ESS'99 - High Performance Computing

11^th EUROPEAN SIMULATION SYMPOSIUM
AND EXHIBITION

October 26-28, 1999
Castle, Friedrich-Alexander University,
Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany

High Performance Simulation

Track Chair: Graham Horton
University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Lehrstuhl für Systemsimulation, IMMD X
Martensstrasse 3
91058 Erlangen, Germany
Tel.: +49 (0) 9131 8527913
Fax.: +49 (0) 9131
e-mail: horton@informatik.uni-erlangen.de

Co-Track Chair: Stefan Greiner
Daimler - Chrysler
FT3-AS
HPC T728
70546 Stuttgart, Germany
Tel : +49.711.17.41038
Fax : +49.711.17.47054
E-Mail: stefan.greiner@daimlerchrysler.com

Almost all very-large-scale computations are simulations of natural phenomena or technical systems. In addition, the problems to be solved - such as the "Grand Challenge" problems are often of significant scientific, economic or social importance. Their complexity is such that they can require impractically long computation times even on the fastest available computers. High-performance simulation approaches this problem from two angles, which are the subject of the high-performance simulation track.

First, new, fast algorithms are developed, which achieve a direct reduction in the computational complexity of the problem. Techniques such as multi-level algorithms have, in recent years, given rise to orders-of-magnitude performance improvements for many kinds of simulation problems.
Second, attempts are made to adapt existing simulation algorithms for execution on high-performance parallel computers and to tune the resulting computer programs in order to optimise hardware utilisation.

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