watapl@watmath.UUCP (APL Project) (02/01/85)
APL '85, the International APL Conference, will be held May 12-16, 1985
at the Westin Hotel in Seattle, Washington, USA.
The conference will feature presented papers from over 40 authors. The
topics of the papers fall into the following categories:
APL in education
Language extensions
Applications
Artificial intelligence
Teaching APL
Databases (development and use)
Large scale application enviroment
Programming tools and utilities
Mathematics and statistics
Compilers and interpreters
Graphics
Panel discussions with participants from international corporations will
focus on the following topics:
Corporate application of APL: case studies
Review of micro computer APL products
Commercial applications in APL
Writing interpreters
Promoting APL
Graphics applications
Programming and application development standards
Tutorials at the conference will include the topics:
APL and GDDM
Teaching APL2
Design of APL2
Developing auxiliary processors
There will also be a PC software exchange. Attendees are invited to bring
their personally developed, non-copyrighted software for exchange with others
at the conference. PCs will be made available for this purpose.
A number of prizes will be given out to attendees during the four days.
They include:
Copies of
APL: an interactive approach
Statistical computing through APL
Hackers
Subscriptions to PC magazine and PC tech journal
PC software from STSC and I.P. Sharp Assoc.
An Apmere lap-sized computer.
Invited speakers and their presentation topic:
Opening: Adin Falkoff, IBM -- APL and the future
Monday evening: Roy Sykes, STSC -- The human APL system
Tuesday noon: Dr. Tama Traberman -- Education and the future of APL
Wednesday banquet: Andrew Tobias, author -- How to get by on $100000 a year
(and other sad tales)
Thursday: Denise Austin, fitness consultant -- Tone up at the terminal
Tuesday evening will include dinner and music on a boat trip on puget sound.
For registration material, contact:
Mike Metzger
1800 N. 46th St.
Seattle, WA 98103 USA
Registration details include:
ACM SIG APL members non-members
Register before April 3 ~165 ~195
After April 3, before May 11 195 220
On-site 225 255
The Westin Hotel has conference rates for rooms as follows:
Single: ~95/night
Double: 110
Triple: 120
United Airlines has discount rates for the conference. International
travelers are advised to compare prices flying direct from outside
the U.S. to Seattle, versus flying to a connecting point in the U.S.
and change to United under the special rates.
I look forward to a successful conference in may.
Kevin R. Weaver
Program chairman
Parallax Systems, Inc.
60 West 9th St.
New York, NY 10011
USA
(212) 475-4001
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Schedule
Monday, May 13, 1985 Opening Session Adin Falkoff
The Future of APL
Adin has been instrumental in the development of and ongoing
activity for APL since 1960. He was a member of the Visiting
Faculty at the IBM Systems Research Institute, Visiting Lecturer
in Computer Science at Yale University, and established the IBM
Philadelphia Scientific Center in 1970. At present Adin is the
Manager of the APL Design Group at IBM's Watson Research Laboratory.
Monday, May 13, 1985 Evening Session Roy Sykes
The Human APL System
Roy is an expert on the efficient, cost-effective application of APL.
For 13 years he has led the design and development efforts for APL
products at STSC. His illustration of how APL works by human example
is unique.
Tuesday, May 14, 1985 Luncheon Session Dr. Tama Traberman
Education and the Future of APL
Tama has been a social science teacher since 1969, and actively
involved with APL in education. She has conducted workshops on the
use of micro computers in the social sciences, published in Computing
Teaching and Social Education, and lectured at APL '83, and NYC's
SIG APL workshop, APL As A Tool of Thought.
Wednesday, May 15, 1985 Banquet Andrew Tobias
How to Get By on $100,000 A Year (And Other Sad Tales)
Andrew has been seen on TV, published in magazines, authored books, and
authored the micro computer product Managing Your Money. His book credits
include: The Funny Money Game, The Only Investment Guide You'll Ever Need,
Fire and Ice, The Invisible Bankers, and recently published Money Angles.
Thursday, May 16, 1985 Morning Session Denise Austin
Tone Up at the Terminals
Denise is an exersise physiologist, international consultant, member of
the President's Council for Fitness, fitness consultant to Verbatim,
the Today Show and Time-Life Books, spokeswoman for Reebok Sports Shoes,
and author of a fitness program for relieving techno-stress/tension.
All Week FREE PRIZES AND SURPRISES All Week
APL: An Interative Approach, Statistical Computing Through APL,
Hackers, PC Magazine, PC Tech Journal, STSC & IPSA PC Software,
Reebok Sports Shoes, and a FREE Ampere computer. And much more!
Also: APL Software Exchange
Bring your APL PC software for sharing and exchanging with other
APL PC developers and enthusiasts. PCs will be available.
