1998 Conference Office

The Conferences were coordinated by Professor Hilary J Kahn, who was also involved in many other aspects of the Celebrations. To find out general information about any aspect of the Celebrations, contact :

Professor Hilary J Kahn
1998 Conference Office
Department of Computer Science
University of Manchester
Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL
Fax: +44 161 275 6280
e-mail: anniv98@cs.man.ac.uk

The Office will stay open indefinitely (but without known support!). It was staffed by Suzanne Briscoe, later joined by Neale Jones, with some part time helpers. The office worked very hard to make the Celebrations a success, particularly in dealing with the invitations and ticketing for the Launch Event and the Hallé Concert at the Bridgewater Hall. Much overtime was done, and apologies for people caught up in the almost inevitable glitches in such an intense one-off operation.

Conference Details

Brief details of each of the Conferences/seminars are given below, with the original (1998) contact and a short description.
Links to the pages on the conferences are given in the conference titles; links or Email addresses no longer active are indicated by underlining the text describing the original link.
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Golden Anniversary Conference

Dates:	June 17 - 19
Contact:	Prof. Frank H Sumner c/o The 1998 Conference Office Department of Computer Science University of Manchester Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL
Fax:	+44 161 275 6280
e-mail:	anniv98@cs.man.ac.uk

The Launch Event on June 17th was the prelude to the conference. The first day of presentations (June 18th) focused on the computing achievements of the University of Manchester and the links forged with industry to carry the innovative designs produced in the Department of Computer Science through to products. The final day of the conference looked at current research in the department and at future developments from academic and industrial perspectives.

European Simulation Multiconference 1998

Dates:	June 16 - 19
Contact:	Dr Richard N Zobel Department of Computer Science University of Manchester Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL
Fax:	+44 161 275 6236
e-mail:	rzobel@cs.man.ac.uk

This is one of the major international conferences on simulation and we were delighted to welcome it to Manchester in June 1998. This year, in addition to covering the normal topics ranging from simulation algorithm design through to applications across a range of diverse domains, there was a special History of Simulation track reflecting the role that simulation has played in design over the years.

Joint International Conference and Symposium on Logic Programming 1998

Dates:	June 15 - 19
Contact:	Dr Kung Kiu Lau Department of Computer Science University of Manchester Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL
Fax:	+44 161 275 6204
e-mail:	kung-kiu.lau@manchester.ac.uk

The conference was the fourth joint event for the International Conference on Logic Programming and the International Logic Programming Symposium, and was the fifteenth conference in each of the two series of premier international conferences on Logic Programming, both sponsored by the Association for Logic Programming.

Collaborative Virtual Environments 1998

Dates:	June 17 - 19
Contact:	Dave Snowdon Xerox Research Centre Europe, Grenoble 6, chemin de Maupertuis 38240 Meylan, FRANCE	Or: Elizabeth Churchill FX Palo Alto Laboratory Inc., 3400 Hillview Avenue, Building 4, Palo Alto, California 94304, USA
e-mail:	Dave.Snowdon@xrce.xerox.com	churchill@pal.xerox.com

A Collaborative Virtual Environment (CVE) is one that actively supports human-human communication in addition to human-machine communication and which uses a Virtual Environment as the user interface. This is an exciting field with much potential for inter-disciplinary collaboration particularly in the fields of computer science, psychology, sociology, architecture & urban planning, cultural & media studies and Artificial Intelligence. CVE'98 presented the current state of the art in Collaborative Virtual Environments and fostered inter-disciplinary links between researchers in this field.

Numerical Analysis and Computers -- 50 Years of Progress

Dates:	June 16 - 17
Contact:	Prof. Nick Higham Department of Mathematics University of Manchester Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL
Fax:	+44 161 275 5819
e-mail:	nicholas.j.higham@manchester.ac.uk

This symposium addressed issues relating to the influence of computing on Numerical Analysis over the past 50 years - and the influence anticipated in the future.

Information Development in Higher Education

Dates:	June 16 - 18
Contact:	Ron Chisnall Manchester Computing University of Manchester Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL
Fax:	+44 161 275 6040
e-mail:	ron.chisnall@mcc.ac.uk

This conference addressed pressing issues relating to the provision of all classes of information services essential in Higher Education today.

Structural Chemistry and Molecular Biology

Dates:	June 16 - 17
Contact:	Prof. John Helliwell Chemistry Department University of Manchester Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL
Fax:	+44 161 275 4734
e-mail:	john.helliwell@manchester.ac.uk

This special conference explored themes relating to the harnessing of computers in meeting challenges in structural chemistry and molecular biology. This was one of the first areas to which the early Manchester computers were applied.

Medical Informatics: Grand Challenges for Research and Practice

Dates:	June 16 - 17
Contact:	Dr Steve Kay Department of Computer Science University of Manchester Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL
Fax:	+44 161 275 6932
e-mail:	sk@cs.man.ac.uk

This conference took a wide-ranging look at the application of computers in medicine. The event structure included a series of master classes.

BSHS New Directions in the History of British Computing

Dates:	June 16 - 17
Contact:	Dr Jon Agar Centre for the History of Science University of Manchester Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL
Fax:	+44 161 275 5699
e-mail:	jon.agar@man.ac.uk

This meeting focused on the history of computing and included a visit to the National Archive for the History of Computing which is housed in the University.

This conference was organised by the British Society for the History of Science.

History and the Future: Computers and Conservation

Date:	June 17th, 11.00 - 13.00
Contact:	Gaby Porter or Simon Cane The Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester Liverpool Road Castlefield Manchester M3 4FP
Fax:	+44 161 834 5135
e-mail:	gaby@mussci.u-net.com
or:	archive@mussci.u-net.com

This seminar explored and discussed how to care for and give meaningful access to computing collections in museums.

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