Subject: Announcement: 1993 PVM Users Group Meeting **************************************************************************** PLEASE circulate this among the people at your institution and to any other colleagues you feel will be interested. Most of the advertising will be by the email message below. Please do NOT assume you will receive a hardcopy. Thus, your help in circulating this email version is very important. Thank you. **************************************************************************** **************************************************************************** PLEASE CIRCULATE **************************************************************************** **************************************************************************** 1993 PVM Users Group Meeting Knoxville, Tennessee May 10 - 11, Knoxville Hilton, Knoxville, TN Sponsored by Department of Energy University of Tennessee with support from Center for Research on Parallel Computation Convex Computer Corporation Cray Research, Inc. Digital Equipment Corporation Intel Supercomputer Systems Division The first PVM Users' Group Meeting will be held May 10th and 11th, 1993, at the Downtown Knoxville Hilton, Knoxville, TN. The meeting will provide a chance for users of PVM to meet each other and members of The PVM Team. The conference will include: * Invited talks by experts in fields of interest to PVM users. * Contributed papers from the PVM user community. * Technical presentations by the developers of PVM. * Social activities. ============================================================================= CONFERENCE SCHEDULE ============================================================================= 1800-2100 Conference Registration/Reception MONDAY (May 10th) 0730-0830 Coffee 0830-1700 Conference Registration 0855-0900 OPENING SESSION and WELCOME 0900-1000 SESSION 1, Chair: Jack Dongarra, University of Tennessee / Oak Ridge National Laboratory 0900-0940 (Invited talk) Dennis Duke, Florida State University, ``TBA'' 0940-1000 (Invited talk) Neil Lincoln, Sessco, ``TBA'' 1000-1030 Coffee Break 1030-1200 SESSION 2 Contributed Papers 1200-1330 Lunch Break (on your own) 1330-1410 SESSION 3 Chair: Al Geist, Oak Ridge National Laboratory 1330-1410 (Invited talk) Donna Bergmark, Cornell University, ``TBA'' 1410-1510 SESSION 4 Contributed Papers 1510-1540 Coffee Break 1540-1640 SESSION 5 Contributed Papers 1800-2000 POSTER SESSION and RECEPTION 2000-2200 CONFERENCE BANQUET ============================================================================= ============================================================================= Tuesday (May 11th) 0900-1000 SESSION 6, Chair: Adam Beguelin, Carnegie Mellon University 0900-0940 (Invited talk) Peter Rigsbee, Cray Research Inc., ``TBA'' 0940-1020 (Invited talk) Karl-Heinz Winkler, Los Alamos National Laboratory, ``TBA'' 1020-1050 Coffee Break 1050-1150 SESSION 7 Contributed Papers 1150-1330 Lunch Break (on your own) 1330-1440 SESSION 4 Contributed Papers 1440-1510 Coffee Break 1510-1610 SESSION 5 Session 9 - Interactive Session ``Future Directions for PVM'' Chair: Team PVM 1610 End of Conference ============================================================================= Call For Papers/Posters We welcome abstracts of papers and posters for possible presentation at the Users' Group meeting. Abstracts should be approximately 300 words in length. The deadline for submitting abstracts is April 23, 1993. Abstracts will be reviewed and authors notified of their acceptance by April 30. Please submit abstracts to: Jan Jones Computer Science Department University of Tennessee Knoxville, TN 37996 phone: 615-974-8295, fax: 615-974-8296 or to: pvmug@cs.utk.edu ============================================================================= PVM Users' Group '93 MEETING LOCATION: The PVM Users' Group Meeting will be held in downtown Knoxville. The meeting location is the Knoxville Hilton in downtown Knoxville. The downtown area has many restaurants and the ``Old City'' area within reasonable walking distance. Knoxville is accessible by airline travel to the Knoxville McGee-Tyson Airport. ============================================================================= PVM USERS' GROUP MEETING REGISTRATION FORM Return registration form to: PVM Users' Group Meeting Registration Jan Jones Computer Science Department 107 Ayres Hall Knoxville, TN 37996-1301 615-974-8295 615-974-8296 (Fax) Name _________________________________________________________________________ Last/Family First Middle Initial Badge Name ___________________________________________________________________ Company ______________________________________________________________________ Address/Mailstop______________________________________________________________ City/State/Zip/Country _______________________________________________________ Daytime Phone Number _________________________________________________________ Fax number __________________________ Email __________________________________ Do you have any special needs? _______________________________________________ Meeting Registration $50 Payment must be enclosed. Please make checks payable to the University of Tennessee. All payments must be in U.S. dollars, drawn on U.S. banks. Method of Payment: ______Personal check _____Company check _____Travelers check Meeting registration fee includes conference attendance, conference banquet, refreshments at breaks, and the conference reception. ============================================================================= HOTEL REGISTRATION FORM: Downtown Knoxville Hilton, Knoxville, TN PVM Users' Group (This registration form should be mailed directly to the hotel) Name _________________________________________________________________________ Sharing With _________________________________________________________________ Institution __________________________________________________________________ Address ______________________________________________________________________ City _____________________________________ State__________ Zip _______________ Daytime Phone ________________________ Evening Phone _______________________ Check In _____/May/93 Arrival Time ______________ Check Out_____/May/93 Departure Time _____________ Double or Single ___________ Room(s) # ____ @ $68.00/night King or Double/Double Bed __________________ Smoking Room _______ Non-Smoking Room ______ Handicapped ______________ Number of people in room ___________________ Method of Payment: ______Personal check _____American Express ______VISA ______Mastercard ______Diners Club _____Carte Blanche Card Number ________________________________________________ Cardholder Name ____________________________________________ Expiration Date ______________ Today's Date ________________ Amount $ __________________ Signature __________________________________________________ Mail to: Knoxville Hilton Hotel 501 W. Church Street Knoxville, TN Phone: 615-523-2300 Fax: 615-525-6532 Rooms will be held until 6PM unless guaranteed with an accepted credit card. Check-in time is after 3PM. Check-out time is noon. Room charges are subject to a 13 % tax. Reservation requests must be made before April 10, 1993. After this date, reservations will be based upon room and rate availability. Cancellations made after 6PM of check-in day will be billed one night's room and tax. Complimentary hotel van service to and from the airport is available by reservation. For information on airport limousine services or to make van reservations, contact the Knoxville Hilton at 615-523-2300. ================================================================== DIRECTIONS to the KNOXVILLE HILTON: >From McGee-Tyson Airport: From McGee-Tyson Airport, take Alcoa Highway (Hwy 129) north towards Knoxville (approx. 10-13 miles). Take the "University of Tennessee/ Cumberland Avenue" exit, and turn right onto Cumberland Avenue. Continue on Cumberland Avenue past the shops on the "Strip," then past the University. Continue past the World's Fair Site, until you reach the intersection of Henley Street. Turn left onto Henley Street. Two blocks later turn right onto Church Street, and you should be at the front doorstep of the Hilton Hotel. >From Interstate 40: I-40 West: Take exit 386B (Alcoa Highway) off I-40. Follow until you reach the Kingston Pike exit (a short distance). Take this exit and turn left onto Cumberland Avenue. Continue on Cumberland Avenue past the shops on the "Strip," then past the University. Continue past the World's fair site, until you reach the intersection of Henley Street. Turn left onto Henley Street. Two blocks later turn right onto Church Street, and you should be at the front doorstep of the Hilton Hotel. I-40 East: Take exit 386A (24th Street and West Alcoa Highway). Follow until you reach the Kingston Pike exit. Directions are now the same as with I-40 West. >From Interstate 75: I-75 North: Take I-75 to I-40 East, follow I-40 directions. I-75 South: Take I-75 to I-275 to I-40 West, follow I-40 directions. ============================================================================= ORGANIZING COMMITTEE General Chair: Jack Dongarra, Univ. of Tenn. and Oak Ridge Nat'l Lab. Program Committee: Adam Beguelin, Carnegie Mellon University Jack Dongarra, Univ. of Tenn. and Oak Ridge Nat'l Lab. Al Geist, Oak Ridge Nat'l Lab. Bob Manchek, Univ. of Tenn. Vaidy Sunderam, Emory Univ. ============================================================================= For a hardcopy of this advance program, please contact: Jan Jones Computer Science Department University of Tennessee Knoxville, TN 37996 phone: 615-974-8295, fax: 615-974-8296 or to: pvmug@cs.utk.edu =============================================================================