Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!dptg!ulysses!andante!mit-eddie!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!caen!uflorida!simulation From: simulation@uflorida.cis.ufl.edu (Moderator: Paul Fishwick) Newsgroups: comp.simulation Subject: SIMULATION DIGEST V19 N1 Message-ID: <25602@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> Date: 27 Nov 90 18:02:12 GMT Sender: fishwick@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU Reply-To: simulation@uflorida.cis.ufl.edu Lines: 724 Approved: fishwick@uflorida.cis.ufl.edu Volume: 19, Issue: 1, Tue Nov 27 13:00:21 EST 1990 +----------------+ | TODAY'S TOPICS | +----------------+ (1) Software: QPS Toolkit (2) RE: Simula for the IBM 360/370 (3) Scheduling Strategies (4) Looking for HIT Users (5) Neural Network Courses (6) WANTED: Info about NEST (7) CALL: TENCON '91 Special Sessions (8) CALL: Neural Networks in Systems, Control, Vision and Genetics * Moderator: Paul Fishwick, Univ. of Florida * Send topical mail to: simulation@bikini.cis.ufl.edu OR post to comp.simulation via USENET * Archives available via FTP to bikini.cis.ufl.edu (128.227.224.1). Login as 'ftp', use your last name as the password, change directory to pub/simdigest. Do 'type binary' before any file xfers. * Simulation Tools available by doing above and changing the directory to pub/simdigest/tools. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 14 Nov 90 16:01:53 PST From: rab@wdl41.wdl.fac.com (Ron A Barack) To: fishwick@bikini.cis.ufl.edu Subject: Modeling Tools Product Announcement -- QPS Toolset Software for queueing, Petri net, and series parallel graph modeling is available from Loral Western Development Labs (formerly Ford Aerospace). The QPS Toolset has three modules: (1) QUANTRUM, for analytic (mathematical) modeling based on queueing paradigms; (2) PENGUIN, for both analytic modeling and discrete event simulation based stochastic Petri nets; and (3) SPARTA, for analytic modeling based on series-parallel graphs. The toolset is integrated; for instance model output results from SPARTA or PENGUIN can be used as inputs to a QUANTRUM model. The QPS Toolset is programmed in C and should run on any system where Unix is installed. A version which capitalizes in the windowing and graphics capabilities of SUN workstations is also available. Porting to X-windows is in process. The toolset has been created in an engineering applications environment, and is readily accessible to users without extensive background in the specific modeling techniques. However, modeling specialists, researchers and educators should find QPS to be interesting and useful. For further information on the QPS Toolset, please contact Ron Barack (e-mail: rab@wdl1.wdl.fac.com; phone: 408-473-4132) or Austin Lemoine (e-mail: ajl@wdl1.wdl.fac.com; phone: 408-473-4127). ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Nov 90 10:10:26 GMT From: Rob Pooley Subject: SIMULA for IBM mainframes To: NAD100T@oduvm.cc.odu.edu X-Mailer: Ream v4.12c (The Choice for a New Generation) X-Organisation: Computer Science, Edinburgh University Cc: simulation@bikini.cis.ufl.edu Dear Tony, One of the original SIMULA implementations was the IBM 360/370 one and it is still available from Simula as Postboks 4403 - Torshov 0401 OSLO 4 Norway They used to offer a really cheap deal for universities. It should be available for MVS, CMS and even MTS. It won't have everything the DEC 10 system had (no LIBSIM, I think). Nor is it completely up to date with the 1986 language extensions, but it is a really sound implementation of Common Base SIMULA. I will forward your request to them. Rob Pooley ------------------------------ To: comp-simulation@cernvax.cern.ch Path: cernvax!cernapo!martucci From: martucci@cernapo.cern.ch (Pietro Martucci) Newsgroups: comp.simulation,sci.electronics,comp.lsi.cad Subject: simulation tools Date: 16 Nov 90 17:07:12 GMT Sender: news@cernvax.cern.ch Followup-To: comp.simulation Hi netters, has anyone heard of a Company called SuperCompact (maybe) located in New Jersey???? This company might have a simulation tool in simulating