From owner-hpff Mon Oct 7 17:44:05 1996 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by cs.rice.edu (8.7.1/8.7.1) id RAA14992 for hpff-out; Mon, 7 Oct 1996 17:44:05 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <199610072244.RAA14992@cs.rice.edu> Date: Mon, 07 Oct 1996 13:16:47 -0700 From: Douglas Miles Organization: The Portland Group, Inc. Subject: hpff: HPF User's Group Mtg Sender: owner-hpff Precedence: bulk --------------------------------------------------------------------------- hpff@cs.rice.edu is a mailing list for announcements related to High Performance Fortran. Instructions for adding or deleting yourself from this list appear at the bottom of this message. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- My apologies to those in the HPFF core groups who have gotten repeated copies of this announcement. However, those of us on the general hpff alias didn't see it first time around. Bob Boland indicates that this announcement should be forwarded to all interested parties. !HPF$ !HPF$ !HPF$ !HPF$ !HPF$ !HPF$ !HPF$ First Annual HPF User Group Meeting !HPF$ !HPF$ !HPF$ !HPF$ !HPF$ !HPF$ !HPF$ Sante Fe, New Mexico !HPF$ !HPF$ !HPF$ !HPF$ !HPF$ !HPF$ !HPF$ February 24-26, 1997, Eldorado Hotel !HPF$ !HPF$ !HPF$ !HPF$ !HPF$ !HPF$ !HPF$ Sponsored by ============ Center for Research on Parallel Computation Los Alamos National Laboratory ======================================================================= The First Annual HPF User Group Meeting will be held February 24 to 26, 1997, at the Eldorado Hotel in Sante Fe, New Mexico. At this time, it is anticipated that the meeting will end around noon on Wednesday. The meeting will provide an opportunity for users of HPF to meet each other, share ideas and experience, and get up-to-date information about implementations and future directions. The day before the conference (February 23) will be devoted to tutorials: o Introduction to HPF (morning) Covering the basics of programming in HPF. o HPF 2.0 (afternoon) Presentation of the newly-finalized HPF version 2.0. The conference itself will include: o Invited Talks by HPF users o Invited Talks by HPF developers o Panel Discussions Ken Kennedy will moderate a panel discussion to promote user feedback on HPF. The particular focuses of this panel will be to advise compiler developers on where to focus their efforts: What features do programmers use? What features need better implementations? Attendee participation is highly encouraged. Other panels may be added based on attendee interest. Proposals for panel sessions may be submitted through the "contributed talks" mechanism. o Contributed Talks from the HPF user community o Social Activities An opening reception will be held at the hotel Sunday evening. A banquet on Tuesday evening will be held at the hotel. Conference attendees are encouraged to submit abstracts for presentations at the meeting. Call For Presentations: ----------------------- We invite everyone with HPF ideas or experiences to submit abstracts of papers and posters for possible presentation at the meeting. List of topics includes (but is not limited to): o Real-world HPF Applications: CFD Image Processing Structural Analysis Chemistry Aerodynamics o HPF Software: Tools Libraries Vendors Implementations Programming Environments o HPF Development: Extensions and Improvements Optimization Techniques Runtime Support Critiques and Evaluations Submitting an abstract: ----------------------- Abstracts of 300 words or less must be submitted before January 2, 1997 and must be in a single file readable by Netscape 2.0 or later. Abstracts will be reviewed and authors notified of their acceptance by January 16, 1997. Accepted abstracts will be posted on the Web and the meeting program will be prepared directly from the submitted abstract. Submit abstracts to hpf97@lanl.gov. Any special equipment required for the talk should also be indicated in the abstract. Important Dates: ---------------- January 2: Abstract submission deadline January 16: Speaker notification January 24: Registration deadline for meeting and tutorials (to avoid late fee) Additional information can be retrieved on the World Wide Web at: http://www.lanl.gov/HPF High Performance Fortran User Group Program Committee: ------------------------------------------------------ Bob Boland, LANL (chair) (wrb@lanl.gov) Barbara Chapman, University of Vienna (barbara@vcpc.univie.ac.at) Dave Loveman, Digital (loveman@msbcs.enet.dec.com) Ken Kennedy, Rice