From sanders@inf.ethz.ch Mon Jan 31 19:07:00 EST 1994 Article: 6219 of comp.compilers Xref: economic.mess.cs.cmu.edu comp.lang.eiffel:4635 comp.compilers:6219 comp.lang.modula2:8788 comp.lang.oberon:1503 Newsgroups: comp.lang.eiffel,comp.compilers,comp.lang.modula2,comp.lang.oberon Path: honeydew.srv.cs.cmu.edu!das-news.harvard.edu!spdcc!iecc!compilers-sender From: sanders@inf.ethz.ch (Beverly Sanders) Subject: Final Program: Prog. Langs and System Architectures (March 94, Zurich) Message-ID: <94-01-131@comp.compilers> Keywords: conference Sender: compilers-sender@chico.iecc.com Organization: Dept. Informatik, ETH, Zurich, CH Date: Mon, 31 Jan 1994 12:14:44 GMT Approved: compilers@chico.iecc.com A formatted postscript version of this announcement is available via ftp from neptune@inf.ethz.ch in file ~/ftp/pub/PLSA.ps +-------------------------------------------------------+ | PLSA'94 | | | | International Conference | | on Programming Languages and System Architectures | | | | With a Special Session | | in Honor of Niklaus Wirth on his 60th Birthday | | | | March 2-4, 1994 | | ETH Zuerich | | Switzerland | +-------------------------------------------------------+ CONFERENCE PROGRAM WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2 ------------------ Topics: Optimization, Concurrency Session 1 Chair: Juerg Gutknecht, ETH Zuerich, Switzerland 9:15 - 9:30 Opening Address Carl August Zehnder and Juerg Gutknecht 9:30 - 10:30 Interconnecting Computers: Architecture, Technology, and Economics Butler W. Lampson (DEC SRC, Palo Alto, USA) Session 2 Chair: Martin Reiser, IBM Research Zuerich, Switzerland 11:00 - 11:30 On Computing Power Jean E. Vuillemin (DEC Paris Research Laboratory, France) 11:30 - 12:00 Increasing Memory Bandwidth for Vector Computations Sally A. McKee, Steven A. Moyer, William A. Wulf, Charles Hitchcock (University of Virginia and Dartmouth College, USA) Session 3 Chair: Susan Graham, University of California, Berkeley, USA 14:00 - 14:30 The Advantages of Machine-Dependent Global Optimization Manuel E. Benitez, Jack W. Davidson (University of Virginia, USA) 14:30 - 15:00 Dependence-Conscious Global Register Allocation Wolfgang Ambrosch, M. Anton Ertl, Felix Beer, Andreas Krall (Technical University of Vienna, Austria) 15:00 - 15:30 Type Test Elimination using Typeflow Analysis Diane Corney, John Gough (Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia) Session 4 Chair: Beverly A. Sanders, ETH Zuerich, Switzerland 16:00 - 16:30 Where Concurrent Processes Originate Stanislaw Chrobot (Kuweit University) 16:30 - 17:00 High-Level Abstractions for Efficient Concurrent Systems Suresh Jagannathan, James Philbin (NEC Research, Princeton, USA) THURSDAY, MARCH 3 ----------------- Topics: Programming Language Design, Modular Programming Session 1 Chair: Butler W. Lampson, DEC SRC, Palo Alto, USA 9:00 - 10:00 Languages and Interactive Software Development Susan Graham (University of California, Berkeley, USA) 10:00 - 10:30 Language and Architecture Paradigms as Object Classes Diomidis Spinellis, Sophia Drossopoulou, Susan Eisenbach (Imperial College London, United Kingdom) Session 2 Chair: Gustav Pomberger, University of Linz, Austria 11:00 - 11:30 Engineering a Programming Language: The Type and Class System of Sather Clemens A. Szyperski, Stephen Omohundro, Stephan Murer (ICSI Berkeley, USA) 11:30 - 12:00 OPAL: Design and Implementation of an Algebraic Programming Language Klaus Didrich, Andreas Fett, Carola Gerke, Wolfgang Grieskamp, Peter Pepper (Technical University of Berlin, Germany) Session 3 Chair: Edsger W. Dijkstra, University of Texas, Austin, USA 14:00 - 15:00 Mechanized Support for Stepwise Refinement Jan L. A. van de Snepscheut (Caltech, USA) 15:00 - 15:30 Architectural Issues in Spreadsheet Languages Alan G. Yoder, David L. Cohn (University of Notre Dame, USA) Session 4 Chair: Peter Schulthess, University of Ulm, Germany 16:00 - 16:30 Technological Steps toward a Software Component Industry Michael Franz (ETH Zuerich, Switzerland) 16:30 - 17:00 Distributed High-Level Module Binding for Flexible Encapsulation and Fast Inter-Modular Optimization Christian S. Collberg (University of Auckland, New Zealand) 19:00 Conference Banquet Hotel Zuerich, Neumuehlequai 42 FRIDAY, MARCH 4 --------------- Topic: Oberon