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CALL-FOR-PAPERS

TECHNICAL CONFERENCE

USERS TRACKS

WORKSHOPS

PROPOSE A POSTER

PROGRAMME COMMITTEE

SUBMISSION
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SECRETARIES

CALL-FOR-PAPERS

HPCN Europe '97

The HPCN Europe '97 event is scheduled from April 28 - 30 in Vienna, Austria. It is the aim of the event to focus on Advanced Solutions for Industry, Research and Education based on Workstations, Servers, High-Performance Systems, and Networks. HPCN Europe '97 aims in particular to show the importance of HPCN technology for the industrial end-users.

The event will comprise the following activities: an Exhibition, a Technology Demonstrator Display (TDD), a Conference, Workshops, as well as a Vendor Session and a special Industrial End-user Session. On Saturday April 26 additional Workshops can be proposed. This call for participation and paper submission mainly concentrates on the Conference and Workshops.

TECHNICAL CONFERENCE
The conference will have three themes: end-user HPCN applications, computational science research and computer science research in HPCN. The end-user theme will focus on HPCN end-user applications in industry and academia.

It aims to show the ability of HPCN technologies to create a competitive edge in such industries as: banking & insurance, entertainment and other service providing and networking companies, in automotive and aerospace, manufacturing, consumer electronics, medical, chemical & pharmaceutical companies etc. It will further focus on the role of HPCN as a path finding tool for various areas of research such as: chemistry, physics, biosciences, geophysics, climate modelling, material sciences, etc.
The end-user theme in HPCN Europe '97 intends to focus on the following areas.

Applications in Information systems such as:

Applications in Banking & Insurance; e.g. On-line Transaction Processing, Financial Modelling, Data Storage & Retrieval and Warehousing, Data Mining etc.
Information Highway applications e.g. WEB applications and architectural issues such as Broadband Networking, caching, navigation and new visual interfaces.
Applications in Entertainment and Medical Industry; e.g. Multi Media, Imaging, Visualisation, Virtual Reality etc

Applications in Science and Engineering such as:

Applications in Automotive and Aerospace Industry; e.g. Mechanical design Analysis for Structured Mechanics, CFD, etc.
Applications in Consumer Electronics & Telecom; e.g. Electromagnetic Design for Circuits etc.
Applications in Chemical and Pharmaceutical Industry; e.g. Drug Design, Catalysis, Polymer Design etc.
Applications for Government and Public Agencies; e.g. Climate Modelling, Environment Simulation for Pollution Studies etc.

Papers on academic research that coincides with the end-user segments identified above are also solicited. Papers concentrating on general challenging end-user HPCN applications - including those describing HPCN techniques for new commercial application areas such as transaction processing and database management, but also in particular those combining HPC with Networking like WWW applications - are also very welcome

A second theme is basic academic research concentrating on original research in computational science and engineering based on HPCN such as new solvers, new numerical techniques, loadbalancing and scheduling techniques. In particular papers on research into emerging fields such as High-Performance Databases, Financial Modelling, Pictorial Data Storage and Retrieval, Data Mining, new methods for Data Visualisation, Computational Steering, and Complex Dynamical Systems are invited.

A third theme of the conference is dedicated towards computer science methods for HPCN such as tools, runtime support and programming environments, numerical libraries etc. In this area papers on new research into (parallelization) tools, programming languages, compilers and programming environments are solicited. Papers on distributed operating systems issues are also invited. Papers on such issues as Parallel Scalable I/O and other aspect of new HPCN architectures are also welcome.

Paper Submission

Prospective authors on the above mentioned subjects are invited to submit an extended abstract or preferably a full paper describing their results and experiences related to High-Performance Computing and Networking in these areas. The material must be original and not previously published. The programme committee is committed to assembling a technical program of the highest quality. In selecting papers for inclusion in the program, the committee will consider the submission's originality, relevance to the conference, and clarity. Each selected contributor will be given a 25-minute slot during the conference to present his or her paper.

