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Fifth Annual ACM Computer Science Conand SIGCSE Symposium, January
31-February 3, Atlanta, Georgia. Contact Prof,
Vladimir Stamecka or John Goda, School of
Information and Computer Science, Georgia
Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332.
ference
FEBRUARY 1977
Distributed Data Processing, February 1-4,
New York, New York. Contact Department PR,
AIIE Seminars, P.O. Box 3727, Santa Monica,
CA 90403; (213) 450-0500.
10th One-Day Technical Symposium, February 4, (date change) Los Angeles, California.
Contact Los Angeles Chapter of ACM, P.O.
Box 90698, Los Angeles, CA 90009.
Medcomp 77, February 7-9, Berlin, Germany.
Contact Prof. J. Anderson, Dept. of Medicine,
Kings College Medical School, Denmark Hill,
London SE5 8RX; 01-274 6222.
1977 Winter Convention on Aerospace and
Electronics (WINCON 77), February 7-9, North
Hollywood, California. Contact WINCON 77,
5500 Canoga Ave., Woodland Hills, CA 91364.
Microprocessors and Design Automation, February 24-25, San Francisco, California. Sponsored by the TC on Design Automation of the Computer Society. Contact Dr.
W. M. vanCleemput, Stanford University, Digital
Systems Labs., Stanford, CA 94305.
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g Simulation Technical Committee Workshop, February 28, San Francisco, California. Special workshop held in conjunction
with COMPCON 77 Spring. Contact the IEEE
Computer Society, P.O. Box 639, Silver Spring,
MD 20901.
g COMPCON Spring 77, February 28-March
3, San Francisco, California. Contact
COMPCON Spring 77, P.O. Box 639, Silver
Spring, MD 20901.
AIIE On-Line Systems and Data Base Systems,
February 28-March 4, Chicago, Illinois. The
two-conference program information is available
from AIIE Seminars, Dept. PR, P.O. Box 3727,
Santa Monica, CA 90403; (213) 450-0500.
MARCH 1977
Material Handling Systems and Controls ConGeorgia. Contact
Material Handling Systems and Controls Conference, The Material Handling Institute, Inc.,
c/o Shea Management, Inc., 1326 Freeport Road,
Pittsburgh, PA 15238; (412) 782-1624.
ference, March 2-3, Atlanta,
44The New Computer Science and En-
gineering Curricula, March 4 (formerly
scheduled for February 28), San Francisco, California. Contact David Rine, general chairman,
Computer Science Dept., University of TexasSan Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78285.
Southeastern Symposium
Theory, March 7-8, Charlotte,
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Decision Support Systems, January 24-26,
San Jose, California. Contact Eric Carlson, conference chairman, IBM Research Division, K54/
282, 5600 Cottle Road, San Jose, CA 95193;
(408) 256-6431.
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1977 Winter Meeting for ADCIS, February 2224, Newark, Delaware. Contact Fred Hofstetter,
Department of Music, University of Delaware,
Newark, DL 19711; (302) 738-2497.
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Fourth ACM SIGACT-SIGPLAN Symposium
Principles of Programming Languages,
January 17-19, Los Angeles, California. Contact Prof. Gerald J. Popek, Department of Computer Science, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90024.
Conferences in which the Computer Society is
sponsor or participant are indicated by the
IEEE Computer Society logo; other conferences
of interest to our readers are also included. For
listing in the Calendar Section, submit information by the first of the month preceding the
month of publication to Computer Magazine,
5855 Naples Plaza, Suite 301, Long Beach,
CA 90803.
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International Security Conference, February
7-9, Los Angeles, California. Contact Executive
Director, International Security Conference, 2639
S. LaCienega Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90034;
(213) 836-5000.
Life Cycle Management for ADP Systems,
February 7-9, Washington, D.C. Contact Dept.
PR, AIIE Seminars, P.O. Box 3727, Santa Monica, CA 90403; (213) 450-0500.
