From: suzie@meiko.co.uk
Subject: Seismic Activity Research - Help!
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Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 13:02:47 GMT
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I am a geography student currently undertaking a work placement in the computer industry and am interested in the
area of geophysical computation.

I am interested in finding out which univesities and research establishments are involved in research of
volcanoes and earthquakes. In particular how seismic activity is modelled, simulated and predicted.

I would be grateful if anyone can suggest any:

 - good text books
 - specialist University departments or researchers involved in this work
 - any recent papers, particularly recent review papers

and forward these to my email address below:

Many thanks,

Suzie Edney

email: suzie@meiko.co.uk




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Date: Mon, 4 Jan 93 09:31:45 EST
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** SPECIAL NOTE **

The area of SIMULATION is one of this year's special interest topics
for OOPSLA '93 (see below - search on the keyword 'simulation').


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OOPSLA '93
Conference on Object-Oriented Programming 
Systems, Languages and Applications

26 September - 1 October 1993
Washington D.C., U.S.A.

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The annual OOPSLA conference is the premier forum bringing together 
researchers, developers, practitioners and users to share ideas and 
experiences related to object technology. As a fully-refereed technical 
conference, OOPSLA is considered the conference of record for those 
interested in object technology.

Long-standing topics of interest include but are not limited to:
 
  * language design and implementation
  * tools and environments
  * components and frameworks
  * principles and theory
  * concurrent and distributed systems
  * methods and processes
  * databases and persistence. 

In addition, OOPSLA '93 is soliciting contributions in five target 
special interest areas:

  * simulation
  * graphics
  * Ada
  * governmental use and support of object technology
  * teaching object technology 

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IMPORTANT DATES

22 February 1993
    Papers due

18 March 1993
    Experience reports due
    Tutorial proposals due
    Workshop proposals due
    Panel proposals due
    Poster proposals due
    Demonstration proposals due
    Educators' Symposium proposals due 

12 May 1993
    Contributors notified of acceptance

20 June 1993
    Camera-ready papers due
    Camera-ready panel position papers due
    Poster write-ups due

9 July 1993
    Camera-ready tutorial notes due

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CONFERENCE COMMITTEE

  CONFERENCE CHAIRS
    Timlynn Babitsky, Knowledge Systems Corporation
    Jim Salmons, Knowledge Systems Corporation
  PROGRAM CHAIR
    Ralph Johnson, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
  OPERATIONS
    Kent Beck, First Class Software
  TREASURER
    Vicki Hanson, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
  ACM ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF SIG SERVICES
    Donna Baglio, ACM
  AUDIO-VISUAL
    Steve Bilow, Tektronix
  DEMONSTRATIONS
    Bjorn Freeman-Benson, University of Victoria
  EDUCATION 
    James Heliotis, Rochester Institute of Technology
    Linda M. Northrop, Carnegie Mellon University
  EXHIBITS 
    Mike Taylor, Digitalk Professional Services
  EXPERIENCE REPORTS 
    Rebecca Wirfs-Brock, Digitalk Professional Services
  PANELS
    Sam Adams, Knowledge Systems Corporation
  POSTERS 
    Mark Whiting, Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratory
  PROCEEDINGS
    Andreas Paepcke, Hewlett Packard Labs
  PROCEEDINGS ADDENDUM 
    Jerry Archibald, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
    Mark Wilkes, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
  PUBLICATIONS 
    Rick DeNatale, IBM 
  PUBLICITY 
    Cathy Caplener, Borland International
    Susan Nicolls, Borland International
  STUDENT VOLUNTEERS 
    John Shilling, Georgia Institute of Technology
  TUTORIALS 
    John McGregor, Clemson University
  WORKSHOPS 
    Mamdouh Ibrahim, Electronic Data Systems

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PROGRAM COMMITTEE

  Ralph Johnson, U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Chair)
  Bruce Anderson, U. of Essex
  Pierre America, Philips Research
  Don Batory, U. Texas at Austin
  Henry Baker, Nimble Computer
  Grady Booch, Rational
  Alan Borning, U. of Washington
  William Cook, Apple
  James Coplien, AT&T Bell Labs
  Raymund Ege, Florida International U.
  Steve Feiner, Columbia U.
  Paul Fishwick, U. of Florida
  Richard Gabriel, Lucid
  Adele Goldberg, ParcPlace
  Gary Leavens, Iowa State
  Steven Litvintchouk, MITRE
  Satoshi Matsuoka, U. of Tokyo
  Oscar Nierstrasz, U. of Geneva
  Patrick O'Brien, Object Design
  David Salesin, U. of Washington
  John Shilling, Georgia Inst. Tech.
  Dave Thomas, OTI
  Dave Ungar, Sun Labs
  Rebecca Wirfs-Brock, Digitalk

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TOPICS OF INTEREST

In its eighth year of advancing the state of the art in object 
technology, OOPSLA topics of interest include but are not limited to the 
following:

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  LANGUAGE DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION
    Programming languages and specific language constructs, visual 
    programming languages, integration with other programming models, 
    compilation techniques, implementation techniques, storage 
    management, performance analysis, architectural support, embedded 
    systems
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  TOOLS AND ENVIRONMENTS
    Programming environments, software development tools, application-
    specific development environments, debugging tools, measurement 
    tools
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  COMPONENTS AND FRAMEWORKS
    Evaluations of reusable components, toolkits, application 
    frameworks, user interface management systems, architectural 
    principles for reusable components, event-driven architectures, 
    constraints
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  PRINCIPLES AND THEORY
    Conceptual and semantic models, type systems and type inference, 
    inheritance, delegation, reflection
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  CONCURRENT AND DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS
    Models and languages to support concurrent and distributed 
    processing, transaction models, distributed object architectures, 
    open systems, operating systems development and debugging tools, 
    heterogeneous systems, security
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  METHODS AND PROCESSES
    Development methods, measurements of impact on productivity, reuse 
    or quality, specification techniques, prototyping techniques, 
    debugging and testing issues, management issues, teaching, 
    technology adoption, metrics, software evolution
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  DATABASES AND PERSISTENCE
    Data models, database-programming language interfaces, persistent 
    programming languages, implementation techniques, object servers, 
    performance analysis

