Adaptive and Parallel Finite Element Methods
 
 Organized by
 
 Joseph E. Flaherty and Mark S. Shephard
 Scientific Computation Research Center
 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
 Troy, NY 12180
 
 This symposium  will feature lectures on several
 aspects of adaptive finite element and finite volume methods
 designed for parallel computing environments.  Topics to be
 discussed include optimal adaptive strategies, software design
 and development, dynamic load balancing, architectural issues,
 and applications.
 
 Invited speakers include:
 
 Martin Berzins Leeds University
 Rupak Biswas NASA Ames Research Center
 Ralf Diekmann University of Paderborn
 Karen Devine Sandia National Laboratories
 Lori Freitag Argonne National Laboratories
 John Kallinderis University of Texas, Austin
 Dietmar Kroner Freiberg University
 Manish Parashar Rutgers University
 Abani Patra State University of New York, Buffalo
 James Teresco Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute