SIGAda 2008 Final Program

SIGAda 2008 Final Program SIGAda 2008
Summary Conference Schedule

Sunday, October 26
TUTORIAL PROGRAM
Full-Day Tutorials (9:00am - 5:30pm)
SF1	Introduction to Ada Michael B. Feldman (The George Washington University (ret.))
Morning Tutorials (9:00am - 12:30pm)
SA1	Introduction to Ada (Morning Only) Michael B. Feldman (The George Washington University (ret.))
Afternoon Tutorials (2:00 - 5:30pm)
SP1	Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) Concepts and Implementations for Ada Ricky E. Sward (The MITRE Corporation)

Monday, October 27
TUTORIAL PROGRAM
Morning Tutorials (9:00am - 12:30pm)
MA1	Ada for Real-Time and Parallel Processing John W. McCormick (University of Northern Iowa)
Afternoon Tutorials (2:00 - 5:30pm)
MP1	Languages for Safety-Critical Software: Issues and Assessment Ben Brosgol (AdaCore)
Evening Activities (7:00pm - 11:00pm)

7:00 - 10:00pm

SIGAda Extended Executive Committee (EEC) Meeting
(Open to all)

Tuesday, October 28
CONFERENCE PROGRAM
9:00 - 10:30am	Greetings from SIGAda and Conference Officers Keynote Address: From Strawman to Ada 2005: a Socio-Technical Retrospective Ben Brosgol (AdaCore)
10:30 - 11:00am	Morning Break - Exhibits Open
11:00am - 12:30pm	Dynamic Analysis of Ada Programs for Comprehension and Quality Measurement Elaheh Safari-Sharifabadi (Concordia University) and* Constantinos Constantinides (Concordia University)* re-ADA: Reliable Ada-based Descriptive Architecture for C4ISR via a Quantitative Interoperating Model Sheldon X. Liang (Azusa Pacific University), Lyle A. Reibling (Azusa Pacific University), and* John Betts (Azusa Pacific University)* Sponsor Presentation: AdaCore Ben Brosgol (AdaCore)
12:30 - 2:00pm	Mid-day Break and Exhibits
2:00 - 3:30 pm	A Buffer Stream Container Class Hierarchy Using Ada 2005 Brad Moore Real-Time Synchronization on Distributed Architecture with Ada 2005 Jim Ras (University of Houston) and* Albert M.K. Cheng (University of Houston)* Sponsor Presentation: Ellidiss Software Tony Elliston (Ellidiss (TNI Europe))
3:30 - 4:00pm	Afternoon Break & Exhibits
4:00 - 5:00pm	A Multi-Language Service-Oriented Architecture Using an Enterprise Service Bus Ricky E. Sward (The MITRE Corporation) and* Kelly J. Whitacre (The MITRE Corporation)* Ada and Softare Engineering Education: One Professor's Experiences John W. McCormick (University of Northern Iowa)
5:00 - 7:00pm	Break
7:00 - 10:00pm	Conference Reception

Wednesday, October 29
CONFERENCE PROGRAM
9:00 - 10:30am	Announcements Keynote Address: 30 Years after Steelman, Does DoD Still Have a Software Crisis? Joyce Tokar (Pyrrhus Software, Inc.)
10:30 - 11:00am	Morning Break and Exhibits
11:00am - 12:30pm	Implementing the Extended Return Statement for Ada 2005 Tucker Taft (SofCheck, Inc.) Removing Backward Go-To Statements from Ada Programs W. Douglas Maurer (The George Washington University)
12:30 - 2:00pm	Mid-day Break and Exhibits
2:00 - 3:40pm	Distributed Status Monitoring and Control using Remote Buffers and Ada 2005 Brad Moore Anima: A Language for Real-Time Embedded Software Development Steven Doran A Distributed Multi-Language Architecture for Large Unmanned Ground Vehicles Cynthia Cicalese (The MITRE Corporation), Richard Weatherly (The MITRE Corporation), Joel Sherrill (The MITRE Corporation), Robert Bolling (The MITRE Corporation), Kevin Forbes (The MITRE Corporation), Robert Grabowski (The MITRE Corporation), Kevin Ring (The MITRE Corporation), and David Seidel (The MITRE Corporation)
3:40 - 4:00pm	Afternoon Break
4:00 - 5:30pm	GNAT BoF: Where Would You Like To See GNAT Go? Greg Gicca (AdaCore)
5:30 - 7:00pm	Evening Break
7:00-10:00pm	Birds-of-a-Feather (BoF) Sessions

Thursday, October 30
CONFERENCE PROGRAM
9:00 - 10:30am	Announcements Ada-Europe'2009 Conference Announcement Erhard Ploedereder SIGAda 2009 Conference Announcement Greg Gicca SIGAda Awards John W. McCormick Keynote Address: The Ada Paradox(es) Jean-Pierre Rosen (Adalog, France)
10:30am	Closing Comments & Conference Adjournment