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OCCAM USER GROUP 11TH TECHNICAL MEETING
Monday/Tuesday 25-26th September 1989
Appleton Tower, University of Edinburgh
 
General information
The OCCAM User Group invites all those interested in concurrent systems using
Transputers to attend its 11th Technical Meeting at the University of Edinburgh.
The meeting includes lectures, an exhibition, a panel session with key speakers,
and meetings of the Special Interest Groups.

This is an international forum for current research and developments in
concurrent computing and in particular the exploitation of Occam and
Transputers.  It is the eleventh in a series of biannual meetings organised by
the Occam User Group as a focus for interest and discussion on concurrent
computing.

Non-members of the Occam User Group are welcome at its technical meetings.
Membership of the group is open to anyone with interests in the development and
application of parallel computing, and its current international membership
numbers over 2000, including many of the most active researchers and industrial
users in the area.

Throughout this notice, please read "#" as "pounds sterling".

Programme
The meeting will begin on Monday 25th September at 09.00, and the final session
- Special Interest Group meetings - will end at 18.30 on Tuesday 26th September.
The meeting will also include a panel session with key speakers. Other sessions
will include a presentation of Inmos' latest plans for new products and
developments, and a session of short announcements.

Papers to be presented will include, among many others:

   Dynamicity through occam and TDS
   D.Millot, J.Vautherin  (Laboratoire  de  Recherche  en
   Informatique, Universite Paris-Sud)
 
   TROS:  A   real  time   kernel  for  a  fault-tolerant
   multiprocessor computer based on argument flow
   Eric Verhulst, R.Lauwereins, R.Cuyvers, J.Peperstraete
   (Intelligent Systems International, Belgium)
 
   ICR: Intelligent character reader
   Koh Liang  Seng,  Francis  Wong,  Fut  Suan  (National
   University of Singapore)
 
   Simulating neural networks in distributed environments
   Jukka Vanhala  and Kimmo  Kaski (Tampere University of
   Technology, Finland)
 
   Solving partial  differential equations  via  cellular
   automata: a binary and statistical approach
   F.Desbois, A.Cosnuau,  Y.Morchoisne (ONERA  Centre  de
   Calcul, France)
 
   Investigation  of   communication  patterns  in  occam
   programs
   Rosemary   Candlin,   Qiangyi   Luo,   Neil   Skilling
   (University of Edinburgh)
 
   A generally  configurable multigrid implementation for
   Transputer networks
   Osama El-Giar and Tim Hopkins (University of Kent)
 
   Attribute evaluation on a network of transputers
   Matthijs  F.Kuiper,   Atze  Dijkstra   (University  of
   Utrecht)
 
   A  comparison  of  parallel  implementations  of  flux
   corrected transport codes
   J.M.Jong and G.S.Stiles (Utah State University)
 
   Real-time  transputer   models  of  low-level  primate
   vision
   Andrew B.Smith and Peter H.Welch (University of Kent)

There will be an exhibition of commercial Transputer-related products at the
same venue.

The conference dinner will take place on Monday 25th September.

Venue
The meeting will take place in the Appleton Tower of the University of
Edinburgh, George Square, in the University area of central Edinburgh.  This is
some 10 miles from Edinburgh Airport, and half a mile South of Waverley railway
station.

Registration
Please make your application in advance on the Registration Form, and send it to
the meeting secretariat at CEP Consultants Ltd, together with your remittance.
Payment of all fees, in sterling, must accompany your registration.

The number of places at this meeting is limited to 250, and places will be
allocated in order of receipt of the booking form.

You are particularly requested to complete a separate booking form for each
delegate: please make extra copies of the blank form if necessary.  Multiple
bookings on a single form are very difficult for us to process correctly.

Fees
The conference fee of #50 includes admission to all sessions, one copy of the
published proceedings, the conference dinner, and tea and coffee during
intervals.

Accommodation, lunches, and parking are all charged separately so that you can
take only those options which you need. Those who prefer to make their own
arrangements have the choice of Edinburgh's many hotels, restaurants and pubs,
several of them close to the Appleton Tower.

Bed, breakfast and evening meal cost #23.60 per night; bed and breakfast without
an evening meal cost #18.00.

Lunch will be provided on both days for a combined charge of #10.70.

The parking fee for two days at the Appleton Tower will be #2.30.

These prices are not subject to VAT.

Payment
Registrations can only be accepted if accompanied by payment in full, in
Sterling.  Payments may be by banker's draft, cheque (drawn on a UK bank), or
credit transfer. Credit cards cannot be accepted. Cheques should be payable to
      Occam User Group 11th Meeting
and transfers should be directed to
      Bank number 83-19-18
      Account number 233810
For credit transfers, please ensure that your payment is accompanied by adequate
identification so that we can associate it with your registration request.  For
international transfers, we ask you also to cover any charges made by the
sending bank.

