PaCT-2001 (Parallel Computing Technologies) will be held in Novosibirsk on 3--7 September 2001. This represented the sixth international conference in PaCT series, which take place in Russia every odd year. The first, PaCT-91, was held in Novosibirsk (Academgorodok), 7--11 September, 1991. The second PaCT-93 was held in Obninsk (near Moscow), 30 August -- 4 September, 1993. The third, PaCT-95, was organized in St.Petersburg, 12--15 September, 1995, the last fourth PaCT-97 was held in Yaroslavl 9-12 September, 1997 and the last fifth PaCT-99 was held in St.-Petersburg 6-10 September.

     PaCT-2001 will be organize by the Institute of Computational Mathematics and Mathematical Geophysics of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Novosibirsk). The purpose of the conference is to bring together scientists working with theory, architecture, software, hardware and solution of large-scale problems in order to provide integrated discussions on Parallel Computing Technologies.

     The Conference is attracting more than 100 participants from around the world. Authors from over 23 countries are submitting 103 papers. Some papers will be select for the conference; in addition will be a number of posters present. All the papers will be internationally review by at least three referees.

     A demo session usual organizes for the participants.

     Many thanks to our sponsors: the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Russian Fund of Basic Research, the Russian State Committee for Higher Education, for their financial support. Organizers highly appreciate the help of the Association Antenne-Provence (France).