koopman@a.gp.cs.cmu.edu (Philip Koopman) (05/19/88)
For those who haven't heard yet, the 1988 Rochester Forth Conference is June 14-18 at the University of Rochester. The conference topic is programming environments, but of course there will be a wide range of talks given on Forth hardware and software. A special event will be a one-day seminar on the newly released Harris RTX-2000 on Tuesday June 14th. This is not an "official" posting, I just received an information package and thought I'd pass it along. For more information, contact Larry Forsley at (716) 328-6426 (Institute for Applied Forth Research Inc., 70 Elmwood Ave., Rochester NY 14611) Phil Koopman
asson@cs.rochester.edu (Drew Asson) (05/25/88)
1988 Rochester Forth Conference =============================== June 14 - 18, 1988 University of Rochester Rochester, N.Y. Theme: Programming Environments ------------------------------- The Eighth Rochester Forth Conference is held in coopperation with the Laboratory for Laser Energetics of the College of Engineering and Applied Science of the University of Rochester, the IEEE Computer Society, and the Institute for Applied Forth Research, Inc. Corporate sponsors include Harris Semiconductor and Hewlett-Packard Corporation. The Conference focus is on Programming Environments. Unlike other programming systems, both the system designer and the end user of Forth- based environments may use similar, if not identical, programming tools. Exploring this novel paradigm are the following invited speakers: Invited Speakers ---------------- Mr. Mitch Bradley, Sun Microsystems, Mountain View, CA, Forth's Role in the UNIX Workstation Environment This talk will cover Forth's use at Sun for engineering and manufacturing diagnostics, UNIX kernel dubugging and as a machine independent language for device drivers supporting 680x0, 386, and SPARC-based architectures Messrs. Cliff Click and Paul Snow, of CPTM, Inc., Byron, Texas, A Survery of Programming Environments for Embedded Systems This survey examines environments based upon C, ADA, Forth and Fifth; looks at hardware and software requirements, cost effectiveness, and productivity; and discusses the development of a commercially available Postscript interpreter. Mr. Jim Dowe, Excalibur Technologies, Inc., Albuquerque, NM, and Mr. Toshi Arai, NIS, Tokyo, Japan, TICOL: A Development Tool for 5th Generation Programming Environments The authors' will describe TICOL, which accepts natural lanuage input for developing and maintaining a Fifth Generation program development environment on Fujitsu computers ranging from 32 bit workstations to mainframes. Dr. Bill Forrest, Univ. of Rochester, Rochester, NY, Infrared Image Acquisition and Analysis in Forth The control and operation of an infrared camera using a 32x32 cooled InSb CCD array interfaced to a DEC LSI 11 computer will be discussed. Research results, including images of the galactic center and Comet Halley, will be presented. Dr. Norman Margolus, MIT, Cambridge, MA, Cellular Automate Machines: A New Environment for Modelling A Forth-based system supporting an IBM-PC compatible hardware lookup processor used to simulate cellular automata will be demonstrated and implementation tradeoffs will be discussed. Ms. Sue Semancik and Mr. David Smith, ASYST Software Technology, Inc., Rochester, NY, ASYST: A Structured Interactive Environment for Scientists and Engineers This product will be viewed both from the end-user's programming perspective and from the designer's view of the debugger, code optimizer, and language interface tools. Dr. William Wickes, Hewlett-Packard, Corvallis, OR, RPL: A Mathematics Control Language RPL, derived from Forth and LISP, is used on all HP handheld calculators with at least 64 K-bytes of firmware. This talk will discuss its use and design including symbolic operations and the manipulation of multiple data types. Other Presentations ------------------- In addition to our invited speakers, there will be platform and poster sessions from 50 other practioners of Forth, and Forth-derived systems describing a spectrum of applications and implementations. Harris RTX Seminar ------------------ The Conference will be preceeded by a 1 day seminar, June 14th, by Harris Semiconductor on their newly announced, FORTH-based, Real Time Express product family, including tutorials, hands-oon demonstrations, and a "Real Time Party." [Special rates for Conference attendees.] Registration ------------ The registration fee and conference services includes all sessions, meals, and the Conference papers. Lodging is available at local motels On in the UR dormitories. Registration will be from 3-11p.m. on Tuesday, June 14th in Wilson Commons, and from 8a.m. Wednesday, June 15th in Hoyt Hall. There is an hourly shuttle to the airport during registration and checkout. Sessions will be held in Hoyt Hall, and the open day will be in Wilson Commons. [Sample Form] Name__________________________________ Address_______________________________ City_______________State/Prov.________ Zipcode____________Country____________ Telephone ( )______________________ Travel details (carrier, #, time) ____ ______________________________________ Registration fee: ______ _ $200 _ $150 Univ. Roch staff and IEEE Computer Society ____________IEEE Number _ $50 Student _ vegetarian meal option Conference Services _$175_ Dormitory Housing, 5 nights: ______ _ $125 Single _ $100 Double (per person) _ Non-smoking roommate _ 5K run Harris Seminar ______ _ $90 for Conference attendee _ $150 non-Conference _ Dormitory room, 1 night $25/single $20 double Amount Enclosed $_____ Please make a check payable to the "Rochester Forth Conference", or use your MasterCard or VISA number. Contact the Rochester Forth Conference, 70 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester, Ny 14611 USA, or call (716) 328-6426, or (716) 235-0168 Open Day -------- Exhibits, Tutorials and Demonstrations 10:00A.M. - 5 P.M. June 18th, 1988 Saturday, June 18th will be an open day for the Conference, intended to give users and newcomers to Forth a chance to become better acquainted with what Forth is and how it is used. Vendors from around the world will demonstrate their products and present many of them for sale. Panels and tutorials by the invited speakers and other Forth developers will be held. This is an excellent opportunity to followup discussions with our speakers in person. There will also be a variety of Forth systems for hands-on use. Conference Chairman ------------------- Lawrence P. Forsley has chaired the Rochester Forth Conferences for the past eight years. He is a research engineer at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics and is director of the Institute for Applied Forth Research, Inc. His goal in organizing the Conferences is to make the finest work in Forth available to a larger Community.