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© The HOISe-NM Consortium 1997 | This section provides you with up to date news on HPCN in relation to programmes
from the European Commission (EC).
February 1997
- 17-02-9 Esprit 1997: first call March 15
- First call for the new Esprit 1997 work programme, will be on March 15.
Next calls are planned for June 15 and September 16. The work programme
supersedes the 1996 one. New tasks called for are on Large Scale Collaboration
Test Beds. The 1997 work programme introduces four themes: IT for Mobility;
Electronic Commerce; Information Access and Interfaces; Learning and Training
in Industry
- 17-02-97EU-China HPCN industrial initative
- Ad Emmen
- An EU-China HPCN industrial initiative has been set up to raise awareness
of the European technology and expertise in China inform the European business
community about market opportunities and offer a business forum to establish
direct contacts between European and Chinese partners. During 1997 several
activities in China and Europe will be organised.
- 12-02-97 Unisource builds part of TEN-34 pan-European network
- Ad Emmen
- AT&T-Unisource Communications Services has been awarded a contract to build
a part of the European high-speed network supported by the European Commission
in the TEN-34 project. The trans-European network will be based on ATM technology,
with at least 34 Mbit/s. This AT&T-Unisource part of the network will initially
connect Spain, Switzerland, Germany, The Netherlands, The United Kingdom,
and the Nordic countries.
- 10-02-97Windows based parallel computing
- The European Commission has launched a new 2 Mecu project under the Esprit4
Framework for HPCN, called WINPAR. Within WINPAR, an integrated parallelsoftware
development environment will be developed for networked personal computers
running Windows NT . On top of PVM andMPI, existing tools like AUGUR, MODARCH,
ParadiseC++, and TRAPPER will be enhanced and integrated. The 2 year project
is coordinated by Genias Software. Other partners are Dash Associates, GMD,
SIMULOG, Transvalor, and the Universities of Coimbra and Vienna.
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