Dear Colleague:
This is to announce the First International Conference on CONCURRENT ENGINEERING: RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS to be held in Pittsburgh, PA, USA during August 29-31, 1994. The theme of this conference is A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE.
Sponsors: * Concurrent Technologies Corporation, Johnstown, PA, USA * CERA Journal, Published by Academic Press, London, UK * International Society for Productivity Enhancement, USA
Purpose of the Conference:
This conference is a major forum for the international scientific exchange and presentation of multi-disciplinary and inter-organizational aspects of Concurrent Engineering utlizing
* integrated enterprise processes * collaborative work * information sharing * co-locating people, tools, and places, and * integrated frameworks and tools
Attendees will benefit from the presentations by learning how to apply Concurrent Engineering principles to their own applications.
Experts from 13 countries will present 66 technical papers. In addition, there are 6 Invited Presentations from distinguished authorities in Concurrent Engineering. A booth exhibit area will be available so that organizations can display their capabilities and information in informal discussions.
Keynote Talk:
Dr. Michael McGrath, Executive Director, Manufacturing in ARPA's Software and Intelligent Systems Technology Office, USA
Plenary Address:
Prof. Ramana Reddy, Director, Concurrent Engineering Research Center and Professor in the Department of Computer Science, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA
Plenary Lectures:
* Salil Deshpande, President and CEO, Customware * Katia P.Sycara, Director, Enterprise Integration Laboratory and Senior Research Scientist, Carnegie Mellon University * Alfred Z. Spector, President and CEO, Transarc Corporation * Vasudevan "Juggy" Jagannathan, Associate Professor, West Virginia University and Senior Member of Technical Staff st CERC
Proceedings:
All invited and contributed papers presented at the conference will be published in the conference proceedings. The cost of the proceedings is included in the full registration fee. Additional copies of the proceedings may be purchased by contacting Linda R. Pollock at (814) 269-2520 or pollock@ctc.com
Entertainment Events:
* CE94 Ice Breaker, August 28, 1994, 7pm * Pittsburgh Pirate Baseball Game, August 29, 1994, 7:30 pm * The Gateway Clipper Dinner Cruise, August 30, 1994, 7 pm
Registration Cost:
Advance Registration Fee (before July 29, 1994): US$495.00 On Site Registration Fee: US$550.00 Registration fee includes the following:
* Admission to CE94 and Exhibits for all three days * One copy of the CE94 proceedings * A one year membership to ISPE * A one year subscription to the CERA Journal (1995, vol. 3) * One ticket to the Pittsburgh Pirates Baseball game * One ticket to the Gateway Clipper Dinner cruise
CONFERENCE CHAIR: PROGRAM CHAIR: Anand J. Paul Michael Sobolewski CTC, Johnstown, PA Citicorp North America, Inc., Westlake, TX
PROGRAM COMMITTEE:
Hubert D. Callihan CTC, Johnstown, PA K. Joseph Cleetus CERC, Morgantown, WV Mark Fox University of Toronto, Canada Anthony J. Gadient SCRA, N. Charleston, SC Ted Goranson Sirius-Beta Martin Hardwick RPI, Troy, NY Michael N. Huhns MCC, Austin, TX Giuseppe Iazeolla University of Roma at TorVergata, Roma, Italy Vasudevan Jagannathan CERC/WVU, Morgantown, WV Mark Klein Boeing, Seattle, WA Alexander Kott Carnegie Group, Pittsburgh, PA Howard A. Kuhn CTC, Johnstown, PA Zenon Kulpa Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Poland Andrew Kusiak University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA J.W. Lewis GE, Schenectady, NY Felix Londono G. University EAFIT, Columbia Biren Prasad EDS/GM Jacky Prucz WVU, Morgantown, WV Zbigniew W. Ras UNL, Charleston, NC Jose M. Sanchez Centro de Inteligencia Artificial, Monterrey, Mexico Alexander Smirnov IIA, St. Petersburg, Russia John E. Sneckenberger MAE, WVU, Morgantown, WV Richard Mark Soley OMG, Framingham, MA Duvvury Sriram MIT, Cambridge, MA Katia P. Sycara CMU, Pittsburgh, PA Robert E. Swanson CTC, Johnstown, PA George Trapp SCS, WVU, Morgantown, WV Ghislain C. Vansteenkiste University of Gent, Belgium Jozef Winkowski Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:
Anand J. Paul Lori L. Ash Chris Bagnall Leila A. Bearjar Kathleen T. Buynack Stephanie D. Freidline Amy J. Hoffman James S. Kane Linda R. Pollock John T. Sinosky Karen L. Sossong Tricia A. Wright
BROCHURES AND DETAILED INFORMATION:
A brochure has been developed for this conference and is in the process of being professionally printed. In addition, there are going to be about 20 booths (10'x10') where exhibitors can display and share their methodologies, expertise, products and other things with the conference attendees. Already we have a few major companies interested in setting up such booths.
The CE94 Brochure and Registration Forms and Exhibit Information have been put in an anonymous ftp site as PostScript files. In addition, a small text file containing only the registration form has also been placed in this anonymous site. Details are given below. The Brochure and Registration Forms are in color and can easily be printed on a color printer. However, they will print on a black and white printer also. The Exhibit Information file and the Forms file are black and white and can be easily printed on any black and white printer.
The above mentioned three files are available through anonymous ftp on the machine server1.ctc.com (Node # 147.160.1.2). You may login as anonymous and use your e-mail address as the password. The files are in the directory pub/ce94.
ce_94.ps Contains the brochure itself which contains the detailed program of the conference and the registration forms. It also contains other general information that will be useful to you. There are 8 pages in this file. exhibit.ps Contains information about setting up exhibits at the conference site. This file contains 3 pages.
forms.txt Is a text file and contains only the registration form, names of people in the program and organizing committee. This file contains 2 pages.
You may fill out the forms.txt file and e-mail it to us as an advance copy. However, formal registration will only be accepted on a hard copy of the registration form (either the one in the brochure or in the forms.txt file) with your signature.
If you cannot access these files through ftp, I will send them to you by e-mail upon request. Hard copies of these files will also be mailed out to people who want them -- however, this will take a month or so.
Do not hesitate to contact me should there be any questions or need for further information. Looking forward to seeing you all at the conference.
Thank you.
Anand J. Paul Conference Chair Concurrent Technologies Corporation 1450 Scalp Avenue Johnstown, PA 15904 USA Telephone: (814) 269-2501 Fax: (814) 269-4458 Internet: paul@ctc.com
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