Time schedule



November 2, 1997 (Sunday)

18.00 - 19.00

Registration

November 3, 1997 (Monday)

8.00

Registration

8.30 - 13.00

TUTORIALS - chairman: Jacek Kitowski

8.30 - 10.30

T1: Al Geist, Oak Ridge National Lab, USA
Advanced Capabilities in PVM 3.4 (107-115)

10.30 - 11.00

Coffee

11.00 - 13.00

T2: Ewing (Rusty) Lusk, Argonne National Laboratory, USA
Advanced Use of MPI

12.20 - 14.00

Lunch

14.00 - 14.20

Opening ceremony

14.20 - 15.40

INVITED LECTURES - chairman: Jacek Moscinski

14.20 - 15.00

Philip Papadopoulos, Oak Ridge National Lab, USA
Beyond PVM 3.4: What We've Learned, What's Next, and Why (116-126)

15.00 - 15.40

Bill Nitzberg, NASA Ames Research Center, USA
MPI I/O: Overview and Early Experience

15.40 - 16.10

Coffee

16.10 - 18.10

PARALLEL SESSIONS O1 - chairman: Graham Fagg

16.10 - 16.30

W. Gropp, E. Lusk
Why Are PVM and MPI So Different? (3-10)

16.30 - 16.50

J. Kitowski, K. Boryczko, J. Moscinski
Comparison of PVM and MPI Performance in Short-Range Molecular Dynamics Simulation (11-16)

16.50 - 17.10

M. Resch, H. Berger, T. Boenisch
A Comparison of MPI Performance on Different MPPs (25-32)

17.10 - 17.30

T. Beisel, E. Gabriel, M. Resch
An Extension to MPI for Distributed Computing on MPPs (75-82)

17.30 - 17.50

P.W. Uminski, M.R. Matuszek, H. Krawczyk
Experimental Evaluation of PVM Group Communication (57-63)

17.50 - 18.10

J.-M. Adamo
ARCH, An Object Oriented MPI-Based Library for Asynchronous and Loosely Synchronous Parallel System Programming (67-74)

16.10 - 18.10

PARALLEL SESSIONS O2 - chairman: Peter Sloot

16.10 - 16.30

M. Mazzariol, B.A. Gennart, V. Messerli, R.D. Hersch
Performance of CAP-specified Linear Algebra Algorithms (351-358)

16.30 - 16.50

V. Alexandrov, K. Chan, A. Gibbons, W. Rytter
On The PVM/MPI Computations of Dynamic Programming Recurrences (305-312)

16.50 - 17.10

J.L. Alonso, H. Schmidt, V.N. Alexandrov
Parallel Branch and Bound Algorithms for Integer and Mixed Integer Linear Programming Problems under PVM (313-320)

17.10 - 17.30

M. Peinado, R. Venkatesan
Highly Parallel Cryptographic Attacks (367-374)

17.30 - 17.50

M. Soch, P. Tvrdik, M. Volf
Parallel Graph-Partitioning Using the Mob Heuristi (383-389)

17.50 - 18.10

R. Ciegis, R. Sablinskas, J. Wasniewski
Numerical Integration on Distributed-Memory Parallel Systems (329-33)

18.30

Opening reception

8.30 - 18.30

POSTERS

  1. J. Piernas, A. Flores, J.M. Garcia
    Analyzing the Performance of MPI in a Cluster of Workstations based on Fast Ethernet (17-24)
  2. J.L. Roda, C. Rodriguez, F. Almeida, D. Gonzalez-Morales
    Predicting the Performance of Injection Communication Patterns on PVM (33-40)
  3. L.P. Santos, V. Castro, A. Proenca
    Evaluation of the Communication Performance on a Parallel Processing System (41-48)
  4. P.S. Souza, L.J. Senger, M.J. Santana, R.C. Santana
    Evaluating Personal High Performance Computing with PVM on Windows and LINUX Environments (49-56)
  5. C. Di Napoli, M. Giordano, M.M. Furnari
    Distributed & Cooperative Applications in PVM (83-90)
  6. G. de Jesus Hoyos-Rivera, V. G. Sanchez-Arias
    Using PVM to build an Interface to Support Cooperative Work in a Distributed Systems Environment (127-134)
  7. I. Kort, D. Trystram
    Communication Cost Modeling for the IBM-SP Multicomputer
  8. A. Espinosa, T. Margalef, E. Luque
    Automatic Performance Analysis of PVM Programs

November 4, 1997 (Tuesday)

8.00

Registration

8.30 - 10.30

INVITED LECTURES - chairman: Roland Wismueller

8.30 - 9.10

Vaidy Sunderam, Emory University, Atlanta, USA
Tools and Auxiliary Subsystems in PVM (285-294)

