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		   B O S T O N   U N I V E R S I T Y
                                       
		      Computer Science Department
                                       
			  C O L L O Q U I U M
                                       
		       Wednesday October 26, 1994
                                       
				 3:00pm
		       (Coffee served at 2:30pm)
                                       
			 Seminar Room / MCS 135
                                       

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This colloquium is the last of three that survey the faculty research
interests of Boston University's Computer Science Department.

			 Professor Marina Chen

This talk gives an overview of my research interests in languages and
compilers for parallel computing.  Specifically, we outline a new
research direction: developing an object-oriented C++ compiler for high
performance platforms, allowing class-specific compiler optimizations.

			Professor Mark Crovella

I will describe my ongoing research in performance prediction methods
and tools for parallel systems.   Our goal is to make performance
prediction a practical tool for parallel programmers.  To do this we are
attempting to automate large portions of the performance modelling
process.  I'll discuss two methods for automating this process;  the
first is based on measuring program executions, and the second is based
on analyzing program source code.