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SIMULATION DIGEST V29 N8
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Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 14:41
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Volume: 29, Issue: 8, Sat Oct 10 18:06:41 EDT 1992
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| TODAY'S TOPICS |
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[NEW QUESTIONS]
Aerodynamic Modeling Output
Hybrid Simulation Approaches
Underground Drilling
PD VHDL Simulators
PD Circuit Simulators
Racing Car Physics and Simulation
Random Number Generation
[SOFTWARE]
Scenario PC Simulator
[PUBLICATIONS]
Lin, Yi-Bing
[CALL FOR PAPERS/PARTICIPATION]
MASCOTS 93: Tutorial Program
Neural Network Workshop
Computer-Aided Design
Articles for IEE Operations Research Newsletter
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[DEPARTMENTS]
Simulation in the Service of Society
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Subject: [NEW QUESTIONS]
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Newsgroups: comp.simulation
Path: aho.no!kiml
From: kiml@aho.no (Kim B. Larsen)
Subject: Re: SIMULATION DIGEST V29 N5
Keywords: aerodynamic simulation
Sender: news@ulrik.uio.no (Mr News)
Nntp-Posting-Host: samson.aho.no
Organization: the Oslo School of Architecture Norway
References: <37218@uflorida.cis.ufl.edu>
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 19:03:40 GMT
Iam interested in testing different building designs for aerodynamic
properties. I know there is a commerical program available called
FLUENT - it costs about 2,500 USD and since I am a student it will not
be possible for me to purchase such a program.
Are there any PD/Shareware programs that will give me a visual output
of my tests?! Preferable for IBM compatible PCs, HP unix machines or
Macintosh.
Kim Baumann Larsen - the Oslo School of Architecture - Norway
kimbl@ulrik.uio.no / kiml@aho.no
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Date: Fri, 02 Oct 92 18:59:28 BRA
From: Roseli Wedemann <COS01004%UFRJ@nervm.nerdc.ufl.edu>
Subject: Hybrid simulation methods
To: simulation@bikini.cis.ufl.edu
I would like to obtain information about bibliography on simulation
methods (algorithms) that mix the time-driven and event-driven approach.
Specifically, I am interested in parallel methods but literature on
hybrid sequential algorithms will also be wellcome. Please send
information on literature to the simulation list or to me at the following
email:
cos01004@UFRJ.bitnet
If anyone is working on this subject and would like to discuss anything,
I am very interested.
Many thanks,
Roseli Wedemann
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Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 10:11:56 MST
Reply-To: "Simulation Applications in Business/Education" <SIMEDU-L%NMSUVM1.BITNET@nervm.nerdc.ufl.edu>
Sender: "Simulation Applications in Business/Education" <SIMEDU-L%NMSUVM1.BITNET@nervm.nerdc.ufl.edu>
From: Saeid Yazdanmehr <01SAEID@AC.DAL.CA>
Subject: Simulation package required!
To: Multiple recipients of list SIMEDU-L <SIMEDU-L%NMSUVM1.BITNET@nervm.nerdc.ufl.edu>
I am trying to animate a simulation regarding underground drilling
programs. I am wondering what program I could use to best identify my
objective. I have come across a program called P-Wave which runs on
an Iris. I am trying to make a process control type of program.
Does anybody have a better suggestions.
Thanks
Saeid Yazdanmehr
01saeid@ac.dal.ca
Saeid YAzdanmehrbd
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Date: Wed, 7 Oct 92 11:01:14+050
From: John Bastian (Johnny) <johnny@itibang.ernet.in>
X-Organization: Indian Telephone Industries Ltd, Bangalore, India
To: simulation@bikini.cis.ufl.edu
Subject: VHDL simulators
Does anyone know of any public domain VHDL simulators? Details on
how to obtain copies will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
Johnny
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John Bastian
CAD(VLSI)Group
Microelecronics and Computers Division
Indian Telephone Industries Ltd.
Bangalore 560016
INDIA
Email: johnny@itibang.ernet.in
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To: comp-simulation@rutgers.edu
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From: govindra@maya.rutgers.edu (S Govindarajan)
Newsgroups: comp.simulation
Subject: Circuit Simulators
Date: 8 Oct 92 16:53:51 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.
I am looking for a simulator to run in X windows, on which I can check
simple electronic circuits (not VLSI/LSI). Does anybody out there know
of such simulators and where I can get them (ftp sites). I will
appreciate any info on this topic.
Govind.
email: govindra@maya.rutgers.edu
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Path: huey.cs.huji.ac.il!zong
From: zong@CS.HUJI.AC.IL (Yaniv Azriel)
Newsgroups: comp.simulation
Subject: Racecar simulation
Date: 9 Oct 1992 09:34:39 GMT
Organization: The Hebrew U. of Jerusalem, Computer Science Dep.
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Hallo everyone,
I an interested in simulated a racecar ie. high speeds, tight curves, etc
As far as i can gather the physics involves are rather complex. Can any one
point me in the right direction? Any existing program/source/articles ?
Thanks,
Yaniv
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Hebrew University |
Jerusalem | Users are irrelevant...
Israel! |
huey.cs.huji.ac.il |
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Fri, 9 Oct 92 16:03:34 BST
From: "S.M.Robertson" <cikp14@computer-centre-sun.strathclyde.ac.uk>
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 92 16:08:36 BST
To: simulation@bikini.cis.ufl.edu
Subject: Random Number Generators
Can anyone offer me any information regarding RANDOM NUMBER GENERATORS as I
currently carrying out a 4th year honours dissertation entitled "Replicated
Tests of Random Number Generators". I am looking for information on the latest
developments and algorithms etc which I can test statistically.
If anyone can offer any information or point me in the right direction I would
be very grateful
please email my own address.
Simon
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Subject: [SOFTWARE]
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Date: Fri, 02 Oct 92 17:28:25 CET
From: Anton Oskamp <AOSKAMP@SARA.NL>
Subject: SCENARIO
To: fishwick@fish.cis.ufl.edu
Apparently there is a PC programme called SCENARIO. It is some kind
kind of simulation package, mainly used (so I understand) in marketing.
Can anyone give me any information on this package?
Anton Oskamp, University of Amsterdam, inst. of Planning and Demography,
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
AOSKAMP@SARA.NL
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Subject: [PUBLICATIONS]
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Date: Tue, 6 Oct 92 09:56:34 EDT
From: liny@thumper.bellcore.com (Jason Lin)
To: simulation@bikini.cis.ufl.edu
Subject: Technical reports available
The PostScript files of the following papers can be obtained
by sending e-mail to liny@mookie.bellcore.com.
Title: Optimal Memory Management for Time Warp Parallel Simulation
Authors: Yi-Bing Lin and Bruno Preiss
ACM Transactions on Modeling and Computer Simulation,
Volume 1 Number 4, pages 283-307, October 1991.
Title: Memory Management Algorithms for Optimistic Parallel Simulation
Author: Yi-Bing Lin
Proc. 6th Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Simulation,
pages 43-52, 1992.
Title: Parallelism Analyzers for Parallel Discrete Event Simulation
Author: Yi-Bing Lin
To appear in ACM Transactions on Modeling and Computer Simulation
Title: Parallel Trace-Driven Simulation for Packet Loss in Finite-Buffered
Voice Multiplexers
Author: Yi-Bing Lin
To appear in Parallel Computing
Title: On Terminating a Distributed Discrete Event Simulation
Author: Yi-Bing Lin
To appear in Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing
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Subject: [CALL FOR PAPERS/PARTICIPATION]
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From: Kallol Kumar Bagchi <kkb@iesd.auc.dk>
To: darrell@cse.ucsc.edu, dowd@eng.buffalo.edu, dubois@priam.usc.edu,
fishwick@fish.cis.ufl.edu, gcf@npac.syr.edu, jrj@rice.edu,
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Tutorial Program
International Workshop on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of
Computer and Telecommunication Systems (MASCOTS'93)
Part of the 1993 SCS Western Multiconference
on Computer Simulation
Sponsored by the SCS, ACM, IEEECS and IFIPWG7.3
January 17- 20, 1993
Hyatt Hotel, La Jolla, San Diego, California, USA
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Tutorial Summary
T1: "Memory Systems for Multiprocessors and Scalable
Architectures: Design Choices and Performance Evaluation"
Alok Choudhary, Syracuse University
T2: "Stochastic Petri Net Modeling, Analysis and Simulation"
Giovanni Chiola, U. Torino, Italy.
