rcojh@gecko.rmit.OZ.AU (John Hulskamp) (01/14/88)
AUSTRALIAN TRANSPUTER AND OCCAM USER GROUP CONFERENCE & EXHIBITION 23 & 24 JUNE 1988 GLASSHOUSE THEATRE ROYAL MELBOURNE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 124 La Trobe Street MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA In conjunction with Hawk Electronics Pty. Ltd., the Centre for Advanced Technology in Telecommunications within the Department of Communication and Electronic Engineering at the Royal Melbourne Institutue of Technology, announces the hosting of a Conference/Exhibition which will provide an opportunity to focus on the latest developments of parallel processing using transputers and to formally establish an Australian Transputer and OCCAM User Group. CALL FOR PAPERS The Conference will focus on the latest developments in the transputer family, the language support for transputer systems, and applications. Papers on such developments are being solicited from interested persons. Persons wishing to submit a contribution in the form of a paper and/or demonstration should provide an abstract as soon as possible (and no later than 29 February 1988) to the Conference Convenor, Mr John Hulskamp, at the address given below. Final camera-ready papers should be provided on A4 paper, be no longer than 6 pages, by 27 May 1988, in time for inclusion in a Conference Proceedings, to be issued at the Conference. A special feature of the Conference will be presentations from INMOS personnel involved in the engineering of the transputer family at Bristol, U.K., Colorado Springs, U.S.A. and Tokyo, Japan. The all-inclusive Conference fee of $A195 will include morning, afternoon teas and lunch on both days as well as a Conference Dinner. EXHIBITION In conjunction with the Conference, an exhibition will demonstrate the latest equipment being developed with the transputer family. Persons and/or organisations wishing to mount an exhibit are most welcome to apply, and discuss their requirements with the Conference Convenor, Mr John Hulskamp. Hawk Electronics Pty. Ltd will also provide a demonstration of the computer graphics capabilities of the transputer family using an IBM PC/AT facility incorporating multi-transputer boards. USER GROUP One outcome of the Conference will be the formal establishment of an Australian Transputer and OCCAM User Group, whose purpose will be to provide a medium of exchange of information among users of the INMOS transputer and its associated language OCCAM.guage, OCCAM. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION The Conference Convenor, Mr John Hulskamp, is a Senior Lecturer within the Digital Systems Group of the Department of Communication and Electronic Engineering at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. He may be contacted as follows: Mr John Hulskamp, Department of Communication and Electronic Engineering, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, G.P.O. Box 2476V, MELBOURNE 3001 AUSTRALIA Telephone: (03)660-2453/2090 e-mail: rcojh@gecko.rmit.oz To indicate your interest in attending the Conference, contact the Conference Convenor, Mr John Hulskamp, as above, or by returning this portion of the Announcement. Name: Organisation: Address: Phone: _____ I am interested in Attending the Conference _____ I am interested in Presenting a Paper and/or Demonstration _____ I am interested in mounting an Exhibit _____ I am UNABLE to Attend the Conference but would like to be kept informed _____ I am interested in participating in the Users Group