From: Phil J. Curtiss
Subject: UMIACS Prallel Processing Lab Invites Usage of its Facilities
Date:
Message-ID: <30764@mimsy.umd.edu>
[Sorry if this is a repost]
Announcement:
The University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies
is currently offering free use of it's Parallel Processing
Laboratory facilities. This offer includes staff support, as well
as use of our Connection Machine. Details below.
Goals:
The University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies
(UMIACS) was established in 1985 with goals of broadening the
overall base of support for computing research throughout the
University of Maryland System and to focus on interdisciplinary
topics in computing and nurture their growth within the Institute.
Research is being conducted in the areas of artificial intelligence,
computation theory, computer systems, database systems, fault
tolerance, human factors engineering, numerical analysis, parallel
processing performance evaluation, and software engineering.
Facilities:
The Institute operates a 16k Connection Machine with 32 bit floating
point hardware, two framebuffers and a 5 Gbyte datavault. Its
current configuration is as follows:
Software
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Languages: Utilities:
- (New) C* - NRL C* Library
- C* array library
- C* Segment library
- CMFG - Fast Graph package
- *Lisp - CMVU
- CMFG - Fast Graph package
- CMSSL - Scientific Software Library
- CM Fortran - NRL CM Fortran Library
- CMFG - Fast Graph package
- CMSSL - Scientific Software Library
- C,Lisp,Fortrans-Paris - CMFG - Fast Graph package
- CMSSL - Scientific Software Library
Hardware
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Connection Machine:
- 16K processors - 32 bit floating point hardware
- 2 1024x1048x24 framebuffers - 5 Gb DavaVault
- 2 Sony Monitors 1280x1024
Front Ends:
Vax-6210 Sun-4/280
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64 Mb Mem 32 Mb Mem
176 Mb Swap 156 Mb Swap
3 MIPS (approx) 10 MIPS (approx)
DEC RA81 611 Mb Disk 891 Mb Disk
EMC MRA600 611 Mb Disk 891 Mb Disk
Active Projects:
The Institute currently has approximately 60 active projects 50 of
which are with research institutions (other universities, etc) and
10 of which are corporate and government. A list of all current
research efforts complete with abstracts is being compiled and will
be available for anonymous ftp in the next couple of months.
Using the Facilities:
UMIACS offers use of the its Parallel Processing Lab for research.
We are also making the facilities available, on a limited basis, for
corporate users. Interested parties should contact one of the
individuals below.
People to Contact:
- Mitchell Murphy, Parallel Systems Manager, ·····@umiacs.umd.edu,
(301) 405-6742, University of Maryland, UMIACS, AVW Bldg.,
College Park, Md 20742.
- Phillip Curtiss, Parallel Systems Staff, ·······@umiacs.umd.edu,
(301) 405-6744, University of Maryland, UMIACS, AVW Bldg.,
College Park, Md 20742.
- Larry S. Davis, Directory, ···@umiacs.umd.edu, (301) 405-6722,
University of Maryland, UMIACS, AVW Bldg., College Park, Md 20742.
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