From: Mike Kent <70530.1226@CompuServe.COM>
Subject: Tool of Thought seminar in Manhattan
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 07:43:34 GMT

An update, from the preliminary program, and semi-official:


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		APL as a Tool of Thought VII

			presented by

	     New York City Chapter of ACM/SIGAPL
			(NY/SIGAPL)

When:	Saturday, January 23, 9 am to 5 pm
Where:  Cornell University Medical College, 1300 York Avenue (69th St.) 

Plenary sessions:  	Phil Benkard, "Changing Perspectives"
		  	Ken Iverson, "From Iverson Notation to J"

Tutorials:		Chris Lee/Doug Lea, "Object-Oriented Programming
			from a Pragmatist's and a Theoretician's Point
			of View"

			Jim Lucas, "A Conceptual Introduction to APL"

Workshops:		Linda Alvord, "When Zero is False and One is True"
			Robert Armstrong, "Constructing Words from Simple
				Primitives to Enlarge the Vocabulary of a
				Language"
			Dick Bowman, "Computational Techniques in 
				the Design of High Quality Loudspeakers
			Richard Butterworth, "Integrating Graphs with
				Applications"
			Ramon Conser, "Monitoring Fish Populations off
				the Eastern Seacoast"
			Joe Heise, "Identifying Recursive Mappings in
				Data Transfer"
			Curtis Jones, "Scans for Polygonal Spirals and
				Random Bits" 
			Mike Kent, "Data Types in APL2:  Abstraction and 	
				Encapsulation" 
			Gerard Langlet, "Fractals and TOE (Theory of
				Everything"
			Edward Lin, "Introduction to Operations Research"
			William McDonald, "Experiences in Teaching 
				Structural Geology Using a Variety of
				Computer Tools" 
			Charles Waters, "Population Study:  Life Tables
				and Age Pyramids"

Cost:	General Admission 		$55
	NY/SIGAPL, SIGAPL, ACM members	$45
	Full-time students, educators	$20
        NY/SIGAPL sustaining members	no charge

Registration:   at door, or in advance by sending a check (payable to 	
		NY/SIGAPL) to

			NY/SIGAPL TOT VIII
			PO Box 138
			New York, NY 10185-0002

		Advance registrants should include a note giving their
		name, address, title/organization and a daytime phone;
		Also, your selection of workshops/tutorials.

Schedule:

	Morning
	-------
	 8:00 		Registration; coffee.
	 9:00-9:30	Plenary Session, Phil Benkard
	 9:45-10:45	Workshops, session 1.  Tutorials begin.
	11:00-noon	Workshops, session 2.  Tutorials conclude.
	
	Noon-1:30	Lunch (included in registration)

	Afternoon
	---------
	 1:45-2:45	Workshops, session 3.
	 3:00-4:00	Workshops, session 4.
	 4:15-5:00 	Plenary Session, Ken Iverson
  
How to get there:

	Via east side or west side subway to 66th or 72nd Street; 
	transver to M68 or M72 crosstown bus going eastward to York
	Avenue (one block east of 1st Avenue, 0 blocks west of East
	River).  Signs will be posted directing you to the registration
	desk.  The opening session will be in room C215, second floor.

	By car, take the 63rd Street or the 71st Street exit from
	the FDR Drive.  There are public parking lots on nearby side
	streets.  On-street parking may be available, but please read
	signs carefully; fines for illegal parking range from $50 up.
	 
	

Other Stuff:

	There will be a software exchange, with at least some of the free
	APL interpreters available, perhaps some other stuff.  

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[ Not from the advance program, just a few notes from the poster of this
  article. ]

	There will be, eventually, proceedings; with luck, evantually    
        will be the 23rd, but no guarantee.  Also, there will be some 
	software connected with presentations but again, no guarantee
	it will be available on site.  (For instance,I'm bringing the s/w
	connected with my presentation, and if duplication facilities are
	available, you're welcome to a copy.)

	The business about illegal parking is for real and the fines are
	not the worst of it; towing is not unheard of (you don't want
	this to happen, as there are large towing and impound fees in 	
	addition to the fine, plus it will take a couple of hours to 	
	reclaim your car).  Read signs carefully, and if there's any 	
	ambiguity or uncertainty, FIND ANOTHER PLACE TO PARK.  I live
	close enough to take public transportation, which is how I'm
	coming; I recommend it if it's at all feasible.  Welcome to 
	New York.


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