Edited By
E.H. D'Hollander, RUG-ELIS, Gent, Belgium
G.R. Joubert, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
F.J. Peters, Philips Research, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
U. Trottenberg, German National Research Center for Information Technology, St. Augustin, Germany
Description
This volume gives an overview of the state-of-the-art with respect to the development of all types of parallel computers and their application
to a wide range of problem areas.
The international conference on parallel computing ParCo97 (Parallel Computing 97) was held in Bonn,
Germany from 19 to 22 September 1997. The first conference in this biannual series was held in 1983 in Berlin. Further conferences were
held in Leiden (The Netherlands), London (UK), Grenoble (France) and Gent (Belgium).
From the outset the aim with the ParCo (Parallel
Computing) conferences was to promote the application of parallel computers to solve real life problems. In the case of ParCo97 a new
milestone was reached in that more than half of the papers and posters presented were concerned with application aspects. This fact reflects
the coming of age of parallel computing.
Some 200 papers were submitted to the Program Committee by authors from all over the world.
The final programme consisted of four invited papers, 71 contributed scientific/industrial papers and 45 posters. In addition a panel
discussion on Parallel Computing and the Evolution of Cyberspace was held. During and after the conference all final contributions were
refereed. Only those papers and
posters accepted during this final screening process are included in this volume.
The practical
emphasis of the conference was accentuated by an industrial exhibition where companies demonstrated the newest developments in parallel
processing equipment and software. Speakers from participating companies presented papers in industrial sessions in which new developments
in parallel computing were reported.
Included in series
Advances in Parallel Computing