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THE TECHNICAL PROGRAM

A wide range of formats are available for your participation in the 
OOPSLA technical program:

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PAPERS

   The conference includes both invited and contributed papers. Authors 
   are encouraged to submit high quality papers describing relevant 
   research or experience. Research papers should describe work whose 
   purpose is to advance the state of the art of object technology. 
   Experience papers should describe the application of object-oriented 
   methods. The program committee will evaluate each paper on its 
   relevance, clarity, correctness, originality and significance. 

   Authors should send six copies of the full paper, in English, to the 
   Program Chair to be received no later than 22 February 1993. Papers 
   must be limited to 18 pages, typed double spaced. Each copy must 
   contain contact information (contact name, postal address, and phone 
   number), a 100-word abstract, and indicate the paper category 
   (research or experience).

   Authors will be notified of acceptance or rejection by 12 May 1993. 
   Camera-ready copy of accepted papers are due 20 June 1993. Authors of 
   accepted papers are expected to sign an ACM copyright release form 
   and present the paper at the conference. Proceedings will be 
   distributed at the conference and via SIGPLAN Notices and will be 
   available from ACM Press. Outstanding papers may be considered for a 
   special issue of a journal. Guidelines for authors can be obtained 
   from the Program Chair or through the OOPSLA Internet Hotline.

   Send submissions to:

      Ralph Johnson
      OOPSLA '93 Program Chair
      University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
      Dept. of Computer Science
      1304 W. Springfield Avenue
      Urbana, IL 61801
        Phone: +1-217-244-0093
        Fax: +1-217-333-3501
        Email: johnson@cs.uiuc.edu

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TUTORIALS

   OOPSLA is well-known for the breadth and depth of its extensive 
   tutorial program. Proposals are invited for tutorials covering 
   subjects of interest to the object technology community. Proposals 
   are solicited at all levels-introductory, intermediate and advanced. 
   Proposals for both advanced and new topics are especially welcome.

   Tutorials offer a forum for educating professionals and give 
   attendees the opportunity to take an in-depth look at topics of their 
   choice in intensive half, full or two-day sessions.

   All tutorial proposals will be reviewed by a committee under the 
   direction of the Tutorial chair. Tutorials will be selected on the 
   basis of importance of the topic, expertise of the presenters and the 
   quality and educational value of the material to be presented. 
   Product marketing or selling are inappropriate in this forum.

   Anyone considering submitting a proposal for a tutorial should 
   request guidelines on tutorial submissions from the tutorial chair. 
   Copies of the proposal must be received by 18 March 1993. E-mail 
   submissions of proposals will be accepted and appreciated. Proposers 
   will be notified of acceptance by 12 May 1993 and the final camera-
   ready versions of tutorial materials for publication in the tutorial 
   notebooks will be due on 9 July 1993.

   Send requests for tutorial submission guidelines to: 

      John McGregor
      OOPSLA '93 Tutorials Chair
      Dept. of Computer Science
      Box 341906
      Clemson University
      Clemson, SC  29634-1906
        Phone: +1-803-656-5859 
        Fax: +1-803-656-0145 
        Email: johnmc@cs.clemson.edu

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PANELS

   Successful panels focus on raising issues and fostering stimulating 
   discussion on important topics in the OO community. While divergent 
   views from panelists often help foster discussion, the main goal this 
   year is to provide substance to conference attendees, not 
   entertainment.

   Traditionally, panels have consisted of four or five speakers making 
   brief position statements, followed by a discussion driven by 
   questions from the audience. While this format will still be 
   accepted, we are especially interested in proposals for innovative 
   formats that will maximize the attendees' value. Panels will be 
   presented in parallel with the papers. They will be 90 minutes in 
   length, with at least 45 minutes allotted for discussion and debate.

   Submission Requirements:

      *  Panel title
      *  Brief summary of the key issues to be discussed
      *  Each panelist's name, background and a short description of 
          his/her position on the issues
      *  Proposed panel format with time allotments (90 minutes maximum)
      *  Contact information for the panel moderator (name, affiliation, 
          address and phone number)

   Panel proposals must be received by 18 March 1993. Proposers will be 
   notified of acceptance by 12 May 1993 and the final camera-ready 
   versions of position papers for publication in the conference 
   proceedings will be due on 20 June 1993. 

   Address submissions and questions to:

      Sam Adams
      OOPSLA '93 Panels Chair
      Knowledge Systems Corporation
      114 MacKenan Drive, Suite 100
      Cary, NC 27511-6446
        Phone: +1-919-481-4000
        Fax: +1-919-460-9044
        Email: 76450.177@compuserve.com  

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WORKSHOPS

   Workshops are a means for experts to meet and discuss issues with a 
   selected focus in an atmosphere which fosters the active exchange of 
   ideas among researchers and practitioners. They provide a forum for 
   the thrust-and-parry of scientific discourse. Workshops also provide 
   an opportunity for representatives of a research community to 
   coordinate efforts and establish collective plans of action.

