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From:     opatrny@vax2.concordia.ca (OPATRNY.J)
Subject:  CFP: Canada-France Conference on Parallel Computing
Date:     Fri, 4 Feb 1994 19:36:42 GMT


           Canada-France Conference on Parallel Computing

                  Montreal - May 18-20, 1994


This conference on algorithmic and structural aspects of distributed
memory parallel computing will be held at Concordia University in
downtown Montreal the week before the 1994 ACM Symposium on Theory
of Computing.  Apart from the invited and refreed papers already
chosen, a small number of contributed papers (which will not appear
in the proceedings) will be accepted for presentation in the
following areas of parallel computing:

    Communication in interconnection networks
    Discrete algorithms
    Embeddings and mappings
    Geometric algorithms
    Algorithms for unstructured problems
    Data structures

Invited Speakers:

    Ravi Baliga (CERCA, Montreal)
    Jean-Claude Bermond (CNRS, I3S, Nice)
    Frank Dehne (Carleton U., Ottawa)
    Nicholas Pippenger (UBC, Vancouver)
    Dominique Sotteau (CNRS, LRI, Paris)

Organizing Committee:

    Afonso Ferreira (CNRS, LIP, ENS Lyon),
    Gena Hahn (U. de Montreal),
    Jaroslav Opatrny (Concordia U., Montreal),
    Joseph Peters (Simon Fraser U., Vancouver),
    Vincent Van Dongen (CRIM, Montreal).

Program Committee:

    Selim Akl (Queen's U., Kingston),
    Michel Cosnard (LIP - ENS Lyon),
    Pierre Fraigniaud (LIP - ENS Lyon),
    Marie-Claude Heydemann (U. de Paris-Sud),
    Arthur Liestman (Simon Fraser U., Vancouver),
    Prakash Panangaden (McGill U., Montreal),
    Ajit Singh (U. of Waterloo),
    Ivan Stojmenovic (U. of Ottawa),
    Denis Trystram (LMC, Grenoble),
    Alan Wagner (UBC, Vancouver).

Instructions for Authors: Please send abstracts or full papers to

  Gena Hahn
  I.R.O., Universite de Montreal
  C.P.6128, Succ.A
  Montreal, Qebec, CANADA
  H3X 3J7

Only a limited number of contributed papers can be accepted and the
criteria will be (1) relevance to the themes of the conference and
(2) date of receipt.

All contributed papers must be received in full by April 30, 1994.
A final announcement will be sent at the end of February 1994. It will
include travel and lodging information and will be sent to those who express
interest by writing either to G.Hahn or, preferably, by e-mail to

   cfpar@iro.umontreal.ca

Partnerships: Centre Jacques Cartier, Concordia University,
NSERC (tentative), PRC C3 du CNRS Francais

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This conference on algorithmic and structural aspects of distributed
memory parallel computing will be held at Concordia University in
downtown Montr\'eal the week before the 1994 ACM Symposium on Theory
of Computing.  Apart from the invited and refreed papers already
chosen, a small number of contributed papers (which will not appear
in the proceedings) will be accepted for presentation in the
following areas of parallel computing.\footnotetext{\small
\mbox{Partnerships: Centre Jacques Cartier, Concordia University,
NSERC (tentative), PRC C3 du CNRS Fran\c cais}}

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\item Communication in interconnection networks
\item Discrete algorithms
\item Embeddings and mappings
\item Geometric algorithms
\item Algorithms for unstructured problems
\item Data structures
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\subsection*{Invited Speakers}

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\item Ravi Baliga (CERCA, Montr\'eal)
\item Jean-Claude Bermond (CNRS, I3S, Nice)
\item Frank Dehne (Carleton U., Ottawa)
\item Nicholas Pippenger (UBC, Vancouver)
\item Dominique Sotteau (CNRS, LRI, Paris)
\end{itemize}

\subsection*{Organizing Committee}

 Afonso Ferreira (CNRS, LIP, ENS Lyon),
 Ge\v{n}a Hahn (U. de Montr\'eal),
 Jaroslav Opatrn\'y (Concordia U., Montr\'eal),
 Joseph Peters (Simon Fraser U., Vancouver),
 Vincent Van Dongen (CRIM, Montr\'eal).

\vspace{1cm}
\subsection*{Program Committee}

 Selim Akl (Queen's U., Kingston),
  Michel Cosnard (LIP - ENS Lyon),
Pierre Fraigniaud (LIP - ENS Lyon),
 Marie-Claude Heydemann (U. de Paris-Sud),
 Arthur Liestman (Simon Fraser U., Vancouver),
 Prakash Panangaden (McGill U., Montr\'eal),
 Ajit Singh (U. of Waterloo),
 Ivan Stojmenovic (U. of Ottawa),
 Denis Trystram (LMC, Grenoble),
 Alan Wagner (UBC, Vancouver).

\subsection*{Instructions for Authors}
Please send abstracts or full papers to

\begin{center}
Ge\v{n}a Hahn\\
I.R.O., Universit\'e de Montr\'eal\\
C.P.6128, Succ.A\\
Montr\'eal, Q\'ebec, CANADA\\
H3X 3J7
\end{center}

Only a limited number of contributed papers can be accepted and the
criteria will be (1) relevance to the themes of the conference and
(2) date of receipt.
\subsection*{Dates}

\noindent
All contributed papers must be received in full by April 30, 1994.\\
A final announcement will be sent at the end of February 1994. It
will include travel and lodging information and will be sent
to those who express interest by writing either to G.Hahn or,
preferably, by e-mail to
\begin{center}
{\bf cfpar@iro.umontreal.ca}
\end{center}

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