T3: "Empirical Source Modeling with TES Processes"
Benjamin Melamed, NEC USA, Inc., Princeton, New Jersey
T4: "Techniques and Tools for Performance and Reliability Modeling"
K.S. Trivedi, Duke University and
Gianfranco Ciardo, College of William and Mary, VA.
T5: "Evaluation of Network Reliability Metrics"
Gerardo Rubino, IRISA, FRANCE.
T6: "Software Tools for Visualization of Parallel and
Distributed Programs and Systems"
Thomas L. Casavant, University of Iowa.
T7: "Common Mistakes and Games of Simulation and Analysis"
Raj Jain, Digital Equipment Corporation
T8: "G-networks -- New Models for Neural and Queueing Networks"
Erol Gelenbe, Universit Ren Descartes (Paris V), France
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Tutorial T1
Memory Systems for Multiprocessors and Scalable
Architectures: Design Choices and Performance Evaluation
Alok Choudhary, Syracuse University
17th January, Full day
Structure and Background:
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Multiprocessor architectures have gained popularity in recent years to
provide high speed computing power beyond the limits of uniprocessor
technology. One can classify multiprocessor systems according to the
logical and physical structure of their memory systems. The problem
of developing scalable multiprocessors is largely that of building a
scalable memory systems. In fact, as processor speeds increase,
almost doubling every two years, it is critical that memory systems be
developed that can supply instructions and data at comparable speeds
to fully utilize the potential of these processors. It is widely
accepted that memory systems design for multiprocessors is even more
critical.
The memory hierarchy of a typical system can be divided into three
classes; namely; cache memories, main memory and Input-Output (I/O).
Although I/O has several forms, such as disks, visualization,
communication with external systems etc., for this tutorial, we will
only consider disk I/O. Hence, this tutorial will discuss several
aspects of cache designs, main memory designs and disk systems for
high-performance multiprocessor systems.
Intended Audience:
-----------------
This tutorial is intended for architects, compiler designers, and
operating system designers of multiprocessor systems, both in academia
and industry. Attendees are expected to be familiar with basic
principles in uniprocessor computer architecture, cache memories, main
memories and I/O systems.
Outline of the Contents:
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1. Multiprocessor Cache Memories
* Cache Coherency Protocols.
Snoopy Cache Coherency Protocols,
Directory Based Protocols,
Compiler Techniques to Maintain Cache Consistency, and
TLB Consistency
* Performance Evaluation Techniques
2. Scalable Architectures
* Distributed Shared Memory Algorithms
* Distributed Shared Memory Architectures
3. Case Studies: DASH, Kendall Square, CM-5, Intel Paragon and others
4. High Performance I/O
5. Language Support for Obtaining Performance from Parallel
Machines for Scientific Computations (High Performance Fortran)
About the Speaker:
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Alok Choudhary received his Ph.D. from University of Illinois,
Urbana-Champaign, in Electrical and Computer Engineering, in 1989, and
M.S. from University of Massachusetts, Amherst, in 1986. He joined
the faculty of Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at
Syracuse University in 1989. He was a visiting scientist at IBM, T.J.
Watson Research during the summers of 1987, 1988 and 1991. He was a
research and teaching assistant with the Electrical and Computer
Engineering Department and the for High-Performance and Reliable
Computing at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign from 1986 to
1989. He worked as a system analyst and designer from 1982-1984.
His main research interests are in parallel computer architectures,
software development environments and applications for parallel
computers, and performance evaluation. He has co-authored a book
``Parallel Architectures and Parallel Algorithms for Integrated Vision
Systems'' published by Kluwer Academic publisher. In addition, he has
written two book chapters on parallel architectures and algorithms.
He was awarded an IEEE Engineering Foundation Award for research in
parallel processing. He served as a guest editor for IEEE Computer
Special Issue on ``Parallel Processing for Computer Vision and Image
Understanding'', published in February 1992. He is also a guest editor
of Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing for a special issue
on ``Parallel I/O Systems'' to be published in January, 1993. He is a
member of IEEE Computer Society and the Association for Computing
Machinery.
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Tutorial T2
Stochastic Petri Net Modeling, Analysis and Simulation
Giovanni Chiola, U. Torino, Italy
17th January, 1/2 day, second half
Structure and Background:
-------------------------
The proposed tutorial can be divided in three or four parts. The
first three parts are more introductory and could tentatively be
scheduled for 40--60 minutes of presentation each (thus summing up to
2--3 hours). The fourth part (if included) could present more
advanced, research oriented topics and range from 1 to 2 hours of
presentation.
Intended Audience:
-----------------
The first three parts of this tutorial can be targeted to a very large
and various audience including: system engineers, hardware and
software designers, modellers, simulationists, practitioners as well
as technical managers. The fourth part, if included, would address
more specific interests of researchers (coming both from academia and
industry), modellers, and simulationists.
Outline of the Contents:
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1. Basic concepts and mathematical tools.
* Petri nets,
* Qualitative properties of Petri nets,
* Timing semantics of Petri nets, and
* Reachability graphs and Markov chains.
2. Basic techniques and software tools
* Structural analysis,
* Operational analysis,
* State space enumeration,
* Markov chain analysis, and
* Discrete event simulation.
3. Examples of applications
* Simple computer architectures,
* Communication protocols,
* Flexible manufacturing, and
* Parallel programming, mapping, complex parallel architectures.
4. Advanced topics
* Parametric Modeling and analysis,
* Colored Petri nets,
* Model symmetries and their exploitation,
* Parallel and distributed simulation, and
* Hierarchic Modeling and analysis.
About the Speaker:
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Giovanni Chiola received his Doctor Degree in Electronics Engineering
from the Polytechnic of Torino, Italy, in 1983. From 1983 to 1985 he
worked as a consultant for the Department of Electronics of the
Polytechnic of Torino developing software for stochastic Petri net
analysis and applying it to computer architecture Modeling. In 1986 he
joined the Faculty of the Department of Computer Science of the
University of Torino as a researcher. In 1992 he became an associate
professor of computer science at the University of Torino. Giovanni
Chiola spent several months at the University of Zaragoza, Spain, and
at the University of Paris 6, France, as an invited professor doing
joint research on Colored Petri nets and on the computation of
performance bounds for several classes of net models. In July 1992 he
was the guest editor of a special issue of the Journal on Parallel and
Distributed Computing on Petri net models of parallel computers.
Since 1984 he has published more than 55 refereed papers in
international journals and conferences on Petri nets, performance
models, distributed systems and graphic interfaces. He also served in
the program committee of 7 international conferences on Petri nets,
distributed systems, performance evaluation and tools. Dr. Chiola is
a member of the IEEE Computer Society, the ACM, and Sigmetrics. He is
the author of the GreatSPN package for the Modeling and analysis of
generalized stochastic Petri nets.
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Tutorial T3
Empirical Source Modeling with TES Processes
Benjamin Melamed, NEC USA, Inc., Princeton, New Jersey
17th January, 90 minutes, 1st half
Structure and background:
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This tutorial describes a new class of methods called TES
(Transform-Expand-Sample) for generating autocorrelated random
sequences. TES methods are readily implemented on a computer, have a
low computational complexity and give rise to a variety of
autocorrelation functions including monotone as well as oscillatory
ones. Since their autocorrelation functions can be computed by fast
numerical algorithms (instead of simulation-based statistical
estimates), TES modeling can be accomplished via heuristic search over
a suitable parameter space.
Recently, an important applications domain has emerged with the advent
of high-speed communications networks. Here the newly proposed
transport mechanism (e.g. ATM), and data services (e.g., database
queries, full-motion video etc.) have been shown to give rise to
highly bursty traffic. From a modeling point of view, performance
analysts are now required to provide answers based on queueing models
with correlated arrivals and services. Standard queueing models
assume that customer interarrival intervals and service times are
independent (GI), each being modeled as a renewal process. These
standard models are easy to simulate and under suitable assumptions
are even analytically tractable; unfortunately, they are often poor
models of real-life systems where correlations do, in fact, abound.
Worse still, various workers have found that standard models predict
overly optimistic performance measures, such as, line lengths and
waiting times. The performance degradation in the presence of
increasing correlations can be dramatic.