   To ensure a sufficiently small group for effective interaction, 
   workshop attendance is controlled with prospective attendees 
   submitting a short position paper outlining their opinions on an 
   aspect of the workshop topic. Participants are chosen based on the 
   relevance of their position paper to the workshop theme.

   Workshop presentations are at the discretion of the workshop 
   organizers but all attendees are expected to join in the debate with 
   ample time allotted for general discussion. After the workshop, the 
   organizer(s) will be responsible for reporting to the OOP community 
   via an article in the Proceedings Addendum.

   Proposals for workshops should be between one and two pages in 
   length, and should contain a description of the topic and intended 
   audience, why the workshop is of interest at this time, and a 
   proposed schedule or preliminary agenda. Proposals should also 
   include the names, affiliations, addresses (postal and electronic), 
   and phone numbers of the organizing committee, which should consist 
   of more than two people knowledgeable in the field but not all at the 
   same institution.

   Proposals should be submitted as soon as possible but must be 
   received by 18 March 1993. Electronic submissions will be greatly 
   appreciated. Workshop organizers will be notified of acceptance or 
   rejection by 12 May 1993.

   Send submissions to:

      Mamdouh Ibrahim
      OOPSLA '93 Workshops Chair
      Artificial Intelligence Services
      Electronic Data Systems
      5555 New King Street
      Troy, MI  48007
        Phone:  +1-313-696-7129 
        Fax:  +1-313-696-2325 
        Email: mhi@gmr.com

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DEMONSTRATIONS

   Proposals are invited for live demonstrations of systems that use, 
   apply, or teach object-oriented programming and technology. At past 
   OOPSLAs, the demonstrations have been well attended and have been an 
   excellent venue for discussing technical aspects of projects and 
   tools.

   Demonstrations will be selected on the basis of technical merit, 
   relevance to object-oriented programming, novel and interesting 
   features, and feasibility. Presenters should be members of the 
   development or implementation team and will give a technical 
   presentation to a technical audience. Product marketing or selling 
   are inappropriate in this forum.

   Demonstrations of both commercial and in-house applications, as well 
   as academic and corporate research are sought. In addition to new 
   efforts, we are also interested in "where are they now" 
   demonstrations of projects shown in previous years. 

   Demonstrations should not exceed 30 minutes. Proposals for 
   demonstrations must include a one-page abstract providing the title 
   and description of the demonstration, and the names, affiliation, 
   addresses (postal and electronic), and phone number of the 
   demonstrators. In addition, a description of the technical and 
   hardware requirements for the demonstration is needed. While every 
   effort will be made to provide equipment, demonstrators may be asked 
   to provide their own equipment or to make arrangements for sharing 
   equipment. For details contact the Demonstrations Chair.

   Three copies of the proposal, including the abstract and technical 
   requirements, must be received by 18 March 1993. Proposers will be 
   notified of acceptance by 12 May 1993.

   Send submissions to:

      Bjorn Freeman-Benson
      OOPSLA '93 Demonstrations Chair
      Dept. of Computer Science
      University of Victoria
      P.O. Box 3055
      Victoria, BC, Canada  V8W 3P6
        Phone: +1-604-721-6019 
        Fax:  +1-604-721-7292 
        Email:  bnfb@cs.uvic.ca

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EXPERIENCE REPORTS

   Space will be made available in a separate track for short 
   presentations of unrefereed reports describing practical experience 
   applying object technology to production quality software 
   development. 

   Prospective speakers submit a 1-2 page description of the project 
   scope and status and the specific points to be covered in the 
   presentation to the experience report chair by 18 March 1993.  
   Selection will be based on relevance and potential interest. 
   Summaries will be collected after the conference for publication in 
   the Proceedings Addendum issue of the OOPS Messenger. Contact the 
   Experience Reports Chair or access the OOPSLA '93 Hotline for 
   guidelines.

   Send submissions to:

      Rebecca Wirfs-Brock
      OOPSLA '93 Experience Reports Chair
      Digitalk 
      7585 SW Mohawk Street
      Tualatin, OR 97062
        Phone: +1-503-691-0800
        Fax:  +1-503-242-0729
        Email: rebecca@digitalk.com

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POSTERS

   The Poster Session will provide a forum for one-to-one and small 
   group interaction about specific object technology work-either 
   theoretical or applied in nature. Acceptable posters should provide 
   both visual impact and the ability to stimulate interaction among 
   attendees. We especially invite works in progress, work by students, 
   work concerning new methods and processes, and work concerning 
   controversial topics. 

   Presenters are provided display space and are required to be 
   available during designated times (estimated at 4 hours total). 
   Write-ups of accepted posters will be available at the conference.

   Authors should send 4 copies of a proposal to the Poster Chair to be 
   received no later than 18 March 1993. Authors will be notified of 
   acceptance by 12 May 1993. Final copies of the poster write-up will 
   be due on 20 June 1993.

   Proposals must include an extended abstract limited to 8 pages (typed 
   double spaced). A separate cover sheet must contain the name, 
   affiliation, address, phone number and e-mail address of all authors. 
   Indicate a primary contact person. Include a list of indexing 
   keywords using the Computing Reviews Classification System terms and 
   also a preliminary graphic layout of the poster.