9.10 - 9.50

Thomas Ludwig, TU Muenchen, Germany
OMIS v2.0 --- A Universal Interface for Monitoring Systems (267-276)

9.50 - 10.30

Werner Krotz-Vogel, PALLAS GmbH, Germany
The PALLAS Parallel Programming Environment (257-266)

10.30 - 11.00

Coffee

11.00 - 12.20

INVITED LECTURES - chairman: Al Geist

11.00 - 11.40

Sven Hammarling, The Numerical Algorithms Group, UK
PINEAPL: A European Project on Parallel Industrial Numerical Applications and Portable Libraries (337-342)

11.40 - 12.20

Zahari Zlatev, National Environmental Research Institute, Roskilde, Denmark
Running Large-Scale Air Pollution Models on Message Passing Machines (417-426)

12.20 - 14.00

Lunch

14.00 - 16.00

PARALLEL SESSIONS O3 - chairman: Graham Fagg

14.00 - 14.20

G.E. Fagg, J.J. Dongarra, Al Geist
Heterogeneous MPI Application Interoperation and Process Management under PVMPI (91-98)

14.20 - 14.40

S. Mintchev, V. Getov
Towards Portable Message Passing in Java: Binding MPI (135-142)

14.40 - 15.00

O. Galibert
YLC, A C++ Linda System on Top of PVM (99-106)

15.00 - 15.20

G. Mysliwiec, J. Sipowicz, R. Schaefer
Control Activities in Message Passing Environment (143-150)

15.20 - 15.40

P. Theodoropoulos, P. Tsanakas, G. Papakonstantinou
Global Semaphores in a Parallel Programming Environment (151-158)

15.40 - 16.00

V. Vlassov, L.-E. Thorelli
A Synchronizing Shared Memory: Model and Programming Implementation (159-166)

14.00 - 16.00

PARALLEL SESSIONS O4 - chairman: Vaidy Sunderam

14.00 - 14.20

K. Wolf, E. Brakkee, D.P. Ho
Communication in Multi-Physics Applications (167- 174)

14.20 - 14.40

P. Bala, T. Clark, P. Grochowski, B. Lesyng, J.A. McCammon
Parallel Version of a Quantum Classical Molecular Dynamics Code for Complex Molecular and Biomolecular Systems (409-416)

14.40 - 15.00

A.S. Galaktionov, P.D. Anderson, G.W.M. Peters
Mixing Simulations: Tracking Strongly Deforming Fluid Volumes in 3D Flows (463-469)

15.00 - 15.20

A. Clematis, A. Coda, M. Spagnuolo, M. Mineter, T. Sloan
Developing non-Local Iterative Parallel Algorithms for GIS on Cray T3D Using MPI (435-442)

15.20 - 15.40

E. Reinhard, A. Chalmers
Message Handling in Parallel Radiance (486-493)

15.40 - 16.00

K. Demuynck, J. Broeckhove, F. Arickx
Dynamic Optimisation of a Distributed VR System by Network-Balancing (443-450)

16.00 - 16.30

Coffee

16.30 - 17.50

PARALLEL SESSIONS O5 - chairman: Thomas Ludwig

16.30 - 16.50

R. Wismueller
Debugging Message Passing Programs Using Invisible Message Tags (295-302)

16.50 - 17.10

B. Di Martino, A. Mazzeo, N. Mazzocca, U. Villano
Interaction Patterns Detection in PVM Programs to Support Simulation (250-256)

17.10 - 17.30

R. Baraglia, M. Cosso, D. Laforenza, M. Nicosia
Integrating PVaniM into WAMM for Monitoring Meta-Applications (226-233)

17.30 - 17.50

M. Bubak, W. Funika, J. Moscinski
Evaluation of Parallel Application's Behavior in Message Passing Environment (234-241)

16.30 - 17.50

PARALLEL SESSIONS O6 - chairman: Zahari Zlatev

16.30 - 16.50

Dongarra, F. Desprez, A. Petitet, C. Randriamaro, Y. Robert
Block-cyclic Array Redistribution on Networks of Workstations (343-350)

16.50 - 17.10

Ch. Goumopoulos, E. Housos, O. Liljenzin
Parallel Crew Scheduling on Workstation Networks using PVM (470-477)

