From: gabi@ani.univie.ac.at (Gabriele Kotsis) Subject: CFP: PADS'97 Date: 15 Apr 1997 09:37:19 GMT Message-ID: <5ivi8f$1gii@www.univie.ac.at> Organization: ACE, Uni Wien The PADS'97 - preliminary program - registration information - room reservation information is up at http://www.ani.univie.ac.at/~ferscha/pads97/ Please distribute this program to all interested colleagues - my apologies if you receive multiple copies of this announcement. Best regards, Alois Ferscha PADS'97 General Chair _______________________________________________________________ Alois FERSCHA Institut fuer Angewandte Informatik Assoc. Prof. Universitaet Wien ferscha@ani.univie.ac.at Lenaugasse 2/8 Tel: (+43 1) 408 63 66 18 A-1080 Vienna Fax: (+43 1) 408 04 50 AUSTRIA http://www.ani.univie.ac.at/~ferscha/Ferscha.html _______________________________________________________________ * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * PRELIMINARY PROGRAM AND CALL FOR PARTICIPATION * * * * P A D S ' 9 7 * * * * 11th Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Simulation * * * * * * http://www.ani.univie.ac.at/~ferscha/pads97/ * * * * Castle Lockenhaus, near Vienna, Austria * * June 10-13, 1997 * * * * Sponsored by: * * ACM Special Interest Group on Simulation (SIGSIM)* * * IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Simulation (IEEE-TCSIM)* * * Society for Computer Simulation (SCS)* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ******************************************************************************* MAIN SOURCE OF INFORMATION: http://www.ani.univie.ac.at/~ferscha/pads97/ - Preliminary Program - Registration Form (PostScript) - Room Reservation Form (PostScript) - Travelling Assistance - Conference Site Presentation - The Castle: Slideshow ******************************************************************************* CONFERENCE OBJECTIVES o Algorithms and methods for parallel simulation (E.g. synchronization, scheduling, memory management, load balancing, partitioning and allocation) o Models of parallel simulation (E.g. stochastic, markovian, process algebraic, temporal logic) o Methodologies for parallel simulation (E.g. system modeling for parallel simulation, specification, adapting sequential methodologies, parallelizing existing simulations, new methodologies for parallel simulation) o Implementation Issues (E.g. general-purpose parallel simulators, application- specific parallel simulators, relationship to the underlying architecture, languages for parallel simulation) o Performance of parallel simulation (E.g. theoretical studies, empirical studies, benchmarks, comparative studies) o Application of parallel simulation (E.g. simulation of computer architectures, VLSI circuits, personal communication systems, telecommunication networks) o Distributed Interactive Simulation (DIS) (E.g. event synchronization in distributed multi-user virtual reality environments) ******************************************************************************* PRELIMINARY PROGRAM ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Time | Wed, June 11 | Thu, June 12 | Fri, June 13 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Keynote | | | Opening Session | G. Pflug, Vienna | Session 8 | | | | | 9:00-10:30 | Keynote | Session 4 | Models and | | D. Nicol, Dartmouth | Optimistic Simul. I | Applications | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10:30-11:00 | Coffee Break | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | Session 9 | | Session 1 | Session 5 | Environments | | | | | 11:00-12:30 | Conservative | Optimistic | Session 10 | | Simulation | Simulation II | Risk | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Closing | 12:30-14:00 | Lunch | | | | Lunch | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | Session 2 | Session 6 | | | | | | 14:00-15:30 | Architecture | Optimistic | | | VLSI | Simulation III | | | | | | --------------------------------------------------------| | 15:30-16:00 | Coffee | Sightseeing | --------------------------------------------------------| | | | | Tour | | Session 3 | Session 6 | | | | | | 16:00-17:00 | Modelling | Modelling | | | Applications I | Applications II | | | | | | --------------------------------------------------------| | 17:15-18:00 | Business Meeting | - | | --------------------------------------------------------| | 19:00 | Robber Baron Dinner | Conference Dinner | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday, June 10 ---------------- Registration 16:00 - 19:00 Welcome Reception - Wine Tasting (19:00, Castle Yard) Wednesday, June 11 ------------------ Opening Session (9:00 - 9:30) Keynote Presentation (9:30 - 10:30) Keynote Presentation: Parallel Discrete Event Simulation: So who cares? Prof. David M. Nicol, Dartmouth College Session 1 (11:00 - 12:30): Conservative Simulation A Distributed Numerical/Simulative Algorithm for the Analysis of Large Continuous Time Markov Chains. Peter Buchholz, Universität Dortmund, Germany Conservative Synchronization in Object-Oriented Parallel Battlefield Discrete Event Simulations. J. Hiller, Air Force Institute of Technology, USA Thomas Hartrum, Air Force Institute of Technology, USA Dynamic Load Balancing Strategies for Conservative Parallel Simulation. Azedine Boukerche, McGill University, Canada Sajal K. Das, University of North Texas, USA Lunch (12:30 - 14:00) Session 2 (14:00 - 15:30): Architecture and VLSI Simulation Asynchronous Parallel Algorithms for Test Set Partitioned Parallel Fault Simulation. Vemkatram Krishnaswamy, University of Illinois, USA Prithviraj Banerjee, University of Illinois, USA Rudnik, University of Illinois, USA Patel, University of Illinois, USA Performance Modeling of the IDES Framework. David M. Nicol, Dartmouth College, USA Michael Johnson, Sandia National Laboratory, USA Michael Goldsby, Sandia National Laboratory, USA Anne Yoshimura, Sandia National Laboratory, USA A Multi-dimensional Study on the Feasibility of Parallel Switch-Level Circuit Simulation. Yu-an Chen, University of California Los Angeles, USA Yoshimura, University of California Los Angeles, USA Rajive Bagrodia, University of California Los Angeles, USA Session 3 (16:00 - 17:00): Modelling / Applications I The Threshold of Event Simultaneity. Frederick Wieland, MITRE Corporation, USA Distributed Simulation of Spatially Explicit Ecological Models. John Conery, University of Oregon, USA A New Approach for Partitioning VLSI Circuits on Transistor Level. Norbert Fröhlich, Technical University of Munich, Germany Rolf Schlagenhaft, Technical University of Munich, Germany Josef Fleischmann, Technical University of Munich, Germany PADS Business Meeting (17:15 - 18:00) Robber Baron Dinner (19:00) Thursday, June 12 ----------------- Keynote Presentation (9:00 - 10:00) Keynote Presentation: Simulation and Optimization Prof. Georg Pflug, University of Vienna Session 4 (10:00 - 10:30): Optimistic Simulation I State Saving for Interactive Optimistic Simulation. Steve Franks, University of Calgary, Canada Fabian Gomes, University of Calgary, Canada Brian Unger, University of Calgary, Canada John Cleary, University of Waikato, New Zealand Session 5 (11:00 - 12:30): Optimistic Simulation II SQTW, a Mechanism for State-dependent Parallel Simulation: Description and Experimental Study. Alessandro Fabbri, Universita' di Bologna, Italy Lorenzo Donatiello, Universita' di Bologna, Italy Optimistic Distributed Simulation Based on Transitive Dependency Tracking. Om Damani, University of Texas, USA Yi-Min Wang, University of Texas, USA Vijay Garg, University of Texas, USA Timestamp Representations for Virtual Sequences. John G. Cleary, University of Waikato, New Zealand J. A. David McWha, University of Waikato, New Zealand Murray Pearson, University of Waikato, New Zealand Lunch (12:30 - 14:00) Session 6 (14:00 - 15:30): Optimistic Simulation III Adaptive Flow Control in Time Warp. Kiram Panesar, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA Richard Fujimoto, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA Speculative Parallel Simulation with an Adaptive Throttle Scheme. Seng Chuan Tay, National University of Singapore, Singapore Yong Meng Teo, National University of Singapore, Singapore Siew Theng Kong, National University of Singapore, Singapore Breadth-First Rollback in Spatially Explicit Simulations. Eva Deelman, Rennsalaer Polytechnic Institute, USA Boleslaw Szymanski, Rennsalaer Polytechnic Institute, USA Session 7 (16:00 - 17:00): Modelling / Applications II Using Agents for Simulating and Implementing Petri Nets. Tom Holvoet, K.U.Leuven, Belgium Pierre Verbaeten, K.U.Leuven, Belgium Tolerant Synchronization for Distributed Simulations of Interconnected Computer Networks. Markus Ruemekasten, University of Paderborn, Germany Peter Martini, University of Bonn, Germany Performance of a Conservative Simulator of ATM Networks. John G. Cleary, University of Waikato, New Zealand Jya-Jang Tsai, University of Waikato, New Zealand Social Event - Conference Dinner (19:00) Friday, June 13 --------------- Session 8 (9:00 - 10:30): Models and Applications Hierarchical Modeling and Distributed Simulation with HIT. Armin M. Warda, Universität Dortmund, Germany Michael Sczittnick, Universität Dortmund, Germany A Flexible Approach to Multi-Resolution Modeling. A. Natrajan, University of Virginia, USA Paul F. Reynolds, University of Virginia, USA Billiards and Related Systems on the Bulk Synchronous Parallel Model. Mauricio Marin, University of Oxford, UK Session 9 (11:00 - 12:00): Parallel Simulation Environments A Workstation-Based Parallel Direct Execution Simulator. Phil Dickens, Illinois Institute of Technology, USA Dag Consistent Parallel Simulation: a Predictable and Robust Conservative Algorithm. Wentong Cai, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Emmanuelle Letertre, University of Exeter, UK Stephen J. Turner, University of Exeter, UK Stack-free process-oriented simulation. C. J. M. Booth, Defence Evaluation and Research Agency, UK D. I. Bruce, Defence Evaluation and Research Agency, UK Session 10 (12:00 - 12:30): Risk The Dark Side of Risk. (What Your Mother Never Told You About Time Warp) David Nicol, Dartmouth College, USA Jason Liu, Dartmouth College, USA Closing Event (12:30 - 12:45) Lunch (12:45 - 14:00) Sightseeing Tour (14:00)