University (ken@rice.edu) Charles Koelbel, Rice University (chk@cs.rice.edu) David L. Presberg, Cornell Theory Center (presberg@tc.cornell.edu) Mary Zosel, LLNL (zosel@llnl.gov) Registration: ------------- In order to establish your registration please complete the accompanying form and return to hutton@lanl.gov no later than January 24, 1997. The registration fee for the conference is $200.00 if received by January 24. Late registration fee (received after January 24) will be $250.00. The fee for the tutorials is $25.00 per tutorial if received no later than January 24, 1997 and $40.00 otherwise. Fees can be paid by cash, check, Visa or Mastercard only. Credit cards will not be charged until just prior to the conference. Please mail checks (made payable to HPF User Group) or credit card information to: LeeRoy Herrera Los Alamos National Laboratory Conference & Visit Management, MS P366 Attn: Conference Accountant/ U9D5 Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545 Accommodations: --------------- A block of rooms has been reserved at the Eldorado Hotel. To secure accommodations at the prevailing per diem rate of $86.00 single or $108 double inclusive, contact the hotel directly and refer to the HPF meeting. Reservations must be made by January 24, 1997, to ensure the conference rate. Reservations made after that date will be on a space available basis. Eldorado Hotel 309 W. San Francisco St Santa Fe, New Mexico 86501 800-955-4455 (Reservations) / 505-988-4455 Parking: -------- Valet parking is available at the Eldorado at the rate of $7 per 24 hour period. Hospitality: ------------ A welcoming hosted reception (and on-site registration) will be held at the hotel Sunday evening from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Light refreshments will be served during morning and afternoon breaks. A banquet is planned for Tuesday, February 25, at 7:00 p.m. at the Eldorado Hotel. Guest banquet tickets may be purchased for $40.00. Transportation: --------------- Rental cars are available at the Albuquerque International Airport. Santa Fe is approximately 1 1/2 hours drive from Albuquerque. Contact LeeRoy Herrera at the number listed above if a map is needed (or see the WWW page listed below). Shuttlejack bus transportation is also available from the airport directly to the hotel at a cost of approximately $20 each way. Contact Shuttlejack directly at 800-452-2665 (outside of New Mexico) or 505-243-3244 to arrange transportation. Special Accommodations: ----------------------- Every effort will be made to accommodate special needs of disabled participants or those with dietary restrictions. If assistance is required, please contact LeeRoy Herrera at 505-665-5593. Weather and Dress: ------------------ Casual dress is appropriate for this conference. In February days are usually sunny and cool and evenings are cold with temperatures in the 30 to 40 degree range. Snow is a possibility. A coat is recommended. REGISTRATION FORM HIGH PERFORMANCE FORTRAN (HPF) USERS GROUP Eldorado Hotel February 24 - 26, 1995 Name: _______________________________________ Address: _______________________________________ _______________________________________ _______________________________________ _______________________________________ Telephone: _____________________________ FAX: _____________________________ E-mail address: _____________________________ Dietary restrictions: Vegetarian _____ Kosher ______ Registration Fee: ($200.00 on or before January 24, 1997 and $250.00 after January 24, 1997) ____________ Introduction to HPF tutorial: ($25.00 on or before January 24, 1997 and $40.00 after January 24, 1997) ____________ HPF 2.0 tutorial: ($25.00 on or before January 24, 1997 and $40.00 after January 24, 1997) ____________ Guest Banquet Tickets: ______ at $40.00 per person ____________ Total ____________ Non-LANL Participants: Payment Made By: Cash ____ Check _____ Credit Card _____ Credit Card Information: Mastercard _______ Visa ______ Account Number _____________________________ Expiration Date _________ LANL Participants: Please provide your cost and program code and cost account ________/________/________ I plan to attend the following: Reception (Feb. 23) ________ Banquet (Feb. 25) ________ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- To (un)subscribe to this list, send mail to hpff-request@cs.rice.edu. Leave the subject line blank, and in the body put the line (un)subscribe --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From