CS.PURVIS@R20.UTEXAS.EDU.UUCP (05/20/87)
SLUG 87 Symbolics LISP Users Group Meeting July 6-10, 1987 The Third Annual Symbolics LISP Users Group Meeting will be held in Seattle, Washington at the University of Washington from July 6-10, 1987. This is the week before the AAAI Conference, so participants can coordinate their travel plans if they plan to attend that conference. Inexpensive accommodations on the university campus are available and can be reserved on the registration form that is being mailed out. TUTORIALS: The first two days of the Meeting will be devoted to full-day and half-day tutorials. Below is a list of tutorial topics: Tutorial instructor ================================================================== AI Program Design (Monday -- F) Elaine Rich Overview of Site Administration (Monday -- F) Symbolics Ed. Services Color Graphics I (Mon. - a.m.) Dave Dyer Color Graphics II (Mon. - p.m.) Dave Dyer Color Graphics III (Mon. - p.m.) Symbolics Graphics Introduction to ART (Tuesday -- F) Inference Corporation Building Knowl. Sys. Interfaces (Tues. - a.m.) IntelliCorp Programming Productivity I (Tues. - a.m.) Symbolics Ed. Services Programming Productivity II (Tues. - p.m.) Symbolics Ed. Services Elaine Rich, from MCC, is author of the textbook, "Artificial Intelligence". Dave Dyer is the principle software developer of Symbolics color graphics system software. The tutorials taught by Inference and IntelliCorp will feature their expert system development tools, ART, and KEE, respectively. CONFERENCE SESSIONS: The remaining three days of the Meeting will feature presentations by users and members of the Symbolics technical staff. Planned topics * New Product Announcements * Networking * Expert System Tools and Environments * The SLUG software library * The Common Lisp standard and proposed extensions to it * "Programming Pearls" on the Lisp Machine * Software Engineering Methodology in Genera 7 REGISTRATION: Registration for the conference is $90. Each full-day tutorial is $90, and each half-day tutorial is $45. Registration forms are being mailed out concurrent with this announcement. Requests for additional forms and questions concerning the conference and tutorials should be directed to: Martin Purvis SLUG-87 Chairman Computer Science Department 2.124 Tayor Hall University of Texas Austin, TX 78712 USA (512) 471-9555 cs.purvis@r20.utexas.edu Questions concerning registration and housing should be directed to: Conference Management/SLUG University of Washing, GH-25 Seattle, Washington 98195 USA (206) 543-2300