Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!murtoa.cs.mu.oz.au!goanna!chudich!yabbie!gecko!rcojh From: rcojh@gecko.co.rmit.oz (John Hulskamp) Newsgroups: aus.parallel,aus.general,melb.seminars,comp.sys.transputer Subject: AUSTRALIAN TRANSPUTER AND OCCAM USER GROUP CONFERENCE Keywords: Transputers, OCCAM Message-ID: <317@gecko.co.rmit.oz> Date: 23 Jun 89 04:22:38 GMT Followup-To: poster Organization: RMIT Comm & Elec Eng, Melbourne, Australia. Lines: 290 FINAL PROGRAMME REGISTRATION DETAILS BELOW AUSTRALIAN TRANSPUTER AND OCCAM USER GROUP CONFERENCE & EXHIBITION 6 & 7 JULY 1989 GLASSHOUSE THEATRE ROYAL MELBOURNE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 124 La Trobe Street MELBOURNE 3000 AUSTRALIA THURSDAY 6 JULY 1989 0900 0945 Registration 0945 1030 Welcome KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Mr Peter Cavill Technical Director INMOS (Bristol, U.K.). 1030 1100 Morning Tea: INSTITUTE FUNCTION ROOM 1100 1230 SESSION 1 General Applications (1) David Suter Department of Computer Science La Trobe University BUNDOORA 3083 TRANSPUTER BASED STEREO VISION SYSTEM Wayne J. Cosshall Department of Computer Science Swinburne Institute of Technology P.O. Box 218 HAWTHORN 3122 A TRANSPUTER-BASED MULTI-PROCESSOR FOR COMPUTER GRAPHICS Mark A. Gregory & John P. Hulskamp Department of Communication and Electrical Engineering Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology G.P.O. Box 2476V MELBOURNE 3001 SIMULATION OF FAST WAVEFORM VECTOR QUANTISATION USING A DYNAMIC CODEBOOK ENCODER Olivier Y. de Vel & Peter Thomas Department of Computer Science University of Waikato Private Bag HAMILTON, NEW ZEALAND MULTI-TRANSPUTER SYSTEM FOR SPEECH SPECTROGRAM PROCESSING 1230 1400 LUNCH: FOBS Bistro, Level 4, UNION Building 1400 1530 SESSION 2 Software Issues (1) N.Hong Cheng, John P. Hulskamp & Lindsay N. Jackson Department of Communication and Electrical Engineering Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology G.P.O. Box 2476V MELBOURNE 3001 A FORMAL APPROACH TO TRANSPUTER SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT Perry J. Busalacchi Computer Science Department University of Minnesota 4/192 EE/CS Building 200 Union Street S.E. MINNEAPLOIS MN 55455, U.S.A. LINDA ON A TRANSPUTER-BASED PERSONAL COMPUTER Dr Arek J. Dadej Principal Engineer Merino Wool Harvesting Pty Ltd Innovation House Technology Park POORAKA 5095 THE SDL LANGUAGE AS A DESIGN TOOL FOR AN OCCAM REAL TIME SOFTWARE Erik Dirkx Research Assistant for the Belgian National Fund for Scientific Research Vrije Universiteit Brussel-Department INFO Pleinlaan 2 B-1050 BRUSSEL, BELGIUM IMISSED-T: INTERACTIVE MICROPROCESSOR INSTRUCTION SET SIMULATION ENVIRONMENT WITH GRAPHICAL DISPLAY FOR TRANSPUTER 1530 1600 Afternoon Tea: INSTITUTE FUNCTION ROOM 1600 1700 SESSION 3 General Applications (2) Hong Shen Department of Computer Science bo Akademi University Lemmink isenkatu 14 SF-20520 TURKU, FINLAND MAPPING PARALLEL PROGRAMS ONTO TRANSPUTER NETWORKS Zoran Aleksic & Terry Bossomaier Centre for Visual Sciences Computer Sciences Laboratories Australian National University G.P.O. Box 4 CANBERRA 2600 AN EFFICIENT IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MULTI-LAYER PERCEPTRON ON TRANSPUTER NETWORKS Terry Bossomaier Computer Sciences Laboratories Australian National University G.P.O. Box 4 CANBERRA 2600 A RAY-TRACING BENCHMARK FOR DIFFERING TRANSPUTER SOFTWARE ENVIRONMENTS 1900 2330 CONFERENCE DINNER ASTI'S RESTAURANT (Function Room, first floor) 680 Swanston Street, (Corner Grattan Street) CARLTON 3051 FRIDAY 7 JULY 1989 0900 0945 SESSION 4 Control Applications (1) Dr Fazel Naghdy & P. Strickland Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Wollongong P.O. Box 1144 WOLLONGONG 2500 School of Systems Engineering Portsmouth Polytechnic Anglesea Building Anglesea Road PORTSMOUTH PO1 3DJ , UNITED KINGDOM PARALLEL CONTROL OF ADVANCED PRODUCTION MACHINES BASED ON TRANSPUTER/OCCAM Graham Burnett, Peter Broughton , Rodney Bateman Aeronautical Research Laboratories G.P.O. Box 4331 MELBOURNE 3001 Department of Communication and Electrical Engineering Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology G.P.O. Box 2476V MELBOURNE 3001 AN APPLICATION OF