ICPP-HPSECA02: The 4th International Workshop on High Performance Scientific and Engineering Computing with Applications

August 18, Sunday, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

7:30-8:00 am

Registration and  Breakfast

8:00-9:00 am

Session 1: Keynote Speech (Port of New York)
Session Chair:  Yi Pan,
Georgia State University, USA
                     
  Laurence Tianruo Yang, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada


Performance Evaluation of Scalable Systems: what we know and what we do not know

Xian-He Sun, Illinois Institute of Technology, USA

9:00-9:15 am

Break

9:15-10:45 am

Session 2a: Synchronization  and Fault Tolerance

(Port of New York)
Session Chair: Minyi Guo,

University of Aizu, Japan


Partially Decentralized Passive Replication Protocol for Deterministic Servers
JinHo Ahn, SungGi Min and Chong-Sun Hwang,

Korea University, Korea

Specifying Synchronization in Distributed Shared Memory Programs
Gurdip Singh,

Kansas State University, USA

 

Session 2b: Parallel and Distributed Algorithms

(Harbourside Ballroom II)
Session Chair:  Yi Pan,

Georgia State University , USA


Performance Evaluation of Parallel Algorithms for Pricing Multidimensional  Financial Derivatives
Ruppa K. Thulasiram and Dmitri A. Bondarenko,

University of Manitoba, Canada

Parallel Algorithm for the Degree-Constrained Minimum Spanning Tree Problem Using Nearest-Neighbor Chain and Heap-Traversal Technique
Li-Jen Mao and Sheau-Dong Lang,

University of Central Florida, USA

Parallel Differential Algorithms in Biotechnology
Laurent Manyri, Andrei Doncescu, Gilles Roux
, Boutaieb Dahhou,

LAAS-CNRS, France

10:45-11:00 am

Break

11:00-13:00 pm

Session 3a: Load Balancing

(Port of New York)
Session Chair: Parimala Thulasiram,

University of Manitoba, Canada

 

Dynamic Load Balance Computation of Pulses Propagating in a Nonlinear Medium
A. Bourgeade, Boniface Nkonga,

MAB, France

Hierarchical Partitioning Techniques for Structured Adaptive Mesh Refinement (SAMR) Applications
Xiaolin Li, Sivapriya Ramanathan, and Manish Parashar, The State University of New Jersey, USA

Exploring Load Balancing in a Numerical SPMD Parallel Application
Viviane Thome, Daniela Vianna, Roberto Costa, Alexandre Plastino, Otton Teixeira
Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil


A Static Workload Balance Scheduling Algorithm
T. Tabirca, Sabin Tabirca, Len Freeman, Laurence Tianruo Yang,

University of Manchester, UK

Session 3b:  Parallel and Distributed Applications

(Harbourside Ballroom II)
Session Chair: Xian-He Sun,

Illinois Institute of Technology, USA


Parallel Gain-Bandwidth Characteristics Calculations for Thin Avalanche Photodiodes on an SGI Origin 2000 Supercomputer
Yi Pan, Constantinos S. Ierotheou, and Majeed M. Hayat,

Georgia State University , USA

A Composite Manufacturing Process Simulation Environment Utilizing Parallel Processing and Object-Oriented Techniques
Brian J. Henz, Dale R. Shires and Ram V. Mohan,

U. S. Army Research Laboratory, USA

Parallel Generation of Base Relation Snapshots for Materialized View Maintenance in Data Warehouse
Saeki S., Bhalla Subhash, Hasegawa M,

University of Aizu, Japan


An Evaluation of the Speedup of a Preliminary Distributed MPI-Implementation for Groundwater Simulation Dispersion System
Mario Donato Marino,

Senac College of Exact Sciences and Technology, Brazil

13:00-14:15 pm

Lunch Break

14:15-16:15 pm

Session 4a: Numerical Algorithms (1)

(Port of New York)
Session Chair:
Lawrence E Garey,

University of New Brunswick, Canada

Parallel Cholesky Factorization of a Block
Tridiagonal Matrix
Thuan D. Cao, Robert A. van de Geijnz and  John F. Hall
California Institute of Technology and University of Texas at Austin, USA

An Improved Parallel Pre-Symmetrized Iterative Algorithm for a Class of Non-Symmetric Linear Systems
Wenjun Li and Laurence Tianruo Yang,

CSM-TICAM, University of Texas at Austin, USA


An Efficient Parallel ADI Algorithm for Solving 3-D Convection Diffusion Equations with Neumann Boundary Conditions
Honghai Zeng and Jianping Zhu, 

Mississippi State University and University of Akron, USA

Parallel Image Processing Algorithms for Coincidence Doppler Broadening Spectra
Michael Ng, King Fung Ho, Vincent Cheng, Chris Beling, Chat Ming Woo
University of Hong Kong, P. R. China

Session 4b: Performance Optimization and Evaluation (Harbourside Ballroom II)
Session Chair: Gurdip Singh,

Kansas State University, USA

Optimization Techniques for Parallel Codes of Irregular Scientific Computations
Minyi Guo, W-L Chang, Yi Pan
University of Aizu, Japan and Georgia State University , USA



A Statistical Approach for the Analysis of the Relation Between Low-Level Performance Information, the Code, and the Environment
Nayda Santiage, Diane T. Rover and Domingo Rodriguez
Michigan State University and Iowa State University, USA


High Performance Air Pollution Simulation Using OpenMP
Marta Parada, Maria J. Martin, Ramon Doallo
University of A Coruna, Spain


 

 

Comparing Various Parallelizing Approaches for Tribology
V. Chaudhary, W. L. Hase, H. Jiang, L. Sun, and D.
Thaker
Wayne State University
, USA

16:15-16:30 pm

Break

16:30-18:00 pm

Session 5a: Cluster Computing

(Port of New York)
Session Chair: Ruppa K. Thulasiram,

University of Manitoba, Canada


Scalable Performance in Workstation Cluster: Choice of Program Paradigm
V.K. Murthy and E. Krishnamurthy, 

Australian National University, Australia

Software Pattern Design for Cluster Computing
V.K. Murthy and E. Krishnamurthy, 

Australian National University, Australia

Session 5b: Numerical Algorithms (2)

(Harbourside Ballroom II)
Session Chair: Laurence Tianruo Yang,

St. Francis Xavier University, Canada     



Distributed High Performance Large Integer Arithmetic
Lars Lundberg,

Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden


A Parallel Numerical Algorithm for Two Point Boundary - Value FIDEs Using a Projection Method
Lawrence E Garey,

University of New Brunswick, Canada

Comparison of Parallel Preconditioners for the Computation of Interior Eigenvalues by a CG-type Method on a Parallel Computer
Sangback Ma Ho-Jong,Jang Eunbae Kong
Hanyang University, Chungnam National University, Korea

18.00 pm

Workshop Closing