1995 CERN school of computing. Proceedings

These proceedings contain a written account of the majority of the lectures given at the 1995 CERN School of Computing. The Scientific Programme was articulated on 8 main themes: Human Computer Interfaces; Collaborative Software Engineering; Information Super Highways; Trends in Computer Architecture/Industry; Parallel Architectures (MPP); Mathematical Computing; Data Acquisition Systems; World-Wide Web for Physics. A number of lectures dealt with general aspects of computing, in particular in the area of Human Computer Interfaces (computer graphics, user interface tools and virtual reality). Applications in HEP of computer graphics (event display) was the subject of two lectures. The main theme of Mathematical Computing covered Mathematica and the usage of statistics packages. The important subject of Data Acqusition Systems was covered by lectures on switching techniques and simulation and modelling tools. A series of lectures dealt with the Information Super Highways and World-Wide Web Technology and its applications to High Energy Physics. Different aspects of Object Oriented Information Engineering Methodology and Object Oriented Programming in HEP were dealt in detail also in connection with data acquisition systems. On the theme 'Trends in Computer Architecutre and Industry' lectures were given on: ATM Switching, and FORTRAN90 and High Performance FORTRAN. Computer Parallel Architectures (MPP) lectures delt with very large scale open systems, history and future of computer system architecture, message passing paradigm, features of PVM and MPI. (orig.)