Trends in Hard- and Software for Scientific Computing

Summary: This minisymposium intends to give researchers on new algorithms and methods for scientific computing, developers of applications codes, etc., a comprehensive view on trends in hard- and software for scientific computing. Four survey talks will answer the questions:

• what are the future hardware (processor/architecture) trends to be reflected in algorithm and software development to achieve efficient codes?
• what are the new programming environments and tools to be used for efficient development and testing of new methods?
• what are evolving standards and experiences in designing interfaces in mathematical software (from numeric to symbolic to graphic to text)?
• what are guidelines to develop new and enable existing applications for parallel architectures, including results of two major european efforts (EUROPORT and RAPS)?

Day: July 3, 1995 Time: 15.30

W. Gentzsch, Fachhochschule Regensburg, Germany:
Hardware for scientific computing

S.M. Rump, Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg, Germany:
Development environments and tools for scientific computing software development

S.J. Hague, Numerical Algorithm Group, United Kingdom:
Interface design for mathematical software

A. Schüller, GMD, Germany;
C. Thole, GMD Bonn, Germany:
Application development and enabling for parallel systems