Agenda

Monday, June 3rd
Tutorials
Location: Holiday Inn, Pleasanton, CA

9:00 - 4:30 An Introduction to Python

Paul DuBois (LLNL)

9:00 - 12:00 Python and Internet Programming

Jim Fulton (Digicool)

1:30 - 4:00 Extending and Embedding Python

Aaron Watters (AT&T)

Tuesday, June 4th
Conference Program
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

9:00 - 9:20 Introductory Address

Robin Friedrich

9:20 - 9:40 Special Address - The O'Reilly Python Book

Author - Mark Lutz

9:40 - 11:00 SIGs in Progress

Database - Greg Stein
GUI - Jim Ahlstrom
Documentation & Web - Michael McLay
Matrix - Paul Dubois
Imaging - Mr. Proxy

11:00 - 12:00 Python Software Activity

12:00 - 2:00 Break for Lunch

2:00 - 2:30 Python 1.4 and Beyond

Guido van Rossum

Networking Topics

2:30 - 3:00 Grail

Guido van Rossum

3:00 - 3:30 What's in a name?
A Distributed, Federated Naming System in Python

Martin Chilvers, David Arnold, Andy Bond, Richard Taylor

3:30 - 4:00 Hector: Distributed Objects in Python

David Arnold, Andy Bond, Martin Chilvers, Richard Taylor

4:00 - 4:30 Using Python in a Distributed Object System
(ABB Object Management Facility)

Daniel Larsson

6:00 Banquet at Willow Tree Chinese Restaurant

Wednesday, June 5th
Conference Program
Continued

Systems & Integrations

9:00 - 9:30 Using Emacs OO-Browser with Python

Harri Pasanen

9:30 - 10:00 Python Interface with Narcisse Graphics

Zane Motteler

10:00 - 10:30 Gist: A Scientific Graphics Package for Python

Lee Busby

10:30 - 11:00 Building a Programmable Interface for Physics Codes Using Numeric Python

Tser-Yuan (Brian) Yang, P. F. Dubois, Zane Motteler

11:00 - 11:30 Building Ariel - OpenGL GUI and Python to C

Jim Hugunin

12:00 - 2:00 Luncheon at Retzlaff Winery

State of the Art

2:00 - 2:30 Extensibility in Python

Manus Hand

2:30 - 3:00 Using SWIG to Control, Prototype, and Debug C Programs with Python

David M. Beazley

Thursday, June 6th
Workshop

9:00 - 11:00 SIG Working Groups

Documentation - Michael McLay
Programming Environment - Fred Drake
GUI - Jim Ahlstrom

11:00 - 12:00 Developer's Future Enhancements

Make a Wish Foundation

12:00 - 1:30 Lunch Break

1:30 - 3:00 Future Enhancements (cont.)

... optimizing strategies for Python, a generalized object interface, meta-objects, a functional interface for operators (operator.__and__ etc.), etc.

Last Modified: 07:00pm CDT, May 31, 1996