owner-hpff Sun Oct 20 23:38:55 1996 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by cs.rice.edu (8.7.1/8.7.1) id XAA25912 for hpff-out; Sun, 20 Oct 1996 23:38:55 -0500 (CDT) Received: from moe.rice.edu (moe.rice.edu [128.42.5.4]) by cs.rice.edu (8.7.1/8.7.1) with ESMTP id XAA25905 for ; Sun, 20 Oct 1996 23:38:52 -0500 (CDT) Received: from cs.rice.edu (cs.rice.edu [128.42.1.30]) by moe.rice.edu (8.7.1/8.7.1) with ESMTP id XAA28904 for ; Sun, 20 Oct 1996 23:38:51 -0500 (CDT) Received: from [128.42.5.118] (kradak-asyn9.rice.edu [128.42.5.118]) by cs.rice.edu (8.7.1/8.7.1) with ESMTP id XAA25841; Sun, 20 Oct 1996 23:37:55 -0500 (CDT) X-Sender: chk@titan.cs.rice.edu Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Sun, 20 Oct 1996 21:34:43 -0500 To: hpff@rice.edu, hpff-core@cs.rice.edu From: Chuck Koelbel Subject: hpff: HPF version 2.0 Language Specification Cc: comp-fortran-90@mailbase.ac.uk, tlc@cs.rice.edu, chk@cs.rice.edu, ratner@cs.rice.edu Sender: owner-hpff Precedence: bulk --------------------------------------------------------------------------- hpff@cs.rice.edu is a mailing list for announcements related to High Performance Fortran. Instructions for adding or deleting yourself from this list appear at the bottom of this message. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The High Performance Fortran Forum is pleased to announce the availablility of _The High Performance Fortran Language Specification, version 2.0.delta_. HPF 2.0 contains: * The HPF 2.0 Language * HPF 2.0 Approved Extensions The HPF 2.0 language includes features that are expected of every HPF implementation within a year of release of the language specification. These include: - Basic data distribution features (ALIGN and DISTRIBUTE, with some simplifications from HPF 1.1 in the procedure calls), - Data parallel features (FORALL and INDEPENDENT, including a new REDUCTION clause for INDEPENDENT), - Intrinsic and library routines (HPF 1.1, plus two new forms of sorting), and - The EXTRINSIC mechanism (as in HPF 1.0). The Approved Extensions include advanced features that meet specific needs, but are not likely to be supported in all initial compiler implementations. These include: - New data distribution patterns (including INDIRECT mappings and SHADOW regions) and DYNAMIC data distributions (REALIGN and REDISTRIBUTE), - New parallel control mechanisms (including the ON clause and TASK_REGION directive), - Asynchronous I/O operations, and - Several predefined EXTRINSIC types (some, like HPF_LOCAL, supported by the HPF Forum; other, like HPF_CRAFT, supported by other groups). The specification is available in several forms: Anonymous FTP from ftp://titan.cs.rice.edu/public/HPFF/hpf2/ This directory contains: hpf-report.ps Postscript version of the document hpf-report.dvi DVI version of the document *.tex LaTeX source for the document (hpf-report.tex is the root file) Releases/*.tar.gz TAR files of preliminary drafts (name indicates date created) Hardcopy Send a message to Theresa Chatman CITI/CRPC, Mail Stop 41 Rice University 6100 Main Street Houston, TX 77005 or e-mail to tlc@cs.rice.edu to request a copy. There is a $50.00 charge to cover copying and shipping costs. We hope to have the draft available through the WWW shortly. Due to the length and complexity of the document, turning it into HTML is "highly nontrivial" (i.e. latex2html chokes on the macros). We will make an announcement to this mailing list when it arrives. ***** IMPORTANT ***** This is a public comment version of the document. We value any and all reactions that you care to make. These will be taken into consideration in preparing the final draft in December. Please send your comments by e-mail to hpff-doc@cs.rice.edu. If you do not have electronic mail, send the comments by regular post to Charles Koelbel CITI/CRPC, Mail Stop 41 Rice University 6100 Main Street Houston, TX 77005 Thank you for your interest in HPF. Chuck Koelbel --------------------------------------------------------------------------- To (un)subscribe to this list, send mail to hpff-request@cs.rice.edu. Leave the subject line blank, and in the body put the line (un)subscribe --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From owner-hpff Thu Oct 24 08:08:55 1996 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by cs.rice.edu (8.7.1/8.7.1) id IAA12461 for hpff-out; Thu, 24 Oct 1996 08:08:55 -0500 (CDT) Received: from moe.rice.edu (moe.rice.edu [128.42.5.4]) by cs.rice.edu (8.7.1/8.7.1) with ESMTP