****  CALL FOR PAPERS  ****

                           PARA'04
                 WORKSHOP ON STATE-OF-THE-ART
                    IN SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING
                       June 20-23, 2004
                 http://www.imm.dtu.dk/~jw/para04/

ORGANIZERS:
   Jack Dongarra, University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge Nat. Lab.
   Kaj Madsen, Technical University of Denmark
   Jerzy Wasniewski, Technical University of Denmark

DATES:
   June 20, 2004: Two tutorials: Interval analysis and automatic
                                 differentiation
   June 21-23, 2004:  PARA'04 Workshop sessions

PLACE: Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark

SCOPE:
The emphasis of the PARA'04 meeting is 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
them. 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.

CONTRIBUTED TALKS:
A limited number of contributed talks of no more than 20 minutes each
will be selected for the PARA'04 Workshop. Short abstracts of at most
one page should be submitted by January 31, 2004 to the address given
under "SUBMISSIONS" below. The text should be in pure ASCII format.
Notification of acceptance will be made by February 29, 2004.

After acceptance, extended abstracts of at most 7 pages should be
submitted by April 15, 2004. Two format versions are needed: latex
and either postscript or pdf. The pictures must be formatted as
encapsulated postscript files (eps). The extended abstracts will be
handed out at the beginning of the workshop.

After the workshop, full papers of at most 10 pages will be included
in the workshop proceedings to be published in the Springer series
Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS). The full papers, formatted
according to the rules of the LNCS, should be submitted by September
15, 2004. The author's instructions and style files for the LNCS can
be found at
           http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html
These papers will be reviewed.

Some of the papers may be selected for publication in special issues
of regular scientific journals.

DEADLINES:
  Abstracts (at most 1 page):            January   31, 2004
  Notification of acceptance:            February  29, 2004
  Extended abstracts (at most 7 pages):  April     15, 2004
  The PARA'04 Workshop:                  June   20-23, 2004
  Proceedings papers (at most 10 pages): September 15, 2004

SUBMISSIONS:
All abstracts and papers should be sent to
                   	
Attn. Jerzy Wasniewski
      PARA'04, IMM, DTU, Bldg. 321 
      DK-2800 Lyngby, Denmark
      Email: jw@imm.dtu.dk
                 
FURTHER INFORMATION:
For more information about the PARA'04 Workshop, including the invited
speakers, minisymposia, payments, registration and hotel reservations,
please visit
                    http://www.imm.dtu.dk/~jw/para04/
A PDF file with the PARA'04 poster is attached to this email.

On behalf of the PARA'04 Workshop Organizing Committee,

Jerzy Wasniewski                     Lyngby, January 12, 2004