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