[LONG] Updated Tri-Ada 95 Call for Participation

[LONG] Updated Tri-Ada 95 Call for Participation

[Balfour, Brad]

                        TRI-Ada '95
                UPDATED CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

                   The Disneyland Hotel
                    Anaheim, California
                    November 5-10, 1995

               Ada's Role in Global Markets:
         Solutions for a Changing Complex World


Introduction and Overview

We face a rapidly changing environment in a world made much
smaller through incredible technological advances, downsizing
defense industries and political boundaries in motion. Our lives
become increasingly dependent on commercial software systems
which grow more complex, requiring higher reliability and
security, combined with a need for flexiblity and change. A global
need to engineer complex, yet portable and adaptable software
systems and the requirement for a skilled software engineering
workforce has become apparent. Ada 83 and Ada 95 are available
now to provide the programming language support software
engineers require to build these types of systems. Ada has been
used successfully world wide to develop, integrate, field and
maintain complex distributed systems. Officially published as an
international standard, Ada 95 is already in use. Efforts are
underway to establish techniques and strategies as well as
products and tools, to allow a smooth transition to Ada 95. Ada 95
clearly provides a well designed and superior language for large,
complex, changing software systems needs. As our world shrinks
technically and politically, Ada is well positioned to be exploited in
the global marketplace for its world class problem solving potential.

Your Ideas Welcome Here!

For TRI-Ada '95 we are actively soliciting the comments and ideas
of commercial users to demonstrate how engineering software with
Ada can be successfully applied in their domains. In addition to our
traditional software systems engineering topics, we are
emphasizing Ada's broad reach across DoD and government
domains into the international commercial sector. Our focus will be
to show how critical government, military and commercial
applications can all benefit from using Ada and software
engineering technology.

We welcome and expect to maintain our traditional base
participation at TRI-Ada. As you submit your paper, panel, tutorial
and workshop proposals, consider how the work you have
accomplished or ideas which you propose, may be applicable in a
commercial environment, on a global scale, or how commercial
practices may be of help to you.

A New Approach

Organizers of TRI-Ada '95 and the Washington Ada Symposium
(WAdaS '95) are working together to improve both events. We are
cooperating to provide complimentary programs which leverage the
best and most successful features of each.

The TRI-Ada '95 Conference will include refereed paper sessions,
and panels and maintain our outstanding tutorial program. We are
looking to expand our special sessions, workshops, and invited
speakers sessions. Some possible topics for the conference follow,
but this list implies no constraint. All submissions will be
considered.

Some Suggested Topics

      Penetrating and competing in commercial software markets
      Case studies of multi-national Ada developments
      Ada 95 transition tips and strategies
      Ada 83 and 95 in education and training
      Ada bindings and multi-language systems
      DoD-Commercial partnerships
      Ada 83 and early Ada 95 experience reports
      Distributed systems support tools
      Processes for transitioning legacy mainframe systems to
          client/server environments
      Commercialization of DoD standards
      Transitioning Ada based government reuse capability into
          commercial domains
      Ada 95 products and services
      International software marketing strategies
      Software as a competitive asset
      Contrasting commercial and DoD software practices
      TQM and software process improvement and ISO 9000
      Acquisition changes in the DoD arena
      Ada's role in international technology transfer
      Software and systems engineering issues
      Software management issues
      Software systems development environments
      Formal methods
      Information systems
      Real-time systems
      Reengineering
      Reuse

Besides providing an excellent location and the largest exhibition
opportunity for Ada vendors, this year we will address products in
transition to Ada 95. A conference program segment will be
dedicated for vendors to communicate Ada 95 features and initial
productization plans. Please send the Program Committee Chair an
abstract or outline of information for presentation, identifying a
point of contact for correspondence.

The TRI-Ada '95 Conference Chair and Conference Committees
invite your participation -- to reach out with Ada, communicate
your experiences, and provide solutions. Not familiar with Ada, but
interested? Contact us with your questions and ideas. We may
already have or may develop a session around your issues. Ada just
may be the answer for your critical systems concerns. Please
contact the TRI-Ada '95 Conference Chair to suggest special
sessions at TRI-Ada and for general information, questions and
comments:

Ms. Terry Doran
Northrop Grumman Corporation
Electronics & Systems Integration Division
1111 Stewart Avenue
Mail Stop B38-035
Bethpage, New York 11714 USA
Tel: +1 516 346 8553
Fax: +1 516 575 7428
Email: doran@nosc.mil

Call for Papers and Panel Sessions

An accepted paper will be published in the Conference Proceedings
and presented by the principal author at the conference. Submit
full papers or extended abstracts. Papers must be original.
Indicate if this paper has been submitted elsewhere.

A panel session gathers a group of experts on a particular topic
who present their views and then debate each other and the
audience. Submit abstracts outlining the proposed panel
topic,moderator, panelists and whether the panelists have
agreed to participate.

