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>From WorkS-REQUEST@MIT-AI Fri Jul 31 05:36:19 1981
WorkS Announcements

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Date: 29 July 1981 01:31-EDT
From: Steven T. Kirsch <SK at MIT-MC>
Subject: X3V1 comm. for ANSI Standards in the area of Office Systems

There are four working groups:

  1. User interface requirements
  2. Terms and functions for office systems
  3. Distribution of information (e.g., message interchange format)
  4. Text communications (e.g., page image format)

They welcome new members.  West coast people are especially invited
to participate.  Meetings are held in Washington, DC.

For further information, contact:

  L. M. Collins, Chairman
  X3V1 IBM Corp
  2300 One Main Place
  19th Floor
  Dallas, TX  75250

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Date:  28 July 1981 17:59 edt
From:  Frankston at MIT-Multics (Bob Frankston)
Subject:  NCC 1982 Personal Computer Sessions -- Call for papers etc.

The 1982 Natyonal Computer Conference will have a track (i.e.,
a group of sessions) on personal computers.  This means that
the papers will be refereed and appear in the proceedings.
This is in contrast to past years in which there was a
separate, unrefereed "subconference".

This reflects the growth and importance of personal computers.
But it is also a challenge.  We must organize a new set of
sessions and get new referees.  Part of this challenge is in
finding a balance between sessions on the mature areas in
personal computing and capturing the innovation in ongoing
research and development, both in academic and commercial
projects.  Workshops might provide a better forum for the
latter.

Some of the possible topics include:

     - what are personal computers -- the definitions range
       from Alan Kay's dynabook, to miniature mainframes to
       workstations.

     - what personal computers are not.

     - specific applications and issues such as wordprocessing
       (though word processing also falls under office automation)

     - Protocols and standards

     - Networking as it relates to personal computers.  This
       can represent both local area networks as well as ad
       hoc telco networks.

     - Operating systems -- both traditional and new concepts

     - Languages

     - Consumer computers -- issues in design, implications of
       a software marketplace.

     - Education -- traditional and otherwise, computer and
       noncomputer

     - Implications and relationships to other fields both
       within the industry and in the rest of the world.
       Societal interactionals.

     - Hardware trends and issues

     - Games, both recreational and educational.

I am on the NCC steering committee and am in charge of
organizing/creating these sessions.  If you have any
suggestions or comments, and if your are interested in
participating by writing a paper, refereeing or whatever,
please contact me either as:

     nccpc82.SoftArts at MIT-Multics

or

     Bob Frankston
     Software Arts, Inc
     PO Box 527
     Cambridge, MA 02139

or   617-491-2100.

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