   Send submissions to: 

      Mark Whiting
      OOPSLA '93 Posters Chair
      Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratory
      P.O. Box 999
      Richland, WA  99352
        Phone: +1-509-375-2237 
        Fax:  +1-509-375-3641 
        Email:  whiting@snuffy.pnl.gov

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THIS YEAR'S SPECIAL INTEREST TOPICS

As the technology matures, special interest communities emerge as 
practical and research applications prove and challenge the use of 
object technology. Conference organizers have targeted the following 
areas in which we are especially interested in contributions this year:

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  OBJECT TECHNOLOGY AND GOVERNMENT 
    In recognition of our convening the conference in Washington, D.C., 
    special attention will be paid to contributions that focus on the 
    interests, experiences, research and concerns surrounding the use 
    and support of object technology in government. The Special Interest 
    Topic Chairs are soliciting papers, panels, workshops, experience 
    reports, demonstrations and invited talks that reflect diverse 
    multinational, federal and local government applications and issues 
    in object technology.

    Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, experience and 
    "lessons learned" in introducing object technology into government 
    information systems; standards, ownership and reuse issues related 
    to object technology and government funded development; personnel 
    management and contracting dynamics which impact the attractiveness 
    of using high productivity technology; integrating object technology 
    and legacy systems; real and perceived roadblocks to businesses 
    involved in developing for and delivering object technology to 
    government.

      Angela Jo Coppola
      Object Technology and Government SIT Co-Chair
      Central Intelligence Agency
      Washington, D.C.  20505
        Phone: +1-703-874-2401 
        Fax: +1-703-874-3076 
        E-mail:  71242.1437@compuserve.com

      William A. Ruh
      Object Technology and Government SIT Co-Chair
      Workstation Systems Engineering Center
      The MITRE Corporation
      7525 Colshire Drive
      McClean, VA  22102
        Phone: +1- 703-883-6529 
        Fax: +1-703-883-3315 
        E-mail: war@ciis.mitre.org

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  SIMULATION
    The application of object technology to simulation systems, 
    especially graphically-intensive and real-time systems, including 
    but not limited to virtual reality, interactive simulators (such as 
    flight or business training) and decision support systems

      Raimund Ege
      Simulation SIT Chair
      School of Computer Science
      Florida International University
      University Park
      Miami, FL  33199
        Phone: +1-305-348-3381
        Fax: +1-305-348-3549
        E-mail: ege@scs.fiu.edu

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  GRAPHICS
    Language and tool support for use of object technology in real-time 
    and other computation-intensive graphic applications with emphasis 
    on but not limited to modeling, computation techniques and graphic 
    object reuse

      Alan Borning
      OOPSLA '93 Graphics SIT Chair
      Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, FR-35
      University of Washington
      Seattle, WA  98195
        Phone: +1-206-543-6678 
        Fax: +1-206-543-2969 
        E-mail:  borning@cs.washington.edu

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  ADA
    Language facilities, design methodologies and development tools 
    which capitalize on or strengthen the object-oriented features of 
    Ada

      Ed Seidewitz
      OOPSLA '93 Ada SIT Chair
      NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
      Code 552.3
      Greenbelt, MD  20771
        Phone: +1-301-286-7631 
        Fax: +1-301-286-9183 
        E-mail:  eseidewitz@gsfcmail.nasa.gov

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  THE SECOND EDUCATORS' SYMPOSIUM
    OOPSLA will again offer a special, one-day symposium-style 
    program designed specifically for computer science educators who 
    want to start or who want to share their experiences incorporating 
    object technology into their courses and curricula. The Symposium 
    will feature presentations, panels, invited talks and 
    demonstrations.

    Proposals for "experience, lessons learned" presentations are 
    solicited from educators. Topic areas include the introduction of 
    OOPS as a student's first programming experience as well as teaching 
    OOPS concepts in general, to more experienced students.

    Mail three copies of an extended abstract (3-6 pages) to be received 
    no later than 18 March 1993. Facsimile and electronic submissions 
    will NOT be accepted. Proposers will be notified of acceptance by 12 
    May 1993. A separate cover sheet must contain the name, affiliation, 
    address, phone number and electronic mail address of the author or 
    contact person. For more details please contact the Co-chairs. 

    Please mail submissions to James Heliotis.

      James Heliotis
      OOPSLA '93 Educators' Symposium Co-chair
      Dept. of Computer Science
      Rochester Institute of Technology
      Rochester, NY  14623-0887
        Phone: +1-716-475-6133 
        Fax: +1-716-475-7100 
        Email:  jeh@cs.rit.edu
	
      Linda M. Northrop
      OOPSLA '93 Educators' Symposium Co-chair
      Software Engineering Institute
      Carnegie Mellon University
      Pittsburgh, PA  15213-3890
        Phone: +1-412-268-7638
        Fax: +1-412-268-5758 
        Email: lmn@sei.cmu.edu

We are especially interested in contributions in these focus areas. All 
contributions are made to and refereed under the regular OOPSLA Program 
Committee process or are selections made by the appropriate Conference 
Committee chairs. 

To facilitate the contribution and evaluation of submissions within 
these target interest topics, Special Interest Topic chairs have been 
added to the OOPSLA Program Committee. 

The Advance Program and Final Program will clearly identify the Special 
Interest Topics tracks to help attendees make scheduling decisions.

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EXHIBITS

Running concurrently with the technical program will be an exposition of 
object technology products and services. In addition to continuous 
exposure in their booths in the Exhibition Hall, exhibitors have the 
opportunity to make scheduled presentations as part of the Vendor Forum, 
an integral part of the OOPSLA '93 program. Press conference and press 
room facilities are provided to enhance exhibitor interaction with press 
attending the conference. OOPSLA '93 will again host a Bookseller's 
Alley for publishers. 

Potential exhibitors should contact the Exhibits Chair at the earliest 
convenience to ensure their inclusion in the OOPSLA '93 Exhibits. 