The tutorial will outline how to construct a TES model from empirical
data (field measurements). The resultant TES model is a stationary
time series which matches the empirical marginal distribution
(histogram) and approximates the empirical autocorrelation function,
simultaneously. The tutorial will exemplify the TES methodology via
several studies of real-life data from the domain of VBR (variable bit
rate) compressed video at the the frame and GOB (group of blocks)
level. It will conclude with a brief description of a TES-based
modeling software package, designed to support visual interactive
heuristic search for a suitable TES model.
Intended audience: Performance analysts and modelers interested in
modeling dependence in random processes. Simulation and technology
workers interested in modeling burstiness in broadband traffic
(particularly video service).
Outline of the contents:
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1. Problem Formulation
2. Brief Survey of the Past work
3. TES Methods and the Empirical TES Methodology
* A review of TES theory,
* The Empirical TES Methodology, and
* Illustration with case studies from the domain of VBR
compressed video.
4. TES Software
* Description of the TEStool visual interactive modeling
package, and hands-on demo, subject to the availability
of facilities.
About the Speaker:
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Benjamin Melamed is Head of the Performance Analysis Department at the
C Research Laboratories, NEC USA Inc., at Princeton, New Jersey, where
he has been employed since 1989. His research interests include
system modeling and analysis, simulation, stochastic processes and
visual modeling environments. Melamed received a B.Sc. degree in
Mathematics and Statistics from Tel Aviv University in 1972, and a
M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science from the University of
Michigan in 1973 and 1976, respectively. From 1977 to 1981 he taught
at the department of Industrial Engineering and Management Science at
Northwestern University. He joined the Performance Analysis
Department at Bell Laboratories in 1981, and became an AT Bell
Laboratories Fellow in 1988. Melamed is a Senior Member of IEEE.
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Tutorial T4
Techniques and Tools for Performance and Reliability Modeling
K.S. Trivedi, Duke University and
Gianfranco Ciardo, College of William and Mary, VA.
17th January, full-day.
Structure and Background:
------------------------
This tutorial consists of two parts, each of 1/2 day duration.
Part 1: We present techniques such as fault-trees and Markov models
using simple reliability modeling examples. We then review recent
progress in modeling the reliability/performability of complex
fault-tolerant systems. The problems faced while modeling such systems
include the need to consider a very large state space, and the need to
perform a combined evaluation of performance and reliability. Some of
the proposed solutions will be discussed and current tools (SPNP and
SHARPE) to facilitate evaluation of such systems will be described.
Part 2: SPNP is a software package for solving stochastic Petri net
(SPN) models. Its main characteristics are a powerful model
description language and very efficient and stable numerical solution
algorithms.
The input language for SPNP is CSPL (short for C-based stochastic
Petri net language). A single CSPL file can describe several SPNs,
because it can be completely parameterized. CSPL deals with the
specification of both the SPN model and the outputs to be computed by
the analysis. A powerful reward-based approach allows the modeler to
specify arbitrarily complex reward structures over the markings and
the transitions among markings of the SPN.
The basic formalism underlying CSPL allows for exponentially
distributed or zero firing times, as in the GSPNs, defined by Ajmone
et. al. in 1984. Many additional features, though, increase the
flexibility of CSPL.
Regarding the numerical solution of the underlying stochastic process,
SPNP allows for both transient and steady-state analysis. In either
case, both point measures (e.g., probability of an event at time t or
in steady-state) and cumulative measures (e.g., total length of time a
condition is verified during the interval [0-t) or until absorption)
can be computed. Parametric sensitivity analysis is also provided.
This allows to compute the derivative of a requested measure with
respect to a real parameter such as the firing rate of a transition.
The numerical algorithms used are very stable and use sparse storage
techniques, thus allowing the solution of models with large underlying
state-spaces (models with hundreds of thousands of states can be
solved on a modern workstation).
Intended Audience:
-----------------
This tutorial is particularly intended for engineers dealing with the
reliability and performance analysis of computer and communication
networks and, more generally, for researchers and students interested
in Markov models and stochastic Petri nets. The background is
elementary probability and statistics.
Outline of the contents:
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1. Reliability Modeling
2. SPNP and its use
* The formalism underlying SPNP,
* Organization and use of SPNP, and
* Examples of practical applications solved using SPNP.
About the Speakers:
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Kishor S. Trivedi received the B.Tech. degree from the Indian
Institute of Technology (Bombay), and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in
computer science from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
He is the author of a text Probability and Statistics with
Reliability, Queuing and Computer Science Applications, published by
Prentice-Hall. Both the text, and his related research activities,
have been focused on a unified mathematical modeling foundation for
computing system reliability and performance evaluation. Presently,
he is a Professor of Electrical Engineering at Duke University,
Durham, NC. He has served as a Principal Investigator on various
AFOSR, ARO, Boeing, Burroughs, DEC, IBM, NASA, NIH, NSF, ONR, and
Union Switch and Signals funded projects and as a consultant to
industry and research laboratories. He is a co-designer of HARP,
SAVE, SHARPE and SPNP modeling packages. He served as an Editor of
the IEEE Transactions on Computers and and of Journal of Parallel and
Distributed Computing. He is a Fellow of IEEE.
Gianfranco Ciardo is presently with Department of Computer Science,
College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA. He has enormous
expertise in formal modeling, petrinets and in reliable/distributed
system design. He has served with distinction in both academia and in
industry. He is one of the main designers of the SPNP package.
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Tutorial T5
Evaluation of Network Reliability Metrics
Gerardo Rubino, IRISA, FRANCE.
17th January, 1/2 day, second half.
Structure and Background:
------------------------
Network reliability theory is an important tool in the quantitative
evaluation of communication systems and, more generally, in the system
reliability area. The associated problems are computationally hard
and a constant effort has been developed in designing efficient
techniques to deal with them. The tutorial intends, first, to give a
general introduction to the theory and, second, to present some basic
approaches that allow to deal with real size models. Moreover, we
shall also consider the problem of performing sensitivity analysis
without changing the complexity order of the techniques used to
compute the reliability. The considered methods have been used in the
Modeling of some real communication networks. In particular, the
Monte Carlo approaches have allowed to evaluate systems with hundreds
of components, even in the highly reliable case.
Intended Audience:
-----------------
This tutorial is particularly intended for engineers dealing with the
quantitative analysis of real communication networks and, more
generally, for researchers and students interested in network
reliability theory. The background is elementary probability and
statistics.
Outline of the contents:
-----------------------
1. Overview.
* Overview of network reliability problems and solutions.
* Computational aspects.
2. Models and metrics
* Stochastic graphs, structure functions.
* Usual reliability metrics.
* Other related system representations.
* Static and dynamic models.
3. Exact analysis.
* Background on graph algorithms.
* Polynomial simplifications (series-parallel, polygon-to-chain.)
* Disjoint products approaches.
* The family of factoring algorithms. Algorithmic issues.
4. Monte Carlo methods.
* Background on estimation theory.
* Crude Monte Carlo estimation.
* Dynamic and topologic crude methods.
* Variance reduction techniques.
* The dagger sampling plan.
* The general antithetic algorithm.
* The case of systems with identical components.
5. Sensitivity analysis.
* Interest of sensitivity analysis.
* Sensitivities and simplification techniques.
* Sensitivities and exact computations.
* Sensitivities and Carlo methods.
About the Speaker:
-----------------
G. Rubino has a research position at the INRIA french research
laboratory. He his currently working in a Modeling team, dealing
particularly with reliability theory, performability analysis and
performance evaluation. He received a PhD in Computer Science at the
University of Rennes in 1984.
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Tutorial T6
Software Tools for Visualization of Parallel and
Distributed Programs and Systems
Thomas L. Casavant, University of Iowa.
20th January, Full day.
Structure and Background:
---------------------------
This tutorial will overview the major contributions to the field of
visualization as applied to development of software for
parallel/distributed computing to date. The emphasis will placed on
how to improve the software development process for high-performance
parallel computers through the use of visualization techniques both
for program creation, as well as for debug ging, verification, and
maintenance.
Outline of the Contents:
-----------------------
1. Context and Background
This section briefly motivates the area, and some of its
central problems. It also provides background (if necessary) on
parallel processing architectures and algorithms, as well as
simulation.
2. Concepts in Visualization: A Spectral Approach
This section presents a completely new taxonomical
classification scheme to make sense of the area of visualization
across a spectrum of uses from Visual Programming to Program
Visualization. This spectral taxonomy is then used throughout
the remainder of the tutorial to help make the presentation
a continuous flow from topic to topic without abrupt changes
of setting.
