This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 1997 International Conference and Exhibition on High-Performance Computing and Networking, HPCN EUROPE 1997, held in Vienna, Austria, in April 1997. The book comprises a total of 94 revised full papers selected from more than 200 submissions; also included are 35 poster presentations. The volume spans the whole spectrum of high-performance computing issues, from theoretical and conceptual issues to end-user applications in a variety of different areas. The volume is organized in tracks on industrial and general end-user applications, computational science, and computer science.