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Occam User Group Newsletter ® occam is a trade mark of INMOS Limited The User Group is an informal organisation run by its own members. Its primary concern is the occam programming language, developed by INMOS Limited. As the principal vehicle for the execution of occam programs, the INMOS trans­ puter hardware is also included in the Group's area of interest. The main aim of the User Group is to act as a forum for the interchange of information among existing and potential users of these products and as a channel for communication with INMOS. These aims will be met by organis­ ing meetings, issuing a newsletter, and supporting the exchange of programs between members. Membership is free upon submission of an enrolment form. The User Group is mainly dependent upon its own members to contribute to meetings, to provide material for the newsletter and to make their occam programs available to other . members. Occam User Group Newsletter This is the main vehicle for communication between members and is sent out free of charge. It is issued approximately twice yearly in June and December. It includes supplements to the list of members and a bibliography of published work on occam and related subjects. It also includes names, addresses and telephone numbers of the members of the committee. Members are encour­ aged. to submit short descriptions of their interest in and intended uses of oc­ cam. Text may be retyped, but diagrams should be suitable for reproduction. Text may also be acceptable on machine-readable media at the editor's dis­ cretion. Please submit articles, letters, comments, enquiries on any occam or transputer-related subjects to the Editor: Dr Geraint Jones, Programming Research Group, University of Oxford, 8-11 Keb1e Road, OXFORD OX1 3QD. Emai1: [email protected] Te1ephone: 0865 273851 Technical Me,etulClS These are held twice yearly, usually in September and March. Apart from any necessary business they include papers, presentations and demonstrations by members and by INMOS. The earlier meetings were informal and had no published proceedings. Recent meetings have included formal papers which have been published by lOS, Amsterdam, -- for information on availability see the Newsletter. If you are prepared to give a presentation or act as host to a future meeting, please inform the User Group Secretary or the meeting organiser (if known). - Related groups in other countries St)me contact addresses for groups in other countries are given towards the back of this booklet. occam is a trade mark of INMOS Limited The directory in this booklet, is classified alphabetically by countries in three main groups: 1 EuroLpe, 2 America, 3 Rest of the World. It includes the names and addresses of all (about 2160) members of the Occam User Group who have given their permission for these to be made public. There are also about 110 members who do not wish to have their identities made public. The cut-off date for inclusion is mid-December 1989. Where available, and permission has been given, a Telephone Number, List of interests and Electronic mail address is also given. Telephone numbers have been augmented with an international dialling code when this was not supplied by the member. Leading zeroes have been removed in this process, it is not known whether this is in general the right thing to do. No attempt has been made to standardise EMAIL addresses. Interests are coded under the following headings, with other words given in full. Artificial intelligence Formal aspects go Graphics Hardware ], Learning Networks m Numerical methods Operating systems u Unix The final item of the entry for each member indicates the source of the information. The codes used are to be interpreted thus: Q OUG Questionnaire (1987) R Rejoining form sent to members who did not return questionnaire E OUG Enro~ment form before April 1989 A date New entry Added on date shown (no date = before April 1989) M date Existing entry Modified on date shown Any member who joined before December 1989 and whose name is not in the directory, but has received this booklet, should be assumed to have requested that his or her details not be published. Any member who wishes to report an error in his own entry in this directory should photocopy an enrolment form from the back of the booklet and send it to the address below. Apologies are offered for any errors which have arisen from the combination of manual and automated procedures that have been used in the creation of this directory. Any member who knows that another member has moved from the address shown and is unlikely to have his or her mail forwarded is invited to send an enrolment form to that other member so that he or she may rejoin the group. The occam user group membership file is held on a computer at the INMOS offices at Bristol. All enquiries about the availability on machine readable media of this and further information supplied by OUG members should be directed to the address below. Michael Poole, OUG -INMOS 1000 Aztec West, Te/: +44-454 616616 EMAIL: [email protected] 2 AUSTRIA Or Arnold Baca, IFS, Dept. of Al'Siomechanics, Auf der Schmelz 6, A-1150 Vienna, Austria. Tel: +43-0222 922661/87 Interests: gm M 11-MAY-1989 Or Eugene Brenner, Graz Univ of Tech, Inst of Computer Science, Krenngasse 37/1, A-801 0 Graz, Austria. Tel: +43-031 i 76170 Interests: ah~u Q Prof B Buchberger, Res Inst for Symbolic Comp, University of Linz, Altenbergerstr 69, A-4040 Linz, Austria. Tel: +43-723 2468/9219 Interests: afhm symbolic camp EMAIL: [email protected] Q Alexander Feldmann, Rudolfstr. 