Working Conference on "Software Architectures for Scientific Computing Applications"

The conference focused on current and emerging issues in the design and structure of software for scientific computation, including the implications of widespread connectivity, the effects of distributed computing models such as CORBA and the Remote Method Invocation of Java, and the development of reliable, portable object-oriented numerical software.

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NEWS

• The proceedings of the WG 2.5 Working Conference on the Architecture of Scientific Software has appeared as

  Ronald F. Boisvert and Ping Tak Peter Tang, eds.,
  The Architecture of Scientific Software,
  Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, 2001,
  384 pages, ISBN 0-7923-7339-1. Now available from Springer.

  See http://www.springeronline.com/sgw/cda/frontpage/0,11855,1-0-22-33320107-0,00.html?referer=www.wkap.nl for details on contents, pricing, and ordering.

• Photos by Ron Boisvert.
• The final conference program is available as an HTML document.
  This document also included links to the papers and some other related material.

Conference information

• Original Rationale for IFIP Working Group 2.5 Working Conference 8
• Revised Rationale for IFIP Working Group 2.5 Working Conference 8
• Revised Rationale for IFIP Working Group 2.5 Working Conference 8 (PDF)
• Distinctive Characteristics of Scientific Applications
• Distinctive Characteristics of Scientific Applications (PDF)

Sponsor information

• NRC, National Research Council Canada
• NRC Institute for Information Technology

Further information

The Program Committee consisted of Ron Boisvert, Wayne Enright, Stu Feldman, Brian Ford, Pat Gaffney, Morven Gentleman, Ian Gladwell, Eric Grosse, Pieter Hemker, Rick Kazman, Mo Mu, Jim Pool, John Rice, Mary Shaw, Brian Smith, Peter Tang, and Mladen Vouk. It had two co-chairs.