id IAA12452 for ; Thu, 24 Oct 1996 08:08:33 -0500 (CDT) Received: from aloisius.vcpc.univie.ac.at (aloisius.vcpc.univie.ac.at [193.171.58.11]) by moe.rice.edu (8.7.1/8.7.1) with ESMTP id IAA28591 for ; Thu, 24 Oct 1996 08:07:21 -0500 (CDT) Received: from vcpc.univie.ac.at (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by aloisius.vcpc.univie.ac.at (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id PAA24325; Thu, 24 Oct 1996 15:02:59 +0200 (MET DST) Message-Id: <199610241302.PAA24325@aloisius.vcpc.univie.ac.at> To: hpff-core@cs.rice.edu, hpff@rice.edu, L22@par.univie.ac.at cc: tc@aloisius.vcpc.univie.ac.at Subject: hpff: HPF Forum WWW European Mirror From: Tony.Curtis@vcpc.univie.ac.at Date: Thu, 24 Oct 1996 15:02:59 +0200 Sender: owner-hpff Precedence: bulk --------------------------------------------------------------------------- hpff@cs.rice.edu is a mailing list for announcements related to High Performance Fortran. Instructions for adding or deleting yourself from this list appear at the bottom of this message. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear HPF users, The VCPC is pleased to announce that the official European mirror of the RICE university HPF Forum site can now be found at http://www.vcpc.univie.ac.at/mirror/HPFF/ In particular the latest release of the standard, dated October 20th, can be found at the VCPC ftp site, ftp://ftp.vcpc.univie.ac.at/pub/HPFF/ (anonymous FTP to ftp.vcpc.univie.ac.at [193.171.58.11] in directory /pub/HPFF) We encourage all those interested in the development of HPF to obtain a copy of this standard and send any comments to the HPF Forum as soon as possible. Comments or queries should be addressed to the discussion groups on hpff-doc@cs.rice.edu We look forward to your visit. yours, VCPC --------------------------------------------------------------------------- To (un)subscribe to this list, send mail to hpff-request@cs.rice.edu. Leave the subject line blank, and in the body put the line (un)subscribe --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From owner-hpff Thu Oct 31 08:41:14 1996 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by cs.rice.edu (8.7.1/8.7.1) id IAA19131 for hpff-out; Thu, 31 Oct 1996 08:41:14 -0600 (CST) Received: from PSUVM.PSU.EDU (psuvm.psu.edu [128.118.56.2]) by cs.rice.edu (8.7.1/8.7.1) with SMTP id IAA19125 for ; Thu, 31 Oct 1996 08:41:10 -0600 (CST) Received: from penser.psu.edu by PSUVM.PSU.EDU (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with TCP; Thu, 31 Oct 96 09:41:16 EST Received: by penser.psu.edu (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA02383; Thu, 31 Oct 96 09:37:22 EST Date: Thu, 31 Oct 1996 09:37:21 -0500 (EST) From: Tom Chyczewski Subject: hpff: unstructured data in hpf To: hpff@cs.rice.edu Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hpff Precedence: bulk --------------------------------------------------------------------------- hpff@cs.rice.edu is a mailing list for announcements related to High Performance Fortran. Instructions for adding or deleting yourself from this list appear at the bottom of this message. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- I am interested in using HPF to parallelize a code that has an unstructured grid capability. As far as I know, there has been a limited amount of work done on HPF in this respect. Is anyone aware of an HPF compiler with this capability. Also, there has been some work on using the CM-5 to parallelize unstructured codes. In these cases, CMSSL routines have been used. Can some of the utilities available to convert CMF to HPF handle CMSSL functions? Finally, the serial version of the code I want to port is written in C++. I've heard of pC++ but don't know how far along it is or its availibility. I suspect I am better off converting the code to Fortran. Any comments? Am I better off abandoning data parallelism and going with message passing? The algorithm of the code is highly suited to data parallelism, but I am not qualified to work on any compiler extensions to HPF for unstructured grids. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Tom PS: I'm fairly new to this mail list. I apologize in advance if these issues have already been discussed here. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- To (un)subscribe to this list, send mail to hpff-request@cs.rice.edu. Leave the subject line blank, and in the body put the line (un)subscribe ---------------------------------------------------------------------------