Virtutech CEO, Peter S. Magnusson, Featured Keynote Speaker at PADS Forum; Leading International Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Simulation.Business Editors WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 13, 2002 Virtutech Inc., the world leader in efficient simulation of high-performance computer systems, Monday announced that Peter S. Magnusson, founder and chief executive officer of Virtutech, will be holding the opening keynote at the 16th Annual Parallel and Distributed Simulation Symposium (PADS) being held at the Key Bridge Marriott Hotel in Washington, D.C. on May 12-15. The keynote, entitled "Some Thoughts on Simulation," will be presented at 9 a.m. on May 13. "We are pleased to have Dr. Peter Magnusson deliver the keynote presentation at the PADS 2002 meeting," said Philip A. Wilsey, general co-chair, PADS 2002. "PADS is the leading conference in parallel and distributed simulation and we are delighted that the highly distinguished Dr. Magnusson is available to kickoff our annual meeting." "The continuing fall in the cost of computation drives simulation to ever greater heights," said Peter S. Magnusson, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Virtutech. "It's an honor to be asked to share my thoughts on the future direction of research and industry in the field." PADS Conference The PADS conference provides a forum for presenting recent work that enhances the understanding of parallel and distributed simulation techniques. The scope of the conference includes: optimistic, conservative, real-time and interactive synchronization; synthetic environments; virtual reality; algorithms and methods for parallel simulation; models of parallel simulation; methodology for parallel simulation; parallel simulation languages and models; performance of parallel simulation; application of parallel simulation; Web-based distributed simulation; high-level architecture; and distributed interactive simulation Distributed Interactive Simulation (DIS) is an open standard for conducting real-time platform-level wargaming across multiple host computers and is used worldwide especially by military organizations but also by other agencies such as those involved in space exploration and . Sponsored by the ACM (Association for Computing Machinery, New York, www.acm.org) A membership organization founded in 1947 dedicated to advancing the arts and sciences of information processing. In addition to awards and publications, ACM also maintains special interest groups (SIGs) in the computer field. Special Interest Group on Simulation (SIGSIM SIGSIM Special Interest Group on Simulation ), IEEE Computer Society (body) IEEE Computer Society - The society of the IEEE which publishes the journal "Computer". http://computer.org/. Technology Committee on Simulation (IEEE-TCSIM), and the Society for Computer Simulation (SCS), the program is divided into seven main sessions that are broken down into 20 sections covering topics such as "Conservative Simulation Using Distributed-Shared Memory" and "Evaluation of a sort-based matching algorithm for DDM (Distributed Data Management) Software in an IBM SNA environment that allows users to access data in remote files within the network. DDM works with IBM's LU 6.2 session to provide peer-to-peer communications and file sharing. See also distributed database. ." To view the program outline and for more information on the event, visit the official workshop Web site at http://www.dis.uniroma1.it/~quaglia/pads2002/. Keynote Speaker Background Magnusson is the founder and CEO of Virtutech, the leader in efficient simulation of high-performance computer systems. After concluding studies at the Stockholm School of Economics The Stockholm School of Economics or Handelshögskolan i Stockholm is a business school and private university in Stockholm, Sweden. It was founded in 1909 to improve business education in Sweden. Controlled by a private trust, it also receives government support. and the Royal Institute of Technology (Computer Science), Magnusson was a researcher at the Swedish Institute of Computer Science with a number of international publications in the field of parallel computing and simulation technology. For several years he was a columnist for the computer magazine Datateknik. He founded Virtutech in 1998, where he currently serves as CEO. He is also an advisor for the SalusAnsvar Ohman IT-Fond, Sweden's first global IT mutual fund, and a director of the board of Nordstjernan Ventures, a venture capital firm. He currently lives in Cupertino, Calif. About Virtutech Inc. Virtutech Inc. is the world leader in the design and development of full system simulation platforms. Based on over a decade of R&D and close collaboration with leading universities and systems companies, Virtutech's core product, Simics, can simulate high-performance computer and digital systems, and offers compelling time-to-market value during the design, development, and testing phases. The world's first and only independent company to commercially develop, market, and license efficient instrumented system-level instruction set simulation technology, Virtutech's customers include AMD (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, www.amd.com) A major manufacturer of semiconductor devices including x86-compatible CPUs, embedded processors, flash memories, programmable logic devices and networking chips. , Ericsson, Hewlett-Packard, and Sun Microsystems, as well as a number of universities in the United States and Europe, such as MIT MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Carnegie-Mellon University, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison “University of Wisconsin” redirects here. For other uses, see University of Wisconsin (disambiguation). A public, land-grant institution, UW-Madison offers a wide spectrum of liberal arts studies, professional programs, and student activities. . Founded in 1998 as a spin-off from the Swedish Institute of Computer Science, Virtutech AB is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. with headquarters located in Stockholm, Sweden and offices in Silicon Valley and Boston. Visit Virtutech at www.virtutech.com. |
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