in conjunction with
the SUP'EUR 96 Conference in Krakow
Prize worth 10,000$
SUP'EUR is the association of European users of high-performance computing on IBM platforms. The goal of SUP'EUR is to facilitate the usage of IBM high-performance computers (SPx machines and RISC clusters) and software for the academic, research and industrial environments. The group seeks to foster the exchange of ideas and experiences, to solve problems, to discuss solutions, to submit requirements to IBM and to keep up to date with the latest in HPC. Activities include an annual conference, an electronic discussion list, workshops, meetings with IBM, call for experiences.
- To encourage the development of expertise in scalable parallel and cluster computing on IBM RISC based systems throughout the scientific and technical community in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). - To encourage and recognize software excellence in the exploitation of IBM POWER Parallel scalable systems and IBM RISC System/6000 cluster technology by presenting an annual Achievement Prize, worth 10,000 dollars, offered by IBM. - To provide an opportunity for direct informal communication on topics related to scalable parallel computing on IBM systems through the annual Sup'Eur conference. - To provide an open forum for the exchange of ideas, experience, techniques and solutions to problems related to scalable parallel computing and workstation clustering on IBM AIX platforms.
All Sup'Prize contestants are kindly invited to submit papers presenting their achievements to SUP'EUR 96 Conference.
Sup'Prize 1996
- The SUP'EUR user group organization is the organizer of this contest, with the support of IBM STSS EMEA. - The contest is open to members of all eligible organizations in EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa). An eligible organization is any university, research establishment, government institution or business enterprise, that uses IBM RISC technology for scalable parallel or workstation cluster computing. Employees of IBM or IBM subsidiaries are excluded from this contest. - One individual or team may submit a maximum of three different entries to the contest. - Prospective contestants should make themselves known to the organizers by completing and sending a Sup'Eur Enrollment Form as soon as possible, at the latest with their contest entry before May 12, 1996. The Enrollment is free of any charge. Entries to the contest must be submitted by May 12, 1996 (based on postmark in case of mail) and sent, preferably by e-mail or express mail, to: Sup'Eur - Sup'Prize c/o Anne-Marie De Meyer coordinator of the Sup'Prize 1996 Computing Centre KU Leuven de Croylaan 52A 3001 Leuven Belgium Email: Anne-Marie.DeMeyer@cc.kuleuven.ac.be - Entries should include a description of the software submitted to the contest, with all relevant information permitting its excellence to be judged. The document should not exceed 6 typed pages in length. The entry should be clearly labelled with the name of the contestant(s) and signed. No code, listings or other program materials should be provided unless or until specifically requested. - Entries to the contest will be considered non-confidential and Sup'Eur and IBM reserve the right to publish any material submitted to this contest. - All contestants should obtain the authorisation of the organisation for which they work before participating in the contest. Neither SUP'EUR nor IBM or anyone else involved in running the contest takes any responsibility for ensuring that participation is authorised. - The software described must be capable of running on an IBM POWER Scalable Parallel system or IBM RISC workstation cluster. Winning entry may be tested before the prize is announced. - The selection of the prize winner will be performed by an independent jury whose decision will be final. The jury will be composed of specialists from European organizations invited by Sup'Eur, plus one member of IBM. The jury will be composed of 5 people. Members of the jury cannot be contestants. - Contest entries will be assessed according to their impact on technical computing, by improving software development tools or software that integrates scalable parallel systems or workstation clusters in a group server environment (Software Development Tools) or by improving computing techniques and algorithms (Parallel Applications), in the related educational, scientific, industrial, economic or financial field. - The results of the contest will be announced at the SUP'EUR 96 Conference and the prize-winner will be notified at the address of the organization as supplied in the Enrollment Form. - The winner will be requested to present awarded work during the SUP'EUR 96 Conference. Other contestants - selected by the jury - will be invited to present their works in a session that will take place at the Conference.
Family Name and Title First Name Position Organization Address Phone Fax Email o Please send me further details about the SUP'EUR organization and add my name in your distribution list. o Please send me details of the SUP'EUR 96 Conference, as I may wish to participate. o I wish to register as a contestant for the Sup'Prize Name Organization I understand that I must submit my entry by May 12, 1996 and observe the rules described above. Signed................................... Date.................... Please return to: SUP'EUR User Group Organization Anne-Marie De Meyer coordinator of the Sup'Prize 1996 Computing Centre KU Leuven de Croylaan 52A 3001 Leuven Belgium Email: Anne-Marie.DeMeyer@cc.kuleuven.ac.be Fax: 32 16 322999