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From: <con...@tc...> - 2020-10-08 01:01:46
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Hello brlcad-news, fyi ... SQLite & Tcl 2020 (Virtual Event) https://www.tcl-lang.org/community/tcl2020/ This year the Tcl conference of past years has been re-imaged as a virtual event titled __S&T 2020 (SQLite & TCL)__, to be held __Tuesday, November 10 from 10am to 3pm CDT__. The exact timing is subject to change depending on the amount of people who sign up to present a WIP (work in progress) presentation. The event will be hosted through Zoom. To register please go to the [event details on eventbrite](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/st-2020-tickets-122293825123). Given the Covid-19 virus and all the disruption it's causing, we thought rather than requiring people to put all the work and time into creating a full-fledged academic paper, we'd instead make it easier on contributors by asking for shorter, less formal talks. Have you done interesting work that you would like to share? How about a cool idea that's not yet baked or just in the prototype stage but seems like something others would be interested in? The SQLite & TCL audience would like to hear about it, and can provide valuable discussion and feedback. We are particularly interested in new ideas, to hear about novel solutions to problems you've faced, or to see your work in progress. To schedule your talk, please send email to [vio...@fl...](mailto:vio...@fl...) Sincerly. |
From: Christopher S. M. <br...@ma...> - 2020-09-21 06:03:35
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I’m proud to announce the release of BRL-CAD 7.32.0. It may be downloaded in source and some binary forms from: http://brlcad.org/d/download This major update introduces significant updates throughout BRL-CAD’s core infrastructure. This release updates Tcl/Tk to 8.6 and includes numerous other dependency updates. Nearly all of BRL-CAD's display libraries are restructured in preparation for upcoming GUI changes. This release also updates over 50 of BRL-CAD's command-line utilities to work properly on Windows. Many other improvements are included in support of modeling workflow efficiencies. Since 7.30, NURBS boundary representation support entered production status along with a new prep caching system. With recent progress made by Google Code-In, Summer of Code, and Season of Docs participants and their mentors, work is underway to incorporate and continue efforts on a new GUI, annotation support, accelerated ray tracing, and documentation. Thank you to the 49 individuals that contributed more than 400 user-visible changes to BRL-CAD since our last public announcement. Details for this and prior releases are itemized here: https://sourceforge.net/p/brlcad/code/HEAD/tree/brlcad/tags/rel-7-32-0/NEWS This is likely the last major release of BRL-CAD on Subversion infrastructure with BRL-CAD's imminent migration to Git. |
From: Christopher S. M. <br...@ma...> - 2020-07-16 22:02:02
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Please ensure before Monday July 20th that we've mapped your BRL-CAD commit username to a valid GitHub account: https://sourceforge.net/p/brlcad/code/HEAD/tree/brlcad/trunk/misc/repoconv/account-map <https://sourceforge.net/p/brlcad/code/HEAD/tree/brlcad/trunk/misc/repoconv/account-map> Last year, we announced plans to migrate from SourceForge to GitHub. In order to preserve and present as much history as possible, we’ve needed to map usernames to GitHub accounts. If you’ve ever committed to BRL-CAD’s repo (CVS or SVN), a GitHub account is required in order for your commits to be counted. All contributors we can reach have been contacted, so this is a LAST CALL. This test conversion shows how those with GitHub accounts are presently slated for display on GitHub: https://github.com/starseeker/brlcad_conv3/graphs/contributors <https://github.com/starseeker/brlcad_conv3/graphs/contributors> For the technically curious, BRL-CAD’s history is being rebuilt from the ground up with commits replayed, regenerated, and spliced from SVN *and* CVS history. The conversion takes several days, but results in a comprehensive preservation not attainable by any existing svn-to-git toolchain and allows us to continuously trace the history of all development. This amazing reconstruction, developed by Cliff Yapp, is going to preserve one of the oldest continuously developed codebases in the world. Thank you for being part of that history. Cheers! Sean NOTE: once migration is complete, it will not be practical to make adjustments to names or addresses due to how git manages commit info and impact implications. That's the main reason for extraordinary efforts to "get it right the first time.” We aiming to flip the switch in August. |
From: Christopher S. M. <br...@ma...> - 2019-04-30 12:58:17
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Awesome news! For those not on the announcement list, BRL-CAD and OpenSCAD were accepted into the Google Season of Docs (GSoD)! Looks like they approved just 50 orgs so that’s going to be 50-100 technical writers working on open source documentation and documentation infrastructure, 1-2 per org. This is the inaugural run, so hopefully all goes well and this turns into a recurring resource for open source CAx development. Cheers! Sean |
From: Christopher S. M. <br...@ma...> - 2018-05-17 06:01:05
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As BRL-CAD is a core component of the Advanced Joint Effectiveness Model (AJEM), the recent release announcement from the Defense Systems Information Analysis Center (DSIAC) is relevant to our community. The biggest changes introduced by their upgrade to BRL-CAD 7.26 is the availability of reference datums, gcv geometry conversion, improved terrain support, and NURBS representation. Cheers! Sean -----Original Message----- From: Brian Benesch [mailto:Bri...@ds...] Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2018 1:00 AM To: Contact <co...@ds...> Subject: AJEM v2.53 Release ________________________________ We are pleased to announce that AJEM version 2.53 is now available. AJEM v2.53 contains many new capabilities and corrective updates from AJEM v2.49, including the following versions of embedded modules: BRL-CAD v7.26.4 FATEPEN v3.3.24.1 PROJPEN v2.4.1.3 ORCA v4.46.1 The most significant update for AJEM v2.53 is the inclusion of the MUVES Tool Kit (MTK), the future replacement for the AJEM Graphical User Interface (GUI). MTK has the look and feel of a Windows based GUI. It allows the user to run AJEM/MUVES on Windows or LINUX platforms. Full documentation is included under the MTK Help menu. A complete list of AJEM v2.53 updates is included with the software distribution in the ReleaseNotes.txt file. To request AJEM, log in to DSIAC.org and click "Request this Model!" at the bottom of the AJEM webpage, https://www.dsiac.org/resources/models/ajem <https://www.dsiac.org/resources/models/ajem> . |
From: <con...@tc...> - 2018-04-05 06:20:43