Papers must:

Be in English; extended abstracts (4 pages minimum) or full papers (10 pages maximum) will be accepted for refereeing.
Include a title page, which lists the name and mailing address of each author, and which clearly specifies the presenting author.
Include the e-mail address, telephone, and fax number of the corresponding author.
Include a maximum 150-word abstract.

Papers are submitted without conditions. Full papers will receive a certain preference in the refereeing procedure because they allow better judgement of research results. Authors must obtain approvals and/or clearances prior to submission. Authors of accepted papers will be notified of acceptance by February 1 and will be required to sign a copyright release form. Contributed papers can be submitted to the Programme Secretariat at the address given below.

Deadline for Submissions is November 8, 1996. Instructions for submission see Appendix.

E-Mail: [ Information/Programme secretariat ]

USER TRACKS
There will be four user tracks,

Industrial User Track
General end-user track
Computational Science User Track
Computer Science User Track

The industrial end-user tracks will primarily feature invited speakers from industry, these talks will focus on the benefits of HPCN technology for the industrial end-user in Europe in particular.

E-Mail: [ Information/Programme secretariat ]

WORKSHOPS

Propose a workshop

Workshops are interactive sessions on emerging topics of interest to researchers involved with High-Performance Computing and Networking. Each workshop organiser, typically a leader in the field, is responsible for developing the theme and organising a format that will introduce the audience to major issues and engage them in active dialogue. Persons interested in organising a workshop should submit a proposal that includes the following:

Descriptive title of workshop and abstract (200 words or fewer).
Description of workshop topic, intended audience, and goals (400-750 words).
Format and length (total of three hours for half-day; six hours for full-day).
Summary of organiser's contributions to the topic area, plus list of potential speakers and short biographical statement of each (maximum three pages).
A/V and multimedia equipment needs.
The name, mailing address, e-mail address, phone and fax number of the organiser; if more than one organiser is involved, identify one contact person.

Workshop proposals can be submitted to the Programme Secretariat at the address given below.
Deadline for submission is November 8. Instructions for submission see Appendix.

E-Mail: [ Information/Programme secretariat ]

PROPOSE A POSTER
Authors preferring a more informal, interactive presentation of their results may submit a proposal for a poster. Researchers may use the traditional paper poster formats or provide interactive multimedia presentations suitable for viewing over the WWW. During scheduled poster sessions, researchers should be available to discuss their research with conference attendees.

Proposals should include:

An abstract (150 words or fewer) that describes the content of the poster.
Information on the mode of presentation (electronic, video, standard poster, combination).
Any equipment and network requirements.
Name, address, e-mail, phone, and fax information for the presenter.

Poster proposals can be submitted to the Programme Secretariat at the address given below. Notification of acceptance will be given by February 1.

Deadline for submission is November 8, 1996. Instructions for submission see section [3].

E-Mail: [ Information/Programme secretariat ]

Paper and Poster Publication

Accepted papers and posters will be published in the conference proceedings published in Lecture Notes in Computer Science by Springer Verlag. Moreover a selection of the best papers will be published in a special issue of the North Holland journal FGCS.

PROGRAMME COMMITTEE

H. Liddell QMC london
A. Colbrook Smith System Engineering Ltd
P. Sloot University Amsterdam
F. Arlabosse Framentec Paris
M. Arioli CNR Pavia
A. Bachem University Cologne
T. Bemmerl TU Aachen
A. Bode Technical University Muenich
F. Breitenecker University Wien
H. Burkhart University Basel
D. Caromel Sophia Antipolis
J. Dongarra University of Tennessee
I. Duff DRAL
B. Edisbury TSB
J. Eliot Smith Associates
D. Fritzson SKF Engineering Nieuwegein
W. Gentzsch University Regensburg; Genias
A. Hey University Southampton
A. Hoekstra University of Amsterdam
G. Hoffman ECMWF
F. Hossfeld KFA
M. Kelvin CSC
M. McLaren Meiko Bristol
P. Messina California Institute of Technology
G. Meurant CEA
J. Murphy Bae
D. Olesen University Copenhagen
D. Parkinson QMC London
R. Perrot University Belfast
A. Quarteroni CRS4 Cagliari
A. Rheinefeld University Paderborn
A. Reuter University Stuttgart
D. Roose University Leuven
G. Serazzi Poliytecnico di Milano
A. Sgamellotti Universita' di Perugia
C. Skelton ICL
O. Thomas GMD
U. Trottenberg GMD
C. Upstill PAC
H. v.d. Vorst University Utrecht
M. Vanneschi Universita' di Pisa
J. Volkert University linz
P. Welch University Kent
Kam-Fai Wong University Hong Kong