lossy transmission lines in the frequency and time domain. I need the address or phone number or fax number. Thanks -- Pietro Paolo Martucci | Ohi vita, Ohi vita mia.... CN-CE , CERN , CH-1211 GENEVA 23 | ...si state u primm'ammore.... martucci@cernapo.cern.ch | F O R Z A N A P O L I ------------------------------ To: unido!comp-simulation@relay.EU.net Path: rwthinf!forst!goofy From: goofy@informatik.rwth-aachen.de (Peter Langen) Newsgroups: comp.simulation Subject: literature hints on Scheduling Summary: Request for literature Keywords: scheduling, literatur Date: 16 Nov 90 08:17:22 GMT Sender: news@informatik.rwth-aachen.de I would like to receive any information about scheduling strategies. information about scheduling strategies of communication controllers or Communication Processes are of special interest. Especialy a general overview or a classification of scheduling strategies would be appreciated.( Literature hints ) Please send mail, Thanks, Peter Langen, Lehrstuhl Informatik IV RWTH-Aachen, D-W5100 Aachen, Germany goofy@informatik.rwth-aachen.de ------------------------------ To: unido!comp-simulation@relay.EU.net Path: rwthinf!forst!goofy From: goofy@informatik.rwth-aachen.de (Peter Langen) Newsgroups: comp.simulation Subject: Still looking for HIT Users and some more explanations. Summary: Still looking for HIT Users and some more exlanation about HIT. Keywords: HIT,simulation Date: 19 Nov 90 09:46:14 GMT Sender: news@informatik.rwth-aachen.de After posting 'Looking for HIT Users i received a mail request for more information about HIT. So here are some more explanations. Abstract: The Hierarchical Evaluation Tool Hit is a software tool for the performance evaluation of computing systems during all phases of their life cycle. The hierarchical model description language HI-SLANG allows to build deeply structured models in a very modular way. Quantitative model evaluation can be performed by simulative or analytical methods. HIT has been developed at the chair of Prof. Dr. H. Beilner, Department Informatik IV, Universitaet Dortmund. The project, HIT, was and still is partially supported by Nixdorf Computer AG and BMFT (German Federal Ministery of Resarch an Technology). The Abstract is copied from the HI-SLANG Reference Manual. It is a Crosscompiler producing Simula-Code. Therefore you need a Simula Compiler to run HIT. The HI-SLANG Compiler is also a Simula Program. For further information about HIT please contact the HIT-Team: EUNET/USENET: hit@anton.ls4.informatik.uni-dortmund.de I am still looking for HIT Users for discussion. Peter Langen, Lehrstuhl Informatik IV RWTH-Aachen, D-W5100 Aachen, Germany goofy@informatik.rwth-aachen.de ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Nov 90 18:11:35 -0500 To: wiley!ai-chi@LLL-LCC.LLNL.GOV, ir-l%uccvma.bitnet@vm1.nodak.edu, vision-list@ADS.COM, psych@tcsvm.bitnet, neuron@hplabs.hpl.hp.com, arpanet-bboards@mc.lcs.mit.edu, parsym@sumex-aim.stanford.edu, physics@mc.lcs.mit.edu, soft-eng@mwunix.mitre.org, TheoryNet@ibm.com, connectionists@RI.CMU.EDU, info-futures@encore.com, biotech@umdc.bitnet, denny@tss.com, human-nets@aramis.RUTGERS.EDU, na@patience.Stanford.EDU, simulation@ufl.edu, optics-l@taunivm.bitnet, cybsys-l@bingvmb.bitnet, anneal@cs.ucla.edu, cellular-automata@think.com, crtnet@psuvm.bitnet, dynsys-l@unc.bitnet, nl-kr@cs.rochester.edu, para-dap@irlearn.bitnet, philosoph@yorkvm1.bitnet, issnnet-mlist@park.bu.edu From: mike@park.bu.edu Sender: mike@park.bu.edu BOSTON UNIVERSITY A World Leader In Neural Network Research and Technology Presents Two Major Events on the Cutting Edge NEURAL NETWORKS: FROM FOUNDATIONS TO APPLICATIONS, MAY 5-10, 1991 A self-contained systematic course by leading neural architects. NEURAL NETWORKS FOR VISION AND IMAGE PROCESSING, MAY 10-12, 1991 An international research conference presenting INVITED and CONTRIBUTED papers, herewith solicited, on one of the most active research topics in science and technology today. Special student registration rates are available. Sponsored by: Boston University's Wang Institute, Center for Adaptive Systems, and Graduate