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Hello brlcad-news, fyi ... 25th Annual Tcl/Tk Conference (Tcl'2018) http://www.tcl.tk/community/tcl2018/ October 15 - 19, 2018 Crowne Plaza Houston River Oaks 2712 Southwest Freeway, 77098 Houston, Texas, USA [ NEWS * [Registration is open](https://www.tcl.tk/community/tcl2018/register.html) * [Submission is open](https://www.tcl.tk/community/tcl2018/cfp.html) * Our Keynote speaker is [Andrea Casotto](https://www.tcl.tk/community/tcl2018/bios.html#acasotto) ] Important Dates: Abstracts and proposals due August 20, 2018 Notification to authors August 27, 2018 WIP and BOF reservations open July 23, 2018 ** may change ** Registration opens IS OPEN Author materials due September 24, 2018 Tutorials Start October 15, 2018 Conference starts October 17, 2018 Email Contact: tcl...@go... Submission of Summaries Tcl/Tk 2018 will be held in Houston, Texas, USA from October 15, 2018 to October 19, 2018. The program committee is asking for papers and presentation proposals from anyone using or developing with Tcl/Tk (and extensions). Past conferences (Proceedings: http://www.tcl.tk/community/conferences.html) have seen submissions covering a wide variety of topics including: * Scientific and engineering applications * Industrial controls * Distributed applications and Network Managment * Object oriented extensions to Tcl/Tk * New widgets for Tk * Simulation and application steering with Tcl/Tk * Tcl/Tk-centric operating environments * Tcl/Tk on small and embedded devices * Medical applications and visualization * Use of different programming paradigms in Tcl/Tk and proposals for new directions. * New areas of exploration for the Tcl/Tk language Submissions should consist of an abstract of about 100 words and a summary of not more than two pages, and should be sent as plain text to tcl...@go... no later than August 20, 2018. Authors of accepted abstracts will have until September 24, 2018 to submit their final paper for the inclusion in the conference proceedings. The proceedings will be made available on digital media, so extra materials such as presentation slides, code examples, code for extensions etc. are encouraged. Printed proceedings will be produced as an on-demand book at lulu.com Online proceedings will appear via http://www.tcl.tk/community/conferences.html The authors will have 30 minutes to present their paper at the conference. The program committee will review and evaluate papers according to the following criteria: * Quantity and quality of novel content * Relevance and interest to the Tcl/Tk community * Suitability of content for presentation at the conference Proposals may report on commercial or non-commercial systems, but those with only blatant marketing content will not be accepted. Application and experience papers need to strike a balance between background on the application domain and the relevance of Tcl/Tk to the application. Application and experience papers should clearly explain how the application or experience illustrates a novel use of Tcl/Tk, and what lessons the Tcl/Tk community can derive from the application or experience to apply to their own development efforts. Papers accompanied by non-disclosure agreements will be returned to the author(s) unread. All submissions are held in the highest confidentiality prior to publication in the Proceedings, both as a matter of policy and in accord with the U. S. Copyright Act of 1976. The primary author for each accepted paper will receive registration to the Technical Sessions portion of the conference at a reduced rate. Other Forms of Participation The program committee also welcomes proposals for panel discussions of up to 90 minutes. Proposals should include a list of confirmed panelists, a title and format, and a panel description with position statements from each panelist. Panels should have no more than four speakers, including the panel moderator, and should allow time for substantial interaction with attendees. Panels are not presentations of related research papers. Slots for Works-in-Progress (WIP) presentations and Birds-of-a-Feather sessions (BOFs) are available on a first-come, first-served basis starting in July 23, 2018. Specific instructions for reserving WIP and BOF time slots will be provided in the registration information available in July 23, 2018. Some WIP and BOF time slots will be held open for on-site reservation. All attendees with an interesting work in progress should consider reserving a WIP slot. Registration Information More information on the conference is available the conference Web site (http://www.tcl.tk/community/tcl2018/) and will be published on various Tcl/Tk-related information channels. To keep in touch with news regarding the conference, subscribe to the tcl...@go... list. See: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/tclconference for list information, archive, and subscription. To keep in touch with Tcl events in general, subscribe to the tcl-announce list. See: http://code.activestate.com/lists/tcl-announce for list information, archive, and subscription. Conference Committee * Alexandre Ferrieux * Andreas Kupries * Arjen Markus Deltares * Brian Griffin Mentor - A Siemens Business * Clif Flynt Noumena Corp * Gerald Lester RubyLane * Joe Mistachkin Mistachkin Systems * Ronald Fox CAEN Technologies NSCL @ Michigan State University * Steve Landers Digital Smarties Contact Information tcl...@go... Tcl'2018 would like to thank those who are sponsoring the conference: * ActiveState Inc * FlightAware * Mentor - A Siemens Business * Noumena Corp * Tcl Community Association |
From: Christopher S. M. <br...@ma...> - 2018-02-12 17:36:39
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For a 10th year, BRL-CAD has been accepted into the Google Summer of Code (GSoC)! This is a highly competitive world-wide program sponsored by Google, supporting students that want to get involved in open source development. For our community, GSoC helps us attract new developers, project leaders, and mentors; and it helps us accelerate development while building the open source CAx community. As an umbrella organization, we get the opportunity to more closely work with a few other select open source CAx projects including STEPcode, FreeCAD, OpenSCAD, and others. This year, BRL-CAD's focus is on performance, user interface, and core infrastructure projects. We look forward to meeting and interacting with many students, discussing their project proposals, and helping them become successful long-term contributors. https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/organizations/5240726938451968/ <https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/organizations/5240726938451968/> Cheers! Sean |
From: <con...@tc...> - 2018-02-06 05:08:42
