From: carsten@parsytec.de (Carsten Rietbrock) Subject: CONF: 1993 World Transputer Congress, 20 - 22 September 1993, Klinikum Date: 10 Aug 93 09:39:12 GMT Organization: Parsytec Computer GmbH Crossposted from comp.sys.transputer 1993 World Transputer Congress ============================== Conference Programme 20 - 22 September 1993, Klinikum, Aachen, Germany For further information and a registration form please contact: Dr. Mike Jane The Transputer Consortium Informatics Department Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Chilton Didcot OX11 0QX UK Phone +44 235 445408 Fax +44 235 445893 E-Mail mrj@uk.ac.rl.inf or Dr. S. Hilton E-Mail sch@uk.ac.rl.inf Dr. Reinhard Grebe DeTAG Institut fur Physiologie RWTH Aachen Pauwelsstrasse 30 52057 Aachen Germany Phone +49 241 8088822 Fax +49 241 875992 MONDAY 20 SEPTEMBER 1993 0900 Opening address Anke Brunn Minister for Education & Science for Northrhine Westphalia 0930 Keynote Lecture I Prof Dr Achim Bachem Mathematical Institute University of Cologne "Parallel Data Processing: History and Perspectives" 1000 COFFEE 1030 Keynote Lecture II Professor C A R Hoare Programming Research Group University of Oxford "Hardware & Software: The Closing Gap" 1115 Invited Lecture Dr Uwe Franke Mercedes Benz, Stuttgart "Transputers on the Road" 1200 LUNCH 1330 Parallel Session 1 MA1 Real Time Control I (TAT) MA2 Graphics I (WTC) MA3 Tools I (WTC) MA4 Systems Programming I (WTC) MA5 Short Communications I (TAT) 1530 TEA 1600 Parallel Session 2 MA6 Real Time Control II / Algorithms I (TAT) MA7 Image Processing I (WTC) MA8 Tools II (WTC) MA9 Operating Systems I (WTC) MA10 Short Communications II (TAT) EXHIBITION Opens 0900 1800 Exhibitors' Short Presentations 1845 - 1930 Exhibitors' Reception EXHIBITION Closes 1930 2000 CONFERENCE BANQUET TUESDAY 21 SEPTEMBER 1993 0900 Invited Lecture Dr Chuang Ping Derg Rahmonic Resources Pte Ltd, Singapore "Parallel Image Processing for Road Traffic Pricing and Port Container Traffic Control" 0945 Invited Lecture Prof B Spalding CHAM Limited, London "Porting a Major Commercial Application to a Multi-Transputer Platform" 1025 COFFEE 1040 Parallel Session 3 TM1 Algorithms II (TAT) TM2 Industrial Forum I (WTC) TM3 Development & Formal Methods I (WTC) TM4 Operating Systems II (WTC) TM5 Short Communications III (TAT) 1240 LUNCH 1400 Parallel Session 4 TA1 Tools III (TAT) TA2 Industrial Forum II (WTC) TA3 Algorithms III (WTC) TA4 Operating Systems III (WTC) TA5 Short Communications IV (TAT) 1600 TEA 1630 Parallel Session 5 TA6 Programme Environments I (TAT) TA7 Real Time Control III (WTC) TA8 Algorithms IV (WTC) TA9 Operating Systems IV (WTC) TA10 Short Communications V (TAT) 0830 - 1630 EXHIBITION 1630 END OF EXHIBITION 1830 END OF DAY 2 2000 CONCERT IN CATHEDRAL WEDNESDAY 22 SEPTEMBER 1993 0900 Parallel Session 6 WM1 Programme Environments II (TAT) WM2 Real Time Control IV (WTC) WM3 Algorithms V (WTC) WM4 Languages & Architecture I (WTC) WM5 Short Communications VI (TAT) 1100 COFFEE 1115 Parallel Session 7 WM6 Artificial Intelligence I (TAT) WM7 Real Time Control V (WTC) WM8 Signal Processing I (WTC) WM9 Languages & Architecture II (WTC) WM10 Short Communications VII (TAT) 1315 LUNCH 1415 Invited Lecture Mr R Shepherd Inmos, Bristol "Architectural Advances in the T9000" 1500 Panel Session 1630 Closing Remarks 1645 FORMAL CLOSE OF CONFERENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PARALLEL SESSIONS ----------------- Monday 20 September 1993 Session 1 Time 13.30 Hrs -------------------------------- Stream 1 (TAT) Real Time Control I MA1 System Requirements and architectures for Vision Guided Autonomous Robots B Blochl Ein Multiprozessorsystem zur Objekterkennung