17.10 - 17.30

R. Roy, Z. Stankovski
Parallelization of Neutron Transport Solvers (494-501)

17.30 - 17.50

M. Strietzel
Parallel Turbulence Simulation: Resolving the Inertial Subrange of Kolmogorov's Spectra (508-515)

20.00 - 21.00

Reception in the City Hall

8.30 - 18.30

POSTERS

  1. F.J. Alfaro, J.A. Gallud, J.L. Sanchez, Castilla-La Mancha
    A Function to Dynamic Workload Allocation in Distributed Applications (219-225)
  2. R. Blaheta, O. Jakl, J. Stary
    PVM-implementation of the PCG Method with Displacement Decomposition (321-329)
  3. G. Mysliwiec, J. Sipowicz, H. Burkhart
    Implementing Parallel SBS-type Linear Solvers Using ALWAN (359-368)
  4. D. Petcu
    Implementation of some Multiprocessor Algorithms for ODEs Using PVM (375-382)
  5. G. Zilli, L. Bergamaschi
    Truncated Block Newton and Quasi-Newton Methods for Sparse Systems of Nonlinear Equations. Experiments on Parallel Platforms (390-397)
  6. R. Aversa, G. Iannello, N. Mazzocca
    A MPI Driven Parallelization Strategy for Different Computing Platforms: a Case Study (401-408)
  7. V. Di Martino, G. Ruocco
    Molecular Dynamics on Hybrid Memory Machines (451-456)
  8. W. Alda, K. Boryczko, M. Bubak, W. Dzwinel, J. Kitowski, J. Moscinski, M. Pogoda
    Short- and Long-Range Molecular Dynamics on Multiprocessors

November 5, 1997 (Wednesday)

8.00

Registration

8.30 - 10.30

INVITED LECTURES - chairman: Jack Dongarra

8.30 - 9.10

Rolf Hempel, NEC European Research Lab, St. Augustin, Germany
Implementation of MPI on NEC's SX-4 Multi-Node Architecture (185-193)

9.10 - 9.50

Paco Romero, Convex Division of Hewlett-Packard, Richardson, USA
Message-Passing Interface on HP Exemplar Systems (267-276)

9.50 - 10.30

Peter M.A. Sloot, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Breaking the Curse of Dynamics by Task Migration: Pilot Experiments in the Polder MetaComputer (194-207)

10.30 - 11.00

Coffee

11.00 - 11.40

INVITED LECTURES - chairman: Benno Overeinder

11.00 - 11.40

Roch Bourbonnais, SUN Microsystems, France
The Thinking behind Sun's MPI Machines

11.40 - 12.20

Birds-of-feather session


12.20 - 14.00


Lunch

14.00 - 15.00

PARALLEL SESSIONS O7 - chairman: Roman Wyrzykowski

14.00 - 14.20

J. Rough, A. Goscinski, D. De Paoli
PVM on the RHODOS Distributed Operating System (208-215)

14.20 - 14.40

M. Fischer, J. Simon
Embedding SCI into PVM (177-184)

14.40 - 15.00

J.Y. Cotronis
Message-Passing Program Development by Ensemble (242-250)

14.00 - 15.00

PARALLEL SESSIONS O8 - chairman: Henryk Krawczyk

14.00 - 14.20

G. Bozas, M. Fleischhauer, S. Zimmermann
PVM Experiences in Developing the MIDAS Parallel Database System (427-434)

14.20 - 14.40

M. Exbrayat, H. Kosch
Offering Parallelism to a Sequential Database Management System on a Network of Workstations Using PVM (457-462)

14.40 - 15.00

S. Manegold, F. Waas, D. Gudlat
In Quest of the Bottleneck --- Monitoring Parallel Database Systems (277-284)

15.00 - 15.15

Break

15.15 - 16.15

Panel discussion - moderator: Jack Dongarra


17.00 - 23.00


Excursion to Wieliczka Salt Mine - Conference dinner and closing ceremony

8.30 - 17.00

POSTERS

  1. M. Grecki, G. Jablonski, A. Napieralski
    MOPS - Parallel Environment for Simulation of Electronic Circuits Using Physical Models of Semiconductor Devices (478-485)
  2. E.Garcia Salcines, G.Cerruela Garcia, J.I. Benavides Benitez, F.Munoz Garcia, E.Saez Pena
    Parallel Rendering of Radiance on Distributed Memory System by PVM (502-507)
  3. F. Munoz Garcia, E.Saez Pena, G.Cerruela Garcia, E.Garcia Salcines, M.A.Ortiz Lopez, J.I.Benavides Benitez
    Parallel Khoros Rendering Routines on Distributed Memory Systems by PVM
  4. G.Cerruela Garcia, E.Garcia Salcines, F.Menoz Garcia, M.A.Ortiz Lopez, J.I.Benavides Benitez
    Fast Global Illumination Algorithm Using PVM
  5. M. Rewinski, M. Mrozowski
    Scalable parallel Solution of Wave-Guidance Electromagnetic Eigenproblems using Message-passing Programming
  6. J. Majewski, J. Rokicki,J. Zoltak
    Parallelisation via PVM of the Overlapping Mesh Technique