3. Scenario of Use -- Space Station
This short section illustrates how an application such as a space
station can involve parallel processing and how all stages
of design can benefit from visualization. Parallel software
development phases are emphasized.
4. Gathering the Information: A Critical Problem
This section (which can be made optional depending on
available time) probes an important side issue -- that of
gathering information from running systems such that the
information is accurate and gathered without unnecessarily
encumbering the user.
5. Broad Survey of Tools
This section conducts a brief examination of more than 50 tools.
The salient features of each is presented along with an assignment
of each to a point of the spectral taxonomy earlier presented.
6. In-Depth Case Studies
This section looks at roughly 20 tools in greater detail. While
the text contains in-depth material on each tool, the oral
presentation can be tailored to examine a subset most
appropriate for the audience.
7. Video Demonstration of Tools
This section consists of a videotape, which runs roughly 45
minutes, and which examines about 10 of the most
well-developed prototyped or production tools to date.
8. Bibliography
The text contains an extensive bibliography to allow students to
gain further knowledge following the tutorial on their own.
Intended Audience:
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As a relatively young field, this topic has appeal to individuals from
both academia as well as industry. The area is growing in importance
for a large community of parallel computer users. Such users are
becoming more and more common as parallel/distributed systems work
their way into more and more application settings. Advances to date
have come mostly from academics, but the influence on industrial and
commercial settings for the future will be dramatic.
About The Speaker:
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Thomas Lee Casavant received the B.S. degree in Computer Science with
high distinction in 1982 from the University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.
He received the M.S. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering in
1983, and the Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering
from the University of Iowa in 1986. In 1986, Dr. Casavant joined
the School of Electrical Engineering at Purdue University, West
Lafayette, Indiana as an Assistant Professor specializing in the
design and analysis of parallel/distributed computing systems,
environments, algorithms, and programs. From June 1987 to June 1988,
he was Director of the PASM Parallel Processing Project.
>From July 1988 until July 1989 Dr. Casavant was Director of the
Purdue EE School's Parallel Processing Laboratory. He has developed
upper-division graduate courses in distributed computing and parallel
processing, an undergraduate course in Operating System Engineering
and was instrumental in the organization of a joint Electrical
Engineering/Computer Science seminar series on Parallel Processing at
Purdue. In August, 1989, he joined the faculty of the Department of
Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Iowa, where
he is an Associate Professor. There, he has continued research
supported by NSF, DARPA, and industrial partners in the areas of
parallel processing, visualization, and software tools.
Dr. Casavant has published technical papers on parallel and
distributed computing and has presented his work at conferences in the
United States, Europe, and Asia, and has won awards for both papers
and presentations at conferences. His work in the area of distributed
computing includes design and implementation of an operating system
for a point-to-point network of work-stations to behave as a single
integrated transparent multiprocessor, contributions to the design of
the AT 3B4000 distributed multiprocessor system at Bell Laboratories
in 1984, research in the design and analysis of load-balancing-based
scheduling algorithms, distributed algorithm modeling, and research in
theory and implementation of programming tools for
parallel/distributed computing. He has been invited to lecture on
topics related to computer systems, software engineering, and parallel
processing in general.
Dr. Casavant is a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineering (IEEE) professional society and a member of
the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) professional society. He
served as guest co-editor for the August, 1991 issue of IEEE Computer
on ``Distributed Computing Systems,'' as guest editor for the May 1993
issue of the Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing on
``Visualization Tools for Parallel Programs and Systems,'' as program
vice-chair (1990) and program committee member (1991) for the IEEE
International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems, co-chair
(1991), and program committee member (1989, 1990, and 1992) for the
IEEE International Computer Software and Applications Conference, as
program committee member for Frontiers of Massively Parallel
Computation (1992), as guest editor for a special issue of the
Newsletter for the IEEE Technical Committee on Distributed Processing,
and has been a reviewer for IEEE and ACM journals and conferences
since 1984.
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Tutorial T7
Common Mistakes and Games of Simulation and Analysis
Raj Jain, Digital Equipment Corporation
17th January, Full day
Structure and Background:
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If you need to compare two or more systems (products, devices,
designs, or algorithms), you may benefit from this seminar on the
common mistakes in simulation and analysis. You would also learn to
protect yourself from the tricks (or games) played by some analysts to
show the superiority of their proposed system. Based on his book
entitled ``The Art of Computer Systems Performance Analysis:
Techniques for Experimental Design, Measurement, Simulation, and
Modeling,'' Raj Jain discusses mistakes in all aspects of simulation
and analysis including experimental design and result presentation.
Given a set of performance data on two or more systems, it is
sometimes possible to manipulate the data, analysis, metrics, or data
presentation such that either system can be shown to outperform the
other. A knowledge of such games will help you defend your products
when your competitors play such games.
While games are played by experienced analysts, beginning analysts may
make mistakes that may either lead to wrong conclusions or may fail to
make the desired impact on the decision makers or the customers.
Among the common mistakes of analysis are too complex analysis, no
experimental design, no goals for the analysis, and improper
presentation of the results.
Mistakes in simulation include invalidated models, improper detail,
bad random number generators, and careless selection of seeds. Most
simulation projects get canceled before completion due to inadequate
time and manpower planning. Experimental design and analysis
techniques allow getting the maximum information from a given number
of simulation runs. Most simulation analysts are unaware of such
techniques and, therefore, waste time running too many simulations.
Also, they may come up with invalid conclusions since the effects of
randomness and various factors are not isolated. Mistakes in
presentation of results and statistical analysis will also be
discussed. Although most of the examples used in the talk are based
on evaluation of computer systems. The discussion applies to
virtually any type of subsystem or product.
All attendees of this seminar will receive a copy of Raj Jain's 720
page book (a 52.95 value). The book provides more extensive lists of
mistakes and techniques discussed in the seminar.
Intended Audience:
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Any one who does simulation, analysis, or manages such projects will
find this seminar useful. Mathematical sophistication is avoided in
the seminar to keep the discussion simple and cartoons are used to
make it interesting. Beginners as well as experienced analysts will
have something new to learn.
About the Speaker:
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Raj Jain is a Senior Consulting Engineer at Digital Equipment
Corporation where he has been involved in performance modeling and
analysis of a number of computer systems and networks including VAX
clusters, DECnet, Ethernet, and FDDI. He received a Ph. D. degree
from Harvard University in 1978 and has taught graduate courses in
performance analysis at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is
the Vice-Chair of ACM SIGCOMM and serves on the editorial advisory
boards of Computer Communications (UK) and the Journal of High Speed
Networks. He received "The Best How-To Book - Systems" Computer Press
Award for his 1991 book "The Art of Computer Systems Performance
Analysis" published by Wiley, New York.
Dr. Jain is known for introducing the packet train model of computer
network traffic along with several congestion control and avoidance
schemes. He has authored numerous papers on networking performance
and is a popular speaker. He has actively participated as a program
committee member, invited speaker, or a tutorial speaker at several
conferences including SIGCOMM, SIGMETRICS, Data Communications
Symposium, InterOp, ICCD, ICC, TENCON, LCN, SCSC, ORSA, and ITC. He
was a member of a US Computer Communications delegation to China in
1987.
Dr. Jain is a Senior Member of the IEEE, a member of ACM, Society for
Computer Simulation, Operations Research Society of America, Authors'
Guild, and a professional member of National Writers Club. He is
listed in Who's Who in the Computer Industry, 1989, Who's Who in
Writers, Editors, Poets 1991-92, and Contemporary Authors 1991.
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Tutorial T8
G-networks -- New Models for Neural and Queueing Networks
Erol Gelenbe, Universit Ren Descartes (Paris V), France
17th January, Full day
Structure and Background:
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Recently we have developed a new stochastic network model, which was
initially motivated by neural network modeling. Indeed, it is well
known that signals in neural networks are formed by impulses or action
potentials, traveling much like customers in a queueing network.
We call this model a G-network because it serves as a unifying basis
for diverse areas of stochastic Modeling such as queueing networks,
computer network modeling, computer system performance and neural
networks.
In the simplest version of this model, "negative" and "positive"
signals or customers circulate among a finite set of units, Modeling
inhibitory and excitatory signals of a neural network, or "negative
and positive customers" of a queueing network. Signals can arrive
either from other units or from the outside world, are accumulated at
the input of each unit, and constitute its signal potential. The state
of each unit or neuron is its signal potential (which is equivalent to
the queue length), while the network state is the vector of signal
potentials at each neuron. If its potential is positive, a unit or
neuron fires, and sends out signals to the other neurons or to the
outside world. As it does so its signal potential is depleted.
