GBC/ACM Professional Development Seminar Schedule
Latest Update: April 21, 1997.
Please note that attendance at all seminars is limited by the
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Kee Hinckley
Founder & CTO of
Utopia Corporation
Saturday, April 12, 1997
at MIT
Overview
Application development on the World Wide Web is an area of
explosive growth for our industry. This is an opportunity to
get a hands-on expert's insights on the available technologies
and resources, and gain an understanding of their strengths,
shortfalls, appropriate uses, and general architecture.
Who Should Attend
Any technical person wanting to understand the state of this
rapidly evolving art of web-based application development.
Engineers needing to select development tools for their next
project.
Seminar Topics
- Server-Side Applications
- The CGI protocol
- Using CGI from Perl
- Using CGI from other languages
- OpenMarket's FastCGI mechanism
- Using FastCGI from Perl
- Using FastCGI with other languages
- Server Plug-in's with Netscape's NSAPI
- Server Plug-in's with Apache's API
- Server Plug-in's with Microsoft's ISAPI
- Server-Side Database Access
- Some examples of mechanisms
- Server-Side Java
- Client-Side Applications
- JavaScript
- Java
- Client Plug-ins
- Microsoft's Active-X
- Netscape's LiveWire
Lecturer
Kee Hinckley,
founder of
Utopia,
has been an information technology innovator for more than 15 years
and has been involved with the Internet since 1981. Prior to founding
Utopia, Hinckley worked at Wildfire Communications, was founder of
Alfalfa Software, and held positions at Apollo Computer, the Open
Software Foundation, and Bell Laboratories. Hinckley is the founder
and one-time administrator of the Motif and NT online forums. He has
published several papers on graphical user interfaces, taught courses on
using the Motif toolkit, and given talks on the future of cyberspace.
Session Chair
Jay Conne,
conne@acm.org
Book Offer
None.
Dean Rowe
Microsoft Corporation
Saturday, April 26, 1997
at MIT
Note: Mr. Rowe replaces Shankar Vaidyanathan,
who was originally scheduled to present this seminar.
Overview
COM (Component Object Model) is the foundation on which
ActiveX and OLE are built.
Contrasting approaches to building components,
Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC),
and ActiveX Template Library (ATL)
will be compared.
ATL will be presented in great detail.
Who Should Attend
This is intended mainly for practicing software engineers and consultants.
Some of the earlier topics will also benefit software engineering managers.
Seminar Topics
- Fundamentals of COM
- OLE and ActiveX
- ActiveX Template Library (ATL)
- Building of controls
- ActiveX Controls for the Internet
- VC++ environment, wizards, and component gallery
Lecturer
Dean Rowe is a Software Design Engineer in the Visual C++ group at
Microsoft Corporation. He is currently a developer on the Active
Template Library - a C++ library which heavily uses templates and
multiple inheritance to produce extremely fast and COM objects with
minimal code size. Prior to his ATL work he has developed a wide range
of systems from high performance database applications in C++ to payroll
systems using COBOL on IBM mainframes.
Session Chair
Jim Byrd,
byrd@acm.org
Book Offer
Inside COM
by Dale Rogerson,
Microsoft Press
List price: $34.95; PDS price: $20.00
Active-X Controls Inside Out
by
Adam Dening,
Microsoft Press
List price: $39.95; PDS price: $25.00
Note: Book offers good only when included with registration fee.
Jared Spool,
User Interface Engineering
Alan Cooper,
"The Father of VisualBasic",
Cooper Software
Saturday, May 3, 1997
at Northeastern University
Overview
This is a two-part seminar with contrasting ideas for discovering the
right (effective) design questions, answering them,
and then designing software to solve real users'
problems.
-
Developers need information to make decisions.
Relying on opinions can often be unreliable,
and disputes can eat up valuable development time.
In this session Jared will present a variety of techniques
that you can use to collect accurate data about
who your users are and what they will actually do
with your product.
-
The little software that is consciously designed
usually reflects the focus of
programmers on technology, marketeers on what's hot,
or users on their tasks.
Few users are consciously aware of their goals.
Alan will show you how easy it is to identify your users'
real goals and how difficult it is to achieve them
in software design.
Who Should Attend
Application designers, developers, and their managers who want to
understand the role and methods of effective application design.
Seminar Topics
- Techniques for Needs Assessment - Jared Spool
- User myth reconciliation - discovering what you already know
- Contextual Inquiry (AKA, Users in the mist) - detail insights
- Focus groups - quickly talk with your users
- Usability testing with paper mockups - rapid,
inexpensive insights
- Goal Directed Software Design - Alan Cooper
- Goals vs Tasks
- The Goal Stack: False; Corporate; Practical; Personal
- How to avoid Excise and Navigation waste
- Exercises to practice making these design distinctions
- Panel Q & A
Lecturers
Jared M. Spool
is a Founding Principal at
User Interface Engineering (UIE)
and is on the faculty of
Tufts University's Gordon Institute.
UIE is a consulting firm specializing in the design and implementation
of computer product user interfaces. Jared specializes in Usability Engineering and Rapid Prototyping technology. His clients include the Harvard Business School, Lotus, Bank Of Montreal, Powersoft, Progress Software, IBM, and Viewlogic.
Alan Cooper,
author of
About Face: The Essentials Of User Interface Design,
is known as
"The Father of VisualBasic.".
He is the President of Cooper Software,
a leading software design consulting firm in Silicon Valley whose clients include
Logitech, Adobe and Zoran. Their proprietary Goal-Directed software design
process allows them to achieve a simplicity and effectiveness of design unique in
the industry.
Session Chair
Jim Ganino,
JSGanino@acm.org
Book Offer
About Face: The Essentials Of User Interface Design
by
Alan Cooper,
IDG Books
List price: $29.99; PDS price: $20.00
Note: Book offers good only when included with registration fee.
MIT Location for April 12 and 26
The April 12 and April 26 seminars will be held at
Edgerton Lecture Hall (Bldg. 34, Room 101) at MIT.
This is on Vassar Street in Cambridge.
MIT Directions
Building 34 is located on Vassar Street about half way between Main
Street and Massachusetts Ave.
It is a small square building turned 45 degrees to
the street so it may look like a diamond, especially with a glass atrium
entrance. It is set back a few yards from the street and the line of
other buildings. It's between buildings 36 and 38.
MIT Parking
There is free parking on Vassar Street all Saturday and there is a
parking structure surrounded by a parking lot at the corner of Vassar
and Main.
MIT Public Transportation
Red line to
Kendall Square.
Walk West on Main Street to Vassar Street;
Turn left on Vassar and walk half way to next light - to building 34.
Northeastern University Location for May 3
The May 3 seminar will be held at Northeastern University's
Snell Engineering Center, Boston, within walking distance of the
MBTA Green Line (Arborway/E Train) Northeastern station
and the
Orange Line Ruggles station (also Commuter Rail -- Purple Line).
Free parking is available, but limited and subject to change due to construction.
Schedule
- 8:30am - 9:00am: Registration (continental breakfast provided)
- 9:00am - 12:15pm: Morning session (break about 10:30am)
- 12:15pm - 1:30pm: Lunch (provided on-site)
- 1:30pm - 4:30pm: Afternoon session (break about 2:30pm)
Registration Fees
Included in the $75 fee are seminar materials, lunch, and refreshments.
Registrants who are not current members of the GBC/ACM are charged
an added $10, and become members of the chapter for the year.
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.
Print out the form and mail it to:
The Greater Boston Chapter ACM
P.O.Box 465
Lexington, MA 02173
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