      Mike Taylor
      Digitalk 
      7585 SW Mohawk Street
      Tualatin, OR 97062
        Phone: +1-503-691-0800
        Fax:  +1-503-242-0729
        Email: mike@digitalk.com

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STUDENT VOLUNTEERS

The top people in object-oriented technologies and software development 
meet at, speak at and run the OOPSLA '93 conference. The student 
volunteers program is an opportunity for students to associate with 
these world experts. In trade for about ten hours of their time, 
students will receive a complimentary registration and other bonus 
benefits. In the past, job assignments have included checking badges at 
doors, helping with traffic flow management, assisting with tutorials 
and panels, and general go-for assistance to keep the conference running 
smoothly.

Interested graduate and undergraduates should contact the Student 
Volunteers Chair no later than 1 August 1993. E-mail is greatly 
preferred for all correspondence.

      John Shilling
      OOPSLA '93 Student Volunteers Chair
      College of Computing
      Georgia Institute of Technology
      Atlanta, GA  30332-0280
        Phone: +1-404-894-7512 
        Fax: +1-404-853-9378
        Email: shilling@cc.gatech.edu

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INTERNET E-MAIL OOPSLA '93 HOTLINE

Anyone with access to Internet electronic mail may request additional 
information on OOPSLA '93 by sending a message to:

      OOPSLA-93-INFO@URSAMAJOR.UVIC.CA

You will receive, by return E-mail, the latest information about OOPSLA 
'93. Such information will include, but not be limited to, the text of 
the Call for Participation, guidelines for submissions and 
participation, and an abbreviated Advance Program as such information 
becomes available. To accommodate Internet gateways which do not support 
transmission of file attachments, all supplied information will be in 
the body of the return message.

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REGISTRATION/CONFERENCE INFORMATION

An advance program containing tutorial information, registration forms, 
housing forms and preliminary technical program information will be 
mailed in June 1993.

If you are a member of one of the following groups, you are already on 
the mailing list and will automatically receive the advance program:

   *  you attended OOPSLA '91 and/or OOPSLA '92
   *  you are a member of ACM/SIGPLAN

   Otherwise, please contact:

      OOPSLA '93
      c/o Knowledge Systems Corporation
      114 MacKenan Drive, Suite 100
      Cary, NC 27511-6446
      U.S.A.

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OOPSLA '93

Direct all correspondence to the appropriate committee members. General 
correspondence on OOPSLA '93 may be sent to:

   Jim Salmons and Timlynn Babitsky
   OOPSLA '93 Conference Chairs
   Knowledge Systems Corporation
   114 MacKenan Drive, Suite 100
   Cary, NC 27511-6446
     Phone: +1-919-481-4000
     Fax: +1-919-460-9044
     Email: oopsla93@cs.clemson.edu

Operations questions should be directed to: 

   Kent Beck
   OOPSLA '93 Operations Chair
   First Class Software
   14525 Big Basin Highway
   P.O. Box 226
   Boulder Creek, CA  95006-0226
     Phone: +1-408-338-4649 
     Fax:  +1-408-338-3666 
     Email: 70761.1216@compuserve.com



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Date:    Thu, 31 Dec 92 22:57:20 GMT
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Subject:  E-S3

The following sample issue of our electronic magazine, "E-S3",
covering selected topics about computer modeling and simulation,
is sent to you with the compliments of the publisher of the
technical journal SIMULATION, the Society for Computer
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              based on the November 1992 issue of
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CO2: A Balancing of Accounts
 
The following is an edited and condensed version of an article
which appeared in Options, published by the International
Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), located in
Laxenburg, Austria.
 
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Who is responsible for the buildup of atmospheric CO2 that has
sparked fears of global warming?  And if people can agree on the
need to reduce carbon emissions, what would be a fair way to
allocate emission quotas?  These two questions, so vital in the
issue of global climate change, are at the heart of a study
completed recently by Yasumasa Fujii.  The study recently won for
him one of three coveted Peccei Scholarships awarded by IIASA for
outstanding work in its Young Scientists Summer Program.
 
While participating in the 1990 YSSP, Fujii developed a novel
approach to the problem of climate change and international
burden-sharing.  The result is a working paper that offers fresh
insights into the question of historic contributions to the CO2
buildup, and the problem of how to allocate future emissions
fairly.  The scheme is founded on a principle of rigorous equity: 
all people born from the onset of the Industrial Revolution to
the year 2100 would have an equal carbon emission quota,
regardless of where or when they lived.  Fujii adopted this
principle in part to address the concerns of developing nations,
which point out that they have enjoyed few of the fruits of
industrialization -- the main cause of the CO2 buildup -- yet
they are now being asked to share the burden of carbon cutbacks. 
 
Under Fujii's scheme, present and future generations of Africans,
Asians, and Latin Americans would inherit the unspent carbon
quotas of their 19th- and 20th-century forerunners.  But his
calculations indicate that this inheritance may be of little
benefit to poorer nations, given trends in population growth. 
Fujii concluded that continued high population growth in the
developing world would quickly overwhelm any emission credits
from past generations, leaving developing regions in the 21st
century with per capita quotas not significantly greater than for
most of the developed world.
 
His study, like other energy-related work underway at IIASA,
reflects mounting concern about the consequences of changes in
the atmosphere.  Devastation of forests and crops, flooding of
islands and sea coasts, great storms and great droughts -- these
are some of the predicted upshots of climate change brought on by
manmade changes in the atmosphere.  Skeptics point out that all
projections of climate change, let alone its consequences, will
remain suspect until science better understands the complex
systems that regulate climate.
 