In the Markovian case, this model has product form, i.e. the
steady-state probability distribution of its potential vector is the
product of the marginal probabilities of the potential at each neuron.
The signal or customer flow equations of the network, which describe
the rate at which positive or negative signals arrive to each neuron,
are non-linear.
We will discuss in detail the relationship between this model and the
usual connectionist (formal) model of neural networks, and then
present three major application areas :
1. Combinatorial optimization of NP-hard problems, including a detailed
presentation of the graph covering problem, the graph partitioning
problem and the traveling salesman problem. In each case, we show how
the G-network model can help obtain efficient approximate solutions.
2. Learning : a backpropagation learning algorithm for the
recurrent (feedback) G-network will be presented and applied to image
recognition.
3. Texture analysis and recognition. An efficient algorithm
for black-and-white or color texture generation will be detailed.
Extensions of the G-network model to "batch removals", to "multiple
signal classes", and to "networks with triggered customer motion" will
also be presented. This will lead to a discussion of G-networks as a
tool for computer network design and on-line optimization.
We will also examine the general stability conditions which guarantee
that the network has a well-defined steady-state behavior.
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General Information about the tutorials
Any combination of T1-T8 can be selected. Please note the dates and
times. Both half- and full-day rates are available. Student rates
are also available as follows:
Full--day, Early Registration: $185
Full-day, Late Registration: $275
Full-day, Students: $125
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For additional information contact:
Dr. Kallol Bagchi Dr. Patrick Dowd
Institute of Electronic Systems Dept. of Electrical and
Aalborg University Computer Engineering
Fredrick Bajers Vej 7 SUNY/Buffalo
DK 9220 Aalborg Ost, Denmark Bell Hall
Phone: +45 98 15 42 11, Ext. 4901 Buffalo, NY 14260
Fax: +45 98 15 67 40 Phone: +(1) 716 645-2406
email: kkb@iesd.auc.dk Fax: +(1) 716 645-3656
kkb@vaxa.aud.auc.dk email: dowd@eng.buffalo.edu
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Date: Mon, 5 Oct 92 14:16:29 EDT
From: naik@discovery.rutgers.edu
To: evolution@kestrel.arpa, parallel@hubcap.clemson.edu, simulation@ufl.edu
Subject: Neural Network workshop announcement
CAIP Center, Rutgers University & FAA
announces
IInd NEURAL NETWORK WORKSHOP
presenting
* The state of the art in Neural Network theory and applications
* With some of the most eminent people in the field including
two Nobel laureates and a Field's Medal winner
(Attendance is limited and on a first-come-first basis)
NEURAL NETWORK WORKSHOP
Richard Mammone, Chairman
Sponsored by
FAA Technical Center
Hosted by
the Center for
Computer Aids for Industrial Productivity (CAIP)
TENTATIVE PROGRAM
TUESDAY - THURSDAY
27 - 29 OCTOBER, 1992
_____________________________________
THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY
RUTGERS
______________________________________
Center for Computer Aids for Industrial Productivity (CAIP)
Frelinghuysen Road - P.O. Box 1390 - Piscataway - New Jersey 08855-1390
Tel: 908/932-4208 - FAX: 908/932-4775
A New Jersey Commission on Science and Technology Center
Tuesday, 27 October 1992
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8:30 a.m. _____________________Registration; Coffee____________________
8:45 a.m. Opening Remarks
Leo T. Powell, FAA Technical Center
Richard Mammone - Workshop Chairman,Rutgers University
8: 55 a.m. Neural Networks for Speech Processing and Language
Session Chairman, Allen Gorin, - AT&T Bell Laboratories
9:00 a.m. Neural Networks in the Acquisition of Speech by Machine
Frank Fallside, Cambridge University, U.K.
9:30 a.m. The Nervous System: Fantasy and Reality
Nelson Kiang - Massachusetts Eye and Ear
10:10 a.m. ________________________Coffee Break________________________
10:30 a.m. Processing of Speech Segments in the Auditory Periphery
Oded Ghitza - AT&T Bell Labs
10:50 a.m. Is There a Role for Neural Networks in Speech Recognition?
John Bridle - Dragon
11:10 a.m. Some Relationships Between Artificial Neural Nets and
Hidden Markov Models
Arthur Nadas - IBM T. J. Watson Research Center
11:30 p.m. _____________________________Lunch_______________________
1:30 p.m. The Neuropsychology of Word Reading: A Connectionist Approach
David Plaut - Carnegie Mellon University
1:50 p.m. States Versus Stacks: Representing Grammatical Structure
in a Recurrent Neural Network
Jeffrey Elman - UCSD
2:10 p.m. Connections and Associations in Language Acquisition
Naftali Tishby - Hebrew University, Israel
2:30 p.m. Recurrent Neural Networks and Sequential Machines
Lee Giles - NEC
2:50 p.m. _________________________Coffee Break_______________________
3:10 p.m. A Self-Learning Neural Tree Network for Phoneme Classification
Mazin Rahim - CAIP Center, Rutgers University
3:30 p.m. Decision Feedback Learning of Neural Networks
Fred Juang - AT&T Bell Laboratories
3:50 p.m. An Experiment in Spoken Language Acquisition
Allen Gorin, Session Chairman - AT&T Bell Laboratories
4:10 p.m. Visual Focus of Attention in Language Acquisition
Ananth Sankar - AT&T Bell Laboratories
4:30 p.m. Integrating Segmental Neural Nets with Hidden Markov Models for
Continuous Speech Recognition
John Makhoul, George Zaualiagkos, Richard Schwartz,
Steve Austin - BBN Systems and Technologies, Cambridge, MA
4:50 p.m. Panel Discussion - The Future of Neural Nets for Speech
Processing
Steve Levinson, Chairman; John Makhoul, Ester Levine, Naftali
Tishby, John Bridle
5:40 p.m. Decision Making Using Conventional Calculations Versus Neural
Nets for Advanced Explosive Detection Systems
Thomas Miller - Tensor Tech. Assoc.
6:00 p.m. _____________________________Dinner________________________
7:30 p.m. Break Out Groups
Room 1: What Are the Most Successful Applications of Neural Networks?
Chris Scofield (Chairman), Philip Gouin, Larry Jackel,
Eric Schwartz, Ed DeRouin
Room 2: What Theoretical Contributions Have Neural Network Researchers
Made?
Eduardo Sontag (Chairman), Georg Schnitzer, Fred Girosi,
S. Venkatesh, Steven Judd, Jeff Vitter, Wolfgang Maass,
Charles Fefferman, Kurt Hornik
Room 3: What Is the Impact of Government Support on the Development of
Networks?
Wagih Makky (Chairman), Shiu Cheung, Richard Ricart,
John Cozzens, Steve Suddarth
Wednesday, 28 October 1992
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8:55 a.m. Neural Network Applications in Vision
Session Chairman, Chris Scofield, - Nestor
9:00 a.m. Integrated Segmentation and Recognition of Handprinted
Characters
James Keeler - MCC
9:20 a.m. Neural Net Image Analysis for Postal Applications: From
Locating Address Blocks to Determining Zip Codes
Larry Jackel - AT&T Bell Laboratories
9:40 a.m. Space Invariant Active Vision
Eric Schwartz - Brain Research
10:00 a.m. _________________________Coffee Break_______________________
10:30 a.m. Engineering Document Processing with Neural Networks
Philip Gouin - Nestor, Inc.
10:50 a.m. Goal - Oriented Training of Neural Networks
Ed DeRouin - Thought Processes, Inc.
