Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on High Performance Distributed Computing (HPDC '93), July 20-23, 1993, Spokane, WA, USA. IEEE Conputer Society, 1993, ISBN 0-8186-3900-4

Invited Papers

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  H. T. Kung: New Flow Control Methods for High-Speed Networks. 4
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  Andrew S. Tanenbaum, Henri E. Bal, M. Frans Kaashoek: Programming a Distributed System Using Shared Objects. 5-12
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  Anthony Skjellum: Scalable Libraries in a Heterogeneous Environment. 13-20
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  Joseph W. Manke, K. Neves, Thomas M. Wicks: Parallel Computing for Helicopter Rotor Design. 21-29

Panel - The Virtual Heterogeneous Supercomputer: Can It Be Built?

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  Howard Jay Siegel, Henry G. Dietz, Richard F. Freund, Chani Pangali, Richard C. Metzger, Kenneth W. Neves, C. V. Ramamoorthy, Andrew S. Tanenbaum: Panel - The Virtual Heterogeneous Supercomputer: Can It Be Built? 30-31

Enabling Software Technology

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  John F. Karpovich, Matthew Judd, W. Timothy Strayer, Andrew S. Grimshaw: A Parallel Object-Oriented Framework for Stencil Algorithms. 34-41
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  Phyllis Crandall, Michael J. Quinn: Block Data Decomposition for Data-Parallel Programming on a Heterogeneous Workstation Network. 42-49
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  Ralph Butler, Alan L. Leveton, Ewing L. Lusk: P4-Linda: A Portable Implementation of Linda. 50-58
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  Bodhisattwa Mukherjee, Karsten Schwan: Improving Performance by Use of Adaptive Objects: Experimentation with a Configurable Multiprocessor Thread Package. 59-66

High Speed Network Protocols

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  Antony Richards, Tamara Ginige, Aruna Seneviratne, Teresa Buczkowska, Michael Fry: DARTS - A Dynamically Adaptable Transport Service Suitable for High Speed Networks. 68-75
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  Torsten Braun, Claudia Schmidt: Implementation of a Parallel Transport Subsystem on a Multiprocessor Architecture. 76-83
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  Salim Hariri, Jong Park, Fang-Kuo Yu, Manish Parashar, Geoffrey Fox: A Message Passing Interface for Parallel and Distributed Computing. 84-91
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  Wlodzimierz Dobosiewicz, Pawel Gburzynski: DSMA: A Fair Capacity-1 Protocol for Gigabit Ring Networks. 92-100

Applications I

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  Michael F. Wehner, J. J. Ambrosiano, J. C. Brown, William P. Dannevik, Peter G. Eltgroth, Arthur A. Mirin, John D. Farrara, Chung-Chun Ma, Carlos R. Mechoso, Joseph A. Spahr: Toward a High Performance Distributed Memory Climate Model. 102-113
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  Prathima Agrawal, Vishwani D. Agrawal, Joan Villoldo: Test Pattern Generation for Sequential Circuits on a Network of Workstations. 114-120
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  Laurent Colombet, Laurent Desbat, François Ménard: Star Modeling on IBM RS6000 Networks Using PVM. 121-128
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  Tong-Yee Lee, C. S. Raghavendra, John B. Nicholas: A Fully Distributed Parallel Ray Tracing Scheme on the Delta Touchstone Machine. 129-134

High Speed Networks and Switching

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  Gary J. Minden, Joseph B. Evans, David W. Petr, Victor Frost: An ATM WAN/LAN Gateway Architecture. 136-143
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  Anujan Varma, Vikram Sahai, Robert Bryant: Performance Evaluation of a High-Speed Switching System Based on the Fibre Channel Standard. 144-151
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  Jian Ma, Kauko Rahko: MULTIPAR: An Output Queue ATM Modular Switch with Multiple Phases and Replicated Planes. 152-159
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  Taitin Chen, Jim Feeney, Geoffrey Fox, Gideon Frieder, Sanjay Ranka, Bill Wilhelm, Fang-Kuo Yu: A Low-Latency Programming Interface and a Prototype Switch for Scalable High-Performance Distributed Computing. 160-168

Panel - Software Tools for High-Performance Distributed Computing

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  Vaidy S. Sunderam, Geoffrey Fox, Al Geist, William Gropp, Bob Harrison, Adam Kolawa, Michael J. Quinn, Anthony Skjellum: Panel - Software Tools for High-Performance Distributed Computing. 170-171

Applications II

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  Justin Fletcher, Zoran Obradovic: Parallel and Distributed Systems for Constructive Neural Network Learning. 174-178
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  Paul D. Coddington: An Analysis of Distributed Computing Software and Hardware for Applications in Computational Physics. 179-186
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  Patrick T. Homer, Richard D. Schlichting: Supporting Heterogeneity and Distribution in the Numerical Propulsion System. 187-195
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  Ira Pramanick: Distributed Computing Solutions to the All-Pairs Shortest Path Problem. 196-203

Scheduling and Load Balancing

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  Brian Tung, Leonard Kleinrock: Distributed Control Methods. 206-215
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  Bharat S. Joshi, Seyed H. Hosseini, K. Vairavan: A Methodology for Evaluating Load Balancing Algorithms. 216-223
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  Kenneth F. Wong, Mark A. Franklin: Distributed Computing Systems and Checkpointing. 224-233
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  Lenore M. R. Mullin, Scott Thibault, Daria R. Dooling, Erik A. Sandberg: Formal Method for Scheduling, Routing and Communication Protocol. 234-242

File Systems and I/O

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  Joel Lilienkamp, Bruce J. Walker, Rich Silva: Accessing Remote Special Files in a Distributed Computing Envinronment. 244-251
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  Prabuddha Biswas, K. K. Ramakrishnan, Donald F. Towsley, C. M. Krishna: Performance Analysis of Distributed File Systems with Non-Volatile Caches. 252-262
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  Robert Y. Hou, Yale N. Patt: Trading Disk Capacity for Performance. 263-270

Protocols for Distributed Systems

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  Paul D. Amer, Thomas J. Connolly, Christophe Chassot, Michel Diaz: Partial Order Transport Service for Multimedia Applications: Reliable Service. 272-280
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  Akihito Nakamura, Makoto Takizawa: Starvation-Prevented Priority-Based Total Ordering Broadcast Protocol on High-Speed Single Channel Network. 281-288
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  Patrick W. Dowd, Kalyani Bogineni, Khaled A. Aly, James A. Perreault: Design and Analysis of a Hierarchical Scalable Photonic Architecture. 289-296

Resource Management

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  Anand R. Tripathi, Surya P. Koneru, Clifton Nock, Renu Tewari, Neeran M. Karnik, Vijay Bandi, Khaled Day, Terence Noonan: Reliable Management of Distributed Computations in Nexus. 298-305
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  Laurence A. Crutcher, Aurel A. Lazar, Steven Feiner, Michelle X. Zhou: Management of Broadband Networks Using a 3D Virtual World. 306-315
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  B. Clifford Neuman, Santosh Rao: Resource Management for Distributed Parallel Systems. 316-323

Performance Evaluation

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  Sinisa Srbljic, Leo Budin: Analytical Performance Evaluation of Data Replication Based Shared Memory Model. 326-335
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  Nita Sharma, Dharma P. Agrawal: Hierarchical Distributed System Network Design with Cost-Performance Tradeoffs. 336-343
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  Arindam Banerji, Dinesh C. Kulkarni, John M. Tracey, Paul M. Greenawalt, David L. Cohn: High-Performance Distributed Shared Memory Substrate for Workstation Clusters. 344-351