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Hello brlcad-news, fyi ... 25th Annual Tcl/Tk Conference (Tcl'2018) http://www.tcl.tk/community/tcl2018/ October 15 - 19, 2018 Crowne Plaza Houston River Oaks 2712 Southwest Freeway, 77098 Houston, Texas, USA Important Dates: Abstracts and proposals due August 20, 2018 Notification to authors August 27, 2018 WIP and BOF reservations open July 23, 2018 ** may change ** Registration opens August 20, 2018 ** may change ** Author materials due September 24, 2018 Tutorials Start October 15, 2018 Conference starts October 17, 2018 Email Contact: tcl...@go... Submission of Summaries Tcl/Tk 2018 will be held in Houston, Texas, USA from October 15, 2018 to October 19, 2018. The program committee is asking for papers and presentation proposals from anyone using or developing with Tcl/Tk (and extensions). Past conferences (Proceedings: http://www.tcl.tk/community/conferences.html) have seen submissions covering a wide variety of topics including: * Scientific and engineering applications * Industrial controls * Distributed applications and Network Managment * Object oriented extensions to Tcl/Tk * New widgets for Tk * Simulation and application steering with Tcl/Tk * Tcl/Tk-centric operating environments * Tcl/Tk on small and embedded devices * Medical applications and visualization * Use of different programming paradigms in Tcl/Tk and proposals for new directions. * New areas of exploration for the Tcl/Tk language Submissions should consist of an abstract of about 100 words and a summary of not more than two pages, and should be sent as plain text to tcl...@go... no later than August 20, 2018. Authors of accepted abstracts will have until September 24, 2018 to submit their final paper for the inclusion in the conference proceedings. The proceedings will be made available on digital media, so extra materials such as presentation slides, code examples, code for extensions etc. are encouraged. Printed proceedings will be produced as an on-demand book at lulu.com Online proceedings will appear via http://www.tcl.tk/community/conferences.html The authors will have 30 minutes to present their paper at the conference. The program committee will review and evaluate papers according to the following criteria: * Quantity and quality of novel content * Relevance and interest to the Tcl/Tk community * Suitability of content for presentation at the conference Proposals may report on commercial or non-commercial systems, but those with only blatant marketing content will not be accepted. Application and experience papers need to strike a balance between background on the application domain and the relevance of Tcl/Tk to the application. Application and experience papers should clearly explain how the application or experience illustrates a novel use of Tcl/Tk, and what lessons the Tcl/Tk community can derive from the application or experience to apply to their own development efforts. Papers accompanied by non-disclosure agreements will be returned to the author(s) unread. All submissions are held in the highest confidentiality prior to publication in the Proceedings, both as a matter of policy and in accord with the U. S. Copyright Act of 1976. The primary author for each accepted paper will receive registration to the Technical Sessions portion of the conference at a reduced rate. Other Forms of Participation The program committee also welcomes proposals for panel discussions of up to 90 minutes. Proposals should include a list of confirmed panelists, a title and format, and a panel description with position statements from each panelist. Panels should have no more than four speakers, including the panel moderator, and should allow time for substantial interaction with attendees. Panels are not presentations of related research papers. Slots for Works-in-Progress (WIP) presentations and Birds-of-a-Feather sessions (BOFs) are available on a first-come, first-served basis starting in July 23, 2018. Specific instructions for reserving WIP and BOF time slots will be provided in the registration information available in July 23, 2018. Some WIP and BOF time slots will be held open for on-site reservation. All attendees with an interesting work in progress should consider reserving a WIP slot. Registration Information More information on the conference is available the conference Web site (http://www.tcl.tk/community/tcl2018/) and will be published on various Tcl/Tk-related information channels. To keep in touch with news regarding the conference, subscribe to the tcl...@go... list. See: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/tclconference for list information, archive, and subscription. To keep in touch with Tcl events in general, subscribe to the tcl-announce list. See: http://code.activestate.com/lists/tcl-announce for list information, archive, and subscription. Conference Committee * Alexandre Ferrieux * Andreas Kupries * Arjen Markus Deltares * Brian Griffin Mentor - A Siemens Business * Clif Flynt Noumena Corp * Gerald Lester RubyLane * Joe Mistachkin Mistachkin Systems * Ronald Fox CAEN Technologies NSCL @ Michigan State University * Steve Landers Digital Smarties Contact Information tcl...@go... Tcl'2018 would like to thank those who are sponsoring the conference: * ActiveState Inc * FlightAware * Mentor - A Siemens Business * Noumena Corp * Tcl Community Association |
From: Christopher S. M. <br...@ma...> - 2017-12-07 08:15:45
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Hi All, I’ve set up a community feedback form at https://goo.gl/forms/L9dlrLGiYRXAxtz92 <https://goo.gl/forms/L9dlrLGiYRXAxtz92> If you’ve got a couple minutes, it’d be great to hear from everyone in the community. It’s just four simple questions that will help us prioritize activities next year. Cheers! Sean |
From: Christopher S. M. <br...@ma...> - 2017-05-08 17:20:26
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BRL-CAD is once again participating in the Google Summer of Code (GSoC)! In our 9th year selected to participate in this competitive international program, we conservatively decided to mentor 3 individuals that we are excited to announce: - Shubham Rathore aims to add support for 2D annotations like labels and leader lines to BRL-CAD. Annotations are a fundamentally important step towards proper engineering documentation (e.g., blueprints). This work will help modelers document their models, letting them place notes and describe other information that can be directly displayed with geometry. - Marco Domingues will be working on the continued acceleration of BRL-CAD’s ray tracing pipeline. His project focuses specifically on Boolean weaving and CSG evaluation, using OpenCL and GPGPU methods for high performance gains. This work speeds up all of BRL-CAD's ray tracing tools as well as 3rd party analysis suites that utilize LIBRT. - Oleksandr Dubenko is going to be the next in a long line of developers working on our Online Geometry Viewer (OGV). His project focuses on finishing touches, interface updates, and getting OGV into production use. OGV helps modelers manage their 3D catalog, collaborate with others as needed, and interactively view models with ease. Serving as an umbrella mentoring organization for a 5th year, BRL-CAD is working with the LibreCAD (2D CAD), FreeCAD (parametric CAD), and Slic3r (3D printing) developer communities this year. Our goal is to accelerate open source computer-aided technology (CAx) development by encouraging code sharing, fostering collaboration, and unifying strategic directions. For a full list of all 10 of our 2017 students, go to: https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/organizations/5733719949180928/ Cheers! Sean |
From: Christopher S. M. <br...@ma...> - 2016-10-12 21:02:32
