ACKNOWLEDGMENTS




SC'96 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Conference Chair		
Beverly C. Clayton			
Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center	
412-268-4960
clayton@psc.edu
Conference Vice Chair		                  
Jim Kasdorf			
Westinghouse Electric Corporation	                     
412-374-5499
kasdorf@psc.edu
Deputy Conference Chair
SC'97 Chair		
Dona Crawford			
510-294-2628
dona@ca.sandia.gov
Program Chair
Bill Buzbee			
National Center for Atmospheric Research	
303-497-1206
buzbee@ncar.ucar.edu
Technical Papers & Invited Speakers Chair		
Sally D. Haerer			
National Center for Atmospheric Research
303-497-1283
haerer@ncar.ucar.edu
Deputy Program Chair		
Margaret L. Simmons                   	
NCO/HPCC
703-306-4722
simmons@hpcc.gov
Technical Sessions Chair		
Joan Francioni 			
University of Southwestern Louisiana	
318-482-6768
jf@cacs.usl.edu
Tutorials Chair			
Joanne Martin		
IBM Corporation
914-433-8493
jmartin@vnet.ibm.com
Tutorials Vice Chair
Rajeev Thakur
Argonne National Laboratory
708-252-1682
thakur@mcs.anl.gov
Education Program Chair
Margo Berg
MJB Consulting Office
612-724-2705
mberg@mjb.com
Research Exhibits Co-Chair	                  
Jeff Huskamp  
Ohio Supercomputer Center		     
614-292-9248
huskamp@osc.edu
Research Exhibits Co-Chair
Betsy Schermerhorn 
Fermilab
607-844-3481
lcs@fnal.gov
Chair for Invited Panels and Awards
C. Edward Oliver			
Oak Ridge National Laboratory	
423-576-4666
oliverce@ornl.gov
Roundtables Chair		
John Riganati			
David Sarnoff Research Center                   
609-734-2170
riganati@sarnoff.com
Posters Chair
Mary Jane Irwin
Pennsylvania State University
814-865-1802
mji@cse.psu.edu
Networking Chair
Steve Wolff
Cisco Systems
703-397-5547
swolff@cisco.com
Networking Vice Chair
Wendy Huntoon
Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
412-268-4960
huntoon@psc.edu
Publicity Chair
Vivian Benton
Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
412-268-4960
benton@psc.edu
Proceedings			
Dan Dwyer                                 	
Cornell Theory Center		
607-254-8633
dwyer@tc.cornell.edu
High Performance 
Computing Challenge
Bill Kramer
National Energy Research Supercomputing Center
510-486-7577
kramer@nersc.gov
Exhibits Chair		
Dennis Duke			
San Diego Supercomputer Center
619-534-8381
dduke@sdsc.edu 
Exhibits Management		
Don Collier			
DC Expositions, Inc.                           
800-423-4330
214-423-4286
dcexpo@aol.com
Exhibits Contractor		
Darryl Monahan			
GES Exposition Services		
702-323-7700
monahan@cs.unr.edu
Space Coordinator		
Lynn Layman			
Westinghouse Electric Corporation		
412-374-5748
layman@psc.edu
Local Arrangements Chair 
Committee Coordination Chair
Elvira Prologo
Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
412-268-5639
prologo@psc.edu
Audio Visual Chair
Rob Brown
Westinghouse Electric Corp. 
412-374-5040
brownr@psc.edu
Finance Chair			
Ray Elliott             			
505-343-9091			
rle@tesuque.cs.sandia.gov
Registration Chair		
Kimberly Iles			
Ilesnet Design
423-220-8550
iles@ilesnetdesign.com
Conference Computing Equipment Chair                            
Steve Karwoski                         	
Frederick Biomedical Supercomputing Center  	
NCI-FCRDC                                    
301-846-5775
sak@ncifcrf.gov
Student Volunteers Co-Chair 	
Michael McCarthy			
University of Pittsburgh                      
412-624-8492
mccarthy@cs.pitt.edu
Student Volunteers Co-Chair
George A. Novacky, Jr.
University of Pittsburgh
412-624-8438
novacky@speedy.cs.pitt.edu
Conference Store
Gayle M. Elliott                                            
505-343-9091
gme@tesuque.cs.sandia.gov
Signage
Louis H. Turcotte
USAE Waterways Experiment Station
601-634-4421
turcotte@bulldog.wes.army.mil
Database Coordinator		
Ann Redelfs			
San Diego Supercomputer Center  	
619-534-5032
redelfs@sdsc.edu
IEEE Computer Society Liaison	
Anne Marie Kelly			
IEEE Computer Society		
202-371-1013
a.m.kelly@computer.org
ACM Liaison	
Lisette Burgos
ACM				
212-626-0615
burgos@acm.org