IEEE International Solid-State Circuits ConFebruary 16-18, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Contact Lewis Winner, 152 W. 42nd
St., New York, NY 10036.
ference,
on
System
North Caro-
lina. Contact Mike Allen, University of North Carolina, Engineering Analysis and Design Dept.,
Charlotte, NC 28223.
g Tenth Annual Simulation Symposium,
March 16-18, Tampa, Florida. For further
information write Ira Kay, P.O. Box 22573,
Tampa, FL 33622; (813) 839-5201.
Industrial Applications of Microprocessors,
March 21-23, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Contact S.J. Vahaviolos, Engr. Research Ctr., Western Electric Corp., POB 900, Princeton, NJ
08540.
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Fifth Data Communications Symposium:
September 27-29, 1977, Snowbird, Utah.
Jointly sponsored by the Computer Society, the
ACM, and the IEEE Communications Society,
the theme of the conference is "The Path
Toward Widespread Use of Networks." Papers
on related topics in data communications are
invited. Submit four copies of a completed
paper and a 500-word summary. Include name,
address, phone number and affiliation. Send
by March 15, 1977, to Frank E. Heart, Bolt
Beranek and Newman Inc., 50 Moulton St.,
Cambridge, MA 02138. Authors of selected
papers will be notified by May 1, 1977. All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings.
1977 International Conference on Parallel
Processing: August 23-26, 1977, Bellaire,
Michigan. Both regular and short papers will
be accepted. The deadline for submitting papers
is March 15, 1977. For regular papers, four
copies of a 1 00-word abstract and a 1,000-word
summary are required. Submission of full text in
lieu of summary is encouraged. For short papers,
authors should submit four copies of a 1 00-word
abstract and a summary of 300-500 words.
Submit papers with proper identification, including phone number, to Prof. J.L. Baer, Department of Computer Science, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195; (206) 543-9344
or 543-1695.
First Annual Rocky Mountain Symposium
on Microcomputers: Systems, Software,
Architecture: August 31-September 2, 1977,
Fort Collins, Colorado. Papers are solicited in
the areas of numerical and systems software,
distributed micro systems, and microcomputer
systems architecture. Send three copies of the
paper, with title, abstract, author's address, and
telephone number, by March 15, 1977, to Steve
McCormick, Department of Mathematics, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523;
(303) 491-5763.
^ COMPCON 77 Fall: September 6-9, Washington, D.C. Quality papers are solicited in
the areas of hardware, software, system design,
and application. Prospective contributors should
submit an informal digest (four copies) of approximately 1000 words by April 1, 1977, notification will be made by May 2, 1977. (See December Computer, p. 39, for more specific instructions.) Submit digest to Paul Skartvedt, program chairman, Energy System Planning Division, Bldg. WI, Room 3426, 7600 Colshire Dr.,
McLean, VA 22101; (703) 893-2000, Ext. 2327.
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February: Microcomputer Architecture
March: Hobby/Home Computers
April: Simulation
May: Stack Machines
June: Computer Hardware Description Languages
July: Distributed Processing
August: Image Processing
September: MicroprocessorApplications
October: M itary Computers
November: Computer Networking
December: System Programming Languages
To be considered for a special issue, papers
should be submitted not later than 5 months
prior to the date of the issue.
Besides theme-related papers, we're also
looking for papers that survey recent important
developments across the breadth of the field,
describe particular developments from a tutorial point of view, or explore application areas.
Submit all manuscrupts (four complete
copies including illustrations and references
or bibliography) to our technical editor: Dr.
Jack D. Grimes, Tektronix, Inc., MS 60-456,
Beaverton, OR 97077.
A format guide is available from the Computer Society Publications office. Circle
number 45 on the reader service card, p. 85,
to obtain a copy.