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See the below message regarding upcoming BRL-CAD training offered by SURVICE Engineering, Inc. BRL-CAD is included with AJEM and is a significant component of their training package. Cheers! Sean -----Original Message----- Sent: Monday, October 10, 2016 5:01 PM Subject: [Non-DoD Source] AJEM Introductory 2.x Training, Aberdeen Area, 1-3 November 2016 ________________________________ Dear Current/Potential AJEM 2.x User -- This is a reminder that registrations are due on October 21, 2016 for the AJEM Introductory 2.x Training Course that will be held November 1-3, 2016 at the Aberdeen Area Operation (AAO) of SURVICE Engineering Company in Belcamp, Maryland. You may download the registration packet from the AJEM website which includes the course description, course outline, registration form, directions to SURVICE AAO, and a list of local hotels. Please contact us at aj...@su... <mailto:aj...@su...> if you have further questions or require additional information. Sincerely, AJEM Development Team www.ajem.com <http://www.ajem.com/> |
From: Christopher S. M. <br...@ma...> - 2016-04-23 15:34:19
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BRL-CAD has been accepted to participate in the European Space Agency’s 2016 Summer of Code in Space (SOCIS)! Modeled after the Google Summer of Code, SOCIS is an ESA program that pays select students to develop space-related Open Source software. Students from higher-education institutions within the European Union propose space-related BRL-CAD software development projects and, if selected, receive a €4000 EUR (approx. $4500 USD) stipend over a three month timeframe (Jun-Aug) to work on their projects. Eligible students [1] interested in applying should visit our project ideas page [2]. Applications must be received by 15 May! [1] Make sure you're eligible: http://sophia.estec.esa.int/socis2016/?q=faq#socis_eligibility <http://sophia.estec.esa.int/socis2011/?q=faq#socis_eligibility> [2] Define a project: http://brlcad.org/wiki/ESA_Summer_of_Code_in_Space/Project_Ideas <http://brlcad.org/wiki/ESA_Summer_of_Code_in_Space/Project_Ideas> [3] Apply before the deadline! http://sophia.estec.esa.int/socis2016/?q=node/11 <http://sophia.estec.esa.int/socis2011/?q=node/11> BRL-CAD is one of only 24 organizations selected to participate in SOCIS; this will be our third year participating. BRL-CAD has a history of involvement in space-related projects including astronomical visualization, concept spacecraft modeling, image analysis, signal processing, and more. Many thanks to the ESA administration and Open Source supporters within the ESA for sustaining such a fantastic program! For more information, see http://brlcad.org/wiki/ESA_Summer_of_Code_in_Space <http://brlcad.org/wiki/ESA_Summer_of_Code_in_Space> |
From: <aku...@sh...> - 2016-04-06 03:56:09
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Hello brlcad-news, fyi ... 23rd Annual Tcl/Tk Conference (Tcl'2016) http://www.tcl.tk/community/tcl2016/ November 14 - 18, 2016 Crowne Plaza Houston River Oaks 2712 Southwest Freeway, 77098 Houston, Texas, USA Important Dates: Abstracts and proposals due September 12, 2016 Notification to authors September 19, 2016 WIP and BOF reservations open August 22, 2016 Author materials due October 24, 2016 Tutorials Start November 14, 2016 Conference starts November 16, 2016 Email Contact: tcl...@go... Submission of Summaries Tcl/Tk 2016 will be held in Houston, Texas, USA from November 14, 2016 to November 18, 2016. The program committee is asking for papers and presentation proposals from anyone using or developing with Tcl/Tk (and extensions). Past conferences have seen submissions covering a wide variety of topics including: * Scientific and engineering applications * Industrial controls * Distributed applications and Network Managment * Object oriented extensions to Tcl/Tk * New widgets for Tk * Simulation and application steering with Tcl/Tk * Tcl/Tk-centric operating environments * Tcl/Tk on small and embedded devices * Medical applications and visualization * Use of different programming paradigms in Tcl/Tk and proposals for new directions. * New areas of exploration for the Tcl/Tk language Submissions should consist of an abstract of about 100 words and a summary of not more than two pages, and should be sent as plain text to tcl...@go... no later than September 12, 2016. Authors of accepted abstracts will have until October 24, 2016 to submit their final paper for the inclusion in the conference proceedings. The proceedings will be made available on digital media, so extra materials such as presentation slides, code examples, code for extensions etc. are encouraged. Printed proceedings will be produced as an on-demand book at lulu.com The authors will have 30 minutes to present their paper at the conference. The program committee will review and evaluate papers according to the following criteria: * Quantity and quality of novel content * Relevance and interest to the Tcl/Tk community * Suitability of content for presentation at the conference Proposals may report on commercial or non-commercial systems, but those with only blatant marketing content will not be accepted. Application and experience papers need to strike a balance between background on the application domain and the relevance of Tcl/Tk to the application. Application and experience papers should clearly explain how the application or experience illustrates a novel use of Tcl/Tk, and what lessons the Tcl/Tk community can derive from the application or experience to apply to their own development efforts. Papers accompanied by non-disclosure agreements will be returned to the author(s) unread. All submissions are held in the highest confidentiality prior to publication in the Proceedings, both as a matter of policy and in accord with the U. S. Copyright Act of 1976. The primary author for each accepted paper will receive registration to the Technical Sessions portion of the conference at a reduced rate. Other Forms of Participation The program committee also welcomes proposals for panel discussions of up to 90 minutes. Proposals should include a list of confirmed panelists, a title and format, and a panel description with position statements from each panelist. Panels should have no more than four speakers, including the panel moderator, and should allow time for substantial interaction with attendees. Panels are not presentations of related research papers. Slots for Works-in-Progress (WIP) presentations and Birds-of-a-Feather sessions (BOFs) are available on a first-come, first-served basis starting in August 22, 2016. Specific instructions for reserving WIP and BOF time slots will be provided in the registration information available in August 22, 2016. Some WIP and BOF time slots will be held open for on-site reservation. All attendees with an interesting work in progress should consider reserving a WIP slot. Registration Information More information on the conference is available the conference Web site (http://www.tcl.tk/community/tcl2016/) and will be published on various Tcl/Tk-related information channels. To keep in touch with news regarding the conference and Tcl events in general, subscribe to the tcl-announce list. See: http://code.activestate.com/lists/tcl-announce to subscribe to the tcl-announce mailing list. Conference Committee * Andreas Kupries Hewlett Packard Enterprise * Arjen Markus Deltares * Brian Griffin Mentor Graphics * Clif Flynt Noumena Corp * Gerald Lester KnG Consulting LLC * Joe Mistachkin Mistachkin Systems * Ronald Fox CAEN Technologies NSCL @ Michigan State University Contact Information tcl...@go... Tcl'2016 would like to thank those who are sponsoring the conference: * Mentor Graphics * Tcl Community Association |
From: Christopher S. M. <br...@ma...> - 2015-07-23 04:16:35
