[SCC_Active_Members] Fyi: Fortran@50 session at SC07 Conference

[Paul McJones]

This seems like a fitting venue.

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	Fwd: Fifty Years of Fortran
Date: 	Fri, 13 Jul 2007 23:25:35 +0100
From: 	Peter Crouch <pccrouch at bcs.org.uk>
Reply-To: 	pccrouch at bcs.org.uk
To: 	FSG Committee List <fortrancom at lists.bcs.org.uk>



Hello to you all,

Please see the message below from one of the organisers of the SC07 
Conference.  It seems that my idea for a "Birds of a Feather" session to 
highlight 50 years of Fortran will be replaced by a session in the 
official programme.  I am very pleased to see that taking place, I only 
wish it had happened before I contacted a number of people to contribute 
to the possible BoF session.

I don't recognise the names of any of the people mentioned in Harvey 
Wasserman's message and I have reservations about putting myself forward 
to speak about the "Future of Fortran" as well as wishing that there was 
a talk celebrating the work of John Backus as part of the programme.

I have BCCed a number of my contacts in the western hemisphere onto this 
message and I would welcome comments from both sides of the Atlantic 
before I reply to Harvey.

Best wishes,

Peter Crouch
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Tel:    0121 523 6756
E-mail: pccrouch at bcs.org.uk

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-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	Fifty Years of Fortran
Date: 	Fri, 13 Jul 2007 09:56:57 -0700
From: 	Harvey Wasserman <HJWasserman at lbl.gov>
To: 	pccrouch at bcs.org.uk
CC: 	Nancy Wilkins-Diehr <wilkinsn at sdsc.edu>, Jose Moreira 
<jmoreira at us.ibm.com>



Dear Peter,

Nancy Wilkins-Diehr forwarded to me your inquiries regarding the  
Fortran Golden Jubilee year
and I'm happy to say that we are planning a Fortran at 50 session at SC07.

We've scheduled it for Thursday, November 15, from 10:30 AM to 12:00  
PM.  It will
take the form of a panel session and we'd like to ask you to
speak as part of it.  It will NOT be a "Birds of a Feather" session.

Although the complete lineup is still rather tentative we are  
envisioning the following.
Fran Allen, IBM Fellow Emerita, has offered to be Master of  
Ceremonies, about which,
we're very happy.

Tentative Outline:
1. Introducing Fran Allen (José Moreira, SC07 Panels Chair) 5 minutes
2. Fran Allen talk 15 minutes
3. Compiler viewpoint 15 minutes
4. Application / user viewpoint 15 minutes
5. Architectural impacts of Fortran: 15 minutes
6. Future of Fortran 15 minutes
7. Questions from audience: 10 minutes

Total: 90 minutes.

José Moreira of IBM is lining up the speakers and has several in mind  
for items 3-5 so we're
wondering if you would be willing to do the "Future of Fortran" segment.

SC07 will be held November 10-16, 2007, in Reno, NV.

Will you please let me know how all of this sounds to you?

Thank you very much.

Best regards,

Harvey Wasserman
NERSC/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
SC07 Technical Program Chair
http:/sc07.supercomputing.org