Community/Conference2012

Welcome to the Jsoftware Conference 2012 page.

Jsoftware has set the dates, booked the venue, selected caterers, arranged a banquet, and will manage registrations. The rest is up to you!

How you, and the rest of the community, respond and develop this page will determine the overall tone, details, and success of the conference.

Organizer

Most things will sort out interactively on this page. If you have a question or concern that requires a more direct touch, please email conference organizer Liz Giddens (Liz dot Giddens at jsoftware dot com).

Dates

The conference is July 23/24 (Monday/Tuesday) 2012. Both days start with a continental breakfast at 9am and sessions run to 6pm. The first day ends with an open bar reception and banquet.

Venue

The conference is in Toronto and is held in the Novella and Prologue rooms of The Bram & Bluma Appel Salon at the Toronto Reference Library.

The Toronto Reference Library is located on Yonge street a short block north of Bloor street and is convenient to transit, hotels, and the Yorkville dining, shopping, and entertainment district.

Catering

Each day starts with a continental breakfast and includes lunch. Beverages and snacks are available throughout the day. The Prologue room is a large, bright area for eating, snacking, relaxing, and small discussion groups. There is direct access to large outdoor balconies.

Banquet

The banquet celebrates J, but is also a celebration of the 50th anniversary of Ken Iverson's A Programming Language and the larger legacy of Ken and his colleagues. If Ken influenced you and attending the conference doesn't make sense, and you'd like to celebrate with like minded folk, please join us. Get extra Reception/Banquet tickets and look forward to a great evening. Details on the banquet will be updated as they are nailed down. Rather than a traditional banquet in a hotel setting, this will be a private party in one of the nearby Yorkville restaurants.

Registration

Register for the conference at Conference 2012. Early registration makes for a better conference and is much appreciated by the conference organizer.

Early (before April 1st)

• conference $1000
• student $120
• extra banquet/reception $120

Late (after April 1st)

• conference $1200
• student $150
• extra banquet/reception $150

50th Anniversary

Ken Iverson's A Programming Language was published in 1962.

The conference includes a brief session in celebration and a display of a signed copy and the pantograph device that Jean Iverson used to create the APL and mathematical glyphs on the drafts and final copy.

New Eyes

Let's get word out beyond the J forum. Post to others you think might be interested. Record your efforts here so we don't duplicate and perhaps to stimulate more ideas.

• Posted to comp.lang.apl on 2011-11-16.

• Posted to the FinnAPL members on 2012-03-06

Speakers

Speakers are by invitation. If you are interested in speaking, please send a brief message with name and abstract to the conference organizer. There are slots available, but they may go quickly, and you are encouraged to contact us as soon as you can make the commitment to attend.

Speakers must register and pay the registration fee. With a high proportion of attendees speaking it is not possible to have them subsidized by non-speakers.

There will be mostly 30 minute informal talks and a few 60 minute more formal presentations.

The following is a preliminary list of speakers and topics.

• Baker, John, Writing Portable J Addons

• Basum, Christoph von, An Interactive JDB-Application for Analyzing Software Quality Metrics

• Burke, Chris, Source Management in the GTK IDE

• Christensen, Gitte, The Business of APL

• Costigliola, Thomas, GPU Programming with J and OpenCL

• Dykman, Michael, Android J - native build from GPL Source

• Garland, Simon

• Harrington, J. Patrick, Prototyping Problems in Astrophysics with J

• Hui, Roger, J GPL Source Overview

• Iverson, Eric, All About J HTTP Server

• Kromberg, Morten, Exciting Times for APL

• Lathwell, Catherine, APL Array Programming Language Family Documentary

• Leibs, David, Escaping from a Groove

• Lettow, Ken

• Lochbaum, Marshall, Image processing in J

• McCormick, Devon, CFA, Poker Simulation in J or A J-Based System for Personal Asset Allocation

• Mitchell, David

• Quintana, Jose, Tacit Programming in Action: A Decade of Experience

• Randall, John, Topological Approximations from Point Clouds

• Reiter, Cliff, The story of Fractals, Visualization and J

• Rich, Henry, Teaching J to Highschool Students

• Scholes, John, Dyalog APL Adoption of J Ideas

• Seppälä, Anssi, J in power market applications: load modelling, loss estimation, market data management and statistics

• Sherlock, Ric, J and Genomics

• Thomas, Dave, Arrays for the Rest of Us

• Tuttle, Joey, Memories and Musings of J

Attendees

Please add your name to this list (or ask us to) if you are attending the conference and include affiliation, home town and country. Let others know they'll get to see you if they come.