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Hi All, It’s been over a year since our last update to the community, and a status update is long overdue! The past year and a half has actually been the most busy to date for BRL-CAD with so much exciting work going on. However, you certainly wouldn’t know that as our communications and releases came to a halt amidst all the activity… this is obviously not okay and something we’re working to fix. Growing pains. So what have we been up to? Last summer, we had 7 college students successfully complete projects in the 2014 Google Summer of Code (GSoC) [1]. That was quickly followed by Google Code-In 2014 [2] where we helped 119 high school students complete 383 tasks for BRL-CAD… That insanity was then immediately followed by GSoC 2015 this summer where 9 students [3] are working (right now) on even more. That all amounts to more than 10 years of full-time effort getting contributed to BRL-CAD in about a year’s worth of time! It was also in addition to our usual core development activity, too. The efforts, importance, and appreciation of our community mentors and their tireless efforts cannot be overstated — thank you. With so much activity that has gone unannounced, it’s not possible to cover everything coming down the pipeline without this turning into a dissertation. Keeping it brief, however, here are a few highlights: NURBS import and ray tracing support are finally ready Many geometry converters are greatly improved including STEP, 3DM, FASTGEN Completely redesigned website with improved style, navigation, and content Lots of GUI enhancements, progress on MGED/Archer, and usability improvements Support for new entity types including datums and datum sets Interactive articulation, joints, and rigid body simulation More than 100 bug fixes and improvements Those are but a few of the items that will likely affect everyone. There has also been lots of research and development progress made on an accelerated OpenCL ray tracing pipeline, our next generation geometry editing GUI, NURBS Boolean evaluation, fast mesh decimation for model simplification, NURBS shape recognition for ray trace acceleration and feature reduction, a new universal geometry converter, establishing a non-profit association for coordination amongst computer-aided technologies, and more. These are longer-term efforts but give an idea of the directions in which we are heading. Thank you for sticking with us through our growing pains, especially those of you that have been supportive and contributed. Albeit an ambitious objective, we’re aiming to get a new release out within the next 30 days. There are a ton of reviews going on now, and we’ll release as soon as we we’re done. Take care and thanks again for your continued patience. Cheers! Sean [1] http://brlcad.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code/2014 [2] http://www.google-melange.com/gci/org/google/gci2014/brlcad [3] http://brlcad.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code/2015 |
From: Christopher S. M. <br...@ma...> - 2015-07-22 13:50:04
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Hi All, It’s been over a year since our last update to the community, and a status update is long overdue! The past year and a half has actually been the most busy to date for BRL-CAD with so much exciting work going on. However, you certainly wouldn’t know that as our communications and releases came to a halt amidst all the activity… this is obviously not okay and something we’re working to fix. Growing pains. So what have we been up to? Last summer, we had 7 college students successfully complete projects in the 2014 Google Summer of Code (GSoC) [1]. That was quickly followed by Google Code-In 2014 [2] where we helped 119 high school students complete 383 tasks for BRL-CAD… That insanity was then immediately followed by GSoC 2015 this summer where 9 students [3] are working (right now) on even more. That all amounts to more than 10 years of full-time effort getting contributed to BRL-CAD in about a year’s worth of time! It was also in addition to our usual core development activity, too. The efforts, importance, and appreciation of our community mentors and their tireless efforts cannot be overstated — thank you. With so much activity that has gone unannounced, it’s not possible to cover everything coming down the pipeline without this turning into a dissertation. Keeping it brief, however, here are a few highlights: • NURBS import and ray tracing support are finally ready • Many geometry converters are greatly improved including STEP, 3DM, FASTGEN • Completely redesigned website with improved style, navigation, and content • Lots of GUI enhancements, progress on MGED/Archer, and usability improvements • Support for new entity types including datums and datum sets • Interactive articulation, joints, and rigid body simulation • More than 100 bug fixes and improvements Thank you for sticking with us through our growing pains, especially those of you that have been supportive and contributed. Albeit an ambitious objective, we’re aiming to get a new release out within the next 30 days. There are a ton of reviews going on now, and we’ll release as soon as we we’re done. Take care and thanks again for your continued patience. Cheers! Sean [1] http://brlcad.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code/2014 [2] http://www.google-melange.com/gci/org/google/gci2014/brlcad [3] http://brlcad.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code/2015 |
From: <and...@ac...> - 2015-04-06 19:58:35
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Hello brlcad-news, fyi ... 22nd Annual Tcl/Tk Conference (Tcl'2015) http://www.tcl.tk/community/tcl2015/ October 19 - 23, 2015 Comfort Suites Manassas 7350 Williamson Blvd, 20109 Manassas, Virginia, USA Important Dates: Abstracts and proposals due August 24, 2015 Notification to authors August 31, 2015 WIP and BOF reservations open July 27, 2015 Author materials due September 28, 2015 Tutorials Start October 19, 2015 Conference starts October 21, 2015 Email Contact: tcl...@go... Submission of Summaries Tcl/Tk 2015 will be held in Manassas, Virginia, USA from October 19, 2015 to October 23, 2015. The program committee is asking for papers and presentation proposals from anyone using or developing with Tcl/Tk (and extensions). Past conferences have seen submissions covering a wide variety of topics including: * Scientific and engineering applications * Industrial controls * Distributed applications and Network Managment * Object oriented extensions to Tcl/Tk * New widgets for Tk * Simulation and application steering with Tcl/Tk * Tcl/Tk-centric operating environments * Tcl/Tk on small and embedded devices * Medical applications and visualization * Use of different programming paradigms in Tcl/Tk and proposals for new directions. * New areas of exploration for the Tcl/Tk language Submissions should consist of an abstract of about 100 words and a summary of not more than two pages, and should be sent as plain text to tcl...