Brad.Myers@a.gp.cs.cmu.edu (Brad Myers) (07/20/88)
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 $US 45 each.) ******************************************************************* ******************************************************************* ******************************************************************* VL88 IEEE 1988 Workshop on Visual Languages October 10-12, 1988 * Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania HOTEL RESERVATION: Mail to The Westin William Penn 530 William Penn Place Pittsburgh, PA 15219 USA NAME and ADDRESS (please print): Room required: Single ($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. ******************************************************************* ******************************************************************* ******************************************************************* 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 ***************************************************************************** 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 *************************************************************************** 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 ****************************************************************************** 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).