• Alis, David - Basel, Switzerland

• Baker, John - Programmer MWECC, author of JOD Addon, St. Louis Missouri, USA

• Baronet, Dan - Dyalog Ltd., Montreal, Canada
• Basum, Christoph von - SAP, Germany
• Becker, Brian - Dyalog Ltd., Rochester, New York, USA

• Bohart, Joe - Campbell & Company, Maryland, USA

• Burke, Chris - Jsoftware and Kx, Hong Kong
• Carroll, Doug - Toronto, Canada
• Christensen, Gitte - Dyalog Ltd., CEO, Denmark
• Costigliola, Thomas - BEST, LLC, Hoboken, NJ, USA
• Dykman, Michael - Independent Consultant, Toronto, Canada
• Garland, Simon - Kx Systems, Fanas, Switzerland
• Giddens, Liz - Jsoftware, Toronto, Canada
• Harrington, J. Patrick - Astronomy, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
• Hui, Roger - Jsoftware and Dyalog Ltd., Vancouver, Canada
• Iverson, Eric - Jsoftware, Toronto, Canada
• Jacobs, Adam - 1010data, New York, NY, USA
• Kaplan, Joel - 1010data, New York, NY, USA
• Kirouac, Gilles - Myriade, Quebec City, QC, Canada
• King, Dan - Toronto, ON, Canada
• Kromberg, Morten - Dyalog Ltd., CTO, Denmark
• Lathwell, Catherine - Toronto, Canada
• Leibs, David - Oracle Labs, Redwood Shores, CA, USA
• Lettow, Ken - Thomas Publishing Company, New York, NY, USA
• Lippu, Esa - Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Co., Helsinki, Finland
• Lochbaum, Marshall - Freshman at University of North Carolina Chapel Hill studying mathematics and computer science. Former student of Henry Rich. USA

• McCormick, Devon - Daedalus Strategies, New York, NY, USA

• Mitchell, David
• Quintana, Jose - BEAM, LLC, Hoboken, NJ, USA
• Randall, John - Rutgers University, Newark NJ, USA
• Reiter, Cliff - Lafayette College, Easton, PA, USA

• Rich, Henry - Teacher, Raleigh Charter High School, Former engineer and stock trader. Author of J for C Programmers, Raleigh NC, USA

• Scholes, John - Dyalog Ltd., APL language implementor, England
• Seppälä, Anssi - Enease Oy, Finland
• Sherlock, Ric - Bioinformatician, LIC, New Zealand
• Taylor, Steven - UK
• Thomas, Dave - Bedarra Research Labs, Ottawa, Canada
• Tirrell, Jordan - Thomas Publishing Company, New York, NY, USA
• Tuttle, Joey - Independent Consultant, Aptos, California, USA
• Whitney, Arthur - Kx Systems, Palo Alto, California, USA

Topics

List topics you would like to learn about or discuss. These could show up in talks or they could be handled by smaller interest groups that take advantage of break times.

• Android and iPhone/iPad ports
• J GPL source
• GPU
• Parallel computation
• cloud computing
• databases
• success stories

Schedule

The schedule will evolve here, but can't really get under way until the speakers list is more complete. T indicates 30 minute talk. As required, adjacent T's will combine into a 60 minute presentation.

Accommodations

Neither the venue nor banquet is in a hotel, so there are no special arrangements with a particular hotel. There are many hotels within easy walking distance of the TRL. Post what you find here as a guide to others. In particular, good finds that are inexpensive, such as hostels and university residences would be helpful.

• Inexpensive accommodation is available at New College residence halls at the University of Toronto. Daily rates for short term stays are $42 for a single and $63 for a double ($38 and $52.50 for students). Google maps says that New College is 2.2 km or a 27 minute walk from the conference venue.

• Another option is at Ryerson University Summer Accommodation. Daily rates for the International Living Learning Centre Residence are $84 for bed and breakfast. Google maps indicates a 25 minute walk to conference venue. Pitman Hall is $54 for bed and breakfast with a shared bathroom, or $69 with a private bathroom. Google walking time is 22 minutes.

Comments

FAQ

• Bus 192 runs from the Toronto Pearson International Airport to the Kipling subway station, from which you can take the subway downtown. It runs frequently; it is fast; and it is reliable. Cost: $3.

• The meeting room has a Panasonic PT-F100 NTU projector. (Specs and review.)