10th Mid-America Symposium on Emerging Computer Technologies

October 28-29, 1996

Schedule of Events


Monday, October 28th, 1996


8:00a-8:30a Registration (Forum Building)

8:30a-8:45a Welcoming Remarks (B Conference Room)

Dr. John Y. Cheung , General Chair

Dr. Billy Crynes, Dean, OU

Dr. Nancy Mergler, Interim Senior Vice President & Provost,OU

8:45a-10:00a Keynote Speaker: Future of Computers in Telecommunications (B Conference Room)

Russ McGuire, Director, Advanced Product Development, WilTel

10:00a-10:30Morning Break (Forum B Lobby)

10:30a-12:00p Networking (Tutorial in B Conference Room)

Bob Traill, Director, Engineering & Planning, Vyvx

Neural Networks (Contributed Papers in B6 Seminar Room)

Chair: Blayne Maysfield, OSU

12:00p-1:30pLunch (Commons Restaurant)

Multimedia in Education

Billy Crynes, OU

1:30p-3:00p Multimedia Data Sources (Tutorial in B Conference Room)

Less Miller, ISU

Intelligent Simulation (Contributed Papers in B6 Seminar Room)

Chair: Mike Bolton, NSU

3:00p-3:30p Afternoon Break (Forum B Lobby)

3:30p-5:00p Information Technology in Manufacturing (Tutorial in B Conference Room)

Monte Tull, OU

Intelligent Search in Data Bases (Contributed Papers in B6 Seminar Room)

Chair: K. Thulasiraman, OU

5:00p-6:00p Social Hour (Commons Restaurant)

6:00p-7:30p Banquet (Commons Restaurant)

Presentation of Distinguished Service Award

Presentation of Best Paper Awards


Tuesday, October 29, 1996


8:00a-8:30a Registration (Forum Building)

8:30a-10:00a Keynote Speaker: Telecommunications and The Law(B Conference Room)

Michael Goldstein, Dow, Lohnes and Albertson

10:00a-10:30a Morning Break (Forum B Lobby)

10:30a-12:00p Orientation to WEB