11:10 a.m. Hybrid Neural Networks and Image Restoration
K.V. Prasad - CalTech
11:30 a.m. Neural Networks for Vision Session
K.V. Prasad, Session Chairman - CalTech
11:50 a.m. A Discrete Radon Transform Method for Invariant Image Analysis
Using Artificial Neural Networks
John Doherty - Iowa State University
12:10 p.m. _____________________________Lunch________________________
1:30 p.m. (Title to be announced)
Leon Cooper - Brown University
1:50 p.m. Dynamic Systems and Perception
Alexander Pentland - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2:00 p.m. Deterministic Annealing for Optimization
Alan Yuille - Harvard University
2:10 p.m. Neural Networks in Vision
Yehoshua Zeevi - Technion Israel
2:30 p.m. A Neural Chip Set for Supervised Learning and CAM
Josh Alspector - Bellcore
2:50 p.m. Cortical Dynamics of Feature Binding & Reset: Control of
Visual Persistence
Ennio Mingolla, Gregory Francis, Stephen Grossberg
3:10 p.m. _________________________Coffee Break_______________________
3:30 p.m. Face Recognition Using an NTN
Joseph Wilder - CAIP
3:50 p.m. Bounds for the Computational Power and Learning Complexity
of Analog Neural Nets
Wolfgang Maass - Graz, Austria
4:10 p.m. Computational Issues in Neural Networks
George Cybenko - Dartmouth College
4:30 p.m. Title to be announced
Kurt Hornik - Wein University, Austria
4:50 p.m. Technical Discussions
6:00 p.m. Dinner and Celebration in Honor of Jim Flanagan for Receiving
The Marconi International Fellowship Award
Thursday, 29 October 1992
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8:45 a.m. Recurrent Network Sessions
Session Chairman, Richard Ricart-Booz Allen
8:50 a.m. To be announced
S. Y. Kung - Princeton
9:10 a.m. Comparison of Feedforward and Recurrent Sensitivity
Gary Kuhn - Siemens
9:30 a.m. Short Term Memory Mechanisms for Recurrent Neural Networks
Bert DeVries, John Pearson - David Sarnoff Research Center
9:50 a.m. Recurrent Neural Networks for Speaker Recognition
Richard Ricart-Booz Allen
10:10 a.m. Processing of Complex Stimuli in the Mammalian Cochlear Nucleus
Eric Young - Johns Hopkins
10:30 a.m. _________________________Coffee Break_______________________
10:50 a.m. Applications of Neural Networks
Session Chairman, Richard Mammone - Rutgers University
11:10 a.m. Neural Networks for the Detection of Plastic Explosives in
Airline Baggage
Richard Mammone
11:30 a.m. Non-Literal Transfer of Information Among Inductive Learners
Lorien Pratt - Colorado School of Mines
12:00 p.m. _____________________________Lunch________________________
1:30 p.m. Neural Networks for Identification and Control of Nonlinear
Systems
Eduardo Sontag - Rutgers University
1:50 p.m. Using Neural Networks to Identify DNA Sequences
Mick Noordeweir - Rutgers University
2:10 p.m. Large Scale Holographic Optical Neural Network for Data Fusion
and Signal Processing
Taiwei Lu - Physical Optics Corp.
2:30 p.m. A Biologically Based Synthetic Nervous System for a Real World
Device
George Reeke, Jr., Gerald Edelman - The Neurosciences Institute
2:50 a.m. Title to be announced
Shigeru Katagiri - ATR, Japan
3:10 p.m. "Learning by Learning" in Neural Networks
Devang Naik - Rutgers University
3:30 p.m. Relabeling Methods of Learning
Wen Wu - CAIP
3:50 p.m. Long Term Memory for Neural Networks
Anshu Agarwal - Rutgers University
4:10 p.m. Wavelet Neural Networks
Toufic Boubez - Rutgers University
4:30 p.m. End of Workshop
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Path: bach.crhc.uiuc.edu!not-for-mail
From: mcdaniel@crhc.uiuc.edu (Vicki McDaniel)
Newsgroups: comp.simulation,news.announce.conferences,alt.cad
Subject: ICCAD-92 Registration due October 12
Date: 5 Oct 1992 11:42:45 -0500
Organization: Center for Reliable and High-Performance Computing, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Summary: Information on ICCAD-92 program and registration
Keywords: ICCAD-92 program and registraton (Computer-Aided Design)
ACM/IEEE International Conference on Computer-Aided Design
November 8-12, 1992, Santa Clara, CA USA
ICCAD-92
Preregistration deadline: October 12, 1992
Contents of This Post:
1) Conference Overview
2) Schedule of Conference Sessions
3) Registration Forms (print, clip and mail)
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The Tenth International Conference on Computer-Aided Design,
ICCAD-92, offers an exceptionally strong schedule of papers, tu-
torials, and vendor suites. The program promises to challenge ex-
perienced CAD developers, hardware designers, and academic
researchers who want to learn from the latest in CAD research and
development.
ICCAD-92 will be held November 8-12, 1992 in the Santa Clara
Convention Center, Santa Clara, California. The conference con-
centrates on CAD for electronic design and features three days of
technical sessions, one day of four different tutorials, and a
lively evening panel discussion. To complement the technical
program, numerous CAD vendors will have suites at ICCAD-92.
This offers the conference attendees a unique opportunity to hold
in-depth technical discussions with vendors on their latest pro-
ducts.
An advance program is available and can be requested from the
conference managers, MP associates, by phone, fax or mail:
MP Associates
7490 Clubhouse Road, Suite 102
Boulder, CO 80301
Telephone: (303) 530-4562
FAX: (303) 530-4334
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Monday, Nov. 9
8:30 PLENARY SESSION
10:00
10:30 2A: Design for 2B: Technology and 2C: FPGA Synthesis
12:30 Test Layout
2:00 3A: Waveform 3B: Topics in 3C: Asynchronous
3:30 Evaluation Simulation Circuit Synthesis
4:00 4A: Clocking and 4B: High Density 4C: Formal
6:00 Level Sensitive Module Hardware
Latches Assembly Verification
6:30 PANEL "University Faculty: Visionaries or Mercenaries?"
8:00
Tuesday, Nov. 10
8:30 5A: CMOS Power 5B: Sequential 5C: High-Level
10:00 and Timing Circuit Design
Estimation Test Generation
10:30 6A: Classical 6B: Testing & 6C: Synthesis for
12:30 Simulation Diagnosis DSP Applications
2:00 7A: Analog 7B: Multi-View 7C: Timing in High-
3:30 CAD Design Level Synthesis
Representations
4:00 8A: High 8B: Detailed 8C: Topics in
6:00 Performance Routing Logic
Simulation Synthesis
7:00 Banquet
10:00
Wednesday, Nov. 11
8:30 9A: Partitioning 9B: Interconnect 9C: Engineering and
10:00 & Clustering Analysis Education:
Trends and Needs
10:30 10A: High 10B: Hardware/ 10C: Retiming and
12:30 Performance Software Sensitization
Routing Co-Design Conditions
2:00 11A: Design 11B: Delay 11C: Asynchronous
3:30 Management Testing Synthesis
Styles
4:00 12A: Placement & 12B: High-Level 12C: Hazards in
6:00 Floorplan Testing Combinational
Design Synthesis
Thursday, Nov. 12
Tutorials:
- Multi-Level Logic Synthesis
- Interconnect and Packaging Analysis
- Introduction to Embedded System Design
- Architectures for Software Systems
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Advance Registration Form
ICCAD-92
November 8-12, 1992, Santa Clara, CA USA
Advance Registration Deadline: October 12, 1992
Send completed registration form and check payable to ICCAD-92 to:
MP Associates
Registration Desk
7490 Clubhouse Rd. #102
Boulder, CO 80301
Information Only: (303) 530-4562
All advance registrations must be postmarked by October 12,
1992. On-site conference payments must be made by check or cash.
NO CREDIT CARDS! No refunds unless cancellation is received be-
fore October 12, 1992. All refunds are subject to a $15 fee.
Name _______________________________________________________________
Company ____________________________________________________________
Mailing Address ____________________________________________________
Mail Stop __________________________________________________________
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Conference Registration Fees:
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Non-Members $260 $325 ___________
Students $100 $100 ___________
One Day Only $120 $140 ___________
select day: ____ Mon ____ Tues ____ Wed
Tutorial Fees:
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Students $100 $100 ___________
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TUTORIAL REGISTRATION: To participate in the tutorials there must
be at least a one-day conference registration. If you have paid
the proper amount to include a tutorial, please indicate first
(1) and second (2) choices. Tutorials are limited to a first-
come, first-served basis.
_______ Multi-Level Logic Synthesis
_______ Interconnect and Packaging Analysis
_______ Introduction to Embedded System Design
_______ Architectures for Software Systems
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November 8-12, 1992, Santa Clara, CA USA
Hotel Reservation Deadline: October 12, 1992
Hotel reservations will be handled on a first-come, first-served
basis by the Santa Clara Housing Bureau. Reservations must be
postmarked by OCTOBER 12, 1992 to guarantee availability of rooms
and rates at the conference hotels. The following hotels are
available:
Please indicate first (1) and second (2) choices.