January 1977
adi Sixth Texas Conference on Computing
' Systems: November 14-15, 1977, Austin
Texas. Subjects: very large mass storage systems, very large data bases, computer hardware
engineering, microprocessors, minicomputers,
intelligent subprocessors, operating systems,
and software engineering. Submit one-page abstracts by April 1, 1977, and four copies of the
paper by June 1, 1977, to Prof. Edward W.
Thompson, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712.
Third International Conference on Very Large
Data Bases: October 6-8, 1977, Tokyo, Japan.
Papers relevant to design, system architecture,
system analysis and evaluation, and largescale applications are desired. Send five copies
of complete paper by April 15, 1977, to Prof.
Alan Merten, program chairman, School of
Business Administration, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Ml 48109; Prof. Setsu Ohsuga,
asian coordinator, Aerospace Research Institute, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113, Japan; or
Dr. H. Schmutz, european coordinator, IBM
Heidelberg Scientific Center, Tiergartenstrasse
15, 6900 Heidelberg, West Germany.
20th Midwest Symposium on Circuits and
Systems: August 15-16, 1977, Lubbock, Texas.
Research or tutorial papers on any aspect of
circuit theory, communication, control systems,
or computer-aided design for presentation at the
symposium and publication in proceedings, are
invited. Authors should submit, in duplicate, a
300-word summary of their contributions,
headed by title, name(s) of author(s), and affiliation(s) prior to May 2, 1977, to Professor R.
Saeks or Professor K.S. Chao, Department of
Electrical Engineering, Texas Tech. University, Lubbock, TX 79409. Notification will be
sent by May 23, 1977. Accepted papers will be
requested for submittal by June 17, 1977.
2nd International Symposium on the Operator
Theory of Networks and Systems: August 1719, 1977, Lubbock, Texas. Papers are solicited
on any aspect of mathematical network and/or
system theory. Submittals should be addressed
to Prof. R. Saeks (address above) or Prof. N.
Levan, Department of Systems Science, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90024.
Dates and submittal information can be found in
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Medical Data Processing Symposium, March
22-25, Toulouse, France. Contact IRIA -Symposium Secretariat, External Relations Department, Domaine de Voluceau, Rocquencourt,
B.P. 105, 78150 Le Chesnay, France.
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Fourth Annual
Computer Architecture
W Symposium, March 23-25, College Park,
Maryland. Contact Dr. Bruce Wald, conference
chairperson, at the Communications Science
Div., Naval Research Lab, 4555 Overlook Ave.,
Washington, D.C. 20390.
Interface '77, March 28-30, Georgia World
Congress Center, Atlanta, Georgia. Contact
Sheldon G. Adelson or the Interface office,
160 Speen St., Framingham, MA 01701; (800)
225-4620.
Computer Systems and Technology, March
29-31, Sussex, England. Contact Conference
Dept., I.E.R.E., 8-9 Bedford Square, London
WC1 B 3RG; 01 -637 2771.
APRIL 1977
Developments in Semiconductor Microlithography II, April 3-7, San Jose, California.
Contact SPIE, Box 1146, Palos Verdes Estates,
CA 90274.
Microcomputer-77, April 6-8, Lincoln
Plaza Forum, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Contact Dr. S. C. Lee, School of Electrical Engineering, University of Oklahoma, Norman,
OK 73019.
High Speed Computer and Algorithm Organization, April 13-15, University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign. Contact Edward C. Kalb,
University of Illinois Office of Continuing Education and Public Service, 116 Illini Hall, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL 61820.
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10th Annual Interface of Computer Science
and Statistics Sy'mposium, April 13-15,
Gaithersburg, Maryland. Contact David Hogben,
A338, Administration Building, NBS, Washington, D.C. 20234; (301) 921-2315.
Interactive Design Systems 1977, April 1315, Stratford-upon-Avon, England. Contact the
Computer Aided Design Centre, Madingley
Road, Cambridge, England CB3 OHB; 0223
63125.
