[news.announce.conferences] ROCHESTER FORTH CONFERENCE on Industrial Automation

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