Note: This updated posting supersedes the two earlier postings to comp.lang.apl. (1) The deadline for submitting abstracts has been extended (see "Paper Submission"). (2) A second email address has been added for J. Philip Benkard, Co-Program Chairman. There are no other changes from the posting dated November 16, 1995. APL96: Designing the Future July 28, 1996 through August 1, 1996 University of Lancaster, United Kingdom Sponsored by ACMSIGAPL Invitation and Call for Participation ACMSIGAPL (The Special Interest Group on APL) is pleased to announce the convening of the 1996 International Conference on APL. The theme of the conference is Designing the Future. This year, the focus will be on tools, techniques, technologies, and applications that bring APL to the leading edge of computer technology. The design methods and distributed systems development techniques to be highlighted point to a bright future for APL as we anticipate the millennium. The APL96 Program Committee seeks papers that showcase the place of array programming languages in the technological tools available for research, development, design, and delivery in any discipline. Papers focusing on APL, J, or other array programming languages are solicited. Tracks with specific industry focus will provide to participants the opportunity to explore these tools in depth with colleagues sharing their interests. Complementing the contributed papers, APL96 will offer additional value to software developers and applications designers interested in APL for the tasks at hand. Plenary sessions will feature prominent speakers from several domains. Heinz Roggenkemper (leader of the distributed systems project at SAP, one of the world's most successful providers of enterprise-wide software systems) will speak on the use of APL in developing the Distributed Architect tool for the SAP system. A representative from Bang & Olufsen will speak on the use of constraint logic programming in the HiFi house of the future. A focus of the conference will be a suite of workshops designed to offer participants opportunity for in-depth discussion of topics important in designing the future using APL. A full schedule of tutorials for users of APL who are new to the advanced technologies offers additional opportunity for technical education. Proposed Workshops, Tutorials, and Presentations Nested Arrays - Get it Right the First Time! will build on the work done at APL95. Norman Thomson and Phil Benkard (APL2) and Chris Burke (J) will speak. Designing for Windows 95. How to get that elusive Microsoft Logo on your software! Adrian Smith and Duncan Pearson will lead a Dyalog APL stream, supported by Dyadic Systems, and Strand Software will run a similar session on programming for Windows in J. Communication Among Co-operating Systems. Insight and Soliton will run workshops on ODBC. Timo Laurmaa will show us how to do it "in the raw" with TCP/IP and shared variables under APL2. Ed Shaw will run a session on Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) which is the inter-company standard for transfer of orders and other supply-chain data. Algorithms and Other Tools of the Trade. The Bang & Olufsen session will lead into a hands-on workshop. Andreas Geyer-Schulz will expand on the Genetic Algorithms work he presented at APL95. There will also be sessions on business graphics, forecasting, and algorithms used in the financial and insurance industries. Contributed papers will be accepted on any topic relevant to the conference theme, but are particularly sought in the areas outlined above. Papers focusing on APL, J, or other array programming languages will be considered for inclusion in the conference. Other Participation: All suggestions and contributions for panels, workshops, and tutorials are welcomed by the conference program chairmen. A software exchange will offer a library of useful APL tools, for which contributions are also sought. Paper Submission [**Abstract Deadline Change**] Please notify either program chairman via e-mail or fax of your intention to submit a paper by providing an abstract or short description by **December 31, 1995 or AS SOON AS POSSIBLE THEREAFTER**. (Prompt submission of your abstract will help the program committee and the paper referees.) Prospective authors will be provided with complete formatting instructions for draft and final paper submission. Draft papers (not longer than 5000 words) are due no later than January 31, 1996. To