72, A-4040 Linz 1 Danube, Austria. Tel: +43-7322338653 Interests: aqhnmou M 8-MAY-1989 Alois Ferscha, Institut fur Statistik und Infor, Abt. f. Angewandte Informatik, Universitat Wien, Lenaugasse 2/8, A-1080 Wien, Austria. lriterests: afqhlnm performance R Gerhard Gonter, Guenser Strasse 3E, A-2700 Wiener Neustadt, Austria. Interests: EMAIL: abele at awiwuw11.earn E Ken Hansen, Information Systems Labs (ISL), 8130 Boone Blvd, Va 22180, Vienna, Austria. Interests: fqnou A Scheiber Jurgen, Petrusgasse 1614, 1030 Wien, Austria. Tel: +43-0222 71 37 646 Interests: qh~nm M 11-MAY-1989' Mag. Peter Karlsreiter, EDV-Zentrum, Boltzmanng. 5, A- 1090 Wien, Austria. Interests: nmo E Nikolaus Kero, Technical University Vienna, Institut F AlIgem Elektrotechnik, Gusshausstr 27-29, A-1040, Vienna. Tel: +43-222 58801 3839 Interests: aqhnmo EMAIL: datex-p26221 070::k352140 (host is vax 780) Q Oipl. Ing. Bernhard Kokesch, IMPULS Computer-Systems GmbH, Jochen Rindstr. 9, A-1232 Wien, Austria. Tel: +43-0222 616 24 01/21 Interests: qnmou A 8-MAY-1989 Waiter Muellner, Inst. of Statistics, University of Vienna, Austria, Lenaugasse 2/8, A-1080 Wien, Austria. Tel: +43-0222 4863667 Interests: qo EMAIL: a4424daa@awiuni11 (bitnet or earn) R Or Martin Neumann, University of Vienna, Institut Fur Experimentalphysik, Der Universitat Wien, Strudlhof- gasse 4, A-1090 Wien, Austria. Tel: +43-222 31 63 09 Interests: III EMAIL: a8221dae@awiuni11 (earn/bitnet) M 8-MAY-1989 Oswald Petschening, GAMED mbH, Grottenhofstr. 7, A-8053 Graz, Austria. Tel: +43-296508-11 Interests: aqhm EMAIL: 31 29 66 Q Schindler, Spezialist fur Personal Computer, Dr Schindler GmbH, A-1090 Wien, Kolingasse 10, Austria. Tel: +43-0222 315606 Interests: aqho Q Or Kurt Schlacher, Institut fur Regelungstechnik, Krenngasse 37/11, A-8010 Graz, Austria. Tel: +43-0316 74 0 45 Interests: agmu Q Albert Schuler, Technical University Vienna, Institut fuer AlIg., Elektrotechnik, Gusshausstrasse 27/359, A-1040 Vienna, Austria. A Mr W Veith, Joanneum Research Centre, IAS, Inffeldg. 12, A-8010 Graz, Austria. Interests: hn A 15-DEC-1989 Mag. Hartwig Vogel, HTL Rankweil, Negrellistr. 50, 6830 Rankweil, Austria. Tel: +43-05522 42 190 Interests: afqhlnmou E Roman Weilguny, 1100 Wien, Herzg 47, Austria. Tel: +43-0222 6277632 'Interests: q~ ima proc,neur net E BELGIUM JF Blavier, Institut d'Astrophysique, 5 Av. de Cointe, B4200 Ougree - Liege, Belgium. A 22-NOV-1989 BELGIUM 4 Europe Ronny State University of Ghent, Electronics Laboratory, St Pietersnieuwstraat 41, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium. Tel: +32-91 23 38 21 ext: 2514 Interests: ~ A 25-MAY-1989 Erik Vrye Universiteit Brussel, Dienst Info, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussel, Belgium. Tel: +32-2 641 29 68 Interests: qhou EMAIL: [email protected] M 22-MAY-1989 Oubois, rue de la Fontaine 3, B-5958 Lincent, Belgium. Tel: +32-2 234 4187 Interests: hu ada compiler A 6-JUL-1989 State University of Ghent, Grote Steenweg Noord 2, B-9710, Ghent-Zwynaarde, Belgium. Tel: +32-0 91 225755 ext:309 Interests: EMAIL: pve@bgerug51 (earn.bitnet) E 259 Chaussee De Tournai, B 7931, Villers, St Amand, Belgium. Tel: +32-168 283463 Interests: A 25-MAY-1989 LalJWE~reins, Katholiede Universiteit Leuven, ESAT Laboratory, Kardinaal Mercierlaan 94, B-3030 Belgium. ' Tel: +32-16 22 09 31 EMAIL: [email protected] M 11-MAY-1989 Vv'IILvAUt;;l, Avenue du Pare 38, B-4655 Chaineux, Belgium. Tel: +32-87 332 146 images M 12-MAY-1989 University of Ghent, Blandijnberg 2, Ghent 9000, Belgium. Tel: +32-091 257571 Interests: EMAIL: [email protected] Q G Faculte Poly. de Mons, 7000 Mons (Belgique), Rue de Houdain, 9, Belgium. Tel: +32-65 374053 Interests: af M 11-MAY-1989 Vermeersch Coupure Links 653, B-9000 Gent, Belgie. A 21-NOV-1989 Lieven Plettinck, Barco-Industries N.V., Th Stevenslaan 106, B-8500 Kortrijk, Belgium. Tel: +32-56 233239 Interests: Q Van Renterghem, State University of Ghent, The Transputer Lab/Automatic, Control Lab, Grotes- teenweg Noord 2, B-9710 Ghent-Zwijnaarde, Belgium. Tel: +32-91 22 57 55 Interests: EMAIL: pvr bgerug51.bitnet M 22-MAY-1989 Karel Roose, R, ineer, Barco Industries, Th.
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