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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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) ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 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) ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 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) ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- watapl@watmath.UUCP watapl%watmath@waterloo.CSNET ... {ihnp4, allegra, decvax} !watmath!watapl