However, some scientists contend that waiting for that
understanding entails a colossal gamble.  In 1986 the World
Meteorological Organization concluded: "We are conducting one
giant experiment on a global scale by increasing the
concentration of trace gases in the atmosphere without knowing
the consequences."
 
The main greenhouse gases put into the atmosphere by human
activity are carbon dioxide (CO2), methane, chlorofluorocarbons,
nitrous oxide, and ozone.  CO2 is the biggest problem, accounting
for about half the addition to natural global warming potential. 
And the biggest source of increased CO2, as well as nitrous
oxide, is the burning of fossil fuels for energy.  The 1990
report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change estimated
that energy use accounts for 46% of mankind's yearly greenhouse-
gas emissions, and predicted that the figure will rise to 65%. 
 
Clearly, control of global warming will depend on control of
energy use.  The most obvious form of control - burning fewer
fossil fuels - would yield great benefits in areas unrelated to
global warming, notably in the control of pollution.
 
Part of the solution lies in greater energy efficiency.  Another
part lies in a shift to energy sources that emit fewer greenhouse
gases.  But projections at IIASA and elsewhere indicate that even
if these measures and others are vigorously pursued, the buildup
of greenhouse gases will continue.
 
The driving factor will be population.  Various projections
indicate that high growth rates in the developing world,
especially Africa, will cause the world's population to double or
even triple within 50 years.  Leaders of many poor countries
insist that economic and social development take priority over
other issues, which in practice may mean a growing consumption of
energy.
 
The question then is not whether atmospheric greenhouse gases
will increase, but how quickly and by how much.  In light of
this, international agreements to limit carbon emissions could
be vitally important.
 
Fujii has developed a simplified mathematical model of
atmospheric concentration.  The resulting calculations lend
support to the complaints of developing nations that current
levels of carbon emissions do not reflect historic responsibility
for the CO2 problem.  For most of the past two centuries
Europeans and North Americans have consumed vast quantities of
fossil fuels.  By contrast the peoples of most developing
countries consumed insignificant amounts.  Recent statistics,
however, show a dramatic rise in fossil fuel consumption in some
industrializing regions, notably in countries such as China that
have turned to coal as a source of cheap and available power.
 
Thus Western Europe currently accounts for about 16% of the
carbon added annually to the atmosphere by the burning of fossil
fuels, but Fujii's calculations suggest that it is responsible
for 26% of the rise in atmospheric CO2 levels since 1800.  By
contrast, Asia (including China, a major coal user) currently
accounts for 19% of annual emissions, but is responsible for only
9% of the historic buildup.
 
His calculations of per capita emissions show an even greater
regional imbalance.  Since 1800 North Americans have been by far
the greatest emitters of carbon, averaging about 3.7 tons per
person per year.  Western Europeans have been the third largest
contributors, averaging about 1.2 tons per person per year. 
Current consumption in North America is about 5.3 tons per person
per year; in Western Europe 2.3 tons.
 
Fujii's calculations also underscore the fact that
industrialization came late to the USSR and Eastern Europe.  In
1990 the USSR emitted 3.3 tons of carbon per person per year,
making its peoples the second-highest emitters of carbon after
North Americans.  But since 1800 the peoples of the USSR and its
forerunners have averaged about 0.9 tons per year, or a quarter
as much as North Americans.
 
As for Asia, Africa, and Latin America, none has historical
averages above a quarter-ton per person per year.  They currently
average carbon emissions of 0.3 to 0.6 tons per person per year.
 
Fujii calculates that Asia, Africa, and Latin America would have
average quotas through the next century of 1.5 to 1.7 tons per
person per year, a negligible difference from the quotas of 1.4
to 1.7 tons calculated for Western and Eastern Europe, the former
Soviet Union, and Japan.  The exception was North America, where
the quota calculations reflect generations of high energy use. 
Future North Americans could redress the region's carbon account
balance only by cutting average emissions to 0.5 tons per person
per year, about a tenth of the current rate in the region. 
 
The comparison is equally stark when calculated as a yearly rate
of change from current emission levels.  North Americans would
have to cut per capita emissions between now and 2100 by 7.4%
each year.  By comparison the annual cuts required for other
industrialized regions would be significantly smaller; for the
former Soviet Union, 1.5% per year; Eastern and Western Europe,
1.0%; Japan, less than 0.5%.  Africa, Asia, and Latin America
would be able to triple and quadruple their current per capita
emissions to levels comparable to averages in the industrialized
world outside North America.
 
Fujii readily acknowledges weaknesses in his methodology.  His
carbon cycle model is based on relatively simple mathematics, but
as his study notes, "The real carbon cycle must have non-linear
characteristics and be desperately complicated."  His
calculations of quotas are based only on emissions from fossil
fuel consumption, neglecting emissions from biotic sources.  They
also neglect potential efforts to mitigate carbon buildup,
including reforestation or CO2 abatement technologies.  And his
rigid criteria of equity overlook complex and deep-rooted
linkages among energy use, geography, and social history.
 
In summary, Fujii's study underscores some important points. 
(1) North Americans bear the largest historical responsibility
for the present carbon problem.  (2) Some regions currently
emitting high amounts of carbon per capita, notably the former
USSR, Eastern Europe, and Asia, have contributed relatively little
historically to the problem.  (3) Historic rebalancing of carbon
emissions would require only modest annual per capita cuts in
emissions by most industrialized regions, but radical cuts by
North America.  (4) Expected high rates of population growth in
developing regions would quickly overwhelm any emission credits
inherited from past generations, leaving them with CO2
allocations no greater than in most developed regions.
 