SUBMISSION RULES
Your paper submission should be send to:
E-Mail: [ hpcn97submit@wins.uva.nl. ]
Behind this mail address is an automated system that processes your submission. If you do not receive a reply please contact:
E-Mail: [ hpcn97@wins.uva.nl ]

The following file formats are supported:
1.*	tex	single plain tex file
2.*	latex	single latex 2.09 file
3.*	latex 2e	single latex 2e file
4.*	tex.tar.Z.uue	uuencoded compressed tar file with plain tex files. main tex file should be named hpcn97.tex
4a.	tex.tar.gz.uue	uuencoded gzipped tar file with plain tex files. main tex file should be named hpcn97.tex
5.*	latex.tar.Z.uue	uuencoded compressed tar file with latex 2.09 files. main tex file should be named hpcn97.tex
5a.	latex.tar.gz.uue	uuencoded gzipped tar file with latex 2.09 files. main tex file should be named hpcn97.tex
6.*	latex2e.tar.Z.uue	uuencoded compressed tar file with latex 2e files. main tex file should be named hpcn97.tex
6a.	latex2e.tar.gz.uue	uuencoded gzipped tar file with latex 2e files. main tex file should be named hpcn97.tex
7.*	postscript	postscript file for 600 dpi printer
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*1.	TeX. For documents consisting of a single Plain Tex document requiring only standard macro packages. These documents should be mailed without additional processing. On UNIX use:
mail -s "tex" hpcn97submit@wins.uva.nl paper.tex Documents should be typeset for A4 size paper.
*2.	LaTeX. For documents consisting of a single LaTeX 2.09 document requiring only standard macro packages. These documents should be mailed without additional processing. On unix use:
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Then mail it: mail -s "tex.tar.Z.uue" hpcn97submit@wins.uva.nl /tmp/filename.Z.uue Documents should be typeset for A4 size paper.
Instead of compress you may also use the gzip compression program. In that case the subject field should be: tex.tar.gz.uue
*5.	LaTeX version 2.09. Multiple files. Note: the file to be processed by TeX should be named hpcn96.tex BEFORE executing the following unix commands:
cd YOUR_SUBMISSION_DIR tar cf/tmp/filename. (note the DOT) compress /tmp/filename uuencode /tmp/filename.Z tex /tmp/filename.Z.uue
Then mail it: mail -s "latex.tar.Z.uue" hpcn97submit@wins.uva.nl /tmp/filename.Z.uue Documents should be typeset for A4 size paper. Instead of compress you may also use the gzip compression program. In that case the subject field should be: latex.tar.gz.uue
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Lecture notes in computer science:

Advice to Authors for the Preparation of Camera-Ready Contributions to LNCS/LNAI Proceedings.

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Printing area:

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Heading level	Example Font	Size and Style
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2nd-level heading	2.1 Simple Connections	10 point, bold
3rd-level heading	Typing Rules.	10 point, bold
4th-level heading	Remarks: (text follows)	10 point, italic

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SECRETARIES

Programme Secretariat (For submission only!)

HPCN Europe '97
Programme Secretariat
Laura Lotty
Kruislaan 403
1098 SJ Amsterdam
Fax. +31 20 5257490
E-Mail: [ hpcn97submit@wins.uva.nl ]

For other questions contact Conference Secretariat or Exhibition Secretariat.

Conference Secretariat

HPCN Europe '97
Conference Secretariat
MC-Consultancy
Lodewijk Bos
Stationsstraat 38
3511 EG Utrecht
E-Mail: [ hpcn97@wins.uva.nl ]
Tel. +31 30 2311038
Fax. +31 30 2321967