| allegro-cl archives 1994-6-17 | home index prev H thread prev K thread next J next L |
|
From: km Subject: CALL FOR REGISTRATION: LUV '94, Aug 15-19, Berkeley (Lisp Users and Vendors) Date: 1994-6-17 16:38
The Association of Lisp Users invites you to attend
LUV '94
The Fourth International
Lisp Users and Vendors Conference
to be held in
Berkeley, California
on
August 15-19, 1994
Please mark your calendar and plan to join us!
Whether you're a user or implementor of Common Lisp, Scheme, Dylan, or
EMACS Lisp--or just an interested party--this conference is for you. It's
a chance to find out what's been going on and to influence what happens
next in the Lisp community. You'll hear what users and vendors have been
up to, and what they're planning in the future. You'll participate in the
interactive dialog between the users and vendors about the needs of the
Lisp community in the years ahead. It's a valuable opportunity to do more
than just program in Lisp--it's a chance to be a part of the Lisp
community, to learn, and to contribute to a strong future.
The keynote addresses will be:
``Lisp as an Extension Language''
by Richard Stallman, Free Software Foundation
``Perspectives on Lisp''
by John McCarthy, Professor of Computer Science, Stanford University
The agenda also features other interesting talks, panels, and paper
presentations. See the attached schedule of events.
The conference will be held at the Berkeley Marina Marriott hotel. We are
pleased to announce that this years sleeping room rate is $89.00
(single/double). There is complimentary parking at the hotel. Either the
Oakland or San Francisco airport may be used; Oakland is suggested for
domestic flights.
Registration pricing remains unchanged from last year: Monday and Tuesday
will be half-day tutorials at the rate of $125 per tutorial. The main
conference (Wednesday through Friday) will be $400. Very substantial
discounts are available for full-time students.
A registration form is attached below.
For further information, or to volunteer to help out, please contact:
Meetings Unlimited, Kent Pitman, Thomas Pole, LUV '94 Committee
Conference Organizers Co-Chairman Co-Chairman <ai.sri.com at luv-94>
(215) 651-0797 (617) 374-2516 (703) 902-7100
<ai.sri.com at luv-organizer> <harlequin.com at kmp> <chesapeake.ads.com at pole>
CompuServe 76470.3334
* * * * *
It's coming very soon. PLEASE don't delay.
Make your reservations TODAY!
Knowing now that you will be attending will help us IMMENSELY
in our ongoing planning for an exciting conference.
=============================================================================
CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS
TUTORIALS
Monday Morning: Lisp Style, CLOS I, Efficiency/Optimization
Afternoon: Macros and Compiler Macros, CLIM I, CLOS II
Tuesday Morning: Advanced CL topics, GNU EMACS Lisp, CL and DBs
Afternoon: Hybrid Devel Envs, CLIM II, Contrasting CL/Scheme/Dylan
Evening: Advanced Vendor-Specific Tools and Techniques
MAIN CONFERENCE
Wednesday KEYNOTE ADDRESS: ``Lisp as an Extension Language''
Richard Stallman, Free Software Foundation
PANEL: ``What Counts as Lisp?''
for Scheme: Brian Harvey, Lecturer, Univ of CA at Berkeley
for Dylan: Rick Fleischman, Dylan Prog Mgr, Apple Computer, Inc.
(and others still being confirmed)
Vendor product Presentations and Exhibits
User/Vendor Two-Way Discussion (round 1)
Technical paper Presentations
(paper selection process is underway)
Birds of A Feather Sessions
Vendor-Sponsored Lunch
Thursday PANEL: ``Where is Lisp? Where should it be going?''
Brad Miller, URCS Research Staff, University of Rochester
Professor Masayuki Ida, CSRL, Aoyama Gakuin University
(and others to be confirmed)
Vendor product Presentations and Exhibits
User/Vendor Two-Way Discussion (round 2)
Technical paper Presentations
ALU board meeting
Vendor-Sponsored Lunch
Friday KEYNOTE ADDRESS: ``Perspectives on Lisp''
John McCarthy, Professor of Computer Science, Stanford Univ.
... and originator of Lisp itself!
Technical paper Presentations
LUV Administrative matters
The conference formally ends at lunch time, but there still
exists the possibility of a third Vendor-Sponsored Lunch,
as well as the possibility of our traditional free afternoon
tutorial. Topic and details are still being confirmed;
suggestions are still welcome.
=============================================================================
TUTORIAL SCHEDULE
1. Good Lisp Programming Style
A survey of styles and techniques that make code less error prone
and more maintainable, both at the individual function level and
at the complete system level.
Instructor: Kent Pitman (Harlequin)
Prerequisite: Basic knowledge of programming concepts.
2. CLOS level I
An introduction to the Common Lisp Object System (CLOS), the
object-oriented extension to the proposed ANSI Common Lisp
standard.
