GBC/ACM Professional Development Seminar Schedule

Latest Update: October 4, 1998. Please note that attendance at all seminars is limited by the space available. If you are pre-registering at short notice or plan to walk-in, check this Web site or call our answering machine at 781-862-1181 to see if space is still available.

More on location, schedule, and cost.

Registration form.

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XML and XLink

With Steve DeRose
Saturday, October 3, 1998
9:00 am to 4:30 pm
At Harvard University, Science Center, Auditorium C
Note: This seminar is not sponsored by the Science Center or Harvard University.
More on location, schedule, and cost.

Overview

This tutorial presents two major standards from the WWW Consortium: XML and XLink at a novice-to-intermediate level.

XML, the Extensible Linking Language, was developed by a W3C Working Group chaired by Jon Bosak. It provides a way to define tag-sets for particular purposes as needed, thus going beyond HTML which is a single general-purpose set of tags, useful for many purposes but not optimized for any one. As one trivial example, someone doing mail-order catalogs online cannot have a PRICE tag in HTML, but can create what they need in XML. A wide variety of XML tag-sets are already in development or in active use. This tutorial will explain the underlying design principles of XML, its differences and similarities to other documents representations (SGML, HTML, word processor formats, etc), and how it can be usefully applied today.

XLink is being developed as part of the XML Working Group, but will likely become a separate working group shortly. It provides added functionality for hypermedia, beyond what is available on the current Web, even allowing for the addition of XML.

Who Should Attend

People interested in a novice-to-intermediate tutorial in XML and XLink.

Seminar Topics

Lecturer

Steve DeRose has worked on several hypermedia systems, starting with FRESS at Brown University. He co-founded Electronic Book Technologies and designed DynaText, DynaWeb, and other products. He is now Chief Scientist at Inso, and also Adjunct Associate Professor and Visiting Chief Scientist at Brown University’s Scholarly Technology Group. He is active in standards including SGML, HyTime, DSSSL, the Text Encoding Initiative, and SGML Open.

Session Chair

Ernesto Guerrieri
guerrieri@acm.org

Book Offer

The SGML FAQ Book: Understanding the Foundation of HTML and XML
Steve DeRose
List: $68.00
PDS Price: $55.00

Real-Time Systems Design: Current Issues and Challenges

With Phil Laplante
Saturday, October 17, 1998
9:00 am to 4:30 pm
At UMass, Boston Campus, Science Building, Lipke Auditorium
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Overview

Real-time systems have been the subject of study, debate and  misunderstanding for over 40 years.  For too long the chasm between theorists and practicing engineers has been wide, though slowly shrinking.  In this seminar we look at what a real-time system really is, what special  challenges a real-time system poses to those building them, and practical  techniques for building real-time systems.  A special look at useable research results is also included.

Who Should Attend

This seminar will be especially useful to programmers involved with real-time systems.

Seminar Topics

Lecturer

Phil Laplante is President of the Pennsylvania Institute of Technology, and was the founding Dean of the BCC/NJIT Technology and Engineering Center. He has authored dozens of technical papers and ten books. He is a founding co-editor-in-chief of the journal, Real-Time Imaging (published by Academic Press) and the co-editor-in-chief of the IEEE Press book series on Engineering of Complex Computer Systems.

Session Chair

Yaz Shaghaghi
yShaghaghi@draper.com

Book Offer

Real-Time Systems Design and Analysis
Phil LaPlante
List: $69.95
PDS Price: $55.00

COM and DCOM

With David S. Platt
Saturday, October 31, 1998
9:00 am to 4:30 pm
At UMass, Boston Campus, Science Building, Lipke Auditorium
More on location, schedule, and cost.

Overview

COM (Component Object Model) is a binary standard for constructing software components, and knowledge of COM will become increasingly important for Windows software. Platt will show how to build COM objects, and will discuss several aspects of COM programming, including interfaces, GUIDs and the registry, MIDL, proxies and stubs, class factories, and ATL. Finally, he will show how to develop applications that run on multiple machines with DCOM (distributed COM).

Who Should Attend

C++ programmers who are interested in COM and DCOM. Managers may attend but will be lost if they don’t speak fluent geek.

Seminar Topics

Lecturer

David S. Platt is the President of Rolling Thunder Computing and an instructor in Computer Science at Harvard University. He has taught several Bay Area ACM PDS sessions, and mentored development teams on COM for client companies all over the world. He has written articles on COM for Microsoft Systems Journal.

Session Chair

Jim Byrd
Byrd@acm.org
 

Book Offer

The Essence of COM with ActiveX
David Platt
List: $49.95
PDS Price: $35.00

Where, When, How Much?

Schedule

Registration Fees

Included in the fee ($75) are seminar materials, lunch, and refreshments. Registrants who are not current members of the GBC/ACM are charged an additional $10, and become members of the chapter for the year. This is distinct from International ACM membership. Surcharge for on-site registration is $10. Purchase orders, credit cards, faxes and e-mail cannot be accepted. Enrollment is limited and on a first come, first served basis. Early registration must be made by a check or money order at least three weeks in advance of the seminar to receive confirmation from GBC/ACM.

Cancellation & Refund Policy

Cancellations must be received in writing. The full fee will be refunded if the PDS Registrar receives written notification on or before the day of the seminar, addressed to GBC/ACM, PO Box 465, Lexington MA 02173. Refund requests received after the seminar date will be subject to a $15 administrative fee. The $10 membership fee will not be refunded.

Directions to University of Massachusetts, Boston Harbor Campus

On the MBTA: Take the Red Line to JFK/UMass station. A free shuttle bus will carry you from the "T" parking lot to the campus. MBTA busses following routes 8 and 16 also stop at the campus. Lipke Auditorium is in the Science Building.

By car from the north: Take Interstate 93 south through Boston to exit 15 (JFK Library/South Boston/Dorchester) and follow the University of Massachusetts signs along Columbia Road and Morrissey Boulevard to the campus.

By car from the south: Take Interstate 93 north to exit 14 (JFK Library/Morrissey Boulevard) and follow Morrissey Boulevard northward to the campus.

By car from the west: Take the Massachusetts turnpike (Interstate 90) east to the Turnpike's end at Interstate 93. Head south on I-93, then follow directions "by car from north" listed above.

Indoor and outdoor parking space is available for $3.50 per day.

Directions to Harvard

The seminar is in Auditorium C of the Science Center at Harvard University in Cambridge. Attendees may park in the lot at 38 Oxford Street. Do not park in other Harvard lots.

Registration Form

Print out either the HTML form or the form from the PDS Brochure in Acrobat (.PDF) format
and mail it to:

The Greater Boston Chapter ACM
P.O.Box 465
Lexington, MA 02173

Any Questions?

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