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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

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                     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.



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           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

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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