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Monday
Extending Arith. to Stat. Distrib. Leo H. Groner, IBM, USA
APL 90 Project Jean-Jacques Girardot, Ecole des Mines, France
APL or LISP Drs. Koppel & Krop, IBM, West Germany
Dataflow Analysis Timothy Budd, Univ. of Arizona, USA
Freestyle Graphics Aale Roos, Tietotehdas, Finland
Graphical Kernel System Richard Nabavi, Micro APL, England
Compiling APL for FFP Machine Alexis Koster, San Diego State Univ., USA
An SQL Interface Casey Bley, Fireman's Fund, USA
Tutorials: APL & GDDM with Mary Lou Fox & Patrick Parks (STSC)
Teaching APL2 with Raymond Polivka (IBM)
Design of APL2 with John Gerth (IBM)
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Tuesday
System Commands Michael Berry, Analogic, USA
Software Publishing & APL Developer Philip Evans, STSC, USA
Integrating Business Appl. Arch. Dr. Wei-Tih Cheng, IBM, USA
Array Maps Michael Halpern, Notation APL Interpreters, USA
Integrating Type & Language Paul Berry, IP Sharp, USA
Efficiency in the APL Environment Clark Wiedmann, STSC, USA
APL & Robotics A. M. Euredjian, USA
APL Teaching Bugs H. Peele & M. Eisenburg, Univ. of Mass., USA
AI Development Aids G. Sullivan & K. Fordyce, IBM,USA
Enhanced Control of Structure J. Benkard, IBM, USA
Improving Performance with APs Andrew Dickey, Fastcode, USA
AMS: APL Management System John Burgeson, IBM, USA
Linear Interactive Models Dr. Alan Sykes, Univ. of Swansea, Wales
Using Dimensions to Develop a DB Dan King, Gulf Canada, Canada
SV Extensions Karl Soop, IBM, Belgium
Structural Experiments with Fcns J. Benkard, IBM, USA
A Financial Modeling System F. Appleyard & R. Hui, Alberta Energy Co., Canada
Panels: Corporate Application of APL: Case Studies with
E Baelen (RCA), S Jaffe (Mobil), B Bierer (Bristol
Myers), A Lantz (Morgan Stanley)
APL Graphics with C Catlin (IBM), N Polhemus (Statistical
Graphics), J Strong (RCA), L Furrow (IP Sharp)
Developing Interpreters with J Wheeler (STSC), J Ryan
(Analogic), R Bernecky (IP Sharp), P VanCleave
(Virginia System), G. Coschi (Waterloo)
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Wednesday
Use of APL vs Other Languages J. Myrna & P. DiChellis, STSC, USA
An APL Macro Facility Thomas J. Pritchard, STSC, USA
Oprs for Recursion & Prgm Control E. Eusebi, IBM, USA
Lotus for Mainframes Kevin Weaver, Parallax Systems, USA
LOGOS: A Programming Environment David Allen, IP Sharp, Canada
APL at HUD Thomas N. Herzog, HUD, USA
Teaching Arithmetic with APL Dr. Irvin Whiteman, USA
CAI on the PC Vin Granell, Los Angeles City College, USA
Mathematics Education Linda Alvord, Scotch Plains School, USA
APL Compiler James Weigang, STSC, USA
APL Database System Dr. Homer Hartung, Philip Morris, USA
Inside the APL2 Workspace Dr. James Brown, IBM, USA
N-Dimensional Geom. Using APL2 Charles Haspel, IBM, USA
APL Productivity Environment Gosta Olavi, S E Banken, Sweden
APL Relational DBMS F. Antonacci & P. Dell'Orco, IBM, Italy
Array Oriented Exception Handling Jim Lucas, Morgan Stanley, USA
APL Graph Tauno Ylinen, Finland
Panels: Commercial Applications with K Weaver (Parallax Systems),
T Atkins (Creative APLications), M Haas (CISI/PCS),
J Bonyon (McGraw Hill), D Taylor (IBM), V Irvine (Windfall)
Promoting APL with P Beteux (STSC), E Cherlin (Springer-Verlag),
Jim Lucas (Morgan Stanley), E McDonnell (IP Sharp),
M Sunday (M Sunday Assoc.), Sheryl Winton (IBM)
Tutorial: Developing Auxiliary Processors with Andrew Dickey (Fastcode)
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Thursday
Systems Fcns in DG's AOS/APL J. Neurdenburg & P. Schwartz, Data General, USA
MEDCAT: Medical Diagnosis Dr. W. Hagamen, Cornell School of Medicine, USA
Panels: APL Micro Products with R Paulson (STSC), J Royer (IP Sharp),
R Smith (Portable Software), D Saunders (Notation APL),
P VanCleave (Viginia System)
APL Programming Standards with E Mannacio (Fireman's Fund),
Joe Heiss (Intel)
SIG APL Business Meeting
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