HOTEL Single Double
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The Days Inn and the Holiday Inn will provide shuttle service to
the Santa Clara Convention Center. The Westin Hotel is attached
to the Conference Center.
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Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 08:44:28 MST
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From: Keebom Kang <5030P%NAVPGS.BITNET@nervm.nerdc.ufl.edu>
Subject: OR Division of IIE
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If you want to include a message, announcement, abstract,
and/or short article regarding simulation methodologies and
applications in the newsletter of the Operations Research Division of
the Institute of Industrial Engineering (IIE), please send
it to me directly.
The newsletter is published quarterly, and is distributed among
2,500 members of the OR division of IIE.
The deadline for Winter 92 issue is Oct 10, 92.
Thank you.
Keebom Kang
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From: kadath!ben@hico2.att.com
To: simulation@ufl.edu
Subject: Announcement for Digest
Original-From: ben@whitebase.ukp.com (Bclymer)
Comments: Validated
Date: Thu, 08 Oct 92 12:52:55 EDT
Organization: UKP Systems, Middletown, NJ
An important new function was created in July 1992 within the Society for
Computer Simulationh to deal with all aspects of computer simulation as
applied to global planning and major subsets thereof. It is a "Technical
Activity" called "Mission Earth".
The person in charge is Zoran Ilic, DEC, Marlboro, MA 01752, EMail
ilic@yunada.enet.dec.com, FAX (206) 432-9414, voice (206) 655-7408. His
titles are Chairman of Mission Earth Technical Activity and Assistant Vice
President of SCS. Additional information and printed matter concerning
Mission Earth can be obtained from Ben Clymer, voice (908) 493-4364, EMail
ben@whitebase.ukp.com.
One of the major thrusts of Mission Earth is to provide sessions at all
future SCS conferences for presentation of progress, status, and technicxal
material concerning t5he Activity. Inquiries concerning participation in
these conferences as a group or session chairperson, panel moderator,
author, panelist, etc., are to be addressed to Ben. All of these
participation slots are open at present, and persons to fill them are
being sought for the Simulation Multriconference (Arlington, VA, March-April
1993) and for the Summer Computer Simulation Conference (Boston, MA July
1993) in particular.
A session on discrete event simulation applications to global planning is
being planned for the 1993 Winter Simulation Conference. If you know of any
such work, please tell Ben.
A standards committee is being established under the Technical Activity to
develop standards for global modeling, simulation, and planning. Anyone
interested in helping or taking charge may contact Ben.
A search of the literature has been started by Bruce Fairchild. He can be
contacted by interested persons by voice on evenings or weekends at (205)
772-9550 or by EMail at fairchildb@h8700a.a1.ca.boeing.com.
John McLeod will be spearheading the dissemination of information concerning
the applications of simulation for global planning. He can be reached by
voice at (619) 454-0966 or by EMail at mcleod@sdsc.bitnet. He would
appreciate help in collecting, processing and dissemination of information.
The Technical Activity is in need of additional members to participate in
the above and other activities. Contact Zoran if interested.
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Date: Fri, 2 Oct 92 10:20:15 GMT
From: mcleod@Sdsc.Edu
Subject: E-S3 Vol.1 No.9 Part Two
The following sample issue of our electronic magazine, "E-S3",
covering selected topics about computer modeling and simulation,
is sent to you with the compliments of the publisher of the
technical journal SIMULATION, the Society for Computer
Simulation, and John and Suzette McLeod, the Editors of
Simulation in the Service of Society (S3), a special section of
that journal. If you do not care to receive future issues please
type REPLY -- cancel. Let's not clutter up our E-mail with "Junk
Mail"!
__________________________________________________________________
E-S3 Vol. 1, No. 9, Part Two
based on the September 1992 issue of
"Simulation in the Service of Society"
John McLeod, Technical Editor Suzette McLeod, Managing Editor
8484 La Jolla Shores Dr., La Jolla, CA 92037.
E-mail: mcleod@sdsc.bitnet
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S3 is a special section of
SIMULATION
the monthly journal of the
SOCIETY for COMPUTER SIMULATION
P.O.Box 17900, San Diego, CA 92177-7900
Phone: (619) 277-3888 FAX: (619) 277-3930
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[Copyright Notice: E-S3 is the electronically delivered version of
"Simulation in the Service of Society" which is a special section of
SIMULATION, a monthly technical journal of the Society for Computer
Simulation International. It may be reproduced only for personal use
or for the use of students. In any case full credit must be given to
the original source of publication: SIMULATION 59:3, September 1992.
All rights reserved, (c) 1992, Simulation Councils, Inc.]
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THE WAY IT PLAYED IN HAWAII
Recently we received the following E-mail communication
concerning S3 for May 1992 from a long-time friend and
experienced world modeler, Dr. Richard W. Chadwick (Political
Science Department, University of Hawaii, Honolulu).
* *
Dear John --
I just read the Szczerbicka and Karplus articles in your May
issue. You've done it again! What a wonderful juxtaposition!
Szczerbicka for all the dark warnings, reaffirms the marvels of
the information revolution, while Karplus affirms an eight-fold
path to catastrophe, offering hope only in the present infirmity
of knowledge about each.
But to reflect on Szczerbicka's observations. I felt that the
repeated reference to the military origins of personal computer
technology would eventually lead to a Luddite's attack on the
military; instead it dissipated into guilt by association with
references to killing games played with computers. What is not
discussed is that centuries-old fairy tales and the most ancient
of Western Civilization's texts are replete with graphic accounts
of violence. By what standard are we to compare the Nintendos of
today with the Beowulfs of old? Or is my request for measurement
and comparative data to be dismissed along with all other
programs for research which are "amenable to technical
solutions"?
That the promise of the information society could be
dashed on the rocks of inadequate skills and access to data is
also not a threat peculiar to the computer age. Masses were kept
in ignorance in the past by, for instance, not translating the
Bible from Latin to common languages, not teaching women to read
and write, not permitting access to the ballot box because of the
color of your skin. Etc. etc. ad nauseam. Gruesome is the
history of humanity's inhumanity.
Similarly, Szczerbicka loosely associates the artificiality of
the computer environment with feeling less alive, hence producing
excessive emotion and promoting death wishes. I suppose the
artificiality of the human environment began first with the
invention of language, the taming of animals and of each other.
Civilization in general, not computers in particular, has been
the source of such stress. The Los Angeles riots had less to do
with computers and the information age, for instance, than with
the ethnic, class, caste and gender origins of conflict and
cooperation which have characterized civilization from time
immemorial.
Nevertheless, despite Szczerbicka's failure of historical
context, there are several important concerns to which she
points. One is certainly the need to develop a new moral code
for the information age. Like the evolution of rules of the
road, new norms against virus propagation, unauthorized
decompiling and information accessing will take time to develop.
Software engineering has no safety norms such as those, for
instance, of construction engineers. Software breakdowns could
lead to large-scale death and destruction. We do not yet have a
global consensus analogous to the laws governing ships at sea.
But we are learning and learning rapidly.
Related to an underdeveloped moral code, Szczerbicka points to
the elements of command and control in government, reminiscent of
Orwell's "1984" and Huxley's "Brave New World." Anyone
acquainted with what has happened to the citizens of Singapore,
however, will see a very different picture. There is probably no
other country on Earth that can match the Singaporean
government's computer-based tracking of individuals from birth to
death, its control over how much they spend for property and set
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aside for health care, etc. Yet its people are overall creative,
happy and prosperous, with no particular desire to change most of
these policies. I do not hold Singapore up for emulation as an
ideal, just as an antidote to untrammeled paranoia.
Another and perhaps more intractable problem is what I suspect
to be an increasingly strained relationship between the computer
literate, semi-literate and illiterate. The literate have access
to guaranteed jobs, and operate at a level of self-confidence
that is, I suspect, considerably higher on average than those by
whom they are surrounded. They are often the envy of those who
have no such mastery, some of whom would rather nurse their
hatred than attempt to acquire the skill, or to attempt and fail.
An example: there are hundreds of PCs on our campus, freely
available to all students and faculty, yet unless absolutely
required to, most will never bother even locating them, or attend
free seminars on their use. Legion are they who throw away the
opportunities others cry for or will never know exist. I suspect
that access to computers and information is indeed limited by
traditional ethnic, class, race, gender, and religious belief
systems, along with every other form of empowerment in all
civilizations, but that cutting across all these individual
attributes is yet another -- not access but motivation. "Whatever
the mind can conceive and believe it can achieve" summarized
Napoleon Hill in his book, "Think and Grow Rich." Not everyone
conceives and believes; they run into the "glass wall" of their
uncultivated imagination.
