bam@a.gp.cs.cmu.edu (Brad Myers) (07/15/88)
Here is the registration information and preliminary program for
the 1988 Visual Language Conference:
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VL88
IEEE 1988 Workshop on Visual Languages
October 10-12, 1988 * Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
WORKSHOP REGISTRATION; Mail to: Prof. A.T. Berztiss
Dept. of Computer Science
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
USA
Workshop registration fees (all in $US):
before September 1 after September 1
Regular 180 200
Regular
(IEEE-CS Member) 160 180
Student 35 45
Reduced student 20 25
The regular registration fee covers a copy of the proceedings, the
conference dinner on Monday, October 11, and refreshments during coffee
breaks. The student registration does not include the dinner, and the
reduced student registration does not include the proceedings either.
NAME and ADDRESS (please print):
Amount enclosed (by check made out to VL88 Workshop): $US________
(This includes payment for _____additional dinners at $US 45 each.)
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VL88
IEEE 1988 Workshop on Visual Languages
October 10-12, 1988 * Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
HOTEL RESERVATION: Mail to The Westin William Penn
530 William Penn Place
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
USA
NAME and ADDRESS (please print):
Room required: Single ($US86 per night + 9% tax) _________
Double ($US96 per night + 9% tax) _________
Estimated date and time of arrival:
Estimated date and time of departure:
Please make reservations as early as possible, but NO LATER than September 20,
1988. Check-in is 3:00 p.m., but attempts will be made to accommodate
earlier arrivals; check-out is 1:00 pm.
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VL88: PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
Monday, October 10
9:00 - 9:30 Opening by E. Jungert (Sweden) and A.Berztiss (USA)
9:30 -10:15 Address by S. Levialdi (Italy)
Coffee
10:45-11:30 Address by H. Kangassalo (Finland)
11:30-12:45 SESSION 1 - Graphical queries
B. Czejdo, V. Reddy, M. Rusinkiewicz (USA):
Design and implementation of an interactive graphical
query interface for a relational database management system
G. Rohr (FRG): Graphical user languages for querying
information: where to look for criteria
G. Rogers (USA): Visual programming with objects and
relations
Lunch
2:15 - 3:15 Panel 1: Graphical queries
Coffee
3:45 - 5:00 SESSION 2 - Foundations
T. Selker, L. Koved (USA): Elements of visual language
M. Maimone, J. Tygar, J. Wing (USA): Micro semantics for
security
G. Tortora, P. Leoncini (Italy): A model for the specification
and interpretation of visual languages
Conference Dinner
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Tuesday, October 11
8:30 - 10:10 SESSION 3 - Iconics
M. Hirakawa, S. Iwata, Y. Tahara, M. Tanaka,
T. Ichikawa (Japan): A framework for construction of icon
systems
Y-T. Hsia, A. Ambler (USA): Construction and manipulation
of dynamic icons
A. Guercino and S-K. Chang (USA): A tree systems algorithm
for an iconic environment
K. Cheng, M. Hwu, S. Hsu (ROC): Some remarks on developing
application programs in Visual
Coffee
10:40-12:20 SESSION 4 - Graphical interfaces
R. Droms, K-T. Huang (USA): The VIP interface design
system
D. Smith (USA): Visual programming in the interface
construction set
M. Blattner, L. Kou, J. Carlson, D. Daniel (USA): A visual
interface for generic message translation
D. Kurlander, S. Feiner (USA): Editable graphical histories
Lunch
2:00 - 3:00 Panel 2: Visual programming and the handicapped
Coffee
3:30 - 5:10 SESSION 5 - Scientific applications
E. Jungert, P. Holmes (Sweden): A knowledge-based
approach to the shortest path problem in a digitized map
R. Yeung (USA): MPL - a graphical programming environment
for matrix processing based on logic and constraints
F. Newbery (FRG): An interface description language for
graph editors
S. Casner, J. Bonar (USA): Using the expert's diagrams
as a specification of expertise
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Wednesday, October 12
8:30 - 10:10 SESSION 6 - System design
H. Ikemoto, Y. Kusui, T. Furukawa, J. Tsuda (Japan): A
visual enviroment for system design and prototyping
D. Stotts (USA): Expressing high-level visual concurrency
structures in the PFG kernel language
V. Haarslev, R. Moeller (FRG): Visualization of
experimental systems
S. Coote, J. Gallagher, J. Mariani, T. Rodden, A. Scott,
D. Shepherd (UK): Graphical and iconic programming
languages for distributed process control: an object-
oriented approach
Coffee
10:40-12:20 SESSION 7 - Programming and visualization
B. Myers, R. Chandhok, A. Sareen (USA): Automatic data
visualization for novice Pascal programming
K. Olsen, P. Harnes, B. Pedersen, O. Toesse (Norway):
DSP system description
J. Mears, C. Hughes, M. Moshell (USA): Designing
training scenarios by rehearsal
J. Roberts, J. Pane, M. Stehik, J. Carrasquel (USA): The
design view: a design oriented high level visual
programming environment
Lunch
2:00 - 3:00 Panel 3: Visual languages in education
Coffee
3:30 - 4:45 Session 8 - Environments
F. Ludolph, Y-Y. Chow, D. Ingalls, S. Wallace, K. Doyle
(USA): The Fabrik programming environment
M. Kopache, E. Glinert (USA): C(2): a mixed textual/graphical
environment for C
F. VanReeth, E. Flerackers, T. D'Hondt (Belgium): IGIP:
a framework towards open-ended visual programming
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ADDED ATTRACTIONS:
In the evening of Tuesday, October 11, there will be a session of
demonstrations, consisting of the following:
- The visual programming system LabView (National Instruments);
- MacSTILE, a CAD/CAM system for software development (Bruce
Weide, Ohio State University);
- VERDI, a system for the design and simulation of distributed
systems (Mike Graf, MCC).