Program in Cognitive and Neural Systems, with partial support from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research. NEURAL NETWORKS: FROM FOUNDATIONS TO APPLICATIONS MAY 5-10, 1991 This self-contained systematic five-day course is based on the graduate curriculum in the technology, computation, mathematics, and biology of neural networks developed at the Center for Adaptive Systems (CAS) and the graduate program in Cognitive and Neural Systems (CNS) of Boston University. The curriculum refines and updates the successful course held at the Wang Institute in May, 1990. The course will be taught by CAS/CNS faculty, as well as by distinguished guest lecturers at the beautiful and superbly equipped campus of the Wang Institute. An extraordinary range and depth of models, methods, and applications will be presented with ample opportunity for interaction with the lecturers and other participants at the daily discussion sections, meals, receptions, and breaks that are included with registration. At the 1990 Course, participants came from 20 countries and 35 states of the U.S. Boston University tutors are STEPHEN GROSSBERG, GAIL CARPENTER, ENNIO MINGOLLA, MICHAEL COHEN, DAN BULLOCK, AND JOHN MERRILL. Guest tutors are FEDERICO FAGGIN, ROBERT HECHT-NIELSEN, MICHAEL JORDAN, ANDY BARTO, AND ALEX WAIBEL. DAY 1 COURSE SCHEDULE (May 6, 1991) PROFESSOR GROSSBERG: Historical Overview, Cooperation and Competition, Content Addressable Memory, and Associative Learning. PROFESSORS CARPENTER, GROSSBERG, AND MINGOLLA: Associative Learning Continued, Neocognitron, Perceptrons, and Introduction to Back Propagation. PROFESSOR JORDAN: Recent Developments of Back Propagation. Evening Discussions with Tutors and Informal Presentations. DAY 2 COURSE SCHEDULE (May 7, 1991) PROFESSORS GROSSBERG AND MINGOLLA: Adaptive Pattern Recognition. PROFESSORS CARPENTER AND GROSSBERG: Introduction to Adaptive Resonance, Theory and Analysis of ART 1. PROFESSOR CARPENTER: Analysis of ART 2, ART 3, Predictive ART, and Self-Organization of Invariant Pattern Recognition codes. Evening Discussions with Tutors and Informal Presentations. DAY 3 COURSE SCHEDULE (May 8, 1991) PROFESSORS GROSSBERG AND MINGOLLA: Vision and Image Processing. PROFESSORS BULLOCK AND GROSSBERG: Adaptive Sensory-Motor Planning and Control. Evening Discussions with Tutors and Informal Presentations. DAY 4 COURSE SCHEDULE (May 9, 1991) PROFESSORS COHEN, GROSSBERG, AND WAIBEL: Speech Perception and Production. PROFESSORS BARTO, GROSSBERG, AND MERRILL: Reinforcement Learning and Prediction. DR. HECHT-NIELSEN: Recent Developments in the Neurocomputer Industry. Evening Discussions with Tutors and Informal Presentations. DAY 5 COURSE SCHEDULE (May 10, 1991) DR. FAGGIN: VLSI Implementation of Neural Networks. END OF COURSE (at 1:30 PM). RESEARCH CONFERENCE NEURAL NETWORKS FOR VISION AND IMAGE PROCESSING MAY 10-12, 1991 This international research conference on a topic at the cutting edge of science and technology will bring together leading experts in academe, government, and industry to present their results on vision and image processing in INVITED LECTURES and CONTRIBUTED POSTERS. Topics range from visual neurobiology and psychophysics through computational modelling to technological applications. CALL FOR PAPERS - VIP POSTER SESSION: A featured 3-hour poster session on neural network research related to vision and image processing will be held on May 11, 1991. Attendees who wish to present a poster should submit three copies of an abstract (one single-spaced page), postmarked by March 1, 1991, for refereeing. Include with the abstract the name, address, and telephone number of the corresponding author. Mail to: Poster Session, Neural Networks Conference, Wang Institute of Boston University, 72 Tyng Road, Tyngsboro, MA 01879. Authors will be informed of abstract acceptance by March 31, 1991. DAY 1 CONFERENCE PROGRAM (May 10, 1991, 5:00-7:30 PM) PROFESSOR JOHN DAUGMAN, CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY: "High-Confidence Personal Identification System Built from Quadrature Neural Filter" PROFESSOR