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with a view to their practical solution.

MAPLD 2000 Technical Program

Kossiakoff Conference Center
The Johns Hopkins Univerisity- Applied Physics Laboratory
11100 Johns Hopkins Road
Laurel, Maryland 20723-6099

September 26-28, 2000

Welcome

Technical Sessions

Invited Speakers

Dinner Speaker

Panel Session

Abstracts

Welcome:

George R. Cotter
Chief Scientist
National Security Agency
Presentation: Welcome_Cotter_S.PDF
Presentation: Welcome_Cotter_S.ppt

Rich. Katz
Grunt Engineer
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

AIAA Chapter Meeting

Invited Speaker: James Kinnison, Johns Hopkins University/Applied Physics Lab
System Level Radiation Tolerance
Abstract: AIAA_Kinnison_A.htm

Technical Sessions:

A. Military & Aerospace Applications
Session Chair: Ralph Kohler - Air Force Research Laboratory
Invited Speaker: Henry Spencer - SP Systems
Faster, Better, but Most Important, Much Much Cheaper
Abstract: A0_Spencer_A.htm

B. Devices, Elements, and Technologies
Session Chair: Rich Katz - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Introduction: Dr. Roger D. Launius, NASA Chief Historian
Invited Speaker: Eldon Hall, MIT Instrumentation Lab
The Apollo Guidance Computer - A Designer's View
Abstract: B0_Hall_A

C. Radiation Environments and Effects
Session Chair: Ken LaBel - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
                       David Roth - JHU/Applied Physics Lab
Invited Speaker: Lloyd Massengill, Vanderbilt University
Single Event Modeling on Emerging Commercial Technologies
Abstract: C0_Massengill_A.htm

D. SoC, Synthesis, and IP
Session Chair: Hans Tiggeler - University of Surrey, Grunt Engineer - Apprentice

E. Adaptive Computing
Session Chair: John McHenry - National Security Agency
Invited Speaker: Mark Jones, Virginia Tech
High-Level Programming Issues for Large Reconfigurable Computing Systems
Abstract: E0_M_Jones_A.htm

P. Poster Session
Session Chair: David Hepner - US Army Research Laboratory

Dinner Speaker (Tuesday Evening)

Dr. Thomas Jones
NASA Astronaut Corps
ISS: The Exploration Proving Ground
Dinner_Jones.htm

Panel Session: (Wednesday Evening)

"PLD Hardware and Software in the High-Reliability, High-Safety, and High Security Mission-Critical Environment"

Panel Details

Click here to sign up for the panel         Click here to submit questions for the debate

Panel Format

Questions will be submitted in advance by MAPLD attendees and distributed to panel members by 2:00 pm, Wednesday, September 27^th
Each panel member will be given a fixed amount of time to respond
Audience members will then be given the opportunity to ask follow-up questions.

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