[fa.arpa-bboard] USL International Microprogramming Repository

arpa-bboard@ucbvax.ARPA (11/15/84)

From: James Dugal <DugalJP%usl.csnet@csnet-relay.arpa>


            The University of Southwestern Louisiana
            Proudly Announces the Inauguration of the
            INTERNATIONAL MICROPROGRAMMING REPOSITORY


     On October 29, 1984,  ceremonies will  be  held  celebrating
the inauguration of the International Microprogramming Repository
to   be  housed  in  the  Dupre  Library  at  the  University  of
Southwestern Louisiana  located  in  Lafayette,  Louisiana.   The
repository  will  serve  as an important archive for all material
relating to microprogramming and firmware engineering and will be
accessible  to  all  researchers  in  these  topical  areas.  The
University  is  proud  to  assist  in  furthering  our cumulative
research efforts in this way and encourages researchers  to  come
and  utilize  these  materials  and to visit the Computer Science
department whenever in Lafayette.

     The main events of the day will  be  talks  being  given  by
Professor  Maurice  V.   Wilkes  and  Professor Michael J. Flynn.
Professor Wilkes' talk, entitled "Microprogramming;  its  origins
and  development," will be delivered at 11:00 A.M.  and Professor
Flynn's  talk  entitled   "Basic   Considerations   in   Computer
Architecture"  will be delivered at 3:00 P.M. Both addresses will
be presented in Room 147 of Griffin Hall.  These talks are to  be
videotaped  and the tapes will reside in the repository. Further,
visitor tours of the repository will be conducted  at  9:00  A.M.
and at 1:00 P.M.

     As  the  Seventeenth  Annual  Workshop  on  Microprogramming
commences the following day in New Orleans,  this  occasion  will
also  provide  an  excellent opportunity to combine attendance at
the  inaugural  ceremonies  with  attendance  at  MICRO17.    The
opportunity  to experience the beauty, warmth, and hospitality of
the Acadiana region of Louisiana is afforded, as well.