und-lagebestimmung in Echtzeitanwendungen R Otterbach An All-Transputer Visual Autobahn-Autopilot/Copilot E D Dickmanns R Behringer C Brudigam D Dickmanns F Thomanek V v Holt Latency and Bandwidth Evaluation of Distributed Transputer Networks based on FDDI and HIPPI T9000 Links H Westphal D Popovic Stream 2 (WTC) Graphics I MA2 Computer Graphics and Animation on a Transputer Platform W Lamotte F Van Reeth E Flerackers The Application of Graphics and Animation Techniques for Large-Scale Simulations S A Khaddaj N Haider M R Wilby D D Vvedensky HPC Takes the Bus! W Huiskamp R Kiel M H Smit Stream 3 (WTC) Tools I MA3 A Parallel Expert System Tool in Real Time Planning M Lignon P Theret A-M Leroy D Leroy A Test Environment for Investigation of Dynamic Load Balancing in Transputer Networks L Schrettner I E Jelly A New Precompiler for Mapping DSP Applications to Multiprocessing Systems K A Marlow M Razaz Dynamo: A Processes-Processors Mapper for occam2 Programmes A N Biriukov A Fatychov D Ulyanov Stream 4 (WTC) Systems Programming I MA4 Performance Issues in the Design of a Processor Farm Template A Wagner H Sreekantaswamy S Chanson A Comparison of Three Multi Platform Message Passing Interfaces on an Expectation Maximization Algorithm C Gyulai S Bialkowski G S Stiles L S Powers Constructing Correct Protocols for a Diffusion Virtual Machine in Message Passing Parallel Architectures R Despons T Muntean Remote Access to Transputer Over Internet I Yigit A Kiper Stream 5 (TAT) Short Communications I MA5 Session 2 Time 16.00 Hrs ---------------------------------- Stream 1 (TAT) Real Time Control II MA6 Echtzeitsimulation Mechatronischer Systeme mit Transputern D Clemens Implementation of an Adaptive Robot Control System on a Transputer Network J S Yu P C Muller Algorithms I Parallel Clustering on a Unidirectional Ring G Rudolph Matrix Multiplication with Maximum Accuracy on Various Transputer Architectures G Bohlender T Kersten Stream 2 (WTC) Image Processing I MA7 Parallel Pixmap Image Storage and Retrieval R D Hersch B Krummenacher L Landron Parallel 3-d Wavelet Transform Codec for Image Sequences K H Goh J J Soraghan T S Durrani I-BOL: A Tool for Processing Images on Transputers D Crookes J Brown Efficient Parallel Feature Extraction in High Performance Character Recognition Systems M C Fairhurst K D Cowley M K Yanni Stream 3 (WTC) Tools II MA8 Tools to facilitate the implementation of grid based finite difference algorithms on distributed computer systems D W Jones J P Hulskamp D Abramson Virtual Channel Generator - VCG J P E Sunter A W P Bakkers K C J Wijbrans PDG: A Process-level Debugger in GRAPE for communicating processes on transputer platforms C Caerts R Lauwereins J A Peperstraete ADL: A Graphical Design Language for Real-Time Parallel Applications M van Steen T Vogel A ten Dam Stream 4 (WTC) Operating Systems I MA9 Dynamic Reconfigurability with Fault Tolerance H de S Castro M P Gough An Associative Scheme for Dynamic Load Allocation D Grigoras R Calinescu Dynamic Distributed Load Balancing I W Phillips P C Capon Support for Network-Wide Synchronous Communications via the Active Reconfiguration of Transputer Links A Murta Stream 5 (TAT) Short Communications II MA10 PARALLEL SESSIONS Tuesday 21 September 1993 Session 3 Time 10.40 Hrs -------------------------------- Stream 1 (TAT) Algorithms II TM1 Walk Through Animation on Massively Parallel Transputer Architectures K Menzel M Ohlemeyer Generic Branch-and-Bound on a Network of Transputers N Kuck M Middendorf H Schmeck A Parallelization Method for Large FORTRAN Programs B Flechner R W Dunn Transputer in der Spektroskopie - Paralleles Rechnen in der Chemie P Bleckmann L Koniczek F H Walter