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"
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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