The PARA workshops in the past have been devoted to parallel computing
methods in science and technology. There have been six PARA meetings to
date: PARA'94, PARA'95 and PARA'96
in Lyngby, Denmark, PARA'98
in Umeå,
Sweden, PARA'2000
in Bergen, Norway, and PARA'02
in Espoo, Finland. These
meetings have featured lectures in modern numerical algorithms, computer
science, engineering, and industrial applications, all in the context of
scientific parallel computing.
The next meeting in the series, the PARA'04 Workshop with the title
``State of the Art in
Scientific Computing'', will be held in Lyngby, Denmark, June 20-23, 2004.
The emphasis here will be shifted to High-Performance Computing (HPC).
The ongoing development of ever more advanced computers provides the
potential for solving increasingly difficult computational problems.
However, given the complexity of modern computer architectures, the task
of realizing this potential needs careful attention. For example, the
failure to exploit a computer's memory hierarchy can degrade performance
badly. A main concern of HPC is the development of software that
optimizes the performance of a given computer.
The high cost of state-of-the-art computers can be prohibitive for many
workplaces, especially if there is only an occasional need for HPC. A
solution to this problem can be network computing, where remote computing
facilities are exploited via the internet. Aspects of network computing
will be included in the PARA'04 Workshop.
PARA'04 will feature invited talks, contributed talks,
minisymposia, poster presentations, and software and hardware
vendors. Two discussion panels are planned: A Scandinavian panel
and a computer vendor panel. The first day, June 20, will be devoted
to two tutorials in parallel: "Validated scientific computing
using interval analysis" and "Automatic differentiation".
The minisymposia and contributed talks will be scheduled in
parallel sessions.
There will be one poster session, and this will take place
at the Workshop reception.
A desk will be provided for each software vendor. Vendor
information should be in the form of handouts or posters. It
is expected that each vendor will be a sponsor of the
Workshop.
All invited and contributed talks must be noncommercial.
There will be a reception June 21 and a conference dinner June 22.
The evening of June 23, the Eve of St. Hans Day, is celebrated
in Denmark by the lighting of bonfires. A visit to a bonfire
will be arranged for those Workshop participants (and
accompanying persons) who are still in the area.
There will also be some organized entertainment during PARA'04 for
companions of guests.
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