@go... no later than August 24, 2015. Authors of accepted abstracts will have until September 28, 2015 to submit their final paper for the inclusion in the conference proceedings. The proceedings will be made available on digital media, so extra materials such as presentation slides, code examples, code for extensions etc. are encouraged. Printed proceedings will be produced as an on-demand book at lulu.com The authors will have 30 minutes to present their paper at the conference. The program committee will review and evaluate papers according to the following criteria: * Quantity and quality of novel content * Relevance and interest to the Tcl/Tk community * Suitability of content for presentation at the conference Proposals may report on commercial or non-commercial systems, but those with only blatant marketing content will not be accepted. Application and experience papers need to strike a balance between background on the application domain and the relevance of Tcl/Tk to the application. Application and experience papers should clearly explain how the application or experience illustrates a novel use of Tcl/Tk, and what lessons the Tcl/Tk community can derive from the application or experience to apply to their own development efforts. Papers accompanied by non-disclosure agreements will be returned to the author(s) unread. All submissions are held in the highest confidentiality prior to publication in the Proceedings, both as a matter of policy and in accord with the U. S. Copyright Act of 1976. The primary author for each accepted paper will receive registration to the Technical Sessions portion of the conference at a reduced rate. Other Forms of Participation The program committee also welcomes proposals for panel discussions of up to 90 minutes. Proposals should include a list of confirmed panelists, a title and format, and a panel description with position statements from each panelist. Panels should have no more than four speakers, including the panel moderator, and should allow time for substantial interaction with attendees. Panels are not presentations of related research papers. Slots for Works-in-Progress (WIP) presentations and Birds-of-a-Feather sessions (BOFs) are available on a first-come, first-served basis starting in July 27, 2015. Specific instructions for reserving WIP and BOF time slots will be provided in the registration information available in July 27, 2015. Some WIP and BOF time slots will be held open for on-site reservation. All attendees with an interesting work in progress should consider reserving a WIP slot. Registration Information More information on the conference is available the conference Web site (http://www.tcl.tk/community/tcl2015/) and will be published on various Tcl/Tk-related information channels. To keep in touch with news regarding the conference and Tcl events in general, subscribe to the tcl-announce list. See: http://code.activestate.com/lists/tcl-announce to subscribe to the tcl-announce mailing list. Conference Committee * Andreas Kupries ActiveState Inc * Arjen Markus Deltares * Brian Griffin Mentor Graphics * Clif Flynt Noumena Corp * Cynthia Lilagan National Museum of Health & Medicine, Chicago * Donal Fellows University of Manchester * Gerald Lester KnG Consulting LLC * Jeff Hobbs ActiveState Inc * Joe Mistachkin Mistachkin Systems * Kevin Kenny GE Global Research Center * Larry Virden * Mike Doyle National Museum of Health & Medicine, Chicago * Ronald Fox CAEN Technologies NSCL @ Michigan State University * Steve Landers Digital Smarties * Steve Redler, IV SR Technology Contact Information tcl...@go... Tcl'2015 would like to thank those who are sponsoring the conference: * ActiveState Inc * Buonacorsi Foundation * Mentor Graphics * Noumena Corp * SR Technology * Tcl Community Association |
From: Rick G. <ri...@su...> - 2014-09-09 16:01:18
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Dear Current/Potential AJEM 2.x User -- The AJEM Introductory 2.x Training Course will be held November 3-6, 2014 at the Aberdeen Area Operation (AAO) of SURVICE Engineering Company in Belcamp, Maryland. You may download the registration packet from the AJEM website which includes the course description, course outline, registration form, directions to SURVICE AAO, and a list of local hotels. ***REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS OCTOBER 22, 2014.*** Please contact us at aj...@su...<mailto:aj...@su...> if you have further questions or require additional information. Sincerely, AJEM Development Team www.ajem.com<http://www.ajem.com> |
From: Christopher S. M. <br...@ma...> - 2013-12-16 20:58:35
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Out of only 10 selected, we're very proud to announce that BRL-CAD is participating in the 2013 Google Code-In (GCI) program! Complementary to the highly successful Google Summer of Code program for university students, GCI is a contest through January 6th encouraging pre-university students (age 13-17) to get involved with open source. Students work on brief tasks related to code, documentation/training, outreach/research, quality assurance, and user interface. Students completing at least one task receive an official certificate from Google, three or more get a t-shirt, and the most active students contend for a week-long paid trip to Google headquarters in California! For more details, see http://brlcad.org/d/node/188 |
From: Lisa G. <li...@su...> - 2013-08-12 16:54:55
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Dear Current/Potential AJEM 2.x User -- The AJEM Introductory 2.x Training Course will be held October 28-31, 2013 at the Aberdeen Area Operation (AAO) of SURVICE Engineering Company in Belcamp, Maryland. You may download the registration packet from the AJEM website which includes the course description, course outline, registration form, directions to SURVICE AAO, and a list of local hotels. ***REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS SEPTEMBER 30, 2013.*** Please contact us at aj...@su... if you have further questions or require additional information. Sincerely, AJEM Development Team www.ajem.com |
From: Andreas K. <and...@ac...> - 2013-08-06 16:09:52
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20'th Annual Tcl/Tk Conference (Tcl'2013) http://www.tcl.tk/community/tcl2013/ September 23 - 27, 2013 Bourbon Orleans Hotel New Orleans, Louisiana, USA http://www.bourbonorleans.com/ I am pleased to announce that registration for the Conference is now open at http://www.tcl.tk/community/tcl2013/reg.html To book a room at the conference hotel at reduced rates please follow the instructions on that page. Note that the offer of reduced rates expires on August 19 (In 2 weeks). Book NOW. Our schedule can be found at http://www.tcl.tk/community/tcl2013/schedule.html Conference Committee Clif Flynt Noumena Corp General Chair, Website Admin Andreas Kupries ActiveState Software Inc. Program Chair Cyndy Lilagan Nat. Museum of Health & Medicine, Chicago Site/Facilities Chair Arjen Markus Deltares Brian Griffin Mentor Graphics Donal Fellows University of Manchester Gerald Lester KnG Consulting, LLC Jeffrey Hobbs ActiveState Software Inc. Kevin Kenny GE Global Research Center Larry Virden Mike Doyle National Museum of Health & Medicine, Chicago Ron Fox NSCL/FRIB Michigan State University Steve Landers Digital Smarties Contact Information tcl...@go... Tcl'2012 would like to thank those who are sponsoring the conference: ActiveState Software Inc. Buonacorsi Foundation Mentor Graphics Noumena Corp. SR Technology Tcl Community Association |
From: Christopher S. M. <br...@ma...> - 2013-07-10 03:53:51
