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From: levine@antares.mcs.anl.gov
Newsgroups: comp.parallel
Subject: Re: University access to parallel computers
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Date: 24 Jan 89 14:42:48 GMT
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In article <4135@hubcap.UUCP> art@CS.UCLA.EDU writes:
>
>I recall hearing that some university research center had set itself up
>as a center for experimental parallel computing.  They had purchased
>a variety of parallel machines and were making them available to the
>university research public over Arpanet or NFSnet.
>Arthur Goldberg >art@cs.ucla.edu

Argonne National Laboratory has set up the Advanced Computing Research 
Facility (ACRF) for the study of parallel computing. The center has four
principal objectives:

- To encourage experimentation on computers with innovative designs.

- To assess the suitability of diverse machines for specific applications.

- To support the Mathmematics and Computer Science divisions research in
  parallel computation.

- To operate as a national user facility.

Parallel computers currently in the ACRF are:

    4-processor Ardent Titan
    8-processor Alliant FX/8
   16-processor Intel iPSC-VX hypercube
   20-processor Encore Multimax
   24-processor Sequent Balance 21000
   32-processor Intel iPSC hypercube
 1024-processor Active Memory Technology DAP
16384-processor Thinking Machines CM-2

The ACRF may be reached from most networks (arpanet, mfenet, nsfnet, ...).
Accounts on the machines are available (free of charge) to those doing research
in parallel computing who submit and have approved a research proposal.  
Introductory classes in parallel computing on the ACRF machines are taught
periodically.  The upcoming schedule of (Fortran-based) classes for 1989 is:
March 15-17, May 3-5, June 21-23, August  16-18, October 11-13, December 6-8.
C-based classes are taught on a demand basis.  For further information:

Rusty Lusk (lusk@mcs.anl.gov)     - information on obtaining ACRF accounts
Teri Huml (huml@mcs.anl.gov)      - class registration
David Levine (levine@mcs.anl.gov) - class content

 David Levine       		          levine@mcs.anl.gov
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