Martin Barghoorn
2000-Jan-13 10:19 UTC
[R] The Array Programming Languages Conference APL-Berlin-2000
Hello! The Array Programming Languages Conference will be from 24th - 27th July 2000 Please look at: http://stat.cs.tu-berlin.de/APL-Berlin-2000/ Chairman's Address APL Berlin 2000 will take place in a city which is worth a visit even without array processing languages. There is a fortunate coincidence: Much activity in scientific and commercial institutions is based on such languages. Considering this and the ongoing construction of arrays for living, working and governing the "Berlin Republic" gave rise to the theme of the conference. I would like to invite you to contribute to the success of the event by participating, submitting papers or short communications, offering tutorials and workshops, presenting posters or organising birds-of-a-feather sessions. I am looking forward to seeing you, listening to your presentations or viewing your exhibitions. We are calling for your contributions! - Dieter Lattermann - Topics This conference seeks contributions which highlight the value and importance of array processing languages in finding solutions to problems and in creating new strategies for programming. How do array processing languages facilitate rapid development, prototyping and toolbox creation? Programming is a constantly evolving discipline. New and challenging applications require more realistic simulations, stochastic methods, massive data manipulation, and distributed computing. What is the role played by array processing languages in these areas? Computers are getting faster and faster, allowing larger and more sophisticated problems to be solved within a reasonable period of time. This opens the door to new applications of computers, in turn requiring even more data to be managed and controlled. Are the concepts of today's array processing languages able to meet these challenges? Many programming languages and symbolic interpreters, including APL, R, S-Plus, Fortran 95, HPF, J, MATLAB, MAPLE, NIAL, SAC are becoming stronger array processing languages. What features do these languages have in common? How do they differ? Are they converging in terms of primitives, parallelism, functionality, data and control flow, interfaces to hardware and software, and in communication inside one computer and to the outer world? The success of a language depends not only on its quality, but on the development environment - profilers and debuggers - and on its toolboxes and libraries. These permit people to attack a problem quickly and successfully. Topics of interest include, but are not restricted to: State of the art of array processing languages: Actual situation Forthcoming features Future expectations Array processing languages in computer sciences: Object-oriented programming Meta level programming Parallelism and Concurrency Interfaces and Communication Artificial Intelligence APLs and the World Wide Web Challenging applications solved with array processing languages: Finance and insurance Simulation of scientific, technical, economical and social phenomena Control of processes and plants Knowledge acquisition Toolboxes for all varieties of applications: Data representation, graphics Graphical User Interfaces Neural networks, fuzzy logic Array processing languages in education: Teaching APLs Teaching with APLs APLs in school Student projects Theory and practice in array processing language design and implementation: Optimization of APL programs Language design in APLs APLs and irregular data structures Shortcomings of today's APLs Types of Contributions Paper: 45 Min Presentation (+ 15 min discussion) Short communication: 20 min presentation (+ 10 min discussion) Tutorial: 90 min interactive session, several sessions may be booked Workshop: 2 h computer-equipped introduction into a tool box or a new technique, several connected or separate sessions may be booked. Poster: presentation of achievements, ideas and topics to be discussed Birds-of-a-feather Submission Abstracts are welcome now and should be submitted as plain ASCII files. Drafts and final versions should be submitted as LaTeX2e or MS Word files. Templates and Style files will be available here. Addresses for submission All contributions are preferred to be received by e-mail. Alternatively they may be sent by fax or standard mail. E-mail: Dieter Kilsch: kilsch at fh-bingen.de Robert Bernecky: bernecky at acm.org Dieter Lattermann: Dieter_Lattermann at compuserve.com Fax: Dieter Kilsch: +49 6721 409 104 (from February 1, 2000) Mail addresses: Dieter Kilsch Rauschbergstra?e 1 81825 M?nchen Germany (up to January 31, 2000) Dieter Kilsch FH Bingen Berlinstra?e 109 55411 Bingen Germany (from February 1, 2000) Robert Bernecky Snake Island Research Inc 18 Fifth Street, Ward's Island Toronto, Ontario M5J 2B9 Canada Dieter Lattermann Rheinstr. 23 69190 Walldorf Germany Proceedings Papers, short communications, tutorials and workshops will be published in the Conference Proceedings which will be available at the conference. Deadlines Papers January 31, 2000 1 page abstract indicating the category of contribution February 29, 2000 First acceptance April 30, 2000 Draft May 20, 2000 Acceptance notification June 15, 2000 Final version Regards Martin B. *********************************************************************** * Martin BARGHOORN, Computer Science, Technical University of Berlin * * Sekr. FR 6-9, Franklinstr. 28, D-10587 Berlin, Germany * * Mail: barg at cs.tu-berlin.de , Web: http://stat.cs.tu-berlin.de/~barg/* * Telephon(TUB): 030 314 24 392/73571, Faksimile(TUB): 030 314 25 901 * *********************************************************************** -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-help mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-help-request at stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._