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After nearly an entire year's worth of intense collaborative effort, the 7.24.0 major release of BRL-CAD is now available for download. More information including detailed itemization of changes is available at: http://brlcad.org/d/node/186 This is the alpha release unveiling of Archer/MGED, a preliminary interface update to BRL-CAD's graphical geometry editor. Some highlights include an integrated graphical tree view, a single window framework, drag and drop geometry editing, information panels, shortcut buttons, improved polygonal mesh and 2D sketch editing, level of detail wireframes, NURBS shaded display support, and much more. As alpha software, this new MGED prototype aims to provide functional feature parity with the antecedent MGED interface while introducing changes. Prior to upcoming beta testing where the emphasis is predominantly on stability and usability, this alpha status solicits feedback from the community on capability and features. Feedback may be provided by writing to de...@br... This release also includes various improvements to BRL-CAD's ray tracing infrastructure including CPU thread affinity locking for faster performance, more consistent grazing hit behavior, expanded volume and surface area calculations, numerous bug fixes, and more robust NURBS evaluation. Thank you to all that have contributed towards this release including Aaron Keesing, Akshay Kashyap, Andrei Popescu, Daniel Roßberg, Tom Browder, Carl Moore, Cliff Yapp, Jordi Sayol, Chris Dueck, Keith Bowman, Nick Reed, Bob Parker, Richard Weiss, and Sean Morrison. Special thanks to GSoC student Kesha Shah for her efforts helping prepare release notes as well. This is a backwards-compatible release with binaries provided for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. Please visit the BRL-CAD website to download the latest version: http://brlcad.org/d/download |
From: Clifford Y. <cli...@gm...> - 2013-06-28 03:06:09
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For anyone interested in the early history of BRL-CAD, three reports from the 1987 USENIX Computer graphics working group that are (to the best of my knowledge) the first presentations in a public forum documenting the BRL-CAD system are now available online as ARL reprints: The BRL-CAD Package: An Overview (Phillip C. Dykstra) http://www.arl.army.mil/arlreports/2013/ARL-RP-432.pdf The Definition and Ray-Tracing of B-Spline Objects in a Combinatorial Solid Geometric Modeling System (Paul R. Stay) http://www.arl.army.mil/arlreports/2013/ARL-RP-428.pdf RT & REMRT Shared Memory Parallel and Network Distributed Ray-Tracing Programs (Michael John Muuss) http://www.arl.army.mil/arlreports/2013/ARL-RP-429.pdf An interesting tidbit - if you look at Dykstra's overview paper, you'll notice that the original report doesn't actually use the dash in "BRL-CAD" - it was apparently just "BRL CAD" during the earliest parts of the development process, when the package was still forming up out of the librt, GED and rt pieces. |
From: Andreas K. <and...@ac...> - 2013-06-05 17:09:04
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[[ Notes: Abstracts and proposals are now due July 6, 2013 [+ 2 weeks] ]] 20'th Annual Tcl/Tk Conference (Tcl'2013) http://www.tcl.tk/community/tcl2013/ September 23 - 27, 2013 Bourbon Orleans Hotel New Orleans, Louisiana, USA http://www.bourbonorleans.com/ Important Dates: Abstracts and proposals due July 6, 2013 [+ 2 weeks] Notification to authors July 22, 2013 [- 2 weeks] Author materials due September 2, 2013 Tutorials Start September 23, 2013 Conference starts September 25, 2013 Email Contact: tcl...@go... Submission of Summaries Tcl/Tk 2013 will be held in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA from September 23 - 27, 2013. The program committee is asking for papers and presentation proposals from anyone using or developing with Tcl/Tk (and extensions). Past conferences have seen submissions covering a wide variety of topics including: * Scientific and engineering applications * Industrial controls * Distributed applications and Network Managment * Object oriented extensions to Tcl/Tk * New widgets for Tk * Simulation and application steering with Tcl/Tk * Tcl/Tk-centric operating environments * Tcl/Tk on small and embedded devices * Medical applications and visualization * Use of different programming paradigms in Tcl/Tk and proposals for new directions. * New areas of exploration for the Tcl/Tk language Submissions should consist of an abstract of about 100 words and a summary of not more than two pages, and should be sent as plain text to <tclconference AT googlegroups DOT com> no later than August 5, 2013. Authors of accepted abstracts will have until September 2, 2013 to submit their final paper for the inclusion in the conference proceedings. The proceedings will be made available on digital media, so extra materials such as presentation slides, code examples, code for extensions etc. are encouraged. Printed proceedings will be produced as an on-demand book at lulu.com The authors will have 25 minutes to present their paper at the conference. The program committee will review and evaluate papers according to the following criteria: * Quantity and quality of novel content * Relevance and interest to the Tcl/Tk community * Suitability of content for presentation at the conference Proposals may report on commercial or non-commercial systems, but those with only blatant marketing content will not be accepted. Application and experience papers need to strike a balance between background on the application domain and the relevance of Tcl/Tk to the application. Application and experience papers should clearly explain how the application or experience illustrates a novel use of Tcl/Tk, and what lessons the Tcl/Tk community can derive from the application or experience to apply to their own development efforts. Papers accompanied by non-disclosure agreements will be returned to the author(s) unread. All submissions are held in the highest confidentiality prior to publication in the Proceedings, both as a matter of policy and in accord with the U. S. Copyright Act of 1976. The primary author for each accepted paper will receive registration to the Technical Sessions portion of the conference at a reduced rate. Other Forms of Participation The program committee also welcomes proposals for panel discussions of up to 90 minutes. Proposals should include a list of confirmed panelists, a title and format, and a panel description with position statements from each panelist. Panels should have no more than four speakers, including the panel moderator, and should allow time for substantial interaction with attendees. Panels are not presentations of related research papers. Slots for Works-in-Progress (WIP) presentations and Birds-of-a-Feather sessions (BOFs) are available on a first-come, first-served basis starting in August 5, 2013. Specific instructions for reserving WIP and BOF time slots will be provided in the registration information available in June 3, 2013. Some WIP and BOF time slots will be held open for on-site reservation. All attendees with an interesting work in progress should consider reserving a WIP slot. Registration Information More information on the conference is available the conference Web site (http://www.tcl.tk/community/tcl2013/) and will be published on various Tcl/Tk-related information channels. To keep in touch with news regarding the conference and Tcl events in general, subscribe to the tcl-announce list. See: http://code.activestate.com/lists/tcl-announce to subscribe to the tcl-announce mailing list. Conference Committee Clif Flynt Noumena Corp General Chair, Website Admin Andreas Kupries ActiveState Software Inc. Program Chair Gerald Lester KnG Consulting, LLC Site/Facilities Chair Arjen Markus Deltares Brian Griffin Mentor Graphics Cyndy Lilagan Nat. Museum of Health & Medicine, Chicago Donal Fellows University of Manchester Jeffrey Hobbs ActiveState Software Inc. Kevin Kenny GE Global Research Center Larry Virden Mike Doyle National Museum of Health & Medicine, Chicago Ron Fox NSCL/FRIB Michigan State University Steve Landers Digital Smarties Contact Information tcl...@go... Tcl'2013 would like to thank those who are sponsoring the conference: ActiveState Software Inc. Buonacorsi Foundation Mentor Graphics Noumena Corp. SR Technology Tcl Community Association |