avoid mailing delays, submission by e-mail or fax is encouraged. Notification of the program committee decision will be sent to authors by March 8, 1996. Camera-ready copy of final papers must be in the hands of the proceedings editor no later than April 15, 1996. Editor James Boyd will assist authors with preparation of final, camera-ready copy from electronic text. Authors of papers included in the proceedings should plan to present them at the conference. Program Committee: Chairman: J. Philip Benkard, IBM (Retired) (USA) benkard@aol.com (or) jpb@acm.org Chairman: Adrian Smith, Causeway Graphical Systems (UK) 100331.644@compuserve.com Robert Bernecky, Snake Island Research, Inc. (Canada) bernecky@eecg.toronto.edu James A. Brown, IBM Corp.(USA) aplbrown@vnet.ibm.com Robert G. Brown, Lingo Allegro, Inc. (USA) bob@acm.org David Eastwood, MicroAPL (UK) MicroAPL@microapl.demon.co.uk Garth Foster, Syracuse University (USA) gfoster@cat.syr.edu Morten Kromberg, Insight Systems (Denmark) insight@inet.uni-c.dk Eric Lescasse, Uniware (France) 70731.3233@compuserve.com John Scholes, Dyadic Systems, Ltd. (UK) john@dyadic.com Lynne C. Shaw, Consultant, USA shaw@acm.org Alan Sykes, European Business Management School (UK) a.m.sykes@swansea.ac.uk Addresses for abstracts, draft papers, software exchange contributions, and other offers of participation: Philip Benkard: benkard@aol.com (or) jpb@acm.org James Boyd: boyd@cloud9.net Dick Holt (SWX): dick.holt@acm.org Adrian Smith: 100331.644@compuserve.com Fax: USA: (212)662-0913 or (914)277-7804 Fax: UK: 4416 53 697719 Postal Service (USA) Papers: J.P. Benkard 21B Heritage Hills Somers, NY 10589, USA APL96 Software Exchange on 3.5" disk to: Dick Holt 3802 N. Richmond St. Arlington VA 22207 USA. Postal Service (UK) Adrian Smith Causeway Graphical Systems Ltd 5 The Maltings Castlegate, Malton North Yorks Y017 ODP England UK APL96: Designing the Future Conference Committee Chairman: Dieter Latterman, IBM (Retired) - Germany 100332.1461@compuserve.com Program Co-chairmen: J. Philip Benkard, IBM (Retired) - USA benkard@aol.com (or) jpb@acm.org Adrian Smith, Causeway Graphical Systems - UK 100331.644@compuserve.com Secretary: Curtis A. Jones, IBM - USA jonesca@vnet.ibm.com Treasurer: Michael Kent, Union Bank of Switzerland - USA mkent@acm.org Exhibits: Gitte Christensen, Insight, ApS - Denmark insight@inet.uni-c.dk Publicity: Lynne C. Shaw, Consultant, New York - USA shaw@acm.org Proceedings Editor: James Boyd, Consumer's Union - USA boyd@cloud9.net ACM SIGAPL Executive Committee sigapl_bd@acm.org Chairman: Richard Bowman bowman@apl.demon.co.uk Secretary/Treasurer: Michael Kent mkent@acm.org Members-at-Large: Robert Bernecky bernecky@eecg.toronto.edu Richard Holt dick.holt@acm.org Kirk Iverson kbi@io.org David Weintraub dave_weintraub@jhuapl.edu Past Chairman: Lynne C. Shaw shaw@acm.org Conference Coordinator: Robert G. Brown bob@lingo.com APL Quote Quad Editors: Ray P. Polivka polivka@acm.org Jon McGrew mcgrew@acm.org Lancaster University, located just inland from Morecambe Bay on the Irish Sea in the northwestern United Kingdom supports an excellent conference complex with extensive workshop and hands-on facilities, as well as ideal locations for plenary and parallel sessions, and exhibition space. The University offers campus accommodation for participants. A block of hotel rooms has been reserved for those who prefer them. The conference will have exclusive use of the entire complex for maximum flexibility in scheduling sessions, BOFs, workshops, poster displays, exhibits, and social events. Computer labs in the nearby engineering department will be available twenty-four hours a day for use by presenters and participants. The Locale. Lancaster is an historic city, within easy travel of the Yorkshire Dales, the Lancashire coast and the English Lake District. The University campus is located about three miles from the city. International access is eased by proximity to Manchester and its international airport which has daily flights from New York, Toronto, Atlanta, Chicago, and all major European destinations. There is direct train service from the airport to Lancaster, taking less than an hour. For motorists it is an easy drive (about 10 minutes from the M6 motorway). APL96 Designing the Future Note: The full "APL96 Call for Participation" is also available from the APL and J Home Page on the World Wide Web. The URL for the APL and J Home Page is: http://www.acm.org/sigapl/