TRANSPUTERS TO MULTI-CHANNEL REAL-TIME DISTRIBUTED CONTROL SYSTEMS USED IN AIRCRAFT STRUCTURAL TESTING 0945 1030 SESSION 5 Commercial Perspectives 1030 1100 Morning Tea: INSTITUTE FUNCTION ROOM 1100 1230 SESSION 6 Software Issues (2) Mark Phillips & Nigel Pearson School of Computer Science University of Technology, Sydney BROADWAY 2007 WHY DESIGN A NEW LANGUAGE ? Dr Ian Gorton Department of Computer Science University of Wollongong P.O. Box 1144 WOLLONGONG 2500 EXTENDING OCCAM FOR REAL-TIME CONTROL APPLICATIONS Amod Sane S. Manivannan &S.S.S.P. RAO Indian Institute of Technology Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering POWAI, BOMBAY 400 076, INDIA AN OPERATING SYSTEM KERNEL FOR TRANSPUTERS COMPATIBLE WITH MACH David Jones & Dr Tom Hintz School of Computing Science University of Technology, Sydney BROADWAY 2007 IMPLEMENTATION OF A PARALLEL PROLOG ON TRANSPUTERS 1230 1400 LUNCH: FOBS Bistro, Level 4, UNION Building 1400 1530 SESSION 7 General Applications (3) Paul WILSON Department of Electrical and Electronic engineering Queensland University of Technology 2 Queen Street BRISBANE 4000 USING AN STD BUS MICROCONTROLLER FOR DEBUGGING TRANSPUTER NETWORKS Colin Thorne & Joaquin Sitte Gold Coast C.A.E. Private Mail Bag 50 GOLD COAST MAIL CENTRE 4217 Department of Computing Science Queensland University of Technology G.P.O. Box 2434 BRISBANE 4001 MAPPING OF SYNAPTIC INTER-NEURON COMMUNICATIONS IN NEURAL NETWORKS ONTO CHANNELS AND PHYSICAL LINKS IN A TRANSPUTER NETWORK Arthur McGuffin & Terry Bossomaier Computer Sciences Laboratory Research School of Physical Sciences Australian National University G.P.O. Box 4 CANBERRA 2600 TWO-DIMENSIONAL CONVOLUTION IMPLEMENTED USING THE OCCAM TOOLSET Jeffrey Reeve Concurrent Computation Group Electronics and Computer Science University of Southampton SOUTHHAMPTON SO9 5NH, UNITED KINGDOM SOME PARALLEL COMMUNICATION SCHEMES 1530 1600 Afternoon Tea: INSTITUTE FUNCTION ROOM 1600 1630 SESSION 8 PANEL DISCUSSION: FUTURE DIRECTIONS 1630 1700 CONFERENCE CLOSE EXHIBITION An Exhibition of Transputer-based Equipment and Publications is being held in Meeting Room C, Level 3 of the UNION BUILDING Thursday 6 July 1989, between 1030 - 1730 Friday 7 July 1989, between 0900 - 1700 Apollo Domain Pty Ltd (CRESCO DATA Transputer Software Environment) Graphics Computer Systems Pty Ltd (NICHE NT1000 Platform) Hawk Electronics Pty Ltd (Australian INMOS Distributor) Parallel Systems Research Prentice-Hall Book Publishers Unitronix Pty Ltd (PARACOM range of boards) Attendees are invited to visit these Exhibitors during the Conference ============================================================================ FOR FURTHER INFORMATION Information about the Conference and Exhibition can be obtained from Mr John Hulskamp, of the Department of Communication and Electronic Engineering, at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, G.P.O. Box 2476V, MELBOURNE 3001 AUSTRALIA, either by letter, or telephone on (03) 660-2453, (03) 660-2090, by FAX on (03) 662-1060 or by e-mail at rcojh@gecko.rmit.oz. =========================== cut here ============================ REGISTRATION FORM AUSTRALIAN TRANSPUTER AND OCCAM USER GROUP CONFERENCE & EXHIBITION 6 & 7 JULY 1989 GLASSHOUSE THEATRE ROYAL MELBOURNE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 124 La Trobe Street MELBOURNE 3000 AUSTRALIA Name:........................................................... Organisation:................................................... Address:........................................................ Telephone:( ) FAX:( ) E-mail: PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP ATTENDANCE FEE $A95.00 (Fee covers workshop notes, morning, afternoon teas and lunch) CONFERENCE ATTENDANCE FEE (If received before 22 June 1989) $A245.00 (Fee covers Conference/Exhibition, morning, afternoon tea, lunches and Conference Dinner) Late fee $A20.00 $A GUESTS FOR DINNER .............@ $A35.00 per guest $A TOTAL: $A MAKE CHEQUES or ORDERS PAYABLE TO: Centre for Advanced Technology in Telecommunications Department of Communication and Electrical Engineering Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology G.P.O. Box 2476V MELBOURNE 3001 AUSTRALIA