CONFERENCE ON HIGH PERFORMANCE SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING March 27-31, 2000 Hanoi, Vietnam CALL FOR PAPERS AND REGISTRATION INFORMATION High Performance Scientific Computing (HPSC) is an interdisciplinary area that combines many fields such as mathematics, computer science and scientific and engineering applications. It is a key high-technology for competitiveness in industrialized countries as well as for speeding up development in emerging countries. HPSC develops methods for computer aided simulation and optimization for systems and processes. In practical applications in industry and commerce, science and engineering, it helps to save resources, to avoid pollution, to reduce risks and costs, to improve product quality, to shorten development times or simply to operate systems better. High performance in HPSC can mean highly efficient algorithms and software as well as high computing power of the hardware, e.g. parallel systems. TOPICS include, but are not limited to... - mathematical modelling - numerical simulation - methods for optimization and control - parallel architectures - parallel programming - symbolic computing - software development - applications of Scientific Computing in environmental and hydrology problems physics, mechanics and chemistry transport, logistics and site location communication networks, production scheduling energy management, investment strategies industrial and commercial problems The conference is organized jointly by DFG-Sonderforschungsbereich 359, Heidelberg University Institute of Information Technology, Vietnam NCST Institute of Mathematics, Vietnam NCST Institute of Mechanics, Vietnam NCST Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing Heidelberg (IWR) Hanoi University of Natural Sciences Hanoi University of Technology Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology STEERING COMMITTEE H. G. Bock (Chair, Heidelberg) H. X. Phu (Hanoi) N. T. Son (Ho Chi Minh City) SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE P. K. Anh (Hanoi) U. Ascher (Vancouver) C. Basaruddin (Jakarta) D. Dung (Hanoi) G. Feichtinger (Wien) T. Q. Hoa (Hanoi) K.-H. Hoffmann (Bonn) D. V. Hung (Macau) W. Jaeger (Heidelberg) R. Longman (New York) Y. Paker (London) H. X. Phu (Chair, Hanoi) J. Schloeder (Heidelberg) N. T. Son (Co-chair, Ho Chi Minh City) M. Thera (Limoges) G. Frhr. zu Putlitz (Ladenburg) ORGANIZING COMMITTEE P. T. An (Vinh) H. G. Bock (Co-chair, Heidelberg) N. H. Dien (Hanoi) D. N. Hai (Hanoi) T. V. Hoai (Ho Chi Minh City) N. Q. Hy (Hanoi) L. H. Khoi (Hanoi) P. Lin (Singapore) N. C. Luong (Hanoi) H. X. Phu (Hanoi) T. D. Phuong (Hanoi) R. Rannacher (Heidelberg) G. Reinelt (Heidelberg) O. Richter (Braunschweig) S. Suchada (Bangkok) T. H. Thai (Heidelberg) P. T. Tuoi (Ho Chi Minh City) T. D. Van (Chair, Hanoi) N. D. Yen (Hanoi) PRELIMINARY LIST OF INVITED SPEAKERS U. Ascher (Vancouver) Inverse ore mining problems N. H. Cong (Hanoi) Parallel methods for ODE I. Duff (Rutherford) Large scale linear systems R. E. Ewing (Texas A&M) Oil field exploration M. Groetschel (Berlin) Information and communication D. N. Hai (Hanoi) Computational mechanics of multiphase media K.-H. Hoffmann (Bonn) Computational material science W. Jaeger (Heidelberg) Mathematical modelling R. Jeltsch (Zuerich) Computational fluid and solid mechanics N. V. Lien (Hanoi) Simulation of disordered systems G. Meyer (Atlanta) Pricing of financial equity and interest rate options R. Longman (New York) Computational mechanical engineering Y. Paker (London) Parallel computer architectures R. Rannacher (Heidelberg) Computational fluid dynamics O. Richter (Braunschweig) Computational environmental science J. Schloeder (Heidelberg) Optimum experimental design J. Warnatz (Heidelberg) Chemically reactive flows G. Wittum (Heidelberg) Parallel computing in environmental problems LOCATION The conference will take place at Institute of Mathematics, National Centre for Natural Sciences and Technology (NCST), Hoang Quoc Viet Street, Cau Giay District, Hanoi, Vietnam HOW TO CONTRIBUTE The conference will provide invited lectures (45 minutes including discussion) and contributed presentations (30 minutes including discussion). Each contributor must submit a title and an abstract not to exceed one A4-page. Abstracts should be prepared in LaTeX format. Only in exceptional cases, MS-Word format can be accepted. Please follow the instructions and use the macros for LaTeX or MS-Word which can be downloaded from our Web site, or they will be sent to you by e-mail on request. Submissions must be transmitted electronically to [log in to unmask] or sent as files in diskettes to our contact address. Only abstracts satisfying the above conditions be printed in the abstracts volume. Some contributions will be selected for publication in a proceedings volume of Springer-Verlag. MINISYMPOSIA A number of minisymposia will be organized, among these are the topics: - Advanced problems in computational mechanics - Groundwater contamination - Parallel computer architecture - Parallel computing - Solution methods for ODEs and DAEs Participants are encouraged to submit further minisymposia to HPSC topics of their choice. --------------------------------------------------- Minisymposia should have at least 3 talks. If you have questions, please contact the organizers. DATES TO REMEMBER Deadline for registration and submission of abstracts: December 31, 1999 Notification of acceptance: January 31, 2000 CONTACT Conference information is available on the Web at http://www.iwr.uni-heidelberg.de/HPSCHanoi2000 http://www.hcmut.edu.vn/dit/HPSCHanoi2000 Registration and requests should be sent to Dr. Ta Duy Phuong Institute of Mathematics P.O.Box 631 Bo Ho Hanoi Vietnam Phone: +84-4-8361317 Fax: +84-4-7564303 e-mail: [log in to unmask] REGISTRATION A registration fee of 100 USD (in cash) is due on arrival. It includes conference documents and some other services. 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