PORTS - POrtable RunTime System <abstract> PORTS is a consortium of research universities, national laboratories, and computer vendors interested in developing a common runtime system to be used as a compiler target for various task and data parallel languages. Specific goals of the group are identifying opportunities for code sharing among projects, focusing on task and data parallel languages, and designing and implementing a common runtime system which supports task and data parallel languages and interoperability. Prototype Software PORTS Level 0 Thread Module Portable Timer and Event tracing Module The PORTS group maintains a mailing list for PORTS related discussions and meeting announcements. To send a message to the list use the address ports@cica.indiana.edu. <keywords>parallel runtime system; task parallelism; data parallelism <category>ppt-rts <description><url>http://www.cs.uoregon.edu:80/paracomp/ports/</url> </urc>