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Date:    Tue, 5 Jan 93 10:10:13 GMT
From: mcleod@Sdsc.Edu
Subject: December '92 Calendar


              SIMULATION-RELATED CALENDAR OF EVENTS
                       A component of E-S3
                John and Suzette McLeod, Editors
                   E-mail "mcleod@sdsc.bitnet"
 
           Based on the December 1992 issue of SIMULATION
                    the technical journal of the
                  Society for Computer Simulation
                               
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NOTE:  An updated calendar will be sent to you every month or so, 
in which past events will be deleted, and new events added.  
Thus, there will be a good bit of repetition of listed events 
that have not yet taken place.  But don't let that make you think 
that an updated calendar is one you have seen before.  Better 
check; something of interest might have been added!  John
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January 1993
 
17-20     1993 Western MultiConference on Computer Simulation, Hyatt
Regency La Jolla, San Diego, California.  Sponsored by The Society for
Computer Simulation, co-sponsored by ACM, IEEE, Computer Society,
and IFIP.
 
    Constituent Conferences:
 
    Conference on Simulation in the Health Sciences and Services.
    Contact: James G. Anderson, Purdue University, Dept. of Sociology
    and Anthropology, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907. Phone: (317) 494-
    4703; FAX: (317) 929-2150; E-mail: SWY@PURCCVM.Bitnet
 
    International Workshop on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of
    Computer and Telecommunication Systems (MASCOTS '93). Contact:  Herb
    Schwetman, MCC, 3500 West Balcones Center Drive, Austin, Texas
    78681. Phone: (512) 338-3428; FAX: (512) 338-3885; E-mail:
    hds@mcc.com
    
    Object-Oriented Simulation Conference (OOS '93). Contact: Terrence
    G. Beaumariage, Dept. of Ind. and Mgmt. Systems Engineering, ECG
    303, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287-5906. Phone:
    (602) 965-3193; FAX: (602) 965-8692; E-mail: attgb@asuacad.bitnet
    
    Simulation Applications in Business Management and MIS. Contact: Dr.
    Robert S. Roberts, New Mexico State University, College of Business
    Administration, Box 30001, Dept. 3DH, Las Cruces, NM 88003-0001.
    Phone: (505) 646-4903; FAX: (505) 646-6155; email: RROBERTS@NMSU.EDU
    
    International Conference on Bond Graph Modeling and Simulation
    (ICBGM '93). Contact: Jose J. Granda, Dept. of Mechanical
    Engineering, California State University, Sacramento,, CA 95819.
    Phone: (916) 278-5711; FAX: (916) 278-5949; email:
    GrandaJJ@ECS.CSUS.Edu
 
    (ICSEE '93). Contact: Hamid Vakilzadian, Dept. of Electrical
    Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln,, NE 68588-0511. Phone:
    (402) 472-1977; FAX: (402) 472-4732; E-mail: eerdvak@engvms.unl.edu
 
February 1993
 
11	Western Simulation Council Quarterly Meeting  Sponsored by the
Western Simulation Council of the Society for Computer Simulation. USC
Faculty Center, Los Angeles, CA.  Contact: Behrokh Khoshnevis, Dept. of
Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Southern California,
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0193. Phone: (213) 740-4889 or FAX: (213) 749-3289
 
15-17    12th IASTED International Conference, Modelling Identification
and Control. Sponsors: The International Association of Sciences and
Technology for Development Q IASTED, Technical Committee on Modelling
and Simulation, Technical Committee on Control. Location: The Convention
Centre, Rennweg 3, A-6021 Innsbruck, Austria. Telephone: 05.12.59.36.0,
Telex: 05.33138, or FAX: 05.12.59.36.7.
 
March 1993
 
29 - 4/1  The 1993 Simulation MultiConference, together with the
Annual International Simulators Conference, will be sponsored by
the Society for Computer Simulation and held at the Key Bridge
Marriott, Arlington, Virginia.  For general information: Society
for Computer Simulation, P.O. Box 17900, San Diego, CA 92177-
7900.  Phone (619) 277-3888, FAX (619) 277-3930, E-mail
stockton@sdsc.edu
 
CONSTITUENT CONFERENCES
 
    10th Annual International Simulators Conference: High
    Performance Computing - Grand Challenges in Computer
    Simulation.  Contact: Dr. Adrian Tentner, Argonne National
    Laboratory, 9700 S. Cass Avenue, Argonne, IL 60439. e-mail:
    tentner@pepper.ra.anl.gov 
 
    2nd Annual Conference on Military and Government Simulation. 
    Contact: Michael J. Chinni, 12 Windbeam Road, Riverdale, NJ
    07457.  Phone: (201) 839-0845 (after 6:00 p.m., EST). 
 
    International Emergency Management and Engineering Conference. 
    Contact: Jim Sullivan, Optimal Systems, Inc., 2995 LBJ
    Freeway, Suite 200, Dallas, TX 75234. Phone: (214) 888-
    8804; FAX: (214) 270-3014.
 