Instructor: Lois Wolf (Franz)
Prerequisite: Basic knowledge of Common Lisp concepts.
3. Efficiency and Optimization in Lisp
A survey of topics such as profiling, common algorithmic
optimizations, consing, declarations and type checking,
garbage collection, using C code, arrays and delivery
considerations. Some general guidelines will be portable,
others will be specific to the major commercial Common Lisp
implementations.
Instructor: Ken Anderson (BBN)
and possibly another party yet to be named.
Prerequisite: Basic knowledge of Common Lisp concepts.
4. Macros and Compiler Macros for Abstraction and Efficiency
Common Lisp provides a number of syntactic mechanisms for making
code more maintainable and efficient. Learn when and how to use
macros, compiler macros, reader macros, and inlined functions to
improve your coding style and productivity.
Instructor: [still being confirmed]
Prerequisite: Basic knowledge of Common Lisp concepts.
5. CLIM level I
How to use the Common Lisp Interface Manager (CLIM) version 2.0 to
build interfaces to appllication programs. Use of application frames
presentations, menus and dialogs, commands, command tables,
interaction styles, and drawing graphics.
Instructor: Colin Meldrum (Franz)
Prerequisite: Basic knowledge of Common Lisp and CLOS concepts.
6. CLOS level II
Complex initializations protocols, customized method combinations,
and the various ``meta object'' protocols for CLOS, as well as a
survey of existing implementational techniques and their consequences.
Instructor: Steve Haflich (Franz)
Prerequisite: CLOS level I and/or a good understanding of CLOS and Lisp.
7. Advanced topics in Common Lisp
The topics that most beginning courses never get around to:
LOOP, FORMAT, conditions and restarts, UNWIND-PROTECT,
PRINT-OBJECT and MAKE-LOAD-FORM methods, the pretty printer,
and issues relating to implementation and storage representation
that influence practical programs.
Instructor: Steve Haflich (Franz),
and probably another party yet to be named.
Prerequisite: Basic knowledge of Common Lisp concepts.
8. GNU EMACS Lisp Programming
The EMACS extension language, EMACS Lisp, which allows users
to not only customize the popular EMACS editor, but also
allows the development of active documents applications that
interact with the user.
Instructor: Richard Stallman (Free Software Foundation)
Prerequisite: Basic knowledge of programming concepts.
9. Common Lisp and Databases (Relational and Object-Oriented)
A survey of concepts, techniques, and tools for working with
relational and object-oriented databases from within Common Lisp.
Instructor: Jim Veitch (Franz) and and Judy Anderson (Harlequin)
Prerequisite: Basic knowledge of Common Lisp concepts.
10. Hybrid development environments:
Getting Lisp, C, and other languages to work together.
For example, foreign function interfaces, datatype interchange,
external character encodings.
Instructor: [still being confirmed]
Prerequisite: Basic knowledge of Common Lisp concepts.
11. CLIM level II
Hardcopy, pointer tracking and manipulation, incremental redisplay,
table and graph formatting, drawing in color, the drawing
environment, and doing transformations in CLIM version 2.0.
Instructor: John Aspinall (Harlequin) and Scott McKay (Harlequin)
Prerequisite: CLIM level I and/or a good understanding of CLIM,
CLOS and Lisp.
12. Comparing and Contrasting Common Lisp, Scheme, and Dylan
An overview of these three languages, with emphasis on where they
overlap and how they differ, for programmers who need to move back
and forth between them.
Instructor: Kent Pitman (Harlequin)
and probably another party yet to be named.
Prerequisite: Basic knowledge of programming concepts.
13. Advanced Vendor-Specific Tools and Techniques:
Helpful hints for people who already use a certain vendor's Lisp
regularly and want to improve their use of that vendor's tools and
language extensions.
Specify Vendor: ____________________
Instructor: [vendor-supplied experts]
Prerequisite: User of specified Common Lisp from specified vendor.
****************************** NOTES ******************************
In items 1-13 above, a prerequisite is specified in order
to guide potential attendees to courses at their level of
expertise. In NO case is the prerequisite enforced. It is
just a guideline to let you know at what level the instructor
will be speaking in order to help you get the best value for
your money.
Tutorials are SUBJECT TO INSTRUCTOR SUBSTITUTION.
Tutorial are SUBJECT TO SCHEDULE CHANGE.
Tutorials are SUBJECT TO CANCELLATION if there is insufficient enrollment.
-----8<----- Cut here -----8<----- Cut here -----8<----- Cut here -----
***** LUV '94 REGISTRATION FORM *****
(version 5, 16-Jun-94)
Confidential?
Name __________________________________________________ [ ]
Company __________________________________________________ [ ]
[ ] Home Address
[ ] Work Address __________________________________________________ [ ]
City __________________________________________________ [ ]
State __________________________________________________ [ ]
Zip/Postal Code ____________________ Country _____________________ [ ]
[ ] Home Phone
[ ] Work Phone __________________________________________________ [ ]
(please include country, area, or city codes)
E-Mail __________________________________________________ [ ]
PRIVACY DISCLAIMER: If you take no special action, the information
provided might be published as some form of public record of the
conference attendees. If you check the "Confidential?" box in the
right column of any line, the information on that line will be
excluded from any published record of conference attendees.
Registration Status:
[ ] Full-time student or full-time academic. (Please bring proof.)
[ ] Others, Normal Registration. Must be received BEFORE 8-Jul-94.
[ ] Others, Late Registration.
- - - - - - - - - -
Please send these three pages of registration material
plus your check or money order to:
Association of Lisp Users
attn: LUV 94 Registration
P.O. Box 294
Malvern, PA 19355-0294
U.S.A.
Registration material sent by e-mail will NOT be accepted.
FAX REGISTRATIONS from international attendees may be sent at any time.
Domestic attendees may only fax registrations between July 18, 1994
and to August 9, 1994. Faxed registrations will not be confirmed
until payment is received. The FAX number is (215) 651-0936.
- - - - - - - - - - (LUV'94 REG / PAGE 1 OF 3)
TUTORIAL REGISTRATION
Monday Morning, 4 hours, 8am-noon (choose one)
[ ] 1. Good Lisp Programming Style
[ ] 2. CLOS level I
[ ] 3. Efficiency and Optimization in Common Lisp
Monday Afternoon, 4 hours, 1pm-5pm (choose one)
[ ] 4. Macros and Compiler Macros for Abstraction and Efficiency
[ ] 5. CLIM level I
[ ] 6. CLOS level II
Tuesday Morning, 4 hours, 8am-noon (choose one)
[ ] 7. Advanced Topics in Common Lisp
[ ] 8. GNU EMACS Lisp Programming
[ ] 9. Common Lisp and Databases (Relational and Object-Oriented)
Tuesday Afternoon, 4 hours, 1pm-5pm (choose one)
[ ] 10. Hybrid development environments: Lisp, C, and others
[ ] 11. CLIM level II
[ ] 12. Comparing and Contrasting Common Lisp, Scheme, and Dylan
Tuesday EVENING, 3 hours, 8pm-11pm (choose one)
[ ] 13. Advanced Vendor-Specific Tools and Techniques
[The price for this tutorial is the same as for the others.]
Specify vendor: ____________________
- - - - - - - - - -
If some tutorial topic is not shown here that you would like to have
chosen instead of or in addition to those above, please mention it
(and any suggested instructors) here. Please also say whether you
want an introductory or advanced level course:
If the above schedule is keeping you from enrolling in the tutorials
you most want to attend, please explain the nature of the conflict here:
Please specify any substitutions you would be willing to make if your
first choice tutorials do not receive enough interest:
Tutorial times are subject to change, and tutorials themselves could be
cancelled if there is insufficient enrollment. If a need to make such
changes would create a special hardship for you, please specify the nature
of your need/concern:
- - - - - - - - - - (LUV'94 REG / PAGE 2 OF 3)
CONFERENCE FEES
TUTORIALS (Mon-Tue):
$50 (per session) for full-time students or full-time academics.
$125 (per session) for others--normal registration (BEFORE 8-Jul-94).
$175 (per session) for others--late registration.
( price = $ _____ ) x ( number of sessions = _____ ) = $ __________
CONFERENCE (Wed-Fri):
Includes exhibits, keynote address by Richard Stallman of the
Free Software Foundation, technical paper presentations, and
vendor presentations.
$100 for full-time students or full-time academics.
$400 for others--normal registration (BEFORE 8-Jul-94).
$500 for others--late registration.
Sorry, we can't waive the registration fee for paper authors.
Authors whose papers are accepted for the proceedings and
presentation are expected to register for the conference.
This price is for all three days. One-day fees are not available.
$ __________
==============
TOTAL ENCLOSED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ __________
Please pay this part with check or money order made payable
(in US funds only) to "Association of Lisp Users".
Sorry, we are unable to accept credit card payment for registration fees.
Registrations will be confirmed in writing by mail or fax within 14 days.
- - - - - - - - - -
HOTEL RESERVATIONS
A limited number of rooms have been blocked at a special rate of $89.00
single/double per night + 12% tax.
Room Preference (check one): [ ] single [ ] double
If double, specify roommate: _________________________
Arrival Day and Date: _______________________________
Departure Day and Date: _______________________________
Credit Card Information (to guarantee late arrival only):
Card Type: _______________ Expiration Date: _____ / _____
Account Number: ___________________________________________
Signature: ________________________________________________
* PLEASE help us by making reservations THROUGH US, NOT DIRECT with hotel.
* For availability info, call Meetings Unlimited at (215) 651-0797.
* NEVER SEND CREDIT CARD INFORMATION BY E-MAIL!
- - - - - - - - - - (LUV'94 REG / PAGE 3 OF 3)
|