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\address{Paul Coddington\\
	 Northeast Parallel Architectures Center\\
         111 College Place\\
         Syracuse University\\
         Syracuse, NY 13244, U.S.A\\
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         Phone:            (315) 443-4883\\
         FAX: {\hskip 5pt} (315) 443-1973\\
         Email: paulc@npac.syr.edu}

\signature{Paul Coddington}

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Selection Committee \\
Ref R/141 \\
Dept of Computer Science and Engineering \\
University of Southampton\\
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\opening{To whom it may concern,}

I was in the same group as James Allwright at Southampton University, and
knew something of his work although we did not collaborate on any projects. 
Dr Allwright has worked with me on a couple of projects at the Northeast 
Parallel Architectures Center at Syracuse University.

Dr Allwright is very bright and strong academically, although he is 
somewhat lacking in communication skills. I collaborated
with him on a research project on parallel graph coloring algorithms
and he did very good work. He has a good knowledge of parallel computing
and parallel algorithms, strong programming skills, and very good 
technical writing abilities.

I believe he would perform very well on this project and 
I recommend him for this position.

\closing{Yours sincerely,}

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