From: Christopher S. M. <br...@ma...> - 2013-05-01 05:55:25
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For a fifth year, BRL-CAD is once again participating in the Google Summer of Code (GSoC)! Students must submit a proposal application before the May 3rd deadline with selected students announced on May 27th. Those selected get to work on various interesting projects that help improve BRL-CAD. GSoC is an annual summer program hosted by Google where they pay students a stipend of $5000 to work on open source. It's a highly competitive program both for the students and for the mentoring organizations. One of the primary goals of the program is to introduce students to free open source software development with the specific intent of attracting those students as new long-term BRL-CAD developers. With increased awareness, new developers, and increased activity, the aim is to grow the open source CAD community. See http://brlcad.org/d/node/185 for more information. |
From: Andreas K. <and...@ac...> - 2013-04-09 20:59:20
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[[ Notes: Karl Lehenbauer of FlightAware is confirmed as our Keynote speaker. http://www.flightaware.com ]] 20'th Annual Tcl/Tk Conference (Tcl'2013) http://www.tcl.tk/community/tcl2013/ September 23 - 27, 2013 Bourbon Orleans Hotel New Orleans, Louisiana, USA http://www.bourbonorleans.com/ Important Dates: Abstracts and proposals due June 22, 2013 Notification to authors August 5, 2013 Author materials due September 2, 2013 Tutorials Start September 23, 2013 Conference starts September 25, 2013 Email Contact: tcl...@go... Submission of Summaries Tcl/Tk 2013 will be held in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA from September 23 - 27, 2013. The program committee is asking for papers and presentation proposals from anyone using or developing with Tcl/Tk (and extensions). Past conferences have seen submissions covering a wide variety of topics including: * Scientific and engineering applications * Industrial controls * Distributed applications and Network Managment * Object oriented extensions to Tcl/Tk * New widgets for Tk * Simulation and application steering with Tcl/Tk * Tcl/Tk-centric operating environments * Tcl/Tk on small and embedded devices * Medical applications and visualization * Use of different programming paradigms in Tcl/Tk and proposals for new directions. * New areas of exploration for the Tcl/Tk language Submissions should consist of an abstract of about 100 words and a summary of not more than two pages, and should be sent as plain text to <tclconference AT googlegroups DOT com> no later than August 5, 2013. Authors of accepted abstracts will have until September 2, 2013 to submit their final paper for the inclusion in the conference proceedings. The proceedings will be made available on digital media, so extra materials such as presentation slides, code examples, code for extensions etc. are encouraged. Printed proceedings will be produced as an on-demand book at lulu.com The authors will have 25 minutes to present their paper at the conference. The program committee will review and evaluate papers according to the following criteria: * Quantity and quality of novel content * Relevance and interest to the Tcl/Tk community * Suitability of content for presentation at the conference Proposals may report on commercial or non-commercial systems, but those with only blatant marketing content will not be accepted. Application and experience papers need to strike a balance between background on the application domain and the relevance of Tcl/Tk to the application. Application and experience papers should clearly explain how the application or experience illustrates a novel use of Tcl/Tk, and what lessons the Tcl/Tk community can derive from the application or experience to apply to their own development efforts. Papers accompanied by non-disclosure agreements will be returned to the author(s) unread. All submissions are held in the highest confidentiality prior to publication in the Proceedings, both as a matter of policy and in accord with the U. S. Copyright Act of 1976. The primary author for each accepted paper will receive registration to the Technical Sessions portion of the conference at a reduced rate. Other Forms of Participation The program committee also welcomes proposals for panel discussions of up to 90 minutes. Proposals should include a list of confirmed panelists, a title and format, and a panel description with position statements from each panelist. Panels should have no more than four speakers, including the panel moderator, and should allow time for substantial interaction with attendees. Panels are not presentations of related research papers. Slots for Works-in-Progress (WIP) presentations and Birds-of-a-Feather sessions (BOFs) are available on a first-come, first-served basis starting in August 5, 2013. Specific instructions for reserving WIP and BOF time slots will be provided in the registration information available in June 3, 2013. Some WIP and BOF time slots will be held open for on-site reservation. All attendees with an interesting work in progress should consider reserving a WIP slot. Registration Information More information on the conference is available the conference Web site (http://www.tcl.tk/community/tcl2013/) and will be published on various Tcl/Tk-related information channels. To keep in touch with news regarding the conference and Tcl events in general, subscribe to the tcl-announce list. See: http://code.activestate.com/lists/tcl-announce to subscribe to the tcl-announce mailing list. Conference Committee Clif Flynt Noumena Corp General Chair, Website Admin Andreas Kupries ActiveState Software Inc. Program Chair Gerald Lester KnG Consulting, LLC Site/Facilities Chair Arjen Markus Deltares Brian Griffin Mentor Graphics Cyndy Lilagan Nat. Museum of Health & Medicine, Chicago Donal Fellows University of Manchester Jeffrey Hobbs ActiveState Software Inc. Kevin Kenny GE Global Research Center Larry Virden Mike Doyle National Museum of Health & Medicine, Chicago Ron Fox NSCL/FRIB Michigan State University Steve Landers Digital Smarties Contact Information tcl...@go... Tcl'2013 would like to thank those who are sponsoring the conference: ActiveState Software Inc. Buonacorsi Foundation Mentor Graphics Noumena Corp. SR Technology Tcl Community Association |