Attention: Team Ada
The Next DC SIGAda Meeting is scheduled for
Thursday, 9 May 2002
Victor Giddings will be speaking on
Ada in Nuclear Fusion Research at the National Ignition Facility
or
How Does a Really Big Laser Hit a Very Small Target?
The presentation will be held at the New MITRE2 Building in
McLean, Virginia
If you are in town, you are very welcome to attend. Please forward this
to your friends and colleagues in the DC area you think might be
interested. This will be the last announcement to Team Ada for this
meeting. If you are able to come, please subscribe to the DC SIGAda
maillist or check the DC SIGAda Home Page for the latest information.
(info for both identified later).
Next Meeting:
Thursday, 9 May 2002, 7:30 P.M. (Refreshments and Social at
7:00 P.M.) at the new MITRE2 Building in McLean, Virginia.
DC SIGAda and Baltimore SIGAda will feature the following
presentation:
Title:
Ada in Nuclear Fusion Research at the National Ignition Facility
or
How Does a Really Big Laser Hit a Very Small Target?
Abstract:
The National Ignition Facility (NIF) at LLNL will fire 192 laser
beams at a tiny fuel capsule,compressing it to a small fraction
of its original size and heating a portion of it to 100,000,000
degrees. Under these conditions, the fusion reaction will ignite
and more energy will be produced than was delivered in the
laser beams. NIF experiments will produce conditions of high
energy and density similar to those found at the center of the
Sun (and other stars).
These lasers are controlled by software written in Ada that uses
CORBA for communication and coordination. This presentation
will describe the software architectures and technologies used
to control a system of over 60,000 discrete parts. But mainly, it
is an opportunity to show slides from a consulting trip to the
facility under construction.
Presenter:
Victor Giddings is a Senior Product Engineer with Objective
Interface Systems, Inc. in Reston, Virginia. After joining
Objective Interface in 1994, he has been responsible for
architecting, designing, and implementing the products in the
ORBexpress line of high-performance, real-time CORBA
Object Request Brokers.
Victor received a Master of Science in Numerical Science from
Johns Hopkins University and an A.B. in Physics and
Mathematics from Cornell University. He is a member of the
ACM and the IEEE Computer Society.
Victor Giddings
Senior Product Engineer
Objective Interface Systems
Phone: +1 (703) 295-6500
FAX: +1 (703) 29516501
Email: [log in to unmask]
Venue/Directions
MITRE2
Room 1N100 A/B
The MITRE Corporation
7515 Colshire Drive
McLean, Virginia 22102-7508
Directions:
MITRE2 is on Colshire Drive just inside the beltway south of
Route 123.
Several people could not find Colshire Drive for the March
Meeting. There was construction on Route 123 and the street
sign for Colshire Road had been removed. As the street on the
North side of Route 123 is called "Scotts Xing", it was not
apparent where Colshire Road was located.
The elusive Colshire Road: Colshire Road is located on
Route 123, East of I-495 and West of the Dulles Access
Highway. Going Northbound on 123 from I-495, Colshire Road
is located 2 stoplights on the right. Going Southbound on 123
from the Dulles Access Highway, Colshire Road is located at
the first stoplight on the left. Once on Colshire Road, MITRE2
is the building immediately in front of you. A tiny traffic circle
is designed to take you to the front of MITRE2 and to MITRE1
(the Hayes Building). The directions below route you to the
parking garage behind the MITRE2 Building. This is a logical
left-hand turn at the traffic circle. After the turn, MITRE2 will
be on your right.
From I-495 south of Route 123 (Dolley Madison Boulevard):
1. Take Exit 46B (McLean, Route 123);
2. Go North onto Route 123;
3. Turn right onto Colshire Drive (at second light);
4. Take third right off of the small traffic circle;
(a logical left hand turn);
5. Proceed ~ 50 meters; Turn right into parking garage.
6. Visitor Parking is located on Levels 2 and 3
(the walkway to the lobby is on Parking Level 2)
7. If door is locked, contact Security using phone by door
(at entrance to MITRE2 from the Parking Garage)
8. Check in with Security at Security desk in lobby
(You will need a photo ID)
From Dulles Access Toll Road or I-495 north of the Dulles
Access Toll Road:
1. Take the Dulles Airport Access and Toll Road to Exit 19;
(From I-495, this is labeled "To East I-66");
2. Take Exit 19A;
(following signs to Route 123 South, Tysons Corner);
3. Bear right onto Route 123 (towards Tysons Corner)
4. Turn left onto Colshire Drive (at first light);
5. Take third right off of the small traffic circle;
(a logical left hand turn);
6. Proceed ~ 50 meters; Turn right into parking garage.
7. Visitor Parking is located on Levels 2 and 3
(the walkway to the lobby is on Parking Level 2)
8. If door is locked, contact Security using phone by door
(at entrance to MITRE2 from the Parking Garage)
9. Check in with Security at Security desk in lobby
(You will need a photo ID)
To obtain a map of MITRE2 Building and the MITRE Campus,
visit =>
http://www.acm.org/sigada/locals/dc/Directions_MITRE2.html.
Slides Available From April's Meeting
Frank Beard gave an excellent presentation at the Baltimore
SIGAda Meeting in 9 April. The presentation is available online
via the DCSIGAda Home Page:
http://www.acm.org/sigada/locals/dc
Please Put on Your Calendar
Neither the DC SIGAda Chapter or the Baltimore SIGAda
Chapter conducts a meeting during the Summer. We will start
again in the fall. The next two meetings are:
o Tuesday, 10 September will be the next Baltimore SIGAda
meeting. The Program is TBD.
o Thursday, 10 October will be the next DC SIGAda Chapter
meeting. Chuck Howell will be giving a presentation on
"Structured Augmentation Support for Information
Assurance. Details later.
DC SIGAda Home Page and Maillist
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Business:
We will have light foods and refreshment at 7:00. The meeting
begins at 7:30 pm.
Many thanks to all earlier participants, contributors, speakers,
advisors, and friends, who are involved in helping to produce and
attend the meetings.
Please forward this message to people who might be interested
in attending. We welcome all new members as our attendance
and interests grow.
Consider registering for inclusion on our e-mail list.
Registration instructions are provided on the DC SIGAda Web
site.
Jeff Castellow, Chair, DC SIGAda
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