1988 Rochester Forth Conference
Philip Koopman
is June 14-18 at the University of Rochester.
The conference topic is programming environments, but of course
there will be a wide range of talks given on Forth hardware and software.
A special event will be a one-day seminar on the newly released
Harris RTX-2000 on Tuesday June 14th.
This is not an "official" posting, I just received an information package
and thought I'd pass it along.
For more information, contact Larry Forsley at (716) 328-6426
(Institute for Applied Forth Research Inc., 70 Elmwood Ave.,
Rochester NY 14611)
Phil Koopman
Drew Asson
1988 Rochester Forth Conference
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June 14 - 18, 1988
University of Rochester
Rochester, N.Y.
Theme: Programming Environments
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The Eighth Rochester Forth Conference is held in coopperation with
the Laboratory for Laser Energetics of the College of Engineering and
Applied Science of the University of Rochester, the IEEE Computer Society,
and the Institute for Applied Forth Research, Inc. Corporate sponsors
include Harris Semiconductor and Hewlett-Packard Corporation.
The Conference focus is on Programming Environments. Unlike other
programming systems, both the system designer and the end user of Forth-
based environments may use similar, if not identical, programming tools.
Exploring this novel paradigm are the following invited speakers:
Invited Speakers
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Mr. Mitch Bradley, Sun Microsystems, Mountain View, CA,
Forth's Role in the UNIX Workstation Environment
This talk will cover Forth's use at Sun for engineering
and manufacturing diagnostics, UNIX kernel dubugging and
as a machine independent language for device drivers
supporting 680x0, 386, and SPARC-based architectures
Messrs. Cliff Click and Paul Snow, of CPTM, Inc., Byron, Texas,
A Survery of Programming Environments for Embedded Systems
This survey examines environments based upon C, ADA, Forth
and Fifth; looks at hardware and software requirements, cost
effectiveness, and productivity; and discusses the development
of a commercially available Postscript interpreter.
Mr. Jim Dowe, Excalibur Technologies, Inc., Albuquerque, NM, and
Mr. Toshi Arai, NIS, Tokyo, Japan,
TICOL: A Development Tool for 5th Generation Programming Environments
The authors' will describe TICOL, which accepts natural lanuage
input for developing and maintaining a Fifth Generation program
development environment on Fujitsu computers ranging from 32 bit
workstations to mainframes.
Dr. Bill Forrest, Univ. of Rochester, Rochester, NY,
Infrared Image Acquisition and Analysis in Forth
The control and operation of an infrared camera using a 32x32
cooled InSb CCD array interfaced to a DEC LSI 11 computer will
be discussed. Research results, including images of the galactic
center and Comet Halley, will be presented.
Dr. Norman Margolus, MIT, Cambridge, MA,
Cellular Automate Machines: A New Environment for Modelling
A Forth-based system supporting an IBM-PC compatible hardware
lookup processor used to simulate cellular automata will be
demonstrated and implementation tradeoffs will be discussed.
Ms. Sue Semancik and Mr. David Smith, ASYST Software Technology,
Inc., Rochester, NY,
ASYST: A Structured Interactive Environment for Scientists and Engineers
This product will be viewed both from the end-user's programming
perspective and from the designer's view of the debugger, code
optimizer, and language interface tools.
Dr. William Wickes, Hewlett-Packard, Corvallis, OR,
RPL: A Mathematics Control Language
RPL, derived from Forth and LISP, is used on all HP handheld
calculators with at least 64 K-bytes of firmware. This talk
will discuss its use and design including symbolic operations
and the manipulation of multiple data types.
Other Presentations
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In addition to our invited speakers, there will be platform and poster
sessions from 50 other practioners of Forth, and Forth-derived systems
describing a spectrum of applications and implementations.
Harris RTX Seminar
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The Conference will be preceeded by a 1 day seminar, June 14th, by
Harris Semiconductor on their newly announced, FORTH-based, Real Time
Express product family, including tutorials, hands-oon demonstrations, and
a "Real Time Party." [Special rates for Conference attendees.]
Registration
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The registration fee and conference services includes all sessions,
meals, and the Conference papers. Lodging is available at local motels
On in the UR dormitories. Registration will be from 3-11p.m. on Tuesday,
June 14th in Wilson Commons, and from 8a.m. Wednesday, June 15th in Hoyt
Hall. There is an hourly shuttle to the airport during registration and
checkout. Sessions will be held in Hoyt Hall, and the open day will be
in Wilson Commons.
[Sample Form]
Name__________________________________
Address_______________________________
City_______________State/Prov.________
Zipcode____________Country____________
Telephone ( )______________________
Travel details (carrier, #, time) ____
______________________________________
Registration fee: ______
_ $200
_ $150 Univ. Roch staff and
IEEE Computer Society
____________IEEE Number
_ $50 Student
_ vegetarian meal option
Conference Services _$175_
Dormitory Housing, 5 nights: ______
_ $125 Single
_ $100 Double (per person)
_ Non-smoking roommate
_ 5K run
Harris Seminar ______
_ $90 for Conference attendee
_ $150 non-Conference
_ Dormitory room, 1 night
$25/single $20 double
Amount Enclosed $_____
Please make a check payable to the "Rochester Forth Conference", or
use your MasterCard or VISA number.
Contact the Rochester Forth Conference, 70 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester,
Ny 14611 USA, or call (716) 328-6426, or (716) 235-0168
Open Day
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Exhibits, Tutorials and Demonstrations
10:00A.M. - 5 P.M. June 18th, 1988
Saturday, June 18th will be an open day for the Conference, intended
to give users and newcomers to Forth a chance to become better
acquainted with what Forth is and how it is used. Vendors from
around the world will demonstrate their products and present many
of them for sale. Panels and tutorials by the invited speakers and
other Forth developers will be held. This is an excellent opportunity
to followup discussions with our speakers in person.
There will also be a variety of Forth systems for hands-on use.
Conference Chairman
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Lawrence P. Forsley has chaired the Rochester Forth Conferences for
the past eight years. He is a research engineer at the Laboratory for
Laser Energetics and is director of the Institute for Applied Forth
Research, Inc. His goal in organizing the Conferences is to make the
finest work in Forth available to a larger Community.
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