Technical Papers & Invited Speakers Committee
Sally D. Haerer, Chair
National Center for Atmospheric Research
    Clive Baillie 
    University of Colorado
    Adam Beguelin
    Carnegie Mellon University
    Barbara J. Brunzell
    Cray Research, Inc.
    Hugh M. Caffey
    Convex Computer Corp.
    Robert Chervin
    National Center for Atmospheric Research
    Ian Foster
    Argonne National Laboratory
    Steven U. Hammond
    National Center for Atmospheric Research
    Karim Harzallah
    Tandem Computers Incorporated
    Barbara Horner-Miller
    Jet Propulsion Lab/Caltech
    Sally E. Howe
    National Coordination Office for HPCC
    Marty Itzkowitz
    Silicon Graphics, Inc.
    Charles Koebel
    Rice University
    Allen Malony
    University of Oregon
    Richard Marciano
    San Diego Supercomputer Center
    James R. McGraw
    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    Sam Milosevich
    Eli Lilly and Co.
    Reagan W. Moore
    San Diego Supercomputer Center
    Matthew T. O'Keefe 
    University of Minnesota
    Lori Pollock 
    University of Delaware
    Daniel A. Reed
    University of Illinois
    Diane T. Rover
    Michigan State University
    Julie M. Swisshelm
    White House Office of Science & Technology Policy
    Pat Teller
    New Mexico State University
    Joe F. Thompson
    Mississippi State University
    Balaji Veeraraghavan
    National Center for Supercomputing Applications
    Dave Zachmann
    Colorado State University


Tutorials Committee
Joanne Martin, Chair
IBM
    Rajeev Thakur, Vice-Chair
    Argonne National Laboratory
    Alok Choudhary
    Northwestern University
    Peter Corbett
    IBM T. J. Watson Research Center
    Geoffrey Fox
    Syracuse University
    Chuck Koelbel
    Rice University
    David Kotz
    Dartmouth College
    Allen Malony
    University of Oregon
    Piyush Mehrotra
    ICASE
    Paul Messina
    Caltech
    Guylaine Pollock
    Sandia National Laboratories
    Sanjay Ranka
    University of Florida
    John Riganati
    David Sarnoff Research Center
    Brad Rullman
    Intel Corporation
    Margaret Simmons 
    National Coordination Office for HPCC
    Rick Stevens
    Argonne National Laboratory
    Louis Turcotte
    USAE Waterways Experiment Station


Panels & Roundtables Committee
C. Edward Oliver
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
John Riganati
David Sarnoff Research Center
Bill Buzbee
National Center for Atmospheric Research
Dave Bailey
NASA Ames
George Cybenko
Dartmouth
Richard Draper
Center for Computing Sciences
Dave Cooper
Sandia National Laboratories
Ken Kliewer
Oakridge National Laboratory
Ken Neves
Boeing
Yoshio Oyanagi
University of Tokyo
Guylaine Pollock
Sandia National Laboratory

