ParCo2011 Call for Papers: Papers^{new 2010-06-29}

The Call for Papers is now available from the Website. Please note the deadline for the submission of paper proposals.

ParCo2011 Call for Papers: Mini-Symposia^{new 2010-06-29}

In the published Call for Papers proposals for offering Mini-Symposia in conjunction with the conference are invited. Organisers should submit informal proposals gving proposed title, names and affiliations of organisers as well as the planned number of  contributions.

Note that, due to time and space restrictions the total number of mini-symposia that can be accommodated is limited. Thus rather be early than disappointed!

ParCo2009 Conference Proceedings

The printed version of the conference proceedings is available. Please check http://www.iospress.nl.

The title of the book is:

Volume 19 Advances in Parallel Computing
Edited by: B. Chapman, F. Desprez, G.R. Joubert, A. Lichnewsky, F. Peters and T. Priol
April 2010, 760 pp., hardcover
ISBN: 978-1-60750-529-7

Electronic Version of the ParCo2009 Proceedings

An electronic version of the proceedings will be available soon at http://www.iospress.nl then select Book Series and Advances in Parallel Computing. Then click "Go to e-Book". Individual copies of papers can be ordered. These copies contain colour graphics and images in contrast to the printed version. Aternatively go to  http://www.booksonline.iospress.com.

ParCo2007 Conference Proceedings

The title of the ParCo2007 proceedings is:

Parallel Computing: Architectures, Algorithms and Applications

Edited by: Christian Bischof, Martin Bücker, Paul Gibbon, Gerhard Joubert, Thomas Lippert, Bernd Mohr, Frans Peters

 

ParCo2007 Proceedings Versions

The ParCo2007 proceedings were published in two versions:

1. In the book series of the Von Neumann Institute for Computing, Research Center Jülich as Volume 38, ISBN 978-3-9810843-4-4. (This version was distributed to all registered participants and is not for sale.

2. In the Advances in Parallel Computing series, IOS Press as Volume 15, ISSN 0927-5452 / ISBN 978-1-58603-796-3. This version can be ordered via book stores. Please check http://www.iospress.nl.

Electronic Version of the ParCo2007 Proceedings

The ParCo2007 conference proceedings are also available in electronic form with the option for readers to order electronic versions of individual papers. See http://www.booksonline.iospress.com.

International Ranking

ParCo was ranked 29th out of 421 conferences considered on its Estimated Impact of Conference (EIC) value. This is particularly high for an independent conference not associated with any large scientific/engineering society.  See http://www.cs-conference-ranking.org/conferencerankings/topicsiii.html.

Weights used to determine the EIC are outlined on http://www.cs-conference-ranking.org/home.html

ParCo2009 Conference Dinner: Text on Menu 

At the conference dinner in Abbaye de Collonges (Bocuse) the menu contained text in French. This text was translated in Flemish and English. Below you first find a copy of the original menu:

The translated text in Flemish:

Abbaye des Collonges

Woensdag 2 September 2009

Ziehier uiteindelijk een instrument dat op het niveau staat van de buitengewone smaak van Paul Bocuse voor al wat groot is: dit grote Gaudin speelorgel, gebouwd in 1900 voor een concertzaal van Thiers, heeft de voorkeur van onze vriend Paul weggedragen. Dit prachtige orgel werd gerestaureerd en gerenoveerd door zijn vriend Marc Fournier, die daar twee jaar hard heeft aan gewerkt. Maar dit uniek stuk is zeker een bezoek waard omdat het zo spectaculair is, en men begrijpt beter de voorliefde van "Bocuse-de kok" voor dit orgel, dat toonladders maakt zoals hij sauzen maakt, zoete en bittere geluidschakeringen kan spelen, kan optreden als solist of als orkestmeester, juist zoals Bocuse: de delicate kok van een bistro of de grote chef van het banket van de eeuw. In twee woorden, hun technieken vervoegen elkaar.

Ik zou niet verwonderd zijn dat Bocuse op een dag recepten schrijft op een notenbalk met ronde noten en kruisen, maar in afwachting daarvan moet u zeker luisteren naar de adem van de grootste kok van de wereld, in de pijpen van zijn orgel Gaudin, waarvan de zachte en zwierige muziek de kinderen van het paradijs zouden hebben verrukt, indien ze het geluk hadden gekend hem te ontmoeten.

Henri Gault.

©Translated from the French by Erik D'Hollander, 2009

The translated text in English:

Abbaye des Collonges

Wednesday 2 September 2009

Here is at last an instrument that depicts the exceptional taste of Paul Bocuse for all that is great: this big Gaudin mechanical pipe organ, built in 1900 for a concert hall in Thiers (France), was favoured by our friend Paul. This beautiful organ was restored and renovated in two years of hard work by his friend Marc Fournier. This unique piece is certainly worth a visit because it is so spectacular and one can better appreciate the affection of “Bocuse, Chef de cuisine” for this organ, which produces a gamut of notes as he makes sauces, sweet and bitter nuances of sound, can appear as soloist or as leader of the orchestra, just like Bocuse: the delicate cook of a bistro or the big chef of a banquet of the century. In two words, their techniques conjugate each other.

I would not be surprised if Bocuse one day writes recipes on a staff with round notes and crosses, but while anticipating this you should certainly listen to the breath of the greatest cook of the world in the pipes of his organ Gaudin, of which the soft and flamboyant music would have enchanted the children of paradise, if they had been lucky enough to meet with him.

Henri Gault

©Translated from the Flemish, with reference to the French, by Gerhard Joubert, 2009