New Trends in Parallel & Distributed Computing
Networks have become an indispensable part of our world, for example as high-performance computers, as communication and information systems, or as planning and control components for transport and production systems. The ever-increasing complexity of such systems constantly presents new challenges for research on parallel and distributed computing. The Symposium is devoted to new trends in parallel and distributed computing, at the occasion of the termination of the 
Collaborative Research Centre (Sonderforschungsbereich 376) “Massively Parallel Computing: Algorithms, Design Methods, Applications” (1995-2006)
The Collaborative Research Centre 376
The Collaborative Research Centre (SFB) was approved by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) in 1995 and will be funded until 2006. It started with the aim of developing methods and techniques for exploiting the computational capabilities of parallel processor networks and for demonstrating the performance of the algorithmic solutions and the design methods produced for embedded, distributed (technical) systems on the basis of a variety of applications. Since then, the SFB has made essential contributions to this topic area and acquired international reputation. In addition, it takes account of the rapidly growing importance of networks as communication and information systems as mentioned above. Apart from the aspect of parallel high-performance computers, research has therefore begun to focus increasingly on areas such as usability of heterogeneous dynamic networks, for example mobile, wireless communication networks consisting of notebooks or mobile phones. This research branch has become increasingly important during the last years, and intensive cooperations with the European Integrated Project DELIS are grown.
Three project areas
The research program is subdivided into the project areas Algorithms, Design Methods, and Applications. The algorithmic orientation contributes to particularly efficient, i.e. runtime-optimizing solutions. Design techniques for embedded real-time systems and for specialized hardware are being developed in method based areas. Both the algorithmic and methodological work is evaluated in applications that present challenges for the methods and techniques developed in the Collaborative Research Centre.
History
1st Heinz Nixdorf Symposium, 11. – November 13, 1992: „Parallel Architectures and Their Efficient Use“
F. Meyer auf der Heide, B. Monien, A.L. Rosenberg
2nd Heinz Nixdorf Symposium, November 20–21, 1996: „Fortgeschrittene Informationstechnologie in der Produktentwicklung und Fertigung“
W. Dangelmaier, J. Gausemeier
3rd Heinz Nixdorf Symposium, May 27–28, 1999: „Mechatronics and Advanced Motion Control“
J. Wallaschek, J. Lückel, W. Littmann
4th Heinz Nixdorf Symposium, November 7–8, 2000: „Auf dem Weg zu den Produkten für die Märkte von morgen“
J. Gausemeier, J. Lückel
5th Heinz Nixdorf Symposium, October 22–24, 2001: „Autonomous Minirobots for Research and Edutainment AMiRE 2001“
U. Rückert, J. Sitte, U. Witkowski
