Furthermore, there has been some exciting changes and additions to the agenda shown below.
The Ada RunTime Environment Working Group (ARTEWG) of the Special Interest Group on Ada (SIGAda) of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) will hold a Workshop to discuss the needs for distributed systems software technology for high-tech applications and how the distributed systems features of Ada 95 can respond to these needs. The workshop will be held on 21-23 April 1995 at the Radisson Hotel in Santa Barbara CA. The following application domains will be represented:
FAA: Mike Glasgow, Loral Federal Systems
Medical Information Systems: Robert Leif, Ada_Med
Manufacturing and Process Control: Jay Bayne, Elsag Bailey
Commercial and Military Avionics: Keith Pratt, Boeing ; Capt. Jules Bartow,
JAST
Radar and Tracking: TBD
C4I: John Woodruff, National Ignition Facility
Telecommunications: TBD
Simulation and Interactive Training: Dr. Pete Rizik, SAIC
NASA: TBD
In addition, Tucker Taft, Chief Language Designer of Ada 95, will present an overview of Ada95 and its distributed systems features, Bill Beckwith of OIS will describe CORBA, and Dick Volz will describe (and demonstrate, if we can get the equipment) the Ada95 Distributed Systems Annex implementation for GNAT.
The tentative agenda for the Workshop is:
21 April 1995
1200-1300 Lunch for invited experts
1330-1600 Introduction and overview of the Workshop; an overview of
distribution facilities in Ada95 by Tucker Taft
1600-1630 Break
1630-1830 Presentations by invited experts
22 April 1995
0830-1030 Presentations by invited experts 1030-1100 Break 1100-1200 Presentations by invited experts 1200-1530 Lunch and midday break 1530-1700 Presentations by invited experts 1700-1730 Break 1730-1900 Presentations by invited experts23 April 1995
0900-1030 Presentations by invited experts 1030-1100 Break 1100-1230 Presentations by invited experts 1230-1330 Lunch 1330-1430 Panel SessionThe results of the Workshop will be summarized and published in AdaLetters, the bi-monthly journal of SIGAda and a copy will be sent to all the attendees. Additionally the summary will be presented to the Joint Workshop Distributed Real-Time Systems on 24-26 April. In addition, the results of this Workshop should set an agenda for future exploration and cooperation.
Ada practitioners and implementors from industry, vendor and academic community are invited to attend. Attendance is limited to 40 people. Guest reservations are $89 for single/double per night (an extra person is $20 extra per night). Cost of the workshop will be approximately $100 per person to be collected at the meeting.
If you are interested in attending please contact Mike Kamrad (612.921.6908 or kamrad@cdev.com) by 20 March 1995. Then please contact the Radisson hotel (1.805.963.0744 Fax 1.805.962.0985) By 12 April 1995 for hotel reservations at the discount rate and be sure to state that you are with the ACM group.
Previous workshops by ARTEWG on real-time scheduling and safety software were very engaging and produced enlightening results. This promises to do the same. I look forward to your participation.
Mike Kamrad, ARTEWG Chair
Mike Kamrad