1994 PVM Users' Group Meeting Oak Ridge, Tennessee May 19-20, 1994, Garden Plaza Hotel, Oak Ridge, TN Sponsored by Department of Energy University of Tennessee with support from Cray Research, Convex, and Intel The second PVM Users' Group Meeting will be held May 19th and 20th, 1994, at the Garden Plaza Hotel, Oak Ridge, TN. The meeting will provide an opportunity for users of PVM to meet each other, share ideas and experiences, and meet the members of the PVM Team. The conference will include: * Invited talks by: Norris Parker Smith Bill Shelton, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Marco Annaratone, DEC Giorgio Richelli, IBM Vaidy Sunderam, Emory University * 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. There will be Conference Registration/Reception Wednesday evening from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM at the conference hotel. The registration desk opens at 7:30 AM on Thursday and the Future Directions session ends at 4:00 PM Friday. Consider Staying over the weekend - visit the Smoky Mountains - then attend the Scalable High Performance Computing Conference (SHPCC) in Knoxville Monday thru Wednesday May 23-25. (For additional information on the SHPCC meeting see netlib; send index from shpcc) ============================================================================= ORGANIZING COMMITTEE General Chair: Al Geist, Oak Ridge National Laboratory geist@msr.epm.ornl.gov 615 574-0680 (fax) Program Committee: Jack Dongarra, Oak Ridge Nat Lab and Univ of Tennessee Adam Beguelin, CMU and Pittsburg Supercomputer Center Bob Mancheck, Univ of Tennessee Weichen Jiang, Univ of Tennessee ============================================================================= Call For Papers/Posters We invited everyone with PVM ideas or experiences to submit abstracts of papers and posters for possible presentation at the Users' Group meeting. Topics can include: Use of PVM in real-world applications Software tools built on top of PVM Experiences using PVM Programming environments Benchmarking Extentions built onto PVM Any topic of interest to the PVM community Abstracts should be approximately 300 words in length. The deadline for submitting abstracts is April 22, 1994. Abstracts will be reviewed and authors notified of their acceptance by April 30. Please submit abstracts to: Rita Bilbrey Oak Ridge National Laboratory P.O. Box 2008, Bldg. 6012 Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6367 Phone: 615-576-0962, Fax: 615-574-0680 or to: rita@msr.epm.ornl.gov ============================================================================= REGISTRATION The registration fee for the meeting is $50, and includes the Wednesday reception, Thursday's banquet, break refreshments, and a PVM t-shirt. If you want to pay by check, please print out and fill in the attached registration form, and return the registration form and check (payable to Oak Ridge National Laboratory) to: PVM Users' Group Meeting Registration Rita Bilbrey Oak Ridge National Laboratory P.O. Box 2008, Bldg. 6012 Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6367 If you want to pay on-site, we ask that you still fill out the registration form and send it either by email rita@msr.epm.ornl.gov fax (615) 574 0680 Attention Rita Bilbrey or regular mail. This will allow us to get an accurate head count for planning purposes. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 $50 Payment enclosed (yes/no) ------. Please make checks payable to Oak Ridge National Laboratory All payments must be in U.S. dollars, drawn on U.S. banks. ============================================================================= HOTEL REGISTRATION A limited number of rooms have been blocked out for the PVM meeting. Be sure to make your room reservations early to get the special rate. Rooms will be held until 6:00 PM unless guaranteed with an accepted credit card. Check-in time is after 3PM. Check-out time is noon. Reservation requests must be made before April 25, 1994. After this date, reservations will be based upon room and rate availability. Cancellations made after 6:00 PM of check-in day will be billed one night's room and tax. HOTEL REGISTRATION FORM: Garden Plaza Hotel, Oak Ridge, 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/94 Arrival Time ______________ Check Out_____/May/94 Departure Time _____________ Double or Single ___________ Room(s) # ____ @ $54.00/night for single; $61.00/night for double 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: Garden Plaza Hotel 215 S. Illinois Avenue Oak Ridge, TN 37830 Phone: 615-481-2468 or 1-800-3-GARDEN ============================================================================= TRANSPORTATION There is airport shuttle service between the Knoxville airport and the Garden Plaza Hotel as well as taxi service. There are also several rental car companies at the airport. The Garden Plaza Hotel is about 40 minutes by car from the Knoxville airport. =============================================================================