Session 1 Chair: Niklaus Wirth, ETH Zuerich, Switzerland 9:00 - 10:00 Hardware and Software: The Closing Gap C.A.R. Hoare (Oxford University, United Kingdom) 10:00 - 10:30 Is Oberon as Simple as Possible? Atanas Radenski (University of North Carolina, USA) Session 2 Chair: Hanspeter Moessenboeck, ETH Zuerich, Switzerland 11:00 - 11:30 On the Essence of Oberon David A. Naumann (Southwestern University, Georgetown, USA) 11:30 - 12:00 Adding Concurrency to the Oberon System Spiros Lalis, Beverly A. Sanders (ETH Zuerich, Switzerland) Special session in honor of Niklaus Wirth on his 60th birthday Chair: Carl August Zehnder, ETH Zuerich, Switzerland This session is held in room HG F30 (Auditorium Maximum) 14:00 - 14:30 Greeting address Gustav Pomberger (University of Linz, Austria) 14:30 - 16:00 Addresses of a personal nature C. A. R. Hoare (Oxford University, United Kingdom) Edward M. McCreight (Adobe, Palo Alto, USA) Anita and Bill Walker (East Central University, USA) and others Apero ============================================ PROGRAM COMMITTEE J. Gutknecht, ETH Zuerich, CH (Chairman) R. P. Cook, Microsoft, USA G. Coray, EPF Lausanne, CH O. J. Dahl, University of Oslo, N E. W. Dijkstra, University of Texas, USA G. Goos, TU Karlsruhe, D S. Graham, UC Berkeley, USA D. Gries, Cornell University, USA D. Hanson, Princeton University, USA B. Kernighan, AT&T Bell Labs, USA B. W. Lampson, DEC SRC, USA J. Ludewig, TU Stuttgart, D J. Misra, University of Texas, USA H. Moessenboeck, ETH Zuerich, CH R. Needham, Cambridge University, UK S. Owicki, DEC SRC, USA G. Pomberger, University of Linz, A P. Rechenberg, University of Linz, A M. Reiser, IBM Research, CH B. A. Sanders, ETH Zuerich, CH P. Schulthess, University of Ulm, D A. Shaw, University of Washington, USA A. Tanenbaum, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, NL P. D. Terry, Rhodes University, SA L. Tesler, Apple Corp., USA J. Welsh, University of Queensland, AUS N. Wirth, ETH Zuerich, CH ORGANIZING COMMITTEE C. A. Zehnder, ETH Zuerich (Chairman) W. Gander, ETH Zuerich M. Franz, ETH Zuerich CONFERENCE SECRETARIAT AND STAFF H. Guelguen, ETH Zuerich M. Bernard, ETH Zuerich I. Noack, ETH Zuerich ============================================ LOCATION ETH Zuerich (main building HG), Raemistrasse 101, Zuerich, Switzerland Regular sessions: room HG F1 (F floor) Friday afternoon session: room HG F30 (Auditorium Maximum, F floor) Trains run every 10-15 minutes from the Zuerich airport to the central railway station and cost about CHF 5. A taxi from the airport to the center costs about CHF 40. From the central railway station take the tram (3 stops) to "ETH Zentrum" next to the ETH main building: either tram 6 (direction Zoo) or tram 10 (direction Seebach). No parking is available at ETH. INFORMATION PLSA'94, ETH Zentrum, CH-8092 Zuerich, Switzerland Phone: +41-1-632 7311, Fax: +41-1-261 5389, E-Mail: PLSA94@inf.ethz.ch REGISTRATION, CONFERENCE DESK Use the enclosed registration card. For late registration at the conference desk we charge additional CHF 50. The conference desk (in front of the auditorium HG F1) will be open from 8:00 to 17:00 on Wednesday and from 8:45 to 17:00 on Thursday and Friday. ACCOMODATION Hotels can be reserved using the enclosed hotel reservation card. LUNCHES Lunches can be taken in the ETH restaurant "Polyterrasse" (Mensa) which is in the main building (B floor, southern elevators). Don't forget your lunch tickets that you will get at the conference desk. CONFERENCE BANQUET The conference banquet will be held on Thursday, March 3, 19:00, at the Hotel Zuerich (Neumuehlequai 42) which is within walking distance from ETH. Banquet tickets at CHF 70 each have to be ordered with the conference registration. PROCEEDINGS AND BOOKS The proceedings are published by Springer-Verlag. One copy is included in the conference fee. Additional copies can be purchased at the conference book desk that will also show a selection of books related to the conference field. EXHIBITION Hardware developed at ETH Zuerich will be shown in the J floor of the RZ building, Clausiusstrasse 59. The exhibition will be open on conference days until 22:00. -- Send compilers articles to compilers@iecc.com or {ima | spdcc | world}!iecc!compilers. Meta-mail to compilers-request@iecc.com.