3rd HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING ASIA CONFERENCE & EXHIBITION 
                            SINGAPORE, 1998
     " HPC  - Technology Driver for  Academia, Business and Industry "
              URL : http://www.nsrc.nus.edu.sg/HPCAsia98
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                     22 - 25 September, 1998
                   Raffles City Convention Centre
               Westin Stamford & Westin Plaza Hotels
                            SINGAPORE
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Organised by the National Supercomputing Research Centre, SINGAPORE
Supported by the National Science and Technology Board, SINGAPORE
                 and IEEE Singapore Section Computer Chapter
The National Supercomputing Research Centre (NSRC) is hosting the High
Performance Computing (HPC) Asia'98 Conference and Exhibition from 22 -
25 September 1998 at the Raffles City Convention Centre, Singapore. 
This will be the third such conference focusing on HPC activities in the
Asian region.
The conference will comprise tutorial sessions on the first day followed
by a three-day technical programme with plenary, invited lectures and
round table sessions.  The focus of the technical programme will be to
highlight the importance of HPC based technologies in the fields of
computation, communication and visualization, to the growing R & D
activities within the region's industry, business and academia.
An exhibition featuring the latest state-of-the-art hardware and
software will be held concurrently.
CALL FOR PAPERS
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An original paper presented in the English language, between 8-15
pages(including figures), is invited for submission and review.  The
topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following HPC
technologies :
ELECTRONICS - Circuit Simulation, Process Simulation, Wafer Fabrication
              Simulation, ...
CHEMISTRY AND MATERIAL SCIENCE - Molecular Modeling, Drug Design,
                                 Material Design, ...
COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS - Data Mining, Data Warehousing, Financial
                          Forecasting, OLTP, ...
COMPUTER SCIENCE - Architectures, Algorithms, Languages, Compilers,
                   Tools, Communication & Networking, ...
LIFE SCIENCE AND MEDICINE - DNA Modeling, Drug Delivery Systems,
                            Bio-Medical Engineering, ...
PHYSICAL SCIENCES - Image Processing, Wavelet Compression,
                    Meteorology, ...
ENGINEERING - Aerospace, Structural, Fluid Dynamics, Heat Transfer,
              Crash, Manufacturing Processes, Environmental, ...
VISUALIZATION - Immersive Interaction, Data Visualization, Animation,
                Virtual Reality, ...
IMPORTANT DATES
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SUBMISSION OF PAPER                       :  16 MARCH 1998
NOTIFICATION OF ACCEPTED PAPER            :  1 JUNE 1998
SUBMISSION OF CAMERA READY PAPER          :  1 JULY 1998
GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION / CAMERA READY FORMAT :
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www.nsrc.nus.edu.sg/HPCAsia98/Paper/guide.html
www.nsrc.nus.edu.sg/HPCAsia98/Paper/format.html
For further information or Exhibition opportunities, you can contact the
Secretariat at the following :
Secretariat
HPC Asia'98 Conference and Exhibition
c/o CEMS Pte Ltd
1 Maritime Square, #09-43 World Trade Centre
SINGAPORE 099253
Tel : (65) 278 8666    
Fax : (65) 278 4077
email : cemssvs(a)singnet.com.sg   OR 	hpc98(a)nsrc.nus.edu.sg
URL : http://www.nsrc.nus.edu.sg/HPCAsia98
GENERAL CO-CHAIRS
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Peter Boek, Singapore - National Supercomputing Research Centre
Lam Khin Yong, Singapore - Centre for Computational Mechanics
PROGRAM  COMMITTEE
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Bernard Pailthorpe, Australia - Sydney Regional Visualisation Laboratory
John F O'Callaghan, Australia - Cooperative Research Center for Advanced
Computational Systems
Cheng Guoliang, China - China High Performance Computing Center at Hefei
Wang Dingxin, China - Tsinghua University
John C S Lui, Hong Kong - Chinese University of Hong Kong
Kirit S Yajnik, India - National Aerospace Laboratories
L M Patnaik, India - Indian Institute of Science
Bobby Nazief, Indonesia - University of Indonesia
Surjadi Slamet, Indonesia - University of Indonesia
Yoshio Oyanagi, Japan - University of Tokyo
Ki-Soo Sung, Korea - Tongmyong University of Information Technology
Sungchun Kim, Korea - Sogang University
Young-Kyu Yang, Korea - Korea Institute of Science & Technology
Kevin A Broughan, New Zealand - The University of Waikato
Christian S Collberg, New Zealand - The University of Auckland
Eliezer A Albacea, Philippines - University of the Philippines
Rafael P Saldana, Philippines - Environmental Research Center
Wu Kuo-Wei, Taiwan - National Center for High Performance Computing
Royol Chitradon, Thailand - National Electronics and Computer Technology
Centre
J Owen, UK - University of Swansea
David K Kahaner, USA - Asian Technology Information Program
Frank L Gilfeather, USA - Maui High Performance Computing Center
Gene Bal, USA - Maui High Performance Computing Center
Richard S Hirsh, USA - National Science Foundation
Zhang Xiaodong, USA - College of William and Mary
Anthony T Patera, USA - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
J N Reddy, USA - University of Texas A & M
Rakesh Agrawal, USA - IBM Almaden Research Center
Kenneth G Powell, USA - University of Michigan
Kurichi Kumar, Singapore - National Supercomputing Research Centre
Ang Kim Chwee, Singapore - Gintic Institute of Manufacturing Technology
Beryl Lin, Singapore - National Supercomputing Research Centre
Chen Shi Xin, Singapore - Data Storage Institute
Hsu Wen Jing, Singapore - Nanyang Technological University
Katar Tjandra, Singapore - Tech Semi-Conductor Singapore Pte Ltd
Khoo Boo Cheong, Singapore - Centre for Computational Mechanics
Kuldip Singh, Singapore - Centre for Remote Imaging, Sensing &
Processing
Lai Choy Heng, Singapore - The National University of Singapore
Luis Serra, Singapore - Institute of Systems Science
Murali Damodaran, Singapore - Nanyang Technological University
Ong Lih-Yenn, Singapore - Singapore Technologies Aerospace Ltd
Winston Seah, Singapore - Centre for Wireless Communication
Robert Straughan, Singapore - National Supercomputing Research Centre
S Amarasinghe, Singapore - Nanyang Technological University
Song Jianjian, Singapore - National Supercomputing Research Centre
Teo Yong Meng, Singapore - The National University of Singapore
Wu Ping, Singapore - National Supercomputing Research Centre