larry@ur-laser.UUCP (Lawrence P. Forsley) (06/03/86)
1986 Rochester Forth Applications Conference Real-Time Artificial Intelligence Applications and Implementations University of Rochester Rochester, New York June 11 - 14, 1986 In its sixth year, the Rochester Forth Applications Conference is being held at the University of Rochester with an open day for the public on June 14th for vendor exhibits, panel discussions and poster sessions. It is sponsored by the Institute for Applied Forth Research, Inc. in coopera- tion with the Laboratory for Laser Energetics of the College of Engineering and Applied Science at the University and the IEEE Computer Society. 200 attendees from the US, Canada, Europe, South Africa and Japan are expected with over 50 presentations on the Conference theme, as well as on the full range of Forth applications. The conference chairman is Mr. Lawrence P. Forsley, computer systems group leader at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics. His invited lecturers this year will address the application and implementation of two different Forth- based expert systems, and the possible use of object- oriented programming in AI: Mr. Jack Park, consultant "Toward the Development of a Real-Time Expert System" Captain Steven LeClair, Wright Patterson Air Force Base "The Application of AI Technology to Process Control" Dr. William Dress, Oak Ridge National Laboratory "REAL-OPS--A Real-Time Engineering Applications Language for Writing Expert Systems" Mr. Charles Duff, Whitewater Group "Development of a Threaded Object-Oriented Language" Other AI related talks include the use of a Forth-based Prolog to support the IML-1 Spacelab mission, Park's Expert 2 for selecting specialty steels, Dress's OPS5 for interro- gating simulated satellite trajectories, and the integration of Forth with conventional knowledge workstations. Other application talks range from an authoring system for physi- cians to a Forth Analog Computer Simulator modeled on the University of Arizona's DARE. An entire session is being devoted to space-based Forth applications. Implementation talks include benchmarks of the Novix and Metaforth Ltd engines in actual applications and the development of Forth for new and conventional computer architectures. For more information or registration, please contact Thea Martin at the Institute for Applied Forth Research, Inc. at (716)-235-0168. Registration is $325, with special rates of $200 for full time students and $275 for IEEE members and University of Rochester staff and faculty.
gregl@tekgen.UUCP (Greg Lacefield) (06/04/86)
In article <125@ur-laser.UUCP> larry@ur-laser.UUCP (Lawrence P. Forsley) writes: > > 1986 Rochester Forth Applications Conference > Real-Time Artificial Intelligence > Applications and Implementations > > University of Rochester > Rochester, New York > > June 11 - 14, 1986 > ... > The conference chairman is Mr. Lawrence P. Forsley, >computer systems group leader at the Laboratory for Laser >Energetics. His invited lecturers this year will address >the application and implementation of two different Forth- >based expert systems, and the possible use of object- >oriented programming in AI: > > Mr. Jack Park, consultant > "Toward the Development of a Real-Time Expert System" > I've heard this guy talk at the 1984 FORML conference. "_EVERY_ program is an expert system at some level." Direct quote. Am I missing something, or is that statement incorrect? His reasoning was that basically, if you have a lot of IF...THEN...ELSE (or to be more Forth-like, IF...ELSE...THEN... :-) constructs, you have an expert system. Uh-uh. Sorry, I don't believe that. Personally, I don't put much credibility in him. But it might be interesting to attend his presentation to see if he's changed his thinking or line of reasoning. After all, it's been a year and a half! Maybe he can convince me otherwise (or vice-versa). But I doubt it. Greg Lacefield :-) ...!tektronix!tekgen!gregl