Education Program Committee
Margo Berg, Chair
MJB Consulting Office
    Gypsy Abbott
    University of Alabama at Birmingham
    Paula Avery
    Moriarty High School, Moriarty, NM
    Ken Beckwith
    Whitesboro High School, Marcy, NY
    Bruce Bergland
    Northern Trails Area Education Agency
    Clear Lake, IA
    Ginger Caldwell
    National Center for Atmospheric Research
    Wally Feurzeig
    Educational Technologies, BBN
    Edna E. Gentry
    University of Alabama, Huntsville
    Jill Snyder
    Albuquerque High School Albuquerque, NM
    Barbara G. Summers
    Oak Ridge National Laboratory
    Chuck Swanson
    Cray Research, Inc.
    Umesh Thakkar
    National Center for Supercomputing Applications 
    Dave Thomas
    Montana State University
    Mary Ellen Verona
    Maryland Virtual High School of Science and Mathematics
    Montgomery Blair High School
    Mark L. Walker
    The Ellis School, Pittsburgh, PA


Publicity Committee
Vivian M. Benton, Chair
Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
    Judy Sporka, Graphic Designer
    Robin Miller, Media Relations
    The Miller Agency
    LaTonya White
    University of Pittsburgh
    and Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center


Networking Committee
Steve Wolff, Chair
Cisco Systems
Wendy Huntoon, Vice Chair
Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
    Bilial Chinoy
    San Diego Supercomputer Center
    Judy Dugan
    FORE Systems
    Ken Goodwin, SCinet Mgr.
    Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
    Steve Harrington
    TCG
    John Jamison
    MCI/vBNS
    Mike Lambert
    Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
    Kyle Nellis
    Cisco Systems
    Randy Nicklas
    MCI/vBNS
    Dan VanBelleghem
    SURAnet
 


Local Arrangements Committee
Elvira Prologo, Chair
Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
    Mary Amiot			
    Cray Research, Inc.
    Kathi Burgard
    Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
    Lorilee Graul
    PREPNET
    Helen Goodman
    Event Resources
    Gina Paterno
    Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
SC'XY STEERING COMMITTEE
Robert Borchers
National Science Foundation
Bill Buzbee
National Center for Atmospheric Research
Beverly Clayton
Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
Dave Cooper
Sandia National Laboratory
Dona L. Crawford
Sandia National Laboratory
Dennis Duke
San Diego Supercomputer Center
Mary Jane Irwin
Penn State University
Gary Johnson
George Mason University
Sid Karin
University of California, 
San Diego
Michael Levine
Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
George Michael
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
C. Edward Oliver
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Cherri Pancake
Oregon State University
Dan Pryor
Supercomputing Research Center
John Riganati
David Sarnoff Research Center
Ralph Roskies
Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
Paul Schneck
The MITRE Corporation
Robert G. Voigt
National Science Foundation
Anne Marie Kelly
IEEE Computer Society
Lisette Burgos
ACM

SPECIAL THANKS

The Honorable Tom Ridge, Governor of Pennsylvania
The Honorable Tom Murphy, Mayor of Pittsburgh
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Department of Economic Development, Allegheny County
Greater Pittsburgh Convention & Visitor's Bureau
The David L. Lawrence Convention Center
Donors of hardware infrastructure in support of SCinet'96:
Cisco Systems
Digital Equipment Corporation
EveryWare Development Corp.
FORE Systems
MCI Communications
Netcom Technologies, Inc.
OpticalCable Corp.
FWB Software LLC
StarNine Technologies, Inc.
TCG Pittsburgh
WESCO Distribution, Inc.
The AG Group, Inc.

The final list of donors is posted in the SCinet booth (1150).

The SC'96 Education Program is an outreach effort of the SUPERCOMPUTING '96 Conference and is supported by the conference and these sponsors:

Frick Fund of the Buhl Foundation
Cisco Systems
The Grable Foundation
High Performance Systems
Howard Heinz Endowment
IBM
The MathWorks
National Science Foundation
The Shodor Education Foundation
Silicon Graphics and Cray Research
U.S. Department of Energy
Westinghouse Foundation
Wolfram Research