1998 IEEE COMPUTER SOCIETY / CPMT
TECHNICAL COMMITTEE ON COMPUTER AND SYSTEM PACKAGING WORKSHOP
The IEEE Computer Society and CPMT Joint Technical Committee on Computer and System Packaging would like to invite you to participate in its 30th annual workshop to be held at the Sheraton Fiesta Beach Resort, South Padre Island, Texas. The dates for the workshop are Wednesday May 20-22..
The workshop will consist of six sessions covering various aspects of computer and system packaging technology:
Session 1 Bus Architecture Impacts on Package Design
Chairs: Ed Priest (SGI) & George Katopis (IBM)
Session 2 Microprocessor Packaging
Chairs: Bill Petefish (Gore) & Len Schaper (Univ of Arkansas)
Session 3 Workstation/Desktop/Portables
Chairs: Howard Davidson (Sun) & Judy Corman (SGI)
Session 4 Supercomputers/Mainframes/Servers
Chairs: John Nelson (Unisys) & Eric Peterson (HP)
Session 5 Military/Aerospace/Automotive
Chair: Rob Vadas (Delco) & Al Janus (Hughes)
Session 6 Telecom/Portable/Wireless
Chairs: Jack Balde (IDC) & John Segelken (Lucent)
Keynote Talk Evan Davidson, IBM Poughkeepsie.
For additional information please contact:
General Chair: Gordie Robbins gordie@ibmoto.com IBM
Tech. Co-Chairs: Lisa Pallotti pallotti@rsn.hp.com HP, Richardson TX, or Bryan Douglas bryan.douglas@alcatel.fr Alcatel, Richardson TX
Treasurer: Len Alton, Len.Alton2@unisys.com Unisys
Secretary: Anand Haridass anandh@ibmoto.com IBM, Austin
European Chair: John Barrett , barrett@nmrc.ucc.ie NMRC
Japan Chair: Yukada Tsukada Tsukada@jp.ibm.com IBM
Location:
South Padre Island is a laid-back beach resort town (pop. 1800) at the Southernmost tip of 110 mile long Padre Island. Besides from relaxing on the beach or swimming in the warm clear Gulf waters, there is deep sea/pier/beach fishing, sail rentals, jet/water skiing, bicycling, jeep rentals, horseback riding along the sand dunes and golfing nearby.
Several museums and a wildlife refuge are also in the area. One may also visit the colorful stalls and shops of Matamoras, Mexico which is located 30 minutes away by car. South Padre Island is conveniently reached from Harlingen/Brownsville Airport by many major Airlines. Rental car, bus or taxi transportation from airport takes approximately. 30 minutes. A free causeway connects South Padre Island to the mainland.
-- submitted by Anand Haridass, IBM