No refunds can be made for cancellation or any other reason.

If you are also coming to the Edinburgh Concurrent Supercomputer Seminar (see
below), please make your payments separately for the two meetings.  Their
organisation and payment arrangements are different.

Accommodation
This will be in the University's Pollock Halls, a student residence close to the
Queen's Park and Arthur's Seat, about a mile South of the city centre and half a
mile from the Appleton Tower. Rooms will be available for the nights of the
23rd, 24th, 25th and 26th of September. Each night is bookable separately, so
that you can take accommodation to suit your own travel plans, or you can make
your own booking in one of Edinburgh's many hotels. No Occam User Group events
are planned for the weekend 23rd/24th September, so delegates who arrive early
can enjoy Saturday and Sunday exploring the City of Edinburgh.

For each night you have the choice of bed and breakfast with evening meal or
(for those who would like to sample Edinburgh's wide range of restaurants)
without evening meal. On the 25th, when the conference dinner will take place
(included in the conference fee), no other evening meal is offered.

Meals
Breakfast is included in the charge for overnight accommodation at the Pollock
Halls; evening meals are optionally included also.  The conference dinner, on
Monday 25th, is included in the basic conference fee, as are tea and coffee
between sessions.  A single charge covers lunches, if required, on both 25th and
26th. No lunch is provided on 23rd or 24th.

Parking
A single charge covers parking at the Appleton Tower on both the 25th and 26th.
N.B. Parking at the Pollock Halls is free, but space is limited. Parking
elsewhere is severely restricted.

Other events
The 2nd Annual Seminar of the Edinburgh Concurrent Supercomputer Project takes
place immediately after the meeting, on Wednesday 27th September, allowing
delegates to combine both events in a single visit. The venue for the seminar
will be the James Clerk Maxwell Building at the King's Buildings, the
University's science campus, about two miles South of the Appleton Tower and the
city centre.

Delegates may also wish to note that a course on Occam 2 and the Meiko Computing
Surface will be held on September 20th-22nd; further information can be
requested on the registration form.

Secretariat
For further information, or additional copies of the programme, please contact
the conference secretariat:

                   CEP Consultants Ltd
                   26-28 Albany Street
                   Edinburgh EH1 3QH
                   (Telephone: 031-557 2478)
                   (Fax: 031-557 5749)

The meeting organiser is

                   John Wexler
                   Edinburgh University Computing Service
                   James Clerk Maxwell Building
                   The King's Buildings
                   Mayfield Road
                   Edinburgh EH9 3JZ
                   (Telephone: 031-667 1081 ext. 2635)
                   (Fax: 031-662 4712)
                   (E-mail: J.Wexler@uk.ac.edinburgh)

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OCCAM USER GROUP 11TH TECHNICAL MEETING
Monday/Tuesday 25-26th September 1989
Appleton Tower, University of Edinburgh

REGISTRATION FORM
 
Please complete and return as soon as possible to:
CEP Consultants Ltd,
26-28 Albany Street, Edinburgh EH1 3QH

Name    .................................................

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Address .................................................

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Meeting fee:                                #50.00

Please circle the items which you require, for the days when you require them:

Accommodation:
   Saturday 23 Sept
      dinner, bed and breakfast             #23.60
      bed and breakfast only                #18.00
   Sunday 24
      dinner, bed and breakfast             #23.60
      bed and breakfast only                #18.00
   Monday 25
      bed and breakfast only                #18.00
   Tuesday 26
      dinner, bed and breakfast             #23.60
      bed and breakfast only                #18.00

Lunches                                     #10.70

Parking                                      #2.30

TOTAL ..........


Payment method: please indicate one of -

Bank transfer to
      Occam User Group 11th Meeting
      Royal Bank of Scotland (52, Minto Street, Edinburgh)
      Bank number 83-19-18
      Account number 233810

or a banker's draft, in sterling,

or a cheque, drawn on a UK bank.

For a bank transfer, please give enough information for us to identify your
payment:




No refunds can be made for cancellation or any other reason.

Do you have any special dietary needs?  YES / NO

If so, please specify here:




I will be travelling by AIR / TRAIN / CAR


Please send information about membership of
the Occam User Group               (please tick)........

Please send further information on the Edinburgh
Concurrent Supercomputer Seminar   (please tick)........

Please send further information about the
Occam course                       (please tick)........


Signed  .................................................

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