    26th Annual Simulation Symposium.  Contact: John A.
    Miller, Department of Computer Science, 415 Graduate Studies
    Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602.
    Phone: (706)/(404) 542-3440, jam@pollux.cs.uga.edu 
 
    Visualization, Validation, and Verification of Computer
    Simulations.  Contact: Dr. Adrian Tentner, Argonne National
    Laboratory, 9700 S. Cass Avenue, Argonne, IL 60439. e-mail:
    tentner@pepper.ra.anl.gov 
 
    Flight and Aerospace Simulation.  Contact: Dr. Kuo-Chi Lin,
    University of Central Florida, Institute for Simulation and
    Training,   12424 Research Parkway, Suite 300, Orlando,
    Florida. Phone: (407) 658-5029; FAX: (407) 658-5059;        
    e-mail:klin@ucf1vm.cc.ucf.edu 
 
May 1993
 
4-6       Workshop on Concurrent Engineering. Wembley, United Kingdom.
Sponsored by The Society for Computer Simulation. Contact: Philippe
Geril, University of Ghent, Coupure Links 653, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium.
Tel/FAX: 0032.91.234941
 
 
22-24    Third Symposium on Predictive Technology. Orlando, FL,
Sponsored by the American Defense Preparedness Association.
Contact: Cheryl Doughan/Frank Gagliardi, U. S. Army Armament
Research and Development Center, Building No. 92,
Picatinny Arsenal, NJ 07806-5000. Phone: (201) 724-2830;
FAX: (201) 724-3718.    
 
June 1993
 
7-9         European Simulation Multiconference. Lyon, France. Sponsored
by The Society for Computer Simulation International. For further
information contact: Philippe Geril, SCSI, University of Ghent, Coupure
Links 653, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium. Tel/FAX: 0032.91.234941
 
27-30    NECC '93. Orlando, Florida. Sponsored by the National
Educational Computing Conference. For further information contact: Donna
J. Baumbach, Conference Chair, University of Central Florida, Dept. of
Educational Services, Orlando, FL 32816-1250. Phone: (407) 823-3275;
FAX: (407) 823-3276; bitnet: BAUMBACH@UCF1VM
 
29-7/1    AIENG '93. 8th International Conference on Artificial
Intelligence in Engineering. Toulouse, France. Sponsored by
Computational Mechanics, Inc. Contact Ms. Sue Owen, Wessex Institute of
Technology, Ashurst Lodge, Ashurst, Southampton SO4 2AA, United
Kingdom. Phone: 44 (0) 703-293223; Fax: 44 (0) 703-292853; E-mail:
CMI@uk.ac.rl.ib
 
July 1993
 
19-21   1993 Summer Computer Simulation Conference. Boston,
Massachusetts. Sponsored by The Society for Computer Simulation. Contact
Dr. Joel M. Schoen, SCSC '93 Committee, The MITRE Corporation, 202
Burlington Road, Bedford, MA 01730-1420. Phone: (617) 271-2230; FAX:
(617) 271-5173; e-mail: jms@mitre.org
 
27-31    International Simulation and Gaming Association 24th Annual
International Conference. Roumanian Management Institute, Bucuresti. For
further information contact: Eduard Radaceanu, ISAGA '93, Institul Roman
de Management, Soseaua Odai, Nr. 20, Cod: 71601, Bucuresti-Otopeni,
Roumania. Telephone: 33-39-22/33-09-79/33-52-50. FAX: 33-49-02. Telex:
11939 CBTx-R.
 
October 1993
 
25-28    European Simulation Symposium.  Delft, The Netherlands.
Sponsored by The Society for Computer Simulation International. 
Contact: Eugene Kerckhoffs, Delft University of Technology, Knowledge-
Based System Group, P.O. Box 350, 2800, A.J. Delft, The Netherlands,
Tel. +31 15 781315, FAX:  +31 15 787141, email:
eugene@dutisa.twi.tudelft.nl	
 
26-30     ISMTII '93. International Symposium on Measurement Technology
and Intelligent Instruments. Yangtze River Cruise. Topics include: smart
instrumentation, automatic measurement, signal processing, artificial
intelligence, pattern recognition, transducers, robotics and machine
vision. Contact Dr. Shawn Buckley, CongiSense, 911 Bern Court, Suite
130, San Jose, CA 95112. Phone: (408) 453-7190; Fax: (408) 441-8573.
 
November 1993
 
7-10      SimTec 93: International Simulation Technology Conference
1993. San Francisco Airport Marriott, near NASA/Ames. Emerging
Technologies, simulation tools and applications, Aerospace, power
systems, Visualization and Multi Media, Virtual Reality, Circuit
Simulation, VLSI, Controls, Pattern Recognition, Chaos, Fractals,
Simulation Laboratories. Paper Competition - Academic, Industry and
Government. Sponsored by SCS, Co-sponsored by NASA/Ames, NASA/JSC and
NASA/Goddard in cooperation with SPIE. Contact: Mary Lou Padgett, Auburn
University, 1165 Owens Rd., Auburn, AL 36830.                          
Phone: (205) 821-2472/3488.  Fax: (205) 844-1809.  Email:
mpadgett@eng.auburn.edu.
 
7-10     WNN93/FNN93: Workshops and Conferences on Artificial Neural
Networks, Fuzzy Logic, Genetic Algorithms and Biological Models.  Held
in conjunction with SimTec 93.  San Francisco Airport Marriott, near
NASA/Ames.  Sponsored by SCS, co-sponsored by NASA/Ames. NASA/JSC and
NASA Goddard in cooperation with SPIE. Contact:  Mary Lou Padgett,
Auburn University, 1165 Owens Rd., Auburn, AL 36830.  Phone: (205) 821-
2472/3488.  Fax: (205) 844-1809.  Email: mpadgett@eng.auburn.edu.
 
December 1993
 
6-10        International  Congress on Modelling and  Simulation.
Canberra, Australia. Held at the University of Western Australia.
Abstracts due March 8,  1993.  Contact Dr.  Tony  Jakeman,  CRES,
Australian National University,  Canberra,  ACT 2601,  Australia,
Tel. 61-6-249-4742. FAX: 249-0757; email: tony@cres.anu.edu.au.



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