Law Enforcement/Data Processing Management, April 18-19, Washington, D.C. Contact
William D. Ellingsworth, public affairs officer,
International Assoc. of Chiefs of Police, 11 Firstfield Road, Gaithersburg, MD 20760; (301)
948-0922.
SCS Conference on Transportation, April
18-20 (date change), Ann Arbor, Michigan. Contact James Bernard, Dept. of ME, Michigan
State Univ., East Lansing, Ml 48823; (517) 3555131.
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ilnternatlonal Purdue Workshop on Industrial Computer Systems, American Regional Meeting, April 18-21, West Lafayette,
Indiana. Contact Dr. T.J. Williams, 102 Michael
Golden, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
47907; (317) 494-8425.
Trends and Applications Symposium:
Computer Security and Integrity, May
19, Gaithersburg, Maryland. Contact Marshall
Abrams, B212, Technology Bldg., National
Bureau of Standards, Washington, D.C. 20234;
(301) 921-2601.
Information Display International Symposium,
April 19-21, Boston, Massachusetts. Contact
the Society for Information Display, 654 N. Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90049.
Seventh Annual AIPR Symposium, May 2324, College Park, Maryland. Contact Ruth E.
Pansar, Electronic Industries Assoc., 2001 Eye
St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006.
ELECTRO 77, April 19-21, New York City, New
York. Contact Joseph Antonaccio, convention
manager, Electro 77, cdo IEEE, 345 E. 47th St.,
New York, NY 10017.
International Minicomputers-Microcomputers-Microprocessors '77, May 24-26,
c Picture Data Description and Management, April 21-22, Chicago, Illinois. Contact K.S. Fu, Purdue University, School of EE,
Lafayette, IN 47907.
Circuits and Systems International Symposium, April 25-27, Phoenix, Arizona. Contact W.G. Howard, Motorola Integrated Circuits Center, MS/MR, P.O. Box 20906, Phoenix,
AZ 85306.
15th Annual AEDS Convention, April 25-29,
Fort Worth, Texas. Contact Don Offerman, P.O.
Box 224, Austin, TX 78767.
MAY 1977
1977 ACM/SIGACT Symposium of Theory of
Computing, May 2-4, Boulder, Colorado. Contact Emily P. Friedman, Symposium on Theory
of Computing, 3532C Boelter Hall, Computer
Science Department, UC Los Angeles, CA 90024.
1977 Offshore Technology Conference, May
2-5, Houston, Texas. Contact Offshore Technology Conference, 6200 N. Central Expressway, Dallas, TX 75206.
EUROCON 77, European Conference on Electrotechnics, May 3-6, Venice, Italy. Contact
the EUROCON 77 Office, c/o AEI, Viale Monza
259, 20126 Milan, Italy.
1977 IEEE Intemational Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, May
9-11, Sheraton-Hartford Hotel, Hartford, Connecticut. Contact Ronald Crochiere, Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ 07974; (201) 582-4623.
27th Electronic Components Conference,
May 16-18, Arlington, Virginia. Contact Charles
M. Tapp, Sandia Labs, Dept. 2150, Albuquerque,
NM 87115.
ACM Third Workshop on Computer Architecture for Non-Numeric Processing, May 1718, Syracuse, New York. Contact P. Bruce Berra,
conference chairman, 441 Link Hall, Syracuse
University, Syracuse, NY 13210; (315) 423-2826.
23rd Annual ISA Analysis Instrumentation
Symposium, May 17-19, Charleston, West Virginia. Contact Earl G. Trawick, Union Carbide
Corp., Box 8361, S. Charleston, WV 25303;
(304) 747-4482.
NMA.26th Annutal Conference and Exposition,
May 17-20, Dallas, Texas. Address correspondence to Dynamics of Micrographics, National
Micrographics Association, 8728 Colesville
Road, Silver Spring, MD 20910.