And so I come to my final point. Szczerbicka ruminates
about the lack of purpose to the midwives of the information age.
The role models she provides seem to be limited to military, or
Dr. Frankenstein, or flawed liberators from human toil, givers of
directionless freedom with no reflective capacity. I do not take
these role models seriously, for I see no empirical basis for
them, but ample to the contrary.
The military ARPANET, for
instance, was the midwife to Internet, permitting millions of
students, researchers and faculty to communicate worldwide,
uncensored, free except for the cost of learning how (financed as
a common resource by universities worldwide). Space technology
is being transformed from military to communication, economic and
scientific exploration purposes as we speak (not that the
defense technologies are likely to fall by the wayside!).
Nuclear technology is at the heart of efforts to find a fix for
the tsetse fly problem in Africa. An immortal tomato plant is
likely to reach the marketplace within the next five years
(thanks to the new-found ability to turn off its aging gene). The
average person is healthier, lives longer, and is better educated
and worldwise, and more plentiful, than ever before in recorded history,
and on a per capita basis is less likely to die a violent death.
bias. I'd prefer to work on defining and solving problems rather
than resurrect the Ned Ludd approach.
* *
[Interested readers may wish to refer to the October 1987 issue
of S3, which contained a discussion and excerpts from Dr.
Chadwick's paper on "The I Ching and Global Modeling."]
* * *
SIMULATION AND SOCIAL VALUES
Some time in the past Suzette and I (the Managing and Technical
Editors of this column, in case you hadn't noticed) were forced
to start an independent publication because there were those in
SCSI who objected to our publishing material that we considered to
have merit with respect to society in general -- including
simulationists -- but which was not strictly technical.
Space for this column in SIMULATION is therefore the result of
something of a compromise between that kind of thinking and
those of us who believe that simulationists, and others who
may read this journal, are important elements of society and
should therefore be concerned with ALL of its perceived values.
Thus we offer the following review.
* *
Do it RIGHT!
Your Ed. has taken a lesson from Charles E. Watson's book
"Managing with Integrity: Insights from America's CEOs" and changed
his statement "Do it IF it's RIGHT!" to the above admonition.
The book (Greenwood Publishing Group, P.O. Box 5007, Westport, CT
06881, 800/225-5800), a selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club's
business club, Fortune Book Club, is a lesson in ethics without
calling it that.
The author, who is Professor of Management at Miami University,
Oxford, Ohio, spent five years interviewing and studying over 125
CEOs from America's largest and most respected companies to
examine the issue of character in business. His primary finding,
contrary to Leo Durocher's remark that "Nice guys finish last,"
is rather that: Businesses can and do prosper when high ethical
and moral standards underlie executive decision making.
According to the publisher, "A wealth of practical examples and
anecdotes demonstrates that even today, corporate America's most
powerful figures tend to place what is ethical over what is
expedient, and adhere to a higher standard than is generally
assumed by the public. By revealing the strategies these
leaders employ in the face of the myriad challenges to character
encountered in the day-to-day business world, the author provides
invaluable insights for executives, managers, supervisors,
professionals, and entrepreneurs confronted with their own
ethical dilemmas. Readers will find 'Managing with Integrity` both
an unusually candid look at the dimensions of executive decision
making and an eminently practical guide to the development of a
workable moral philosophy for business."
The foregoing is supported in detail by the 376 pages of the
book, which indicate conclusively that persons and organizations that
aspire to serve worthwhile purposes are ultimately the most
profitable.
We found most interesting, many of them downright fascinating,
the hundreds of real-world examples in "Managing with Integrity."
Recommended reading!
* * *
"IT IS, AFTER ALL, SIMPLY A MATTER OF ETHICS"
With the foregoing words John Brooks Slaughter, President of
Occidental College, closed his presentation at the January 1992
SCSI conference in Newport Beach, California.
Anyone who read the complete article in the "Simulation in the
Service of Society" section of SIMULATION for April could have
foreseen that "something had to give" in Los Angeles, although
the extent of the fury and needless loss of life and property
could not be imagined.
Shocked by the events, and reflecting on Dr. Slaughter's words, I
at first considered republishing his section on "The Christopher
Commission," but changed my mind when I realized that to do so
might be more inflammatory than enlightening -- now is a time for
cooling off rather than reflecting on past injustices. Therefore
I will now only repeat some of John's constructive thoughts.
*
I believe sincerely that the answers to these questions
are to be found only in the quality of education received by our
young people.
Michael Josephson [of the Josephson Institute of Ethics]
brought this home to us at Occidental very clearly when he
visited with us last year. He discussed the fact that so many of
our youth come to school with serious problems that affect
learning and their character. Too many of them are without good
models and instead have followed a pattern that has taught them
to lie, to cheat and to take short-cuts.
I think about this reality when I think about the
responsibilities of educators. There are many things required of
educators and education today. Certainly we need to insure that
our students are well versed in the fundamentals of literacy and
numeracy and, hopefully, are infused with the joy of a lifetime
of learning. We need to help them make the connections between
the arts, the humanities and the sciences. They need to study
both Milton and molecules, both Carlyle and chemistry, both Bach
and botany, both Michelangelo and microcomputers. They need to
understand the insight of the great African-American scientist,
Percy Lavon Julian, who said of the sciences and the humanities,
"the goal of both is to enrich the good life of man."
Twenty-five years ago Martin Luther King Jr., whose life
we celebrate at this time of year, eloquently described this need
for balance when he cautioned: "Our scientific power has outrun
our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided
men . . . Our hope for creative living lies in our ability to
reestablish the spiritual ends of our lives in personal character
and social justice."
In keeping with this challenge, all of us must recognize
that if we are to see the enormous advance in knowledge that is
occurring used for the betterment of humankind rather than to its
detriment, we must educate people who understand the social,
ethical and philosophical consequences of their work, and who
have been taught manners as well as mathematics, compassion as
well as composition, accountability as well as the principles of
accounting and tolerance as well as topology. We need individuals
who believe it is important to be not just "computer friendly"
but also "people friendly".
That is the task before us. For technology to assist us
in making our lives safer, more comfortable and healthier we must
begin now. It is, after all, simply a matter of ethics.
PROGRESS
Limits to Growth, the Donella and Dennis Meadows book based on
the model "World 2," published 20 years ago, set off a spate of
"world" models. But as modellers strove to improve their models
with more and better data, they began to run into a common
problem: Data needed to take into account the dynamics of foreign
countries were often considered proprietary by those countries.
Then Dr. Takeshi Utsumi, knowing of my interest in the use of
models to promote understanding of problems great and small,
suggested that individual national models, which many countries
were developing independently, could be connected only by their
outputs and inputs to form a global model. In this way
participating countries would not have to divulge any sensitive
internal information.
A good idea -- ahead of its time. The communications
infrastructure would not at that time support such a development.
Perhaps it still will not, but "Tak" Utsumi has been, and is
still, working on it, and is making tangible progress.
We cannot here enumerate the obstacles Tak has overcome, nor yet
those still hindering faster progress. But I must point out an
interim divergence of interests: Tak's interest in developing
the infrastructure is primarily to support "distance education,"
an extension of the system used in Australia to teach
children in the Outback. But instead of using "wireless"
Tak is using satellite and all other currently available
communication technology to develop ways to present educational
material interactively to children and teachers in the most
remote places on the globe. And he has held live demonstrations
of his Global Lecture Hall to mark his considerable progress.
The next, "Global Education in the 21st Century: Design and
Delivery" is scheduled to be held in connection with the Annual
Conference of the International Council for Educational Media,
October 12 and 13, 1992, at the University of Central Florida,
Orlando. [Contact Dr. Takeshi Utsumi, President, Global
University in the U.S.A. (GLOSAS/USA), 43-23 Colden Street,
Flushing, NY 11355-3998, USA, Phone (718) 939-0928, Internet
utsumi@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu] for further information.]
A noble undertaking, to be sure. Tak has devoted 20 years and a
considerable amount of his personal finances to it. But it's not
simulation. So why do I write about it here? Because when the
infrastructure required to support Tak's dream is in place
somebody, someplace, will use it to develop that Global Model
that I want to see!
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