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                       SC2001: Beyond Boundaries
     IEEE/ACM High Performance Networking and Computing Conference
                            Denver, Colorado
                          November 10-16, 2001
                             www.sc2001.org

                       CALL FOR POSTERS

                  Submission Deadline: July 27, 2001

SC2001 solicits posters presentations reporting late-breaking
experimental or theoretical results, innovative designs, and
case studies related to high performance networking and computing.
SC2001 is the premier venue for the latest wave of technology,
scalable architectures, networks, computational science, programming tools,
vast data sets, visualization, and high performance computing education.

Topics of interest include:

- scalable systems                      - performance evaluation and modeling
- high performance networking   - distributed computing systems
- high performance I/O          - programming environments and tools
- novel computer architectures  - visualization
- parallel databases                    - fault-tolerant 
architectures and system SW
- distributed collaborations            - parallel and distributed algorithms
- architecture simulation               - workload characterization
- user experiences                      - optimization studies
- data-  and computation-intensive applications
- large-scale databases and digital libraries

In addition to offering the opportunity for greater timeliness than a 
full paper, posters offer many advantages in terms of presentation. 
The poster session is a means of presenting research in a more casual 
setting, with the chance for greater in-depth, one-on-one dialogue 
that can proceed at its own pace. This may be advantageous to both 
foreign-speaking presenters and attendees. It also offers the 
opportunity for more direct feedback to presenters.

Posters are an excellent way to convey ideas and results not yet 
developed into a full paper,
so works in progress and results from the latter stages of Ph.D. 
research are especially encouraged. A poster presentation may be a 
good first step if you've never made a formal presentation at a 
conference

Submit your poster proposal electronically in
the form of short abstract (1-2 pages) clearly emphasizing the 
research problem under consideration, the approach taken, the 
impact/importance of the work
to the SC2001 audience, and the prospect for clearly and concisely 
conveying the work in a poster format. If the work is still in 
progress then some initial results must be included so that the 
reviewers do not need to exercise a great deal of faith in order to 
recommend acceptance.

The deadline for submissions is July 27, 2001.  A committee will 
select posters of exceptional technical quality, originality, 
relevance, and clarity. Abstracts for accepted posters will be 
included in the SC2001 CD-ROM Conference Proceedings. A monetary 
prize will be awarded for the "Best Poster"; this award will be 
announced during the SC2001 Awards Session and will be based on both 
poster content and presentation. All poster presenters must register 
for the SC2001 technical program. If your poster submission is 
accepted for inclusion in the conference you will be sent a set of 
guidelines/instructions for poster preparation and presentation, to 
which you must adhere.

To submit a poster go to: http://www.sc2001.org/poster.shtml

General Info: 

Poster Submission Deadline: July 27, 2001
Notification: August 10, 2001
Questions: 


This year the conference is being held at the Denver Convention Complex,
right in the heart of one of America's most exciting cities.  The
Complex is within close walking distance to all the Conference Hotels
and to restaurants, pubs, shopping centers, and other vital sources 
of amusement.

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June 29, 2001

Electronic Visualization Laboratory Building First "Super-Bright" CAVE

The Electronic Visualization Laboratory (EVL) at the University of Illinois 
at Chicago has procured the projectors and screens to build the next 
generation of the CAVE Automatic Virtual Environment, or CAVE. Months of 
prototype validation, assisted by EVL partner Fakespace Systems, Inc., have 
shown this major CAVE upgrade to be dramatic.

Mirage 5000 projectors, a new product line of Christie Digital Systems, 
allow EVL to display virtual reality imagery many times brighter than any 
existing CAVE or CAVE-like device in the world. The Mirage 5000 is the 
first DLP-based Active Stereoscopic projector, and delivers 5000 ANSI 
lumens brightness (compared to 225 lumens of the Marquee 8500's used in 
classic CAVEs). [See www.christiedigital.com projector specifications and 
www.fakespacesystems.com for details on CAVE products.]

In addition to the new projectors, which generate ultra-bright images, EVL 
has tested and installed nearly black screens to allow much higher contrast 
as well. The Bright Advanced Technology (BAT) CAVE, as it is being called 
for now, will be fully functional by mid-summer. Upon completion, Fakespace 
Systems expects to begin offering the product as either a new system or 
upgrade package to clients. Fakespace Systems holds exclusive rights to the 
sale and manufacturing of CAVE hardware systems.

"This latest technology transfer to our longtime commercialization partner 
Fakespace, and its worldwide customers, is truly gratifying to us," said 
EVL co-director Tom DeFanti. "We're very eager to show off the BAT CAVE to 
the community of VR developers and users." EVL co-director Dan Sandin, 
co-creator of the CAVE technology with DeFanti, agrees. "The brightness, 
clarity and enhanced depth perspective of the new Mirage 5000 projectors 
produce more captivating real-time, real-life projection simulations." Greg 
Dawe, who designed the original CAVE structure and continues to prototype 
new designs for desktop virtual-reality displays, is not only very pleased 
with the striking new results, but the ease of use and easy maintenance 
afforded by the new Mirage projectors. EVL plans to host a BAT CAVE open 
house in early August soon after completion of the installation. Check 
www.evl.uic.edu for details.

"We are confident that this evolutionary upgrade will significantly enhance 
the system that has already proven so valuable to science and industry for 
the past decade," said Jim Angelillo of Fakespace Systems. "UIC should once 
again be commended for leading the charge in the search for better 
visualization tools."

EVL faculty, staff and graduate students invented the CAVE in 1991, and 
publicly exhibited it first at SIGGRAPH 1992. The BAT CAVE upgrade is made 
possible by National Science Foundation Major Research Instrumentation 
award, #EIA-9871058.

Contact:

Laura Wolf
Electronic Visualization Laboratory
University of Illinois at Chicago


Jim Angelillo
Fakespace Systems


CAVE is a registered trademark of the University of Illinois' Board of 
Trustees.
DLP is a registered trademark of Texas Instruments.

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