CSEIC NEWS BRIEFS, W/E JULY 4, 1997

CSEIC NEWS BRIEFS, W/E JULY 4, 1997

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Computer Systems Engineering News Briefs
Week Ending:  July 4, 1997

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SIGADA ANNOUNCES ELECTION RESULTS
Topic:  Ada

SIGAda has released the results of the 1997 election.  They are as 
follows:  

Chair:  Benjamin Brosgol
Vice Chair for Meetings and Conferences:  Currie Colket
Vice Chair for Liaison:  S. Ron Oliver
Secretary:  John W. McCormick
Treasurer:  Bard Crawford
International Representative:  Karlotto Mangold

The new officers take office Tuesday, July 1, 1997 and serve two-year 
terms until June 30, 1999.  All of the new officers have been active and 
visible members of the Ada community, and brings years of experience to 
the SIGAda Executive Committee.

SOURCE:  Hal Hart, Outgoing SIGAda Chair.

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GMU SOFTWARE REUSE FUNCTION FRAMEWORK SURVEY
Topic:  Reuse

George Mason University invites all software reuse practitioners, 
researchers and software developers to participate in the current study 
"Software Development Framework for the Reuse Function."  The study is 
sponsored by GMU under the supervision of professor David Rine, School of 
Information Technology and Engineering. 

The purpose of this study is to evaluate state-of-the-practice of software 
reuse, and identify the structure of a software development framework for the
reuse function.

Responses are confidential and will be reviewed only by the researcher at
GMU. 

If you are interested in participating, please send your Name, Mail 
Address, Phone, and Fax information to mailto:nnada@osfl.gmu.edu or visit 
the survey web site directly at http://www.gmu.edu/depts/survey/.  

SOURCE:  Nader Nada, GMU Survey Team Member

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INTERMETRICS TO BUILD NEW ADA 95 COMPILER
Topic:  Ada

Intermetrics, Inc., announced on June 24, 1997 that it will build an Ada 
95 compiler for Analog Devices' (ADI) ADSP-2106x SHARC family of digital 
signal processors (DSPs).  The new SHARC Ada compiler will be based on 
Intermetric's AdaMagic technology.

The primary component of AdaMagic is the Ada 95 "Front End" which inputs 
source, parses it, confirms syntactic and semantic correctness, performs 
language-dependent optimizations, and creates symbol tables and immediate 
representations for code generation.  For the SHARC, Intermetrics is 
connecting the Front-End to the new code generator that ADI is using for 
its C and forthcoming C++ compilers.  By using the same code generator, 
Intermetrics will ensure operation in a multilingual environment.

For more information, visit the Intermetric home page:  
http://www.intermetrics.com.

SOURCE:  Intermetrics, Inc. Press Release, June 24, 1997, 
mailto:pconrad@intermetrics.com.

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ADA CORE TECHNOLOGIES ANNOUNCES AJPO PURCHASE OF GNAT SUPPORT
Topic:  Ada

Ada Core Technologies, Inc. has announced that it has sold a limited 
number of GNAT commercial support licenses to the Ada Joint Program 
Office (AJPO).  This support provides 48 hour response time to bug reports 
and immediate workaround or patches for high priority bugs.

These licenses are being distributed to Department of Defense projects.  
There is a long list of potentially eligible development efforts and the 
AJPO is in the process of selecting the projects that will receive the 
support.

For eligibility information, contact Mr. Gary Shupe at the AJPO at 
1-800/232-4211, mailto:shupeg@ncr.disa.mil.

SOURCE:  Ada Core Technologies, Inc. Press Release, June 24, 1997, 
http://www.gnat.com,  mailto:sales@gnat.com.

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DII COE LISTSERV UP AND RUNNING
Topic:  DII, COE

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