[net.ai] ACM Conference

LYALL@MIT-XX.ARPA (03/13/84)

From:  Neena Lyall <LYALL@MIT-XX.ARPA>

             [Forwarded from the MIT bboard by Laws@SRI-AI.]

        "INTEGRATING THE INFORMATION WORKPLACE THE KEY TO PRODUCTIVITY"

                       ACM NORTHEAST REGIONAL CONFERENCE
                              19 - 21 March, l984
                             University of Lowell
                                  Lowell, MA
                       Special Student/Faculty Rate $20

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS ARE:

Monday          George McQuilken, Chairman, Spartacus Computer Inc., "Mainframe
                Technology in Integrated Systems"

Tuesday         Carl  Wolf,  President,  Interactive  Data Corp., "Bridging the
                Mainframe to Micro Gap"

Wednesday       Mitch  Kapor,  President,  Lotus  Development   Corp.,   "Micro
                Technology in Integrated Systems"

CLOSING PLENARY SESSION:
                Thomas F. Gannon (5th Generation, DEC)
                Maurice V. Wilkes (Corporate Research, DEC)
                Frederick  G.  Withington  (V.P., ADL), "Integrating the Pieces
                - Computing in the 90's"

THE TRACK CHAIRMEN ARE:

Applications Technology Track
                Dr.  David  Prerau,   Principal   of   Technical   Staff,   GTE
                Laboratories, Inc.

Artificial Intelligence Track
                Jeffrey  Hill,  Manager of Development, Artificial Intelligence
                Corp.

                Dr.  David  Prerau,   Principal   of   Technical   Staff,   GTE
                Laboratories, Inc.

CAD/CAM & Robotics Track
                Cary Bullock, V.P., Engineering & Operations, Xenergy Corp.

Computer Tools & Techniques Track
                David Hill, Director, Data Systems & Communications

Database Management Track
                Michael Stadelmann, Manager of Development, GE/MIMS Systems

Decision Support Systems Track
                David   Kahn,   Manager,   Decision   Support   Systems,   Wang
                Laboratories

Networking & Data Communications Track
                Dr.  Barry  Horowitz,  V.P.   Bedford   Operations,   (Formerly
                Technical Director, Strategic Systems), MITRE Corp.

Office Automation Track
                Nancy Heaton, Manager of Office Automation, Wang Laboratories

Personal Computing Track
                Michael Rohrbach, International Market Resources

THERE ARE TWO TUTORIALS WHICH RUN IN PARALLEL WITH THESE SESSIONS:

Artificial Intelligence Tutorial (3 days)
                Dr. Eugene Charniak, Brown University.

                AI  and its newest developments, emphasizing expert systems and
                knowledge-based systems.

Networking Technology Tutorial (3 days)
                Stewart Wecker, Pres. Technology Concepts.

                Local  area   and   other   network,   including   theory   and
                manufacturers'  current  products  (IBM's  SNA,  DECNET and LAN
                products)

For  detailed  information  see bulletin board outside Room 515, 545 Technology
Square, Cambridge or call either 617/444-5222: Box  C,  or  617/271-3268:  Shim
Berkovits.