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Aucbvax.2479 fa.arpa-bboard utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!DPR@MIT-XX Thu Jul 30 04:50:38 1981 NCC 1982 Personal Computer Sessions -- Call for papers etc. From: DPR at MIT-XX

The 1982 National Computer Conference will have a track (i.e., a group of sessions) on personal computers. This means that the papers will be refereed and appear in the proceedings. This is in contrast to past years in which there was a separate, unrefereed "subconference".

This reflects the growth and importance of personal computers. But it is also a challenge. We must organize a new set of sessions and get new referees. Part of this challenge is in finding a balance between sessions on the mature areas in personal computing and capturing the innovation in ongoing research and development, both in academic and commercial projects. Workshops might provide a better forum for the latter.

Some of the possible topics include:

- what are personal computers -- the definitions range from Alan Kay's dynabook, to miniature mainframes to workstations.

- what personal computers are not.

- specific applications and issues such as wordprocessing (though word processing also falls under office automation)

- Protocols and standards

- Networking as it relates to personal computers. This can represent both local area networks as well as ad hoc telco networks.

- Operating systems -- both traditional and new concepts

- Languages

- Consumer computers -- issues in design, implications of a software marketplace.

- Education -- traditional and otherwise, computer and noncomputer

- Implications and relationships to other fields both within the industry and in the rest of the world. Societal interactionals.

- Hardware trends and issues

- Games, both recreational and educational.

I am on the NCC steering committee and am in charge of organizing/creating these sessions. If you have any suggestions or comments, and if your are interested in participating by writing a paper, refereeing or whatever, please contact me either as:

nccpc82.SoftArts at MIT-Multics

or Bob Frankston Software Arts, Inc PO Box 527 Cambridge, MA 02139

or 617-491-2100.

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