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MIMI '77, June 7-9, Zurich, Switzerland. Contact MIMI '77, P.O. Box 354, 8053, Zurich, Switz-
erland.
International Conference on Communica-
tions, June 13-15, Chicago, Illinois. Contact
E.J. Glenner, Systems Research, GTE Automatic Elec. Labs., P.O. Box 17, Northlake, IL
60164.
e NCC, June 13-16, Dallas, Texas. For information on the 1977 National Computer
Conference, contact Dr. Portia lsaacson, University of Texas, P.O. Box 688, Richardson, TX
75080.
Palais de Exhibitions, Geneva, Switzerland.
Contact Joseph C. Maurer, Industrial and Scientific Conference Management, 222 W. Adams
St., Chicago, IL 60606; (312) 263-4866.
14th Design Automation Conference,
June 20-22, New Orleans, Louisiana. Contact Design Automation Conference, P.O. Box
639, Silver Spring, MD 20901.
Seventh International Symposium on
Multiple-Valued Logic, May 24-27, Charlotte, North Carolina. Contact Prof. C. Michael
Allen, EAD Dept., University of North Carolina,
Charlotte, NC 28233; (704) 597-2302.
World Electrotechnical Congress, June 2125, Moscow, U.S.S.R. Contact Joseph E. Casey,
TAB Office, Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers, Inc., 345 E. 47th St., New York, NY
10017.
Power Industry Computer Applications
(PICA), May 24-28, Royal York, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Contact L.M. Gordon, 24 Wimbleton Road, Islington, Ontario, M9A, 3R8, Canada.
Joint Automatic Control Conference, June 2224, San Francisco, California. Contact J.S. Meditch, University of California, Irvine, CA 92717.
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g, Seventh International Symposium on
Multiple-Valued Logic, May 25-27, Charlotte, North Carolina. Contact Mike Allen, En-
gineering Analysis and Design Dept., University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC 28223.
1977 Spring Meeting and Star SymposiumSNAME, May 25-27, San Francisco, Ca'fornia. Contact Arthur J. Haskell, c/o Matson
Navigational Co., 100 Mission St., San Francisco, CA 94105; (415) 982-7700.
1977 Region Six Conference of IEEE, May
25-27, Portland, Oregon. Contact Patrick P.
Fasang, Multnomah School of Engineering,
University of Portland, 5000 N. Williamette
Blvd., Portland, OR 97203.
Symposium on Minicomputers and Large-
Scale Computations, May 29-June 2, Joint
Conference of the American Chemical Society
and the Chemical Institute of Canada, Montreal, Canada. Contact Prof. Peter Lykos, Illinois
Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL 60616; (312)
567-3430.
JUNE 1977
Sixteenth Annual Technical Symposium,
June 2, Gaithersburg, Maryland. Contact
Bryce L. Elkins, Computer Sciences Corp.,
400 Army Navy Dr., Arlington, VA 22202.
Systems and Software: Operational Reli-
ability and Performance Assurance, June
2, Gaithersburg, Maryland. Contact Stewart Katzke, A265, Technology Bldg., National Bureau of
Standards, Washington, D.C. 20234; (301) 9213861.
Pattern Recognition and Image Processing, June 6-8, Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute, Troy, New York. Conference is sponsored by the Machine Intelligence and Pattern
Analysis Committee of the Computer Society.
Contact Prof. Herbert Freeman, general chairman, -Dept. of Electrical Systems Engineering,
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
12181; (518) 270-6311.
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FTCS-7, Seventh Annual International
Symposium on Fault-Tolerant Comput-
Ing, June 28-30, Los Angeles, California. For
information on the symposium, sponsored each
year by the IEEE Computer Society's Technical
Committee on Fault-Tolerant Computing, contact Prof. Arthur D. Friedman, Dept. of Electrical
Engineering and Computer Science, USC, Los
Angeles, CA 90007.
