colbert@spp1.UUCP (01/11/85)
Los Angeles SIGAda*
Topic: Object-oriented Design with Ada
Speaker: Grady Booch
Date: Thursday, January 17, 1985
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Place: E2/Presentation Room
TRW
Compton Blvd., Redondo Beach
(half mile west of San Diego Freeway on Compton)
Contact: Carol LeDoux at 615-4360
Abstract:
This presentation will examine the motivation for and evolution of an
object-oriented programming style for use with Ada. Grady Booch will
discuss the benefits of such an approach and the features of Ada that
encourage and enforce such a methodology. In particular, Grady plans on
addressing the issues of object-oriented design in the presence of massive
software systems, and in the presence of resuable software components.
Grady Booch is currently employed by Rational, Inc. He has been a
consultant to several major corporations and Department of Defense
organizations on transition to the effective use of Ada. He has been
actively involved in Ada research and education since 1979, and, in
particular, has developed a model Ada course for the Ada Joint Program
Office. This course has been taught to well over 5000 people across the
country and in Europe. Grady has been a member of the review teams of
several Ada compiler and programming environment projects and has worked
on the development of an object oriented programming methodology for use
with Ada. He has lectured at several national ACM, NCC, IEEE, and AIAA
conferences and has published over 30 technical articles on the topics
of Ada, software design methodologies, and graphics. In addition, Grady
has written the text, Software Engineering with Ada, published by
Benjamin/ Cummings. He is also author of the column, "Dear Ada", which
appears regularly in Ada Letters.
Previously, Grady was a faculty member in the Department of
Computer Science at the United States Air Force Academy. Before leaving
the Air Force in 1982, he was a project director and project engineer
for several real-time software developments for space and missile
systems. He received his B.B. in computer science from the United
States Air Force Academy in 1977, and his M.S.E.E. from the University
of California at Santa Barbara in 1979.
Note:
1. LA SIGAda will be taking Grady Booch to dinner after the
meeting, if you are interested in joining us call Ed Colbert,
535-7050 (we may need to make reservations if we have a large
group).
2. If you are a member of LA SIGAda and have access to arpanet
or uucp, you can receive meeting notices through the
electronic mail. To do so, please send either your
individual net address or the address of your local bulletin
board to Carol LeDoux: ledoux@aerospace or [<uucp
address>!]areo!ledoux. You will continue to receive your
meeting notices through the conventional mailing system as
well.
Future SIGAda Events:
Jan 22-24: IEEE Ada-as-a-PDL Working Group Meeting, Pamona
Feb 11: LA SIGAda Meeting, speaker will be Lt.C. Ed Koss (AFSD)
Feb 25-3/1: AdaJUG/SIGAda Meeting, in San Jose, Ca.
March 16: LA SIGAda/Orange County ACM Ada PDS
June 15: LA SIGAda's Ada Fair `85
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