15th Mannheim Supercomputer Conference - still going strongMannheim 08 jun 2000 In the turbulent field of supercomputing, everything changes from year to year at a fast pace. Everything? Not everything: one constant over 15 years is the Supercomputer Seminar in Mannheim, organised by Hans Meuer, which has grown over the years, slowly but steady, into the major event in supercomputing in Europe This year over 260 participants attended the conference. The exhibtion attached to the conference attracted almost 20 companies and the major German supercomputer centres have a combined booth.
The participation shows a high input from industry and is well spread over the different categories: 4% from authorities, 16% from industry 30% universities and 34% from manufacturers.
Another new item this year were satellite events connected to the main event. For instance there was the conference of the Automotive and Aerospace special interest group of RCI.
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