Stream 2 (WTC) Industrial Forum I TM2 Stream 3 (WTC) Development & Formal Methods I TM3 Using PARSE for Transputer Software Development I E Jelly I Gorton J Gray A Semantic Model for occam2 M H Goldsmith A W Roscoe B G O Scott High Level Paradigms for Deadlock-Free High-Performance Systems P H Welch G Justo C Willcock Stream 4 (WTC) Operating Systems II TM4 KAPAC: A Dynamically Reconfigurable Multicomputer with Modified Trollius J-S Hong K H Park Multi-Transputer Systems with Dynamic Link Connection Switching Controlled through a Serial Bus M S Tudruj T Kalinowski Randomized Routing of h-Relations in Clos Networks J-M Adamo Efficient Routing using Class Climbing M Kesseler Stream 5 (TAT) Short Communications III TM5 Session 4 Time 14.00 Hrs -------------------------------- Stream 1 (TAT) Tools III TA1 Parallelization and Performance Optimization of the Learning of a Non-Classical Neural Network Approach W Brockmann O Huwendiek W Obeloer OLGA - A Modelling Tool for Algorithmic Skeletons S Waser H Burkhart STED - A Small General-Purpose Tool for Software Monitoring H Dorr Tools for Automated Implementation of Communications Protocols on Transputer Networks T Braun B Stiller Stream 2 (WTC) Industrial Forum II TA2 Stream 3 (WTC) Algorithms III TA3 Performance Analysis of Parallel Square Grid Sort on Transputers K P Tan G H Ong S C Tay Transputer Implementation for Parallel Generation and Assembly of Finite Element Systems F H Chishti A R Clare M Razaz The Implementation of Speed-up of Coloured SOR Methods Solving 3-D Problems on Arrays of Transputers A Asenov D Reid A Brown J R Barker Stream 4 (WTC) Operating Systems III TA4 Generic Microkernel Architecture for the PAROS PARallel Operating System H Castro A Elleuch T Muntean P Waille Distributed Kernel for a Transputer Based Computer E Luque M A Senor D Franco P Hernandez E Heymann J C Moure Pre-emptive Scheduling of Multi-Priority Processes in a Transputer M H Cheung K M Shea F C M Lau Circuit-Switched IPC for Predictable Message Passing in a Multiloop Transputer Network M Benmaiza M Tayli Stream 5 (TAT) Short Communications IV TA5 Session 5 Time 16.30 Hrs -------------------------------- Stream 1 (TAT) Programme Environments I TA6 Entwicklung einer Parallelisierungsstrategie fur die Strukturoptimierung M Weck M Ruschitzka TRAPPER: A Graphical Programming Environment for Embedded MIMD-Computers L Schafers C Scheidler D Kramer-Fuhrmann Virtual Channels for Deadlock-Free Communication in Transputer Networks H Wabnig Automatic Configuration and Optimization of Parallel Transputer Applications A Mitschele-Thiel Stream 2 (WTC) Real Time Control III TA7 Using Transputer Network for Real Time Adaptive Robot Control Z Zheng H Lecocq A Distributed Walking Robot Controller D R Matthew K T Macfarlane Transputer Based Minimum Cost Trajectory Planning of Robots B Kwolek R Leniowski M Wysocki Transputer Architecture for Sensor-Guided Control of Mobile Robots H Hu M Brady P Probert Stream 3 (WTC) Algorithms IV TA8 Border Tiling: For Efficient Loop Execution on Distributed Memory Machines W Ding V V Dongen Data Compression: An Implementation of Huffman Coding on a Transputer Network G D Finlayson S Atkins M Zastre Advanced Monte Carlo on a Transputer Based Computing System J Wood Conservative Parallel Discrete Event Simulation in a Transputer Based Multicomputer J-M Alonso A A Frutos R B Palacio Stream 4 (WTC) Operating Systems IV TA9 A Transputer Based Implementation of HTPNET A Transport Protocol for Broadband Networks T S Chan I Gorton Evacuation: A Software Strategy to Support Fault-Tolerant Transputer Systems M J Colley O A Aghanya J Standeven How to Get a Fault-Tolerant Farm L M Silva B Veer J G Silva