (POOMA) project to develop a portable run-time system for a layered class library of application components for defense and energy program problem domains. See also http://www.hr.lanl.gov/html/jobs/external/972041.job.html
/parallel/jobs/sg-comp-job: Silicon Graphics compiler optimization groups openings, USA by Dror Maydan <maydan@mti.mti.sgi.com> Requires: MS or Ph.D. in CS/CE/EE or equivalent experience
/parallel/jobs/ucla-job: UCLA Parallel Computing Laboratory, USA by Monnica Terwilliger <monnica@cs.ucla.edu> Two researchers for ARPA projects on effect of software and hardware design modifications on the performance of scalable parallel applications. Requires: A Ph.D. or M.S. degree in EE, CS. Demonstrated knowledge of parallel computing, simulations, and systems programming strongly preferred. See also http://may.cs.ucla.edu/
/parallel/events/int-symp-super: International Symposium on Supercomputing --- New Horizon of Computational Science by Jun Makino <makino@chianti.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp> Call for papers for conference being held from 1st-3rd September 1997 at Tokyo, Japan. Topics: Current status and future prospects of computational sciences; Hardware technology for large-scale simulations; Software technology for large-scale simulations and others. Deadlines: Abstracts: 31st March 1997; Notification: 15th May 1997. See also http://atlas.riken.go.jp/horizon/
/parallel/events/hipc97: 4th International Conference on High Performance Computing (HiPC'97) by Kalluri Eswar <eswar@surra.informix.com> Call for papers for conference being held from 18th-21st December 1997 at Bangalore, India. Sponsored by IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Parallel Processing and ACM SIGARCH. Topics: Parallel Algorithms; Scientific Computation; Parallel Architectures; Visualization; Parallel Languages & Compilers; Network-based Computing; Distributed Systems; Signal & Image Processing Systems; Programming Environments; Supercomputing Applications; Memory Systems; Internet and WWW-based Computing and others. Deadlines: Tutorials proposals: 3rd June 1997; Exhibits: 31st August 1997; Papers: 10th April 1997; Notification: 30th June 1997; Camera-ready papers: 1st August 1997. See also http://www.hipc.org/
/parallel/events/irregular97: 4th International Symposium on Solving Irregularly Structured Problems in Parallel (IRREGULAR'97) by ROLIM Jose D. P. <rolim@cui.unige.ch> Call for papers for conference being held from 11-13th June 1997 at University of Paderborn, Germany. Topics: algorithms and models; applications; approximation and randomization; automatic program synthesis; combinatorial optimization; compiling; imagery; load balancing; memory management; parallel data structures; scheduling and mapping; sparse matrices;symbolic computation; tree-structured computations and others. Deadlines: Papers: 14th January; Notification: 16th March 1997; Camera-ready papers: 4th April 1997. See also http://cuiwww.unige.ch/~rolim/irregular
/parallel/events/pdpta97-w-ft: Hardware & Software Fault Tolerance in Distributed Systems at PDPTA'97 by Pradip Srimani <srimani@cs.colostate.edu> Call for papers for session being held at PDPTA'97 from 30th June-2nd July 1997 at Las Vevas, Nevada, USA. Topics: Network Topologies and Algebraic Properties; Software vs. Hardware Redundancy; Reconfiguration Techniques for Fault Tolerant Systems; Gracefully Degrading Systems; Task Migration in Faulty Networks nd others. Deadlines: Draft Papers: 8th February 1997; Notification: 30th March 1997; Full papers: 19th May 1997. See also http://www.cs.colostate.edu:80/~srimani/pdpta97.html and http://www.cps.udayton.edu/~pan/pdpta for PDPTA'97 details.
/parallel/events/psc-super-tech: Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center Supercomputing Techniques Workshop: CRAY J90/C90 by Stephanie Dobler <dobler@psc.edu> Call for participation for workshop being held from 24-27th March 1997 at Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center, USA. The purpose of this three and a half day workshop is to introduce participants to computing on the CRAY J90/C90. Participants will gain experience in running jobs on the J90/C90, optimizing code, parallel processing, and on the use of graphics software libraries and packages. Deadlines: Application and Registration: 3rd March 1997. See also http://www.psc.edu/training/J90_Mar_97/welcome.html
/parallel/events/kdd97: The Third International Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining (KDD-97) by Chris Dean <ctdean@cacr.caltech.edu> Call for papers for conference being held from 14-17th August 1997 at Newport Beach, California, USA. Sponsored by the American Association for Artificial Intelligence in cooperation with the American Statistical Association. Topics: Theory and Foundational Issues in KDD; Data Mining Methods and Algorithms; KDD Process and Human Interaction; Applications and others. Deadlines: Papers: 10th March 1997; Acceptance: 28th April 1997; Camera-ready papers: 26th May 1997. See also http://www-aig.jpl.nasa.gov/kdd97
/parallel/events/isug97: Intel Supercomputer Users Group (ISUG'97) by Anil Deane <deane@laplace.gsfc.nasa.gov> Call for papers for conference being held from 11-13th June 1997 at Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. Sponsored by Sandia National Labs and Oak Ridge National Lab. Topics: system administration; systems software; algorithms; software tools; programming models; applications of all types and others. Deadlines: Abstracts: 1st February 1997; Notification: 15th March 1997; Full papers: 1st Mayd MONTH 1997. See also http://www.isug.org
/parallel/languages/ada: New area and added:
/parallel/environments/pvm3/: Added:

6th February 1997

/parallel/environments/chimp/release/akc/chimp-linux.tar.Z: CHIMP binary distribution for LINUX
/parallel/environments/pvm3/tkpvm/: Updated TkPvm for Tcl/Tk 8.0a2 and Tcl 7.6p2/Tk 4.2p2
/parallel/events/hiccs31-minitrack-coord-lang: Minitrack on Coordination languages, models, systems in the Software Technology Track of the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-31) by Paolo Ciancarini <cianca@cs.unibo.it> Call for papers for minitrack at HICSS-31 being held from 6th-9th January 1998 at Hawaii, USA. Topics: Coordination problems within concurrent, distributed, object oriented, functional and logic programming; Architectural description languages, and coordination of software architecture case studies; Concurrent computation, constraint programming, computation models based on the chemical reaction metaphor, on associative communication, and related areas; Software architectures and middleware for the development of coordination applications; Semantics and reasoning about coordination; Operating system and middleware support for coordination; Coordination mechanisms for WWW and multiagent systems; Case studies on analyzing existing applications using coordination models; Case studies with industrial relevance (e.g. distributed software; engineering, distributed simulation, workflow, groupware) and others. Deadlines: Abstract: 17th March 1997; Full manuscript: 2nd June 1997; Notification: 31st August 1997; Final papers: 1st October 1997. See also HICSS-31 information at http://www.cs.tu-berlin.de/~tolk/hicss98.html
/parallel/standards/hpf/hpf-v20-final.ps.gz
/parallel/standards/hpf/hpf-v20-final.tar.gz: High Performance Fortran Language Specification Version 2.0 FINAL by High Performance Fortran Forum 31st January 1996. 335 pages.
/parallel/environments/lam/distribution/xmpi20.tar.gz: XMPI 2.0 A graphical user interface for MPI development under the LAM parallel computing environment.
/parallel/simulation/architectures/: Added info on Porteus port: