[comp.sys.transputer] occam user group . 9th meeting

geraint@uk.ac.oxford.prg (Geraint Jones) (08/08/88)

The next meeting  of the oug will take place at the Boldrewood  Medical  Centre
of the University of Southampton.  Accommodation  for those who require it will
be provided at the Glen Eyre Hall of residence.  Glen Eyre is approximately ten
minutes walk from the Boldrewood Centre.  The meeting starts at 11:00 on Monday
the 19th September  1988 and finishes at 15:30 on Wednesday the 21st September.
Special  Interest  Group  meeting  have been arranged  for both Monday  morning
before  the meeting  itself and Tuesday  evening,  after dinner.  There will be
extensive facilities  for demonstrations,  exhibitions  and book stalls.  There
will be a conference dinner on the Monday evening.

Registration  will take place  on Monday  morning  from 9:00 until  11:00.  The
first set of SIG meetings will take place at 9:00 to 10:30.  Delegates  wishing
to attend the SIG meetings  on Monday morning,  or those who have a long way to
travel,  may wish to stay overnight on Sunday.  Registration  on Sunday will be
possible at the Hall of Residence. A provisional programme is shown below:

    Monday morning SIGS:
        UNIX, Formal methods, Networks, Numerical Methods, Hardware
    Tuesday evening SIGS:
        AI, Learning, Graphics, Operating systems
    The provisional list of papers to be presented is:
        A Concurrent Approach to the Towers of Hanoi
                W D Crowe, P E D Strain-Clark
        Fast Prototyping of Architectural Designs using Transputers
                D Skillicorn
        The meaning and implementation of PRI ALT in occam
                G Barrett, G Jones, M Goldsmith, A Kay
        Virtual Memory Management for the Transputer
                P J Bakkes
        Simulation of Gas Pipeline Networks
                M Patel, P Bentley, C Hughes
        CDL A Distribution langage for HELIOS
                C H R Grimsdale
        The Retention of occam Semantics by Dynamic Switching
        on Multi-Transputer Machines
                P Jones
        GECKO: A graphical Tool for the modelling and manipulation
        of occam software and transputer hardware topologies
                M Stephenson, O Boudilet
        Randomised Routing: "Hot Potato" Simulations
                X M Qiang, S Turner
        The Computing Tower: a supercomputer for Real-Time simulation
        of Continuous systems
                P Van Rentergem
        Mapping a Process Network onto a Processor Network
                F C M Lau, K M Shea
        The Application fo Transputer and occam to an Industrial
        Energy Control System
                A Sinclair
        A State-of-the-Art Radar Pulse DeterLeaver
                S P Turner, R D Beton
        A preprocessor to augment the description of occam processes
                H Ohara, H Iizuka
        An extension to the Processor Farm using a Tree Architecture
                S A Green, D J Paddon
        An occam2 Implementation of Prolog and its Preliminary Performance
                K Zhang
        Techniques for Rendering Solid Objects on an INMOS Transputer Array
                P Dew, N Holliman, D Morris, A de Pennington
        A prototype simulator output movie system based on parallel
        processor technology
                N Charmichael, D Hewson, D van der Vorst

    There  will also be a panel session  and a user group business  session.
    The meeting will be closed by an INMOS management  update given by Peter
    Cavill, Director Microsystems Products.

It is anticipated that attendees will receive a copy of the proceedings  of the
meeting at registration.

The non-residential  option  for registration  is aimed at those delegates  who
wish to travel daily to the meeting.  This does not include  eveining  meals or
the conference dinner.

The number of people attending the conference  has been restricted to a maximum
of 300 residents  and 50 non-residents.  Places  will be allocated  in order of
receipt  of the booking form.  THE DEADLINE  FOR BOOKING IS WEDNESDAY  THE 31st
AUGUST.

There is car parking space at both Boldrewood and Glen Eyre.  A map of the area
including directions  will be sent with the registration  confirmation  letter.
There will also be a free bus shuttle service to/from the Central  Station,  on
Sunday evening, Monday morning, and Wednesday afternoon,  for those who wish to
travel by train.

Please complete the booking form below and return it to

        The Administrator
        OUG TM9
        Transputer Support Centre
        Unit 2
        Chilworth Research Centre
        Southampton     SO1 7NP
        United Kingdom

together with your remittance.  Payment should be in the form of a cheque drawn
in sterling  and made payable to THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON.  If you require
to be invoiced,  please  tick the relevant  box.  Non United Kingdom  attendees
MUST pay by means of a cheque  or money order made out in sterling.  All prices
include Value Added Tax.

All  bookings  will be confirmed  in writing,  together  with  detailed  travel
arrangements.  Enquiries  should  be addressed  to the staff  of the Transputer
Support Centre, Telephone 0703 760834 (international +44 703 760834).

Please tick the relevant  boxes,  tear off and return.  If you wish to set up a
demonstration,  please  tick the box and you will be sent the details.  (Prices
shown in pounds sterling.)

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To be returned before 31 August 1988


Name:                                              Non Residential [  ] L30
                                                   Residential     [  ] L85
Address:                                           Sunday dinner   [  ] L 6
                                                   Sunday night    [  ] L14





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