System Support for Fault Tolerant Applications in Parallel Computing Systems B Veer N Garnett Stream 5 (TAT) Short Communications V TA10 PARALLEL SESSIONS Wednesday 22 September 1993 Session 6 Time 09.00 Hrs -------------------------------- Stream 1 (TAT) Programme Environments II WM1 Programming, Porting and Performance Tests on a 1024 Processor Transputer Cluster A Bachem T Meis K Nagel M Reimeyer M Wattawa A Simple Simulation of Concurrent Write Operations on Distributed Memory Machines T Seifert E Speckenmeyer PAR-SDL: Software Design and Implementation for Transputer Systems C Steigner R Joostema C Groove ZCAD - Graphisches Konfigurationstool, POLYPIPE Verteilter Betriebssystemkern fur Transputer durch Zcad generiert C Welte J Hiller Stream 2 (WTC) Real Time Control IV WM2 Design of a transputer-based fault-tolerant control system using analytical redundancy P K Sinha F B Zhou K Mutib Binary Tree Networks for Real Time Control M G Kellett The Development of a Dependable Distributed Control System for Flexible Manufacture W W M Hales P Gray F Poole Transputer Control of Nonlinear Multivariable Systems P K Sinha N S McLagan Stream 3 (WTC) Algorithms V WM3 Parallel Simulation Algorithm of Neural Networks on Massively Parallel Computers K Tanno A Tanaka T Takeda Porting Linear Algebra Subroutines from Transputers to Clusters of Workstations R D de Cunha T Hopkins Parallelization of back-propagation learning using several interconnection networks on a multi-transputer system K Yamazaki T Kanatani T Watanabe H Tokumaru Sub-Optimal Static Scheduling of Partially Ordered Tasks in TransputersNetworks C Garcia M Martucci Jr Stream 4 (WTC) Languages & Architecture I WM4 TROB: TRansputer + Object-Based concurrent programming S L Lai K F Loe Towards an Efficient Graph Rewriting Engine for Parallel Execution of Declarative Programmes on Transputers X Tian Zheng D Wang M Shen Implementation of a Concurrent Logic Language on Transputers P Merino B Rubio J M Troya Logflow-2: A Transputer Based Data Driven Parallel Prolog Machine P Kacsuk Stream 5 (TAT) Short Communications VI WM5 Session 7 Time 11.15 Hrs -------------------------------- Stream 1 (WTC) Artificial Intelligence I WM6 A Transputer Based Recurrent Neural Network for Resonance Tracking of Speech J Bonnyman K M Curtis G Bailly General Heuristics for the Mapping Problem E G Talbi T Muntean A Transputer Based Self-Organising Neural Network for Speech Synthesis Parameter Arbitration S A Wilde K M Curtis Stream 2 (WTC) Real Time Control V WM7 Transputer Implementation of an Algorithm for Self-Repairing Real-Time Flight Control (SRFC) Systems F Caliskan R Vepa A flexible high speed distributed control system for aircraft testing G Burnett P Morris A Patterson I Powlesland B Roelofs A Transputer Based Control System for Large Industrial Excimer Lasers M B Richardson Stream 3 (WTC) Signal Processing I WM8 Parallel Implementation of Target Tracking Kalman Filters onto Full-Linking Transputer Networks M El-Mahy A White A Fully Configurable Transputer Based Parallel Speech Synthesiser Development System P R Gubbins J I Bonnyman K M Curtis A Transputer Based System for Magnetic Field Tomography M J Liu R Hasson A A Ioannides Transputer Implementation of a 3-D Radiotherapy Treatment Planning Algorithm W Sandham R Vance Y Yuan C Deehan J Mills Stream 4 (WTC) Languages & Architecture II WM9 Some Issues Concerning the Portability of OCCAM Programs B M Cook Record Types with Ad Hoc Polymorphism in occam3(e) W Chutimaskul J M Kerridge Distributed Memory Multi-Processing with Intel i860 R S Stephens Meiko CS-2 Interconnect Elan-Elite Design M Homewood M McLaren Stream 5 (TAT) Short Communications VII WM10