DAVID CASASENT, CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY: "CMU Hybrid Optical/ Digital Neural Net for Scene Analysis" DR. ROBERT HECHT-NIELSEN, HNC,: "Neurocomputers for Image Analysis" DAY 2 CONFERENCE PROGRAM (May 11, 1991) PROFESSOR V.S. RAMACHANDRAN, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO: "Interactions Between `Channels' Concerned with the Perception of Motion, Depth, Color, and Form" PROFESSOR STEPHEN GROSSBERG, BOSTON UNIVERSITY: "A Neural Network Architecture for 3-D Vision and Figure-Ground Separation" PROFESSOR ENNIO MINGOLLA, BOSTON UNIVERSITY: "A Neural Network Architecture for Visual Motion Segmentation" PROFESSOR GEORGE SPERLING, NEW YORK UNIVERSITY: "Two Systems of Visual Processing" DR. ROBERT DESIMONE, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH: "Attentional Control of Visual Perception: Cortical and Subcortical Mechanisms" PROFESSOR GAIL CARPENTER, BOSTON UNIVERSITY: "Neural Network Architectures for Attentive Learning, Recognition, and Prediction" DR. RALPH LINSKER, IBM T.J. WATSON RESEARCH CENTER: "New Approaches to Network Learning and Optimization" PROFESSOR STUART ANSTIS, UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO: "My Recent Research on Motion Perception" POSTER SESSION DAY 3 CONFERENCE PROGRAM (May 12, 1991) PROFESSOR JACOB BECK, UNIVERSITY OF OREGON: "Preattentive Visual Processing" PROFESSOR JAMES TODD, BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY: "Neural Analysis of Motion" DR. ALLEN M. WAXMAN, MIT LINCOLN LAB: "Extraction" PROFESSOR ERIC SCHWARTZ, NEW YORK UNIVERSITY: "Biologically Motivated Machine Vision" PROFESSOR ALEX PENTLAND, MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: "The Optimal Observer: Design of a Dynamically-Responding Visual System" DISCUSSION END OF RESEARCH CONFERENCE (at 1 PM) CNS FELLOWSHIP FUND: Net revenues from the course will endow fellowships for Ph.D. candidates in the CNS Graduate Program. Corporate and individual gifts to endow CNS Fellowships are also welcome. Please write: Cognitive and Neural Systems Fellowship Fund, Center for Adaptive Systems, Boston University, 111 Cummington Street, Boston, MA 02215. STUDENT REGISTRATION: A limited number of spaces at the course and conference have been reserved at a subsidized rate for full time students. These spaces will be assigned on a first-come, first-served basis. Completed registration form and payment for students who wish to be considered for the reduced student rate must be received by April 15, 1991. YOUR REGISTRATION FEE INCLUDES: COURSE CONFERENCE Five days of tutorials Admission to all invited lectures Course notebooks for all tutorials Admission to poster session All guest lectures One reception Sunday evening reception Two continental breakfasts Five continental breakfasts One lunch Five lunches One dinner Four dinners Daily morning/afternoon Daily morning/afternoon coffee coffee service service Evening discussion sessions with leading neural architects CANCELLATION POLICY: Course fee, less $100, and the research conference fee, less $60, will be refunded upon receipt of a written request postmarked before March 31, 1991. After this date no refund will be made. Registrants who do not attend and who do not cancel in writing before March 31, 1991 are liable for the full amount of the registration fee. You must obtain a cancellation number from our registrar in order to make the cancellation valid. HOW TO REGISTER: ADVANCE REGISTRATION: To register by telephone, call (508) 649-9731 with VISA or Mastercard between 8:00-5:00 PM (EST). To register by fax, complete and fax back the Registration Form to (508) 649-6926. To register by mail, complete the registration form and mail it with your full form of payment as directed. Make check payable in U.S. dollars to Boston University. ON-SITE REGISTRATION: Those who wish to register for the course and the research conference on-site may do so on a space-available basis. SITE: The Wang Institute of Boston University possesses excellent conference facilities in a beautiful 220-acre setting. It is easily reached from Boston's Logan Airport and Route 128. HOTEL RESERVATIONS: Sheraton Tara, Nashua, NH (603) 888-9970; Red Roof Inn, Nashua, NH (603) 888-1893; or Stonehedge Inn, Tyngsboro, MA, (508) 649-4342. The special conference rate applies only if you mention the name and dates of the meeting when making the reservation. The hotels in Nashua are located approximately five miles from the Wang Institute. Shuttle bus service will be provided. REGISTRATION FORM: COURSE - NEURAL NETWORKS: FROM FOUNDATIONS TO APPLICATIONS, May 5-10, 1991 RESEARCH CONFERENCE - NEURAL NETWORKS FOR VISION AND IMAGE PROCESSING, May 10-12, 1991 Name: ______________________________________________________________ Title: _____________________________________________________________ Organization: ______________________________________________________ Address: ___________________________________________________________ City: ____________________________ State: __________ Zip: __________ Telephone: _________________________________________________________ Course: Research Conference: ( ) regular attendee $985 ( ) regular attendee $95 ( ) full-time student $275* ( ) Full-time student $75* *limited number of spaces. Student registrations must be received by April 15, 1991. 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Date:__________________ Signature (as it appears on card): _________________________________ Return to: Neural Networks Wang Institute of Boston University 72 Tyng Road Tyngsboro, MA 01879 Boston University's policies provide for equal opportunity and affirmative action in employment and admission to all programs of the University. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Nov 1990 16:29:08 +1100 From: peter@syacus.acus.oz.au To: comp-simulation@uunet.uu.net@munnari.OZ.AU To: comp-simulation@uunet.uu.net@munnari.oz Path: syacus!peter From: peter@syacus.acus.oz (Peter Bell) Newsgroups: comp.simulation,comp.sources.wanted Subject: Nest: NEtwork Simulation Testbed Keywords: NEST Date: 20 Nov 90 05:29:06 GMT Organization: Australian Centre for Unisys Software, Sydney Hi all, This is a request for information about the simulation product I believe is known as NEST (network simulation testbed). My information is that it comes out of Columbia Uni but thats about as much as I know. Is there anyone out there that knows/has used NEST and can give me an indication of what it does? Also can anyone tell me where I can get it from easily ? - I know I can get it through Columbia direct but I was hoping for something a bit closer to home. Are there any archive sites in OZ that carry it? All help is greatly appreciated - please reply direct -- == Peter Bell ======================== Australian Centre for Unisys Software == __ __ _ __ _ /__)_ _/ _ _ /__) peter@syacus.acus.oz /_| / / / ( ' / (-' ( (-'/ ' /__) +61 2 887 6961 / |(__ (__( `_) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Nov 90 13:02:27 EST From: Gurdeep Hura Posted-Date: Wed, 21 Nov 90 13:02:27 EST To: performance@vuse.vanderbilt.edu Subject: TENCON'91 Conf. Cc: ghura@valhalla.wright.edu, simulation-maillist@ufl.edu Call For Papers I have been asked to ogranize session(s) in the following area at the forthcoming TENCON'91 IEEE Region Conf. to be held at New Delhi,India, Aug. 28-30,1991 at Hotel Taj Palace International. * Modeling and analysis using graph models * Performance models of Computer Hardware * Performance models of Computer Software * Tools and Techniques for performance modeling of hardware and software. Please send me a detailed summary(about 5 pages) of your paper by the end of Feb.1991.You will be notified about the acceptance of paper by the end of April,1991 and Author's kit will be mailed to you by the end of May,1991. The last date to recieve the full paper is first week of June,1991. Please send your paper at the following address: Dr. Gurdeep S Hura Department of Computer Sc. and Engg. Wright State University, Dayton,Ohio 45435, USA My phone no. (513) 873-4181 (513) 873-2491 (messages) E_mail address: ghura@cs.wright.edu ------------------------------ Newsgroups: comp.ai,comp.simulation Path: