jfw@shasta.stanford.edu (John Wakerly) (02/18/88)
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Scholarships Available
for Students to Participate in
The 1988 IEEE Asilomar Invitational Microcomputer Workshop
April 27-29, 1988
DEADLINE: March 1, 1988
Every year a small group of technical "movers and shakers" from the micro-
computer industry meet at the Asilomar Conference Center in Pacific Grove,
California. During two and a half days and evenings of structured and
unstructured sessions, these 75-90 system and silicon architectects,
software designers, writers, consultants, academicians, and venture
capitalists explore a broad range of microcomputer related topics.
Historically, Asilomar has been the site of some of the earliest
discussions of microprocessor languages and operating systems, RISC
architectures, automated IC design techniques, optical disk data storage,
and desktop publishing. Last year's sessions ranged from high-performance
image-processing devices and windowing environments to unconventional
datacom networks, neural computing, and microcomputer law.
In addition to soliciting the traditional community of industrial and
academic researchers and developers, this year the program committee is
soliciting workshop participation from a select group of students in the
microcomputer field. Each selected student will receive free
registration, room, and board at the workshop (usually costing $240), and
will be expected to give a 30-45-minute presentation on his or her topic
in one of the structured sessions, as well as take part in the all of the
other sessions. In order to encourage the most candid possible
discussions, no proceedings are published and so you are not expected to
write a paper.
To be considered for an Asilomar Scholarship, please write a short (1-2
page) description of the topic that you would like to talk about at
Asilomar. Your choice of topics is wide open. Previous talks by students
have ranged from analysis of existing commercial products (floating-point
coprocessors) to descriptions of new multiprocessor systems (Berkeley SPUR).
You should also include a short letter in support of your application from
a faculty member at your institution. Please include a post office
address, telephone number, and network address (if any) for yourself and
the faculty member. Applications may be submitted by network mail.
Send applications by March 1, 1988 to:
John Wakerly (415)725-3635 (TTh AM)
373 Foxborough Drive (415)965-4241 (all other times)
Mountain View, CA 94041 wakerly@shasta.stanford.edu
Program Committee:
Fred Clegg Bruce R. Koball John Wakerly
Fred Coury Ted Laliotis Jim Warren
Courtenay Heater Stan Mazor Bob Wedig
Jesse Jenkins Michael Slater John Wharton
Marc Kaufman Fred Terman Sandy Wharton
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