This volume covers the Third International Conference on Vector and Parallel Processing held in June 1998. It includes sections on: eigenvalue problems and solutions of linear systems; computational fluid dynamics, structural analysis and mesh partitioning; and computing in education.

1: Eigenvalue Problems and Solution of Linear Systems.- to “Eigenvalue Problems and Solution of Linear Systems”.- Some Unusual Eigenvalue Problems.- Multi-sweep Algorithms for the Symmetric Eigenproblem.- A Unified Approach to Parallel Block-Jacobi Methods for the Symmetric Eigenvalue Problem.- Calculation of Lambda Modes of a Nuclear Reactor: A Parallel Implementation Using the Implicitly Restarted Arnoldi Method.- Parallel Jacobi-Davidson for Solving Generalized Eigenvalue Problems.- Parallel Preconditioned Solvers for Large Sparse Hermitian Eigenproblems.- Solving Eigenvalue Problems on Networks of Processors.- Solving Large-Scale Eigenvalue Problems on Vector Parallel Processors.- Direct Linear Solvers for Vector and Parallel Computers.- Parallel Preconditioners for Solving Nonsymmetric Linear Systems.- Synchronous and Asynchronous Parallel Algorithms with Overlap for Almost Linear Systems.- The Parallel Problems Server: A Client-Server Model for Interactive Large Scale Scientific Computation.- 2: Computational Fluid Dynamics, Structural Analysis and Mesh Partioning Techniques.- to “Computational Fluid Dynamics, Structural Analysis and Mesh Partioning Techniques”.- Parallel Domain-Decomposition Preconditioning for Computational Fluid Dynamics.- Influence of the Discretization Scheme on the Parallel Efficiency of a Code for the Modelling of a Utility Boiler.- Parallel 3D Airflow Simulation on Workstation Clusters.- Parallel Turbulence Simulation: Resolving the Inertial Subrange of the Kolmogorov Spectrum.- The Study of a Parallel Algorithm Using the Laminar Backward-Facing Step Flow as a Test Case.- A Low Cost Distributed System for FEM Parallel Structural Analysis.- Dynamic Load Balancing in Crashworthiness Simulation.- Some Concepts of the Software PackageFEAST.- Multilevel Mesh Partitioning for Optimising Aspect Ratio.- 3: Computing in Education.- Parallel and Distributed Computing in Education (Invited Talk).- 4: Computer Organisation, Programming and Benchmarking.- to “Computer Organisation, Programming and Benchmarking Introduction”.- Reconfigurable Systems: Past and Next 10 Years.- A Systolic Algorithm for the Factorisation of Matrices Arising in the Field of Hydrodynamics.- Automatic Detection of Parallel Program Performance Problems.- Behavioural Analysis Methodology Oriented to Configuration of Parallel, Real-Time and Embedded Systems.- Spatial Data Locality with Respect to Degree of Parallelism in Processor-and-Memory Hierarchies.- Partitioning Regular Domains on Modern Parallel Computers.- New Access Order to Reduce Inter-Vector Conflicts.- Registers Size Influence on Vector Architectures.- Limits of Instruction Level Parallelism with Data Value Speculation.- High Performance Cache Management for Parallel File Systems.- Using Synthetic Workloads for Parallel Task Scheduling Improvement Analysis.- Dynamic Routing Balancing in Parallel Computer Interconnection Networks.- Algorithm-Dependant Method to Determine the Optimal Number of Computers in Parallel Virtual Machines.- Low Cost Parallelizing: A Way to be Efficient.- A Performance Analysis of the SGI Origin2000.- An ISA Comparison Between Superscalar and Vector Processors.- 5: Image, Analysis and Synthesis.- to “Image, Analysis and Synthesis”.- High Performance Computing for Image Synthesis.- Parallel Implementations of Morphological Connected Operators Based on Irregular Data Structures.- 6: Parallel Database Servers.- The Design of an ODMG Compatible Parallel Object Database Server.- 7: Nonlinear Problems.- to “Nonlinear Problems”.- A ParallelN-Body Integrator Using MPI.- A Parallelisation Strategy for Power Systems Composite Reliability Evaluation.- High Performance Computing of an Industrial Problem in Tribology.- Parallel Grid Manipulations in Earth Science Calculations.- Simulating Magnetised Plasma with the Versatile Advection Code.- Parallel Genetic Algorithms for Hypercube Machines.

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