ania.sdsu.edu!rswiniar From: rswiniar%ania@ucselx.sdsu.edu (Dr. Roman Swiniarski) Subject: Neural Nets Conference Sender: news@ucselx.sdsu.edu (News Admin) Reply-To: rswiniar%ania@ucselx.sdsu.edu (Dr. Roman Swiniarski) Organization: San Diego State University, Computer Science Date: Wed, 21 Nov 90 19:11:04 GMT Apparently-To: comp-simulation@ucsd.edu Call for Paper The First International Conference on ``NEURAL NETWORKS IN SYSTEM, CONTROL, VISION AND GENETICS'' Methodologies and Applications May 29-31, 1991, San Diego, U.S.A. The conference will be organized under the auspice of International Organization ``Association Pour Promotion Des Techniques de Modelisation at de Simulation dans L'Enterprise with the participation of San Diego State University. The conference will be an international forum for presenting and discussing the issues in neural networks and their applications in: system, control, robotics, computer vision, and genetic engineering. TOPICS 1. Neural Network Architectures and Learning Algorithms. Static Neural Networks. Dynamic and Recurrent Neural Networks. Fuzzy Neural Networks. Probabilistic Neural Networks. Fractal and Cellular Neural Networks. Oscillating Neural Networks. Hybrid Neural Networks. Ensembles of Neural Networks. Genetic and Parallel Training Algorithms. Fast and Adaptive Learning Algorithms. Adaptive Critic and Reinforcement Learning. Unsupervised Learning. Generalization. Learnability. Stability and Informational Capacity of Neural Networks. 2. Applications of Neural Networks. 2.1. Signals and Systems: Temporal Pattern Recognition. Modeling. Nonlinear Systems. Adaptive Signal Processing. Identification. Estimation and Filtering. Temporal Data Compression. Combinatorial Optimization. 2.2. Control and Robotics: Stability Analysis and Robust Control. Optimal Control. Adaptive Control. Self-Tuning Control. Variable Structure Control. Sequential Control. Predictive Control. Adaptive Control of Robot. Autonomous Robots. Target Recognition and Tracking. Robot Grasping. Trajectory Planning. Multisensor Fusion. 2.3. Diagnostic and Inspection: Failure Detection in Control Systems. Sensor Failure Detection. Diagnostic of Dynamic Systems. Feature Extraction from Temporal Signals. 2.4. Computer Vision: Image Modelling and Estimation. Image Compression. Feature Extraction. Image Filtering and Enhancing. Segmentation. Motion Detection. 2.5. Genetics: Retrieving Information from Large Genome Data Banks. Genome Sequence Matching. Genome Sequence Alignments Hard Combinatorial Optimization. in Phylogenetic Analysis. 2.6. Text Processing and Pattern Recognition: Hand Written Recognition. Printed Text Recognition. Text Compression. Paper Submission Authors are cordially invited to submit papers describing relevant research and experience. Authors should send two copies of a ``One page summary'' on a standard sheet of paper (A4 21x29.7 cm). Summaries including full names, affiliations, addresses, and FAX or e-mail of authors, should be mailed to the General Chairman of the Conference. Deadline for submission of a summary: February 28, 1991.\\ Summaries of proposed papers, will be reviewed by the International Program Committee. Full texts of accepted papers may be provided up to the Conference. Initiatives in organizing sessions are invited.\\ The selected papers presented at the Conference will be published in the Conference Proceedings. Selected papers will be additionally published in a special monograph. Conference Committee. General Chair G. Masnard President of ``Association Pour Promotion Des Techniques de Modelisation at de Simulation dans L'Enterprise '' 16 avenue de Grange-Blanche, 69160 TASSIN-LA-DEMI-LUNE, France FAX 011-33-78345417 (from USA). Chair of the International Program Committee Roman Swiniarski Department of Mathematical Sciences San Diego State University San Diego , CA 92182-0314, USA e-mail: rswiniar@ania.sdsu.edu Tel: (619) 594-5538 Fax: 619-594-5642 The venue of conference and other details will be provided in a later announcement. ------------------------------ END OF SIMULATION DIGEST ************************