Paper and panel proposals will be reviewed by the Program
Committee and selected based on their applicability to the
conference and interest to the attendees. Please confine identifying
information to the front cover to allow for anonymous review.
Submit 6 paper copies to the TRI-Ada '95 Program
Committee Chair:

Mr. Jim Moore
The Mitre Corporation
7525 Colshire Drive
Mail stop W534
McLean, VA 22102 USA
Tel: +1 703 883 7396
Fax: +1 703 883 5432
Email: moorej@sw-eng.falls-church.va.us

Call for Tutorials

Half-day, full-day and 2-day tutorials offer the flexibility to address
a multitude of topics designed for a novice, intermediate, or
experienced audience. Consideration will be given to a broad
spectrum of topics which are relevant to current software systems
issues and the communities we are trying to reach. Submissions
will be evaluated based on relevance, suitability for presentation in
tutorial format, presenter's expertise and past performance.

Proposals should be two to three pages long, and should include:
the expected level of experience of participants; a tutorial abstract
or outline; the expected benefit to the tutorial participants; the
qualifications of the instructor(s); a list of previous presentations of
the tutorial, if any; the length of the tutorial (half, full, or 2 day);
and the maximum number of participants desired. Electronic
submissions (ASCII) are encouraged; otherwise, mail 6 copies of
your submittal to the TRI-Ada '95 Tutorial Chair:

Dr. David Cook
HQ USAFA/DFCS
2354 Fairchild Dr., Suite 6K41
USAF Academy, CO 80840-6234 USA
Tel: +1 719 472 3131
Fax: +1 719 472 3338
Email: dcook@kirk.usafa.af.mil

Call for Workshops

Workshops entail a focused work session environment for a limited
number of participants. Workshops provide a medium for a variety
of experienced personnel to explore issues and concerns in a given
domain.

Proposals should provide a 1-page statement of a problem or issue to
be addressed. Describe the workshop topic, coordinator(s), and
criteria for participant selection. Workshop proposals will be
evaluated by the Program Committee and selected based on their
applicability to the conference and interest to the attendees. A list of
planned workshops and requirements for participation will be
published in the TRI-Ada '95 Advance Program. Please send
workshop proposals and suggestions to the TRI-Ada '95
Workshop Chair:

Ms. Judy Kerner
The Aerospace Corporation
MS M8/117
POB 92957
Los Angeles, CA 90009 USA
Tel: +1 310 336 3131
Fax: +1 310 336 3442
Email: kerner@aero.org

Important Dates and Information

Paper, panel, workshop and tutorial proposal submissions are
required by March 17, 1995. Receipt of all paper, panel, tutorial
and workshop submissions will be confirmed in writing by the
appropriate Chair. Notification of acceptance/rejection will be
made by May 26, 1995 and include instructions for final
submissions. Information with respect to TRI-Ada '95 will be
accessible via the internet.

Educational Grants

TRI-Ada '95 will once again offer grants to educators who are
planning to use Ada in their curriculum. Contact Mike Feldman for
a grant application.

Dr. Michael Feldman The George Washington University
Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Washington, DC 20052 USA
Tel: +1 202 994 5919
Fax: +1 202 994 0227
Email: mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu

International Liaison

As an integral part of this year's Program Committee we have
volunteers from around the world to help make TRI-Ada '95 a
success. These international points of contact are available to
provide regional assistance with TRI-Ada '95 questions, help with
submissions, etc. Our current volunteers include:

Mr. Ron McGann
Applied Software Engineering
63 Woodside Avenue
Frankston, Victoria 3199 Australia
Tel: +61 59 71 3645
Fax: +61 59 71 3645
Mobile: +61 15 510 159
Email: mcgann@ozemail.com.au

Dr. Peter E. Obermayer
Competence Center Informatik
Lohberg 10
49716 Meppen Germany
Tel: +49 59 31 805 469
Fax: +49 59 31 805 100
Telex: 98 676 cci d
Email: obermaye@cci.de

Jun Shimura
Japan SIGAda c/o Alsys-KKE Co., Ltd
Technowave 100
1-1-25 Shin-Urashima-Cho
Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama 221
Japan 100037
Tel: +81 45 451 2412
Fax: +81 45 451 2419
Email: js@alsys-kke.co.jp

Hao Xiaoying
Bejing Green Valley Software Co., Ltd.
Building 13, Wanmingyuan
Fuchengmenwai, Bejing, China
Tel: +01 8342706
Fax: +01 8342707

Information on Exhibiting

TRI-Ada annually delivers the world's largest Ada exposition. For
specific information on reserving exhibit space, please contact:

Mr. Paul Grazda
TRI-Ada '95 Exposition Management
Danieli & O'Keefe Associates, Inc.
490 Boston Post Road
Sudbury, MA 01776 USA
Tel: +1 508 443 3330
or +1 800 833 7751 (USA and Canada only)
Fax: +1 508 443 4715
Email: dok.boston@applelink.apple.com