JULY 1977
Summer School 1977: Microprocessors and
Applications, July 11-29, Le Breau, France.
Sponsored by CEA, EDF, and IRIA. Contact
Secretariat des Ecoles, D'ete 1 Ave. du General
De Gaulle 92141, Clamart, France.
Computer-Aided Design of, Electronic and
Microwave Circuits and Systems, July 12-
14, University of Hull, England. Contact the
Conference Secretariat, Department of Electronic Engineering, University of Hull, Hull,
England, HU6 7RX.
CAD ED: International Conference and Exhibition on Computer Aided Design Education,
July 13-15, Middlesbrough, Cleveland, England. Contact Conference Secretary, CAD ED,
Teesside Polytechnic, Middlesbrough, Cleveland, England; Middlesbrough 44176.
Summer Computer Simulation Conferonce, July 18-20, Chicago, Illinois. Contact Robert D. Brennan, Summer Computer
Simulation Conference, 10775 Willowbrook Way,
Cupertino, CA 95014.
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Fourth Annual Conference on Computer
Graphics and Interactive Techniques, July
20-22, San Jose, California. Contact Stephen
Levine, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, P.O.
Box 808, Livermore, CA 94550; (415) 447-1100,
X3360.
Institute of Managemont Science XXIII International Conference, July 25-27, Athens,+
Greece. Contact Prof. Z. S. Zannetos, MIT
Sloan School, 50 Memorial Dr., Cambridge,
MA 02139.
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1977 International Conference on Crime
Countermeasure Science and Engineering,
July 26-29, Oxford, England. Contact George
C. Byrne, Stanford Research Institute, Menlo
Park, CA 94025.
Fifth Data Communications Symposium,
Utah. Contact Joe Marchese, IBM Corp., 18100 Frederick
Pike, Gaithersburg, MD 20760.
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'~' September 27-29, Snowbird,
391-071 1 Ext. 2273 or 4186.
OCTOBER 1977
AUGUST 1977
IFIP Congress 77, August 8-12, Toronto,
Canada. Contact IFIP Exhibition 77, Canadian
Information Processing Society, 212 King St.
West, Suite 501, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
M5H 1K5.
Fifth Symposium on the Simulation of Computer Systems, August 9-11, NBS, Gaithersburg, Maryland. Contact Paul F. Roth, NBS,
Room B250 Technology, Washington, D.C.
20234; (301) 921-3545.
Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, August 15-16, Lubbock, Texas. Contact
Midwest Symposium, P.O. Box 4439, Texas
Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409.
International Symposium on Computer Performance Modeling, Measurement, and
Evaluation, August 16-18, Yorktown Heights
New York. Contact Dr. Hisashi Kobayashi, IBM
Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598;
(914) 945-1105.
2nd International Symposium, on the Operator Theory of Networks and Systems, August
17-19, Lubbock, Texas. Contact 2nd International Symposium, P.O. Box 4439, Texas Tech
University, Lubbock, TX 79409.
International Conference on Computer Applications in Developing Countries, August
22-25, Bangkok, Thailand. Contact Dr. Fook Loy
Ng, secretary ICCA, Asian Institute of Technology, P.O. Box 2754, Bangkok, Thailand.
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1977 International Conference on Parallel
W Processing, August 23-26, Bellaire, Michi-
gan. Contact Dr. Charles S. Elliott, College of
Engineering, Wayne State University, Detroit,
Ml 48202; (313) 577-3812.
First Annual Rocky Mountain Symposium on
Microcomputers: Systems, Software, Architecture, August 31-September 2, Pinegree
Park Retreat, Fort Collins, Colorado. Contact
Mike Andrews, Department of Electrical Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; (303) 491-5767.
SEPTEMBER 1977
IFAC Control and Management of
NOVEMBER 1977
Third Euromicro Symposium on Microprocessing and Microprogramming, October 36, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Contact J.D.
Nicoud, LCD EPFL, Bellerive 16, CH-1007,
Lausanne, Switzerland.
MIDCON, November 8-10, Chicago, Illinois.
Contact Electrical and Electronics Exhibitions
Inc., 999 N. Sepulveda Blvd., El Segundo, CA
90245; (213) 772-2965.
Third International Conference on Very Large
Data Bases, October 6-8, Tokyo, Japan. Contact Professor Stuart Madnick, MIT, Sloan School
of Management, 50 Memorial Dr., Cambridge,
MA 02139.
+ Sixth Texas Conference on Computing
Systems, November 14-15, University of
Texas. Contact Prof. James Sneeringer, Dept.
of Computer Science, Painter Hall 3.28, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712.
Editorial Schedule for. . .
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON
SOFTWARE ENGINEERINGEditor: Prof. Raymond T. Yeh, Dept. of Computer Science, Physics Bldg. 3.28, University of
Texas, Austin, TX 78712
March 1977
Languages
"Production Systems: A Formal Notation for Defining the Syntax and Translation of Programming
Languages," Henry F. Ledgard
Methodology
"Proving the Correctness of Multiprocess Programs," Leslie Lamport
"A General, Verifiable Iterative Control Structure," J. Mack Adams
Analysis of Algorithms
"An Analysis of Swapping Policies in Virtual Storage Systems," W. Chiu and We-Min Chow
Experience
"Experience with Modular Concurrent Programming," Per Brinch-Hansen
Pattern-Recognition Software (Special Collection)
Guest Editorial, Allen Klinger
"Interactive Pattern Recognition: A System and Data Structure," Raouf F. H. Farag
"Esp3: A Language for Pattern Description and a System for Pattern Recognition," Linda G. Shapiro
and Robert J. Baron
"Information Retrieval Based on Touch-Tone Encoded Keys," Stuart B. Soffer and Richard B.
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February 1977-Special Issue on Parallel Processors and Processing
Integrated
Industrial Complexes, September 6-8, Toulouse, France. Contact M.G. Singh, L.A.A S.C.N.R.S. 7, avenue du Colonel-Roche, 31400
Toulouse, France.
COMPCON Fall 77, September 6-9, Wash-
ington, D.C. Contact COMPCON Fall 77,
P.O. Box 639, Silver Spring, MD 20901; (301)
439-7007.
Symposium on Data Analysis and Informatics, September 7-9, Rocquencourt, France.
Contact IRIA Symposium Secretariat, External
Relations Department, Domaine de Voluceau,
Rocquencourt, B.P. 5, 78150 Le Chesnay,
France.
Wescon, September 19-21 (date change), San
Francisco, California. Contact W.G. Weber Jr.,
Wescon, 999 N. Sepulveda Blvd., El Segundo,
CA 90245.
January 1977
Design Automation Workshop, October 1921, Michigan State University. Contact Harry
M. Taxin, Computer-Aided Design Dept., Hughes
Aircraft Company, Culver City, CA 90230; (213)
Foreword
"Parallel Processors and Processing: An Introduction," T. Feng
Applications
"Parallelism in Al Problem Solving: A Case Study of Hearsay II," R. D. Fennell and V. R. Lesser
Architecture
"The Associative Linear Array Processor," C. A. Finnila and H. H. Love, Jr.
"On a Varistructured Array of Microprocessors," G. J. Lipovski
"A Data Flow Multiprocessor," J. Rumbaugh
Matrix Algorithm
"A Parallel QR Algorithm for Symmetric Tridiagonal Matrices," A. H. Sameh and D. J. Kuck
Interconnection Networks
"Analysis Techniques for SIMD Machine Interconnection Networks and the Effects of Processor
Address Mask," H. J. Siegel
MemoryOrganization
Organization of Semiconductor Memories for Parallel-Pipelined Processors," F. A. Briggs and
E. S. Davidson
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