3. PVM/MPI 1996: München, Germany
Arndt Bode, Jack Dongarra, Thomas Ludwig, Vaidy S. Sunderam (Eds.): Parallel Virtual Machine - EuroPVM'96, Third European PVM Conference, München, Germany, October 7-9, 1996, Proceedings. Springer 1996 Lecture Notes in Computer Science ISBN 3-540-61779-5
Tutorials
Al Geist: Advanced Programming in PVM. 1-6
Invited Talk
Rolf Hempel: The Status of the MPI Message-Passing Standard and Its Relation to PVM. 14-21
Session F1: Evaluation of PVM
Stefan Pokorny: A Comparison of Message-Passing Parallelization to Shared-Memory Parallelization. 22-29
José L. Roda, J. Herrera, Jorge González, Casiano Rodríguez, Francisco Almeida, Daniel González: Practical Experiments to Improve PVM Algorithms. 30-37
Michal Soch, Jan Trdlicka, Pavel Tvrdík: PVM, Computational Geometry, and Parallel Computing Course. 38-44
Session F2: Applications: CFD Solvers
Peter Luksch, Ursula Maier, Sabine Rathmayer, Matthias Weidmann, Friedemann Unger: Parallelization of a State-of-the-Art Industrial CFD Package for Execution on Networks of Workstations and Massively Parallel Processors. 45-52
K. Wechsler, Michael Breuer, F. Durst: A Parallel Multigrid Method for the Prediction of Incompressible Flows on Workstation Clusters. 53-58
Michael May, Thomas Schiekofer: An Abstract Data Type for Parallel Simulations Based on Sparse Grids. 59-67
Invited Talk
Vaidy S. Sunderam: The PVM System: Status, Trends, and Directions. 68-80
Session F3: Tools for PVM
Thomas Ludwig, Roland Wismüller, Michael Oberhuber: OCM - An OMIS Compliant Monitoring System. 81-90
Roland Wismüller: State Based Visualization of PVM Applications. 91-99
Martin Kahlert, Utz Wever, Qinghua Zheng: Workstation Cluster as a Parallel Hardware Environment for High Performance Computing. 100-107
Session F4: Applications: Non Numerical Applications
N. Papakostas, George K. Papakonstantinou, Panayotis Tsanakas: Using PVM to Implement PPARDB/PVM, a Portable Parallel Database Management System. 108-115
Christian B. Suttner: SPTHEO - A PVM-Based Parallel Theorem Prover. 116-125
Anton Betten: Parallel Construction of Finite Solvable Groups. 126-133
Session F5: Extensions to PVM
Jürgen Menden, Georg Stellner: Proving Properties of PVM Applications - A Case Study with CoCheck. 134-141
Peter Arbenz, Martin Billeter, Peter Güntert, Peter Luginbühl, Michela Taufer, Urs von Matt: Molecular Dynamics Simulations on Cray Clusters using the SCIDDLE-PVM environment. 142-149
Session F6: Applications: Solvers
José M. Cela, José M. Alfonso: Parallelization of the SPAI Preconditioner in a Master-Slave Configuration. 150-157
Josef Schüle: Parallel Lanczos Algorithm on a CRAY-T3D Combining PVM and SHMEM Routines. 158-165
Thomas Huckle: PVM-Implementation of Sparse Approximate Inverse Preconditioners for Solving Large Sparse Linear Equations. 166-173
Vendor Sessions
Session F7: Extensions to PVM (2)
Graham E. Fagg, Kevin S. London, Jack Dongarra: Taskers and General Resource Managers: PVM Supporting DCE Process Management. 180-187
Zoltan Juhasz, Danny Crookes: A PVM Implementation of a Portable Parallel Image Processing Library. 188-196
Session F8: Applications: Miscellaneous
Massimo Celino: Porting of an Empirical Tight-Binding Molecular Dynamics Code on MIMD Platforms. 197-204
H.-Ch. Dahmen, Uwe Gläser, Heinrich Theodor Vierhaus: Automatic Test Pattern Generation with Optimal Load Balancing. 205-212
Session F9: Implementation Issues
Massimo Bernaschi: Efficient Message Passing on Shared Memory Multiprocessors. 221-228
Abdellah Touhafi, Wouter Brissinck, Erik F. Dirkx: Development of PVM Code for a Low Latency Switch Based Interconnect. 229-234
Joachim M. Blum, Thomas M. Warschko, Walter F. Tichy: PSPVM: Implementing PVM on a High-Speed Interconnect for Worstation Clusters. 235-242
Session F10: Programming Environments
Guido Hächler, Helmar Burkhart: Implementing the ALWAN Communication and Data Distribution Library Using PVM. 243-250
Ralf Ebner, Alexander Pfaffinger: Transformation of Functional Programs into Data Flow Graphs Implemented with PVM. 251-258
Benoit A. Gennart, Joaquín Tárraga Giménez, Roger D. Hersch: Computer-Assisted Generation of PVM/C++ Programs Using CAP. 259-269
Session F11: Load Distribution/Load Balancing
E. I. Levin, A. I. Zhmakin: Load Balancing for Computation of Steady Viscous Flows Using Adaptive Unstructured Grids. 270-277
Claudia Gold, Thomas Schnekenburger: Using the ALDY Load Distribution System for PVM Applications. 278-287
Session F12: Implementation Issues (2)
Marcos José Santana, Regina Helena Carlucci Santana, Paulo Sergio Lopes de Souza, Simone do Rocio Senger de Souza: Parallel Virtual Machine for Windows95. 288-295
Christian Bonnet: Using PVM in Wireless Network Environments. 296-300
Posters

Thomas Wagner, Christian Küblbeck, Christoph Schittko: Genetic Selection and Generation of Textural Features with PVM. 305-310
Panayiotis Theodoropoulos, George Manis, Panayotis Tsanakas, George K. Papakonstantinou: Extending Synchronization PVM Mechanisms. 315-318
José M. Cela, José M. Alfonso, Jesús Labarta: PLS: A Parallel Linear Solvers Library for Domain Decomposition Methods. 319-322
René Alt, Jean Luc Lamotte: Parallel Integration Across Time of Initial Value Problems Using PVM. 323-326
Sébastien Veigneau: Distributed Computation of Ribbon Tableaux and Spin Polynominals. 327-330
Fukuko Yuasa, Setsuya Kawabata, Tadashi Ishikawa, Denis Perret-Gallix, Toshiaki Kaneko: Running PVM-GRACE on Workstation Clusters. 335-338
Nicoletta Pucello, M. Rosati, Massimo Celino, Gregorio D'Agostino, F. Pisacane, Vittorio Rosato: Search of Molecular Ground State via Genetic Algorithm; Implementation on a Hybrid SIMD+MIMD Platform. 339-342
Marcos Antonio Cavenaghi, Roberta Spolon Ulson, J. E. M. Perea-Martins, S. G. Domingues, A. Garcia Neto: Using PVM in the Simulation of a Hybrid Dataflow Architecture. 343-346
Michael Oberhuber: Managing Nondeterminism in PVM Programs. 347-350
Thomas Ragg: Parallelization of an Evolutionary Neural Network Optimizer Based on PVM. 351-354
Antonio d'Acierno, Salvatore Palma: On the Synergistic Use of Parallel Exact Solvers and Heuristic/Stochastic Methods for Combinatorial Optimisation Problems: A Study Case for the TSP on the Meiko CS-2. 355-360



