akk2@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Atul Kacker) (04/09/89)
[Posponed because of a conflict with a golf tournament? What has the world come to? -mod] (Please direct all correspondence to the address at the end of the posting) NINTH ANNUAL ROCHESTER FORTH CONFERENCE ON INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION NEW DATES June 20 - 24, 1989 University of Rochester Rochester, New York The 1989 Rochester Forth Conference on Industrial Automation has been postponed due to a conflict with the US OPEN Golf Tournament. The Conference will be held June 20-24, 1989 at the University of Rochester in Rochester, New York. This is the ninth Rochester Forth Conference hosted by the Institute for Applied Forth Research, Inc. and is in cooperation with the Department of Physics and Astronomy of the University of Rochester and sponsored by Dash, Find Associates, Harris Semiconductor, Mikrap, Miller Microcomputer Services, and the NASA Goddard Spaceflight Center. There is a Call for Papers on Forth technology, 150 word abstracts due May 15th, 4 page papers June 1st. Special Guest Lecturer Dr. Sergei Baranoff, Leningrad Institute for Informatika, Leningrad, USSR, "From Russia with Forth" Dr. Baranoff is the 1988 author of the first Forth textbook in Russian. The print run of 100,000 copies sold out in 2 weeks, making this the most popular book on Forth written. INVITED SPEAKERS Don Berrian, Chief Engineer,Varian/Extrion Beverly Operation, Beverly, MA, "Forth-based Control of an Ion Implanter" Klaus Flesch, VP Engineering,Forth Systeme Angelika Flesch, Breisach, West Germany, "SwissFORTH, A Development and Simulation Environment for Industrial and Embedded Controllers" Robert McFarland, President, Digalog, Ventura, CA, ": Cellmate/Toolbox Hardware/Software Workstation/Language DOES> Automotive/Aerospace Powertrain/Vehicle Development/Testing ;" James Reda, VP Engineering, VIDEK, Rochester, NY, "An Application Specific Machine Vision System" ---------------------------------------- Dean Sanderson, Chief Programmer, Forth, Inc., Hermosa Beach, CA, "Events and Objects: Industrial Control by Hierarchical Decomposition" OTHER PROGRAMS Sixty other presentations and poster sessions are expected. Harris Semiconductor will present a seminar including papers by current users of the RTX 2000. Other vendors will also be represented. REGISTRATION $200.00 Registration $ 50.00 Full Time Students $150.00 University of Rochester Staff and Faculty, IEEE Members (give number) $200.00 Conference Services (all participants) HOUSING, 5 nights $125.00 Single $100.00 Double/person Area Hotels available Contact Conference Coordinator at (716)-235-0168. VISA and MasterCard accepted. TRAVEL USAir is the Conference Airline. Discounts of 40% off unrestricted coach and 5% off supersaver, or lowest rate. Call collect, Ms. Barbara George, Stewart and Benson Travel, (716)-244-9300 Some Travel and Conference support is available. Contact Conference Chairman. MORE INFORMATION For more information, or to forward abstracts, contact: Lawrence P. Forsley Conference Chairman Institute for Applied Forth Research, Inc. Box 200 70 Elmwood Avenue Rochester, NY 14611 Voice: (716)-235-0168 Fax: (716)-328-6426 Email: L.Forsley, GENie;LFORSLEY on BIX and DELPHI