From: rudd@fog.cs.orst.edu (Walter G. Rudd)
Newsgroups: or.general
Subject: Oregon Advanced Computing Conference
Date: 7 Oct 92 08:23:26 GMT
Article-I.D.: fog.9210072223.AA23362





OREGON

  ADVANCED

     COMPUTING
           
         CONFERENCE

Monday, November 2, 1992
*****
Marriott Hotel
1401 S.W. Front Avenue
Portland, Oregon


                 
OREGON ADVANCED COMPUTING CONFERENCE - NOVEMBER 2, 1992

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE:

8:30-9:30	Registration (coffee & rolls)
9:30-10:30	Welcome & keynote speaker
10:30-11:00	Coffee break
11:00-12:30 	Parallel Session I
12:30-2:00	Lunch
2:00-3:30 	Parallel Session II
3:30-4:00	Beverage break
4:00-5:30 	Parallel Session III
5:30-6:30 	No-host bar
6:30-7:30	Dinner
7:30		Speaker


Keynote	Speaker: 	Scott Gibson, Co-founder and former 
			president and CEO of Sequent Computer Systems
			"The Future of Workgroup Computing and its Impact on 
			Oregon University-Industry Cooperation"                                    

Dinner Speaker:		Rick LeFaivre, Director Software Technologies Advanced 
			Technology Group Apple Computer
			"Advanced Technology Directions at Apple Computer"


SESSION  I	11:00-12:30


	Track 1				Database Systems	
	Chair: Leonard Shapiro		Portland State Univ.	
	
	Speakers will discuss parallel external sorting, performance of object 
	oriented databases, and databases in parallel architectures.


	Track 2				Software Engineering	
	Chair: Stephen Fickas		Univ. of Oregon

	Speakers will present information about work being done in object 
	oriented programming, user interfaces, software quality, reverse 
	engineering, and CASE tools.


SESSION II	2:00-3:30


	Track 1 			Parallel Computing		
	Chair: Michael Wolfe		Oregon Graduate Inst. 

	Languages, compilers and system software need to be carefully 
	designed to provide the appropriate interface to the programmer using 
	parallel computers.  Several Oregon research projects address the 
	problem of implementing the appropriate parallel computing interface 
	to the user, and will be summarized in the talks of this session.


	Track 2				Human Interface	
	Chair: Jean Scholtz		Portland State Univ.

	Speakers from industry and academia will present information about 
	work being done in speech recognition and user interface management 
	systems.  


SESSION III	4:00-5:30 


	Track 1				Scientific Computing	
	Chair: David Maier		Oregon Graduate Inst.

	Research results and issues in computer support for scientific 
	research from the perspective of both domain scientists and providers 
	of scientific computing systems will be examined in this session.  
	Planned topics include computational science, scientific information 
	management, and environments for scientific programming.


	Track 2				Artificial Intelligence	
	Chair: Bruce D'Ambrosio		Oregon State Univ.

	This session will sample ongoing research in Artificial Intelligence 
	in Oregon universities and industry.  Planned topics include 
	applications in process monitoring and control, software engineering, 
	and scheduling, as well as a survey of applications of machine learning.



REGISTRATION

$75 until October 15
$125 after October 15
Includes program, breaks, lunch & dinner


	 Amount enclosed (checks only please)

Conference rate of $92 per night available Oct. 31-Nov. 3.  Contact Marriott 
reservations at (503) 226-7600



Session Choices

Session I	[  ] Track 1	[  ] Track 2
Session II	[  ] Track 1	[  ] Track 2
Session III	[  ] Track 1	[  ] Track 2



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	Phone:	(503) 690-1220
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OACIS PROGRAMS UNITE INDUSTRY AND UNIVERSITIES                

The Oregon Advanced Computing Institute (OACIS), established in June 1988 
with $5 million in state lottery funds, has undertaken an ambitious program 
to link industry, government and universities.  Many leading companies have 
joined forces with computer scientists from OGI, OSU, PSU and U of O to 
build a "virtual" computer science department--a single organization which 
represents advanced computing interests throughout the state.  The Oregon 
Advanced Computing Conference represents the first statewide meeting of the 
virtual department.

OACIS computer scientists are working on problems that are important to 
our industry.  Industrial representatives serve on the Technical Advisory 
Board that directs OACIS programs.

OACIS programs include a matching grants program where industrial partners and 
OACIS co-fund research projects guided by computer scientists from the 
"virtual" computer science department. Over $1 million to date have been 
granted through this program.  Companies that have funded OACIS projects 
include ADAPTIVE SOLUTIONS, ADP, APPLE, BOEING, HEWLETT PACKARD, HOME ROW, 
INTEL-iWARP, INTEL-SANTA CLARA, INTEL-SSD, KASAI, KEICHO, LIGHTSHIP, NASA, 
NEC, PNL, SEQUENT, TEKTRONIX, and US WEST.  

OACIS funded six graduate fellowships for the application of advanced 
computing techniques to the solution of problems in other disciplines such 
as ecosystem modeling and oceanography.  OACIS partners also develop large 
multi-institutional grant proposals.  OACIS has supported about 60 graduate 
students and 16 faculty members in 27 projects that have involved 16 companies. 

Come find out more about Oregon's advanced computing research efforts!
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