ACM-NATIONAL-CONFERENCE

From the results of research dealing with the overall system architecture of a nodal processor system, a major problem was the way in which nodes (individual) processors can effectively communicate with each other. This paper presents a proposed ...

High-level-language (HLL) computer architecture refers to those architecture which can accept one or more high-level languages (such as Fortran, Alogl, Snobol, etc.). This paper classifies the HLL computer architecture into four types (von Neumann ...

In order to support Virtual Machine (VM) Systems on most current computer systems, the Virtual Machine Monitor (VMM) is the only process allowed to reference directly a set of registers, called resource management registers (RMR). Any access operations ...

In this paper we propose a new method in which original form of the whole system (described in a design and implementation language called DEAPLAN) is directly implemented as it is without either modification or transformation. In other words a kind of ...

This paper examines the applicability of current scene analysis techniques to real world problems. The majority of the current techniques have been developed for simple scenes with straight lines, simple shapes, good contrast, and little texture. This ...

An important part of human discourse is the use of language to describe phenomena, the non interactive construction of sentences to convey to others meaningful statements about the external world. Those sentences are conditioned partly by the language ...

Detection of object boundaries is an important step in the analysis of an image. In the presence of a textured background, local edge operators generate many edges that do not correspond to the object boundaries. However, edges along the object ...

Observation of human spatial perception suggests several characteristics that may serve as useful guidelines in the design of perception components for artificial intelligence systems. This paper describes one component designed in accordance with these ...

The problem of constructing an artificial vision system which reflects the limitations and illusions, as well as the power, of human color perception is considered. Several major theories and models of color perception are reviewed and considered in ...

Good data base design is of increasing concern to systems designers and data base administrators. The rapidly increasing use of data base management systems to support an increasing number of dynamic information systems has brought data base performance ...

SYSTEM 2000 provides the data base administrator (DBA) with a variety of tools to assist him in making decisions regarding data base reorganization/restructuring and application optimization.

In data base systems supporting relatively complex logical structures, the length of the access path can account for a significant portion of the overall resource demands of a transaction. Since many data base design decisions affect the access path, it ...

With Electronic Point of Sale Computer Systems (EPOS), the distribution industry is fast becoming a primary user of distributive computing. These systems will bring computer power to retail stores with annual sales volumes ranging from $3 million to ...

In 1973, the Management Information Systems Research Center of the University of Minnesota and 14 “Associate Firms” headquartered in the Twin Cities conducted a study of skill requirements needed by and possessed by MIS practitioners. The study results ...

The management of computers operating in shared environments and computer networks has become an increasingly common and complex problem. This session is oriented around new concepts and methodologies related to the management of computer resources in ...

Have we lost the “human touch?”

Almost as a matter of course we grasp the latest technology and hurriedly search for places in our organizations where we may apply it. As our systems have grown larger and more complex they involve more and more people - ...

Three people active in the field of measurement of computer performance will share their views of what measurement is doing to us. Is it improving the quality of life or anything else? Is it causing more problems than solutions?

The panelists will ...

At least three perhaps contradictory trends can be observed in computer installation. One is the move to larger, more powerful centralized systems serving a wide geographic range of users through time sharing, remote job entry, and remote on-line access ...

This session will examine some of the commercially supplied computer systems designed for specific health care applications in order to determine state of the art, present capabilities, and capacity for future extensions. The applications to be ...

As part of the long-term project to create a medical information system for the University of Tennessee Memorial Research Center and Hospital, a computerized patient record is being developed. The physical examination portion of the medical record has ...

Computing professionals have been immersed predominantly in problems of how to acquire, formulate, and retrieve information with some vague notion that someone, somewhere, sometime is going to use that information to better frame suitable policy. This ...

In this panel session, a number of issues related to certification will be considered. These include: the need for certification, various types of certification which might be made available, the role to be played by computer science teachers, and ...

In this panel session, a number of issues related to certification will be considered. These include: the need for certification, various types of certification which might be made available, the role to be played by computer science teachers, and ...

In this panel session, a number of issues related to certification will be considered. These include: the need for certification, various types of certification which might be made available, the role to be played by computer science teachers, and ...

There are a number of major issues to be considered regarding certification of computer science teachers for secondary schools. Three of these issues are considered in this paper. Issue 1: Is there a need for certification? Issue 2: What certification ...

The instructional usage of computers at the secondary school level is well established, and is growing fairly rapidly. The article begins with a discussion of current computer availability and usage in Oregon. After projecting future growth, it ...

Minnesota's instructional computing scene is growing and changing. The spirit of cooperation fostered by the pioneer's in the field has been accepted and expanded. The current statewide effort is succeeding in equalizing opportunity for outstate schools ...

The purpose of this panel session is to focus on the importance of human factors engineering considerations in the design of Design Automation environments, and to explore the applicability of human engineering techniques common to the mainstream of ...

EDP professionals are becoming increasingly concerned with documentation - both in large and small facilities - and problems which are caused by poor or zero documentation. Several techniques are currently available that effect more efficient if not ...

The potential user of a high-performance computer graphics system must select a specific system, but he must also determine which generic type of system best serves his needs. There are three types of computer graphics systems: stand-alone, satellite, ...