This comprehensive volume presents the refereed proceedings of the International Conference and Exhibition on High-Performance Computing and Networking, HPCN Europe 1996, held in Brussels, Belgium, in April 1996 under the sponsorship of the CEC. The 175 papers and posters included address all relevant theoretical aspects of HPCN and computational sciences as well as a variety of applicational aspects in numerous fields. The volume is organized in four tracks; industrial applications, general applications, computational science, and computer science aspects of HPCN.