From nntpusr@festival.ed.ac.uk Wed Jan 11 11:45:47 1995 Return-Path: Received: from mx4.u.washington.edu by stein2.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW94.10/UW-NDC Revision: 2.32 ) id AA12122; Wed, 11 Jan 95 11:45:47 -0800 Received: from hitl-new.hitl.washington.edu by mx4.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW94.10/UW-NDC Revision: 2.31 ) id AA04063; Wed, 11 Jan 95 11:45:40 -0800 Received: by hitl.hitl.washington.edu; id AA02075; Wed, 11 Jan 1995 11:41:48 -0800 Received: from festival.edinburgh.ac.uk by ben.britain.eu.net via JANET with NIFTP (PP) id ; Wed, 11 Jan 1995 19:45:05 +0000 To: sci-virtual-worlds@britain.eu.net Newsgroups: sci.virtual-worlds Path: skr From: Simon Rushton Subject: Summer Scholarships at Edinburgh X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Message-Id: Organization: Edinburgh University Date: Wed, 11 Jan 1995 19:44:25 GMT Lines: 163 Sender: nntpusr@festival.ed.ac.uk Status: OR Appended are details of a summer scholarship programme run by the Edinburgh Parallel Computer Centre (EPCC). There are no direct links between the VR group at Edinburgh and EPCC and I am not aware of them doing any VR stuff themselves (though i recall a neat demo of birds flocking that had an SGI hung off one of their parallel computer boxes) but I thought this still might be of interest to some VR interested undergraduates. Please note the imminent deadline for applications. simon ------------------------------------------------------------------+ | EDINBURGH PARALLEL COMPUTING CENTRE | | Summer Scholarship Programme 1995 | | | Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre's Summer Scholarship | Programme is an opportunity for undergraduate students of any | subject, with programming experience, to spend ten weeks working | on high performance parallel computer systems. Since its | E inception in 1987, the Programme has given experience of parallel | computing to over 100 senior undergraduate and a number of | graduate students from around the world. | D | | EDINBURGH PARALLEL COMPUTING CENTRE | I | The University of Edinburgh's involvement with parallel computing | began in 1980, when physicists in Edinburgh began to use the ICL | N DAP at Queen Mary College in London to run molecular dynamics and | high energy physics simulations. Their pioneering results and | wider interest within the University enabled Edinburgh to rapidly | B acquire two of these machines for its own use, and researchers | soon achieved widespread recognition across a range of | disciplines, Over the next few years, this work expanded and led | U to the establishment of the Edinburgh Concurrent Supercomputer | Project in 1987, based on the Meiko Computing Surface. | | R In 1990, this project evolved into Edinburgh Parallel Computing | Centre --- EPCC --- to act as a focus for the many strands of | high performance computing research and applications activities | G within the University. EPCC's mission is to accelerate the | effective exploitation of high performance computing systems | throughout academia, industry and commerce. The Centre's 50+ | H full-time staff work to achieve this goal through a range of | activities spanning undergraduate and advanced training | programmes, service provivion, industrial affiliation and | contract work, and participation in European and UK government | funded collaborations. | | P EPCC houses an exceptional range of high performance computers | including: | | A * a 160-node (320-processor) T3D machine from Cray, with | more than 16 Gigabytes of main memory (currently the most | powerful machine in Europe) | R | * a 16,384-node Connection Machine CM-200 from Thinking | Machines Corporation | L | * a 20-node CS-2 from Meiko Scientific | | L * a 64-node i860 Computing Surface from Meiko Scientific | | Networked resources within the Centre include a number of Silicon | E Graphics Workstations for visualisation work. | | | L A SUMMER SCHOLARSHIP AT EDINBURGH PARALLEL COMPUTING CENTRE | | After an introductory training course, each student works on a | specific project, related to their field of study. Working with | EPCC staff and an expert in the project's application domain, | students gain hands-on experience of tackling real problems with | C high performance parallel computers. Students present their work | through a seminar presentation, a written report and a poster | displayed at the Centre's Annual Seminar at the end of the | O summer. | | In 1994, 16 students from the U.K., the U.S.A., India, China, | M Spain, Greece and Germany used the Centre's powerful computing | resources to investigate problems as diverse as the visualisation | of Quantum Chromo-Dynamics to the selection of host plants by | P Cabbage Root Flies. | | During their stay, students are supported by grants from EPCC and | U industrial sponsors. EPCC is pleased to thank Shell U.K. | Exploration and Production, and the U.K. Meteorological Office | for their financial support for the Summer Scholarship Programme. | T | | THE SUMMER SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMME IN 1995 | I | EPCC will be offering 15 scholarships in 1995. These 10-week | scholarships, each worth 135 pounds per week (*), are open to | N talented students in any discipline who have completed at least | two years of undergraduate study, and who have some programming | experience. Knowledge of C or Fortran would be an advantage, but | G programming experience and a willingness to learn may be | sufficient. A small number of places may be available to | applicants graduating in 1995, or pursuing graduate studies. | | The Programme will begin in Edinburgh on Monday 3rd July 1995, | and will run for 10 weeks. | C | | APPLYING FOR A SUMMER SCHOLARSHIP | E | Applications for scholarships are now being sought. Your | application should consist of a curriculum vitae, including: | N | * Two passport photographs | * Your home address and telephone number | T * Your term-time address and telephone number | * Your Director of Studies' name, address and telephone number | (the member of academic staff at your institution who oversees | R your course choices) | * Your subject and year of study | * Details of courses which you have taken | E * Details of your programming experience | * Your e-mail address, if possible | * Any other information which you consider relevant to your | application | | Applications should reach: | | The Summer Scholarship Programme Coordinator | Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre | The University of Edinburgh | James Clerk Maxwell Building 3412 | The King's Buildings | Mayfield Road | Edinburgh EH9 3JZ | United Kingdom | | before 31st January 1995. | | Some further information on the 1994 Scholarship Programme may be | found via the WWW at http://www.epcc.ed.ac.uk | | Please address any queries (by email) to | or (by fax) to +44 (0)131 650 6555 | | We look forward to receiving your application. | | (*) EPCC pays students 135 pounds per week. This is intended to | cover the cost of food, accomodation, travel while in | Edinburgh, entertainment, etc. Where students are coming | from outside the UK, we will endeavour to arrange | accomodation, at a cost of 40 pounds per week. It is up to | students to meet the cost of getting to and from Edinburgh. | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre Summer Scholarship Programme epccssp@epcc.ed.ac.uk -------------------------------------------------------------------------