European Research Conference Series on
[Advanced Environments and Tools for High Performance Computing]
[] 		[European Science Foundation]
Problem-Solving Environments: Infrastructure and Prototypes

[Conference Venue] San Feliu de Guixols, Spain
12-17 June 1999
[Talks are now available -- see Programme]
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Conference Scope

Research into problem-solving environments (PSEs) is an active and expanding field, with the potential for a wide impact on high performance computing. PSEs provide software tools and expert assistance to the user, and serve as an easy-to-use interface to high performance computing resources, thereby allowing the rapid prototyping of ideas, detailed analysis, and higher productivity. The conference gives a broad interpretation to what is meant by a PSE, but in general a PSE provides a complete integrated computing environment for composing, compiling, and running applications in a specific problem area. A PSE may also incorporate many features of an expert system, and provides extensive assistance to users in formulating problems, running the problem on an appropriate computing platform, and viewing and analysing the results. In addition, a PSE may have access to web-based information resources, sophisticated job control systems, and visualisation environments. PSEs may incorporate compute-intensive components, such as the solution of a complex mathematical model, and/or data-intensive components employed, for example, in Geographical Information Systems or database applications.

The conference will address not only PSEs themselves, but also the software infrastructure used to construct them. The topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

European Research Conferences

The conference is part of the Programme of European Research Conferences organised by the European Science Foundation. The European Research Conferences bring together small groups of mainly European participants at the forefront of research for open, off-the-record discussions of current topics and problems, new ideas, and directions for future research. No conference proceedings are published, and in order to foster an open discussion of new ideas nothing presented at the conference may be referenced without the specific authorisation of the contributor.

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Conference Programme
The conference programme will include 


Young Researchers
Other than the short talks by young researchers mentioned above, there will be no contributed talks. You can apply to give one of the short talks or present a poster by supplying an abstract in your application form.

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Applications

Conference attendance will be limited to 100 people. To attend you must complete an application form. The conference is identified as ``Advanced Environments and Tools for High Performance Computing'' on the form. The closing date for applications is 15 March 1999. If you wish to apply to attend the conference you must do so before this date. There will be no on-site registration.
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Practical Organisation

Conference logistics are handled by the EURESCO Office. For all practical inquiries on grants, acceptance to attend, visas, bookings, etc. please contact:

EURESCO Office
Attn: Ms. Anne Hermans
European Science Foundation
1 quai Lezay Marnesia
67080 Strasbourg Cedex
France

email: ahermans@esf.org or euresco@esf.org

For queries on the scientific content please contact David Walker at david.w.walker@cs.cf.ac.uk or Rolf Hempel at hempel@ccrl-nece.technopark.gmd.de

Location and Transportation

The conference will take place at Eden Roc Hotel in San Feliu de Guixols on the Spanish Costa Brava. Further details of this delightful location, how to get there, grants and fees are available from EURESCO

Sponsorship

This conference would not be possible without the generous sponsorship of:



The support of these organisations is gratefully acknowledged.
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Organising Committee

David Walker (Chair) Cardiff University, UK
Rolf Hempel (Vice-chair) NEC Europe Ltd, Germany
Peter Brezany University of Vienna, Austria
Karsten Decker Swiss Center for Scientific Computing,
Switzerland
Efstratios Gallopoulos University of Patras, Greece
Wolfgang Gentzsch Genias, Germany
Laurent Hascoet INRIA, Sophia-Antipolis, France
Tony Hey Southampton University, UK
Bo Kagstrom University of Umea, Sweden
Domenico Laforenza CNUCE-Institute of the Italian
National Research Council
John Murphy British Aerospace
Karl Solchenbach Pallas, Germany

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