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From: curtiss@umiacs.umd.edu (Phil J. Curtiss)
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Subject: Getting accounts on the UMIACS Parallel Processing machines
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Date: 6 Mar 91 18:15:39 GMT
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	A little while ago an announcement was made regarding the
availability of University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer
Studies (UMIACS) Parallel Processing Lab resources.  Since then, many people
have shown interest in gaining access to these resources.  Below, you will
find a brief summary of what must be submitted to get accounts and start
using the lab's machines.  More information than what is summarized below
may be required of you depending on your specific needs (disk space,
reserved time on a given machine, how many users from one site, etc.).

	To get an account on machines within the UMIACS Parallel Processing
Lab, you must submit a brief abstract of the project for which you wish to
use the machines in the lab along with a list of those who will be working
on the project and those that need accounts.  You must submit this request
to Mitch Murphy (the Parallel Processing Lab Manager) at the following
address mitch@umiacs.umd.edu.

	As stated in the previous article, the UMIACS Parallel Processing
Lab currently operates a 16k Connection Machine and a BBN Butterfly Machine,
with hopes of acquiring other architectures in the future.

	We are currently putting together a detailed document describing the
facilities of the Lab and will make it available via anonymous ftp from
ftp.umiacs.umd.edu.  A list of abstracts of all the current projects in the
lab is also being assembled and will be made available via anonymous ftp
from ftp.umiacs.umd.edu.  Please note that if you wish to apply for an
account on any of the lab's machines, and do *not* wish to be included in
the abstract list that is to be made available, please let us know.  If you
do so, we will not place your project in the list.

	Lastly, we ask that you circulate the availability of the UMIACS
Parallel Processing Lab resources to anyone you think might be interested
and might benefit from the use of the lab.  Please direct any questions you
may have to either curtiss@umiacs.umd.edu or mitch@umiacs.umd.edu.
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