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               C A P P S  ' 9 4   C O N F E R E N C E

       COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS OF PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS

                         - CALL FOR PAPERS -

                         October 17-19, 1994
                    Stouffer Hotel, Austin, Texas

                            Sponsored by

  The RGK Foundation     Sybase         Tandem       HPCWire

    University of      Microelectronics and       AT&T Global
  Texas at Austin       Computer Technology       Information
  (see note 1)             Corporation            Solutions


  CONFERENCE OVERVIEW

  Parallel processing computer systems (including shared memory
  systems loosely coupled, distributed memory systems, clusters,
  etc.) are beginning to displace mainframes in some market niches.
  It is no longer the case that aggressive use of parallel
  processing is restricted to scientific and engineering markets.
  This Second CAPPS Conference will explore the uses of parallel
  processing systems in the domain of commercial applications -
  applications which are crucial to the management and operation of
  commercial, industrial and governmental enterprises. The
  Conference will bring together parallel processing system
  vendors, current and potential users of parallel processing
  systems from both information management and scientific/engineering
  areas, software system vendors and researchers to focus on the
  opportunities and challenges of applying parallel processing to
  current and new commercial applications.

  DEADLINES ****************************************************************

  August 1,    Submission Date for 3 copies of a paper, maximum of
  1994         20 double-spaced pages, on a topic suitable to the
               theme and audience of this conference.

  September 1, Notification
  1994

  October 1,   Camera-ready copy due
  1994

  TARGET AUDIENCE **********************************************************

  Influential representatives from three distinct groups:
       Commercial/industrial/government users
       Vendors of parallel processing systems and software
       Researchers in the area of commercial parallel processing


  SUGGESTED TOPICS AND ISSUES **********************************************

  Topics of sessions and presentations could include (but are not
  limited to) the following:

       Factors which limit commercial use of parallel processing systems
       Kinds of commercial applications well suited to parallel
       execution

       Requirements for parallel processing  systems installed in
       commercial enterprises

       Case studies of profitable, parallel commercial applications

       Levels of expertise and training required to integrate and
       utilize parallel processing systems in
       commercial/industrial/government installations

       I/O requirements in commercial parallel processing systems
       Significant features which distinguish commercial and
       scientific applications

       What languages are used to develop commercial applications?

       What runtime systems will be expected?  What kinds of
       software development environments will be needed?

       The role of standards (languages, runtime, data management,
       networking, etc.)

       Where will libraries of support software be developed? How
       will they be supported, distributed, accessed and used in
       these enterprises?

       Impact of object-oriented programming and parallel
       processing systems

       Is there (or will there be) a parallel processing software
       industry?


  ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION

    Technical papers may be submitted in electronic form, by email.
    Acceptable formats are:
    postscript file
    Microsoft Word source
    Framemaker source


  ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

    Dr. Richard Brice, MCC, 512-338-3429, rsb@mcc.com
    Ms. Melissa Brown, RGK Foundation, 512-474-9298,
    Melissa_+a_RGK_+lMelissa+_Brown+r%RGK@mcimail.com
    Dr. James Browne, Department of Computer Science, University
    of Texas, 512-471-9579, browne@cs.utexas.edu
    Dr. J A Keane, University of Machester, jak@computer-
    science.manchester.ac.uk
    Dr. Edward Krall, MCC, 512-338-3406, krall@mcc.com
    Dr. Joanne Martin, IBM Corporation 914-385-9572,
    Jmartin@vnet.ibm.com
    Ms. Beckie McCleery, MCC, 512-338-3421, mccleery@mcc.com
    Dr. Lutz Richter, University of Zurich, richter@ifi.unizh.ch
    Dr. Herb Schwetman, Mesquite Software, 512-343-6513,
    hds@cs.utexas.edu
    Dr. Lisa Sokol, MRJ Corporation, lsokol@mrj.com
    Mr. Tom Tabor, HPCWire, tabor@hpcwire.ans.net
    Dr. Andrew Whinston, Graduate School of Business, University
    of Texas,  512-471-8879, abw@emx.cc.utexas.edu

  SEND TECHNICAL PAPER SUBMISSIONS TO:

  Ed Krall                           Richard Brice
  MCC                                MCC
  3500 West Balcones Center Dr.      3500 West Balcones Center Dr.
  Austin, TX 78759                   Austin, TX 78759
  512-338-3406                       512-338-3429
  krall@mcc.com                      rsb@mcc.com
_______________________________________________

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