From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_DATE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!spool.mu.edu!agate!ucbvax!AJPO.SEI.CMU.EDU!adainfo From: adainfo@AJPO.SEI.CMU.EDU ("Michele L. Kee, AdaIC") Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Sixth Annual ASEET Symposium Message-ID: <9105241410.AA22979@ajpo.sei.cmu.edu> Date: 24 May 91 14:10:42 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet List-Id: Sixth Annual Ada Software Engineering Education and Training (ASEET) Symposium Ada as an Educational Tool: The Time is Now September 11-13, 1991 Institute for Defense Analyses Alexandria, Virginia Sponsored by: Ada Software Engineering Education and Training (ASEET) Team In the past year, there has been a strong emphasis to use Ada technology for software development and maintenance. However, the underlying foundation necessary to motivate integrating Ada into educational environments is lacking. The Ada Software Engineering Education and Training (ASEET) Team is sponsoring the Sixth Annual ASEET Symposium which addresses the issues faced by academia, industry and DoD in providing Ada software engineering education and training to meet tomorrow's needs. This year's theme is "Ada as an Educational Tool: The Time is Now." KEYNOTE SPEAKER The ASEET Team is honored to have Dr. Michael B. Feldman as their keynote speaker this year. Dr. Feldman is Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at The George Washington University (GW). He is responsible for courses in data structures, comparative programming languages, and translator design, and is known for having introduced Ada to GW. Prof. Feldman is the author of two Ada-related textbooks: "Data Structures with Ada" and a freshman-level book "Ada: Problem Solving and Program Design." He is also the author of the 1990 Software Engineering Institute Curriculum Module, "Language and Systems Support for Concurrent Programming." Professor Feldman is Co-Chair of the national SIGAda Education Committee. During the 1991-92 academic year, he is on sabbatical leave at the University of Washington in Seattle. LOCATION All Symposium sessions will be held at the Institute for Defense Analyses, 2001 N. Beauregard St., Alexandria, VA. A block of rooms has been reserved at the Radisson Plaza Hotel, 5000 Seminary Rd., Alexandria, VA 22311. Please contact the hotel directly to make reservations. TUTORIALS - WEDNESDAY, Sept 11 An Overview of Ada: A Software Engineering Approach This tutorial presents an overview of Ada with an emphasis on the aspects of the language which make it suitable for the development of large scale software projects. The intent of this tutorial is to introduce the attendee to the semantics of the language without delving too deeply into the syntactic technicalities. Topics will include: modularity; Ada packages; Ada subprograms and separate compilation. Tasking and Generics This tutorial is designed for students who have already been exposed to basic Ada, and wish to learn more about tasking and generics. The first half of this tutorial contains a review of tasking, and an explanation of some of the "tricks and traps" of parallel processing. In addition, it contains some paradigms that demonstrate the potential use of tasking in real-time and distributed environments. The second half of the tutorial discusses the pros and cons of generics, how to write a generic unit, paramaterized generics and how to effectively teach generics. Ada for the Program Manager This tutorial presents Ada from the managerial perspective. The presentations includes: why Ada; what Ada really is; common misconceptions about Ada; and Ada technology assessment. Object Oriented Design Analysis This tutorial explains the upstream lifecycle activities of determining requirements and mapping those requirements to a software architecture. Topics of this session include: object-oriented terminology; identifying objects, services, and attributes; specifying requirements; defining design blueprints; and developing Ada PDL. Resources A short (1/2 hour) tutorial on Ada resources available and how to access them. This no-cost tutorial is presented at various times during the conference, and is presented compliments of the ASEET Team and the Ada Information Clearinghouse. AGENDA - THURSDAY, Sept 12 0730-1700 Registration 0830-0900 Welcome/Announcements 0900-1000 Keynote - Dr. Michael Feldman 1000-1030 Break 1030-1200 Panel: Building Ada Tools Chair: Lt. Cmdr Lindy Moran 1200-1330 Lunch 1330-1500 Selected Paper B. Hilden, Undergraduate Software Engineering Courses: Meeting the Needs of Industry R. Willis, Ada and Concurrency in the Classroom: Using Ada to Teach Concurrency M. Cook, Lessons Learned in the Ada Training Programs at Rockwell 1500-1530 Break 1530-1700 Panel: Impediments to Ada Chair: Capt Joyce Jenkins AGENDA - FRIDAY, Sept 13 0830-1000 Selected Papers U. LeJeune, The Ada Apprentice J. Beidler, A Sequence of Integrated Laboratory Assignments for Freshmen P. Bailes, Educational Significance of a Declarative Ada Dialect 1000-1030 Break 1030-1200 Panel: Ada in Major Programs Chair: Mr. Leslie Dupaix 1200-1330 Lunch 1330-1500 Selected Paper J. Nino, A Tool Supporting Programming in the Large for the Introductory Software Development Courses T. Hillburn, A Top-Down Toolbox Approach to Teaching the Ada Programming Language D. Martin, Using a Language Sensitive Editor and Ada in Computer Science I-II 1500-1530 Break 1530-1700 Panel: Ada 9X vs Ada 83 Chair: Major Tom Croak HOTEL RESERVATIONS All reservations must be received by 11 August 1991. Reservations requested after that date are subject to availability. Rooms may still be available after the cut off date, but not necessarily at the conference rate of $97 (includes tax). All reservations must be guaranteed by one night deposit or major credit card. Reservations may be cancelled with no penalty prior to 6:00 p.m. on the scheduled arrival date. Contact Radisson Mark Plaza Hotel, 5000 Seminary Road, Alexandria, VA 22311-1772, (703) 845-1010 for reservations. Those arriving at National Airport may take the Radisson Hotel courtesy van to the hotel. Upon arrival at National, call the hotel and a van will be dispatched. In addition, a van leaves the hotel for the airport every hour on the hour. SYMPOSIUM REGISTRATION INFORMATION Fees for the symposium are: Before After Aug 16 Aug 16 ------ ------- Tutorial $50.00 $ 70.00 Symposium $30.00 $ 50.00 Tutorial + Symposium $75.00 $100.00 Registrations accompanied by payment of fees will be assured a copy of the symposium proceedings and tutorial handouts. For more information, contact: Catherine W. McDonald Sixth Annual ASEET Symposium Institute for Defense Analyses 1801 N. Beauregard Street Alexandria, VA 22311-1772 (703) 845-6626 E-mail: mcdonald@ajpo.sei.cmu.edu