Seymour Cray

CUG - A Forum for HPC Users

Silicon Valley CUG

Message from the CUG Vice-president

The 39th Cray Users Group meeting, in San Jose from May 5th to 9th, is your best chance in 1997 to exchange professional information and enjoy personal interactions with your fellow SGI/Cray Supercomputing users in the fabled Silicon Valley!

San Jose, California is situated at the southern end of San Francisco Bay. It is located mid-way between San Francisco and Monterey/Carmel, a short drive from the Pacific Ocean, the mountains, and other attractions, including the Winchester Mystery House, site of our conference Night Out.

Take a look at the Preliminary Technical Program and be prepared for a ground swell of great opportunities in "Seismic Supercomputing" at the Silicon Valley CUG, May 5-9, in San Jose, California!

The CUG Program Committee has assembled a diverse array of detail-packed presentations in Tutorials, Keynote and General Sessions, Special Interest Technical presentations and spontaneous "Birds of a Feather" (BOF) discussions.

• Tutorial Sessions on Monday morning, available to you at NO additional charge, are a great opportunity for you to update your technical skills with the help of selected technical experts from SGI/Cray and CUG sites.

• The Welcome and Keynote Session, Monday afternoon, will signal the official onset of Seismic Supercomputing at the Silicon Valley CUG. The Keynote Speaker, Richard Hart, is a popular host of television shows about technology. In the U.S., he created "The Next Step" on the Discovery Channel, and now hosts "c/net TV" on the USA Network.

• General Sessions during the remainder of the week will provide you with up-to-the-minute corporate and technical information from SGI/Cray executives, as well as general-interest technical presentations.

• Parallel Technical Sessions each day will give you the opportunity to focus on the specific knowledge domains of the Special Interest Committees (SIC) and Mutual Interest Groups (MIG). Presentations in these sessions have been reviewed and selected by the SIC/MIG Chairpersons.

• Birds of a Feather (BOF) Sessions, the most dynamic aspect of a CUG conference, are scheduled as needed, and notices of BOF meetings will be posted near the Message Board.

• Formal receptions and informal luncheons are among the countless occasions you will have to exchange information with your colleagues from other CUG sites and to collaborate with SGI/Cray Research.

Register now for the Silicon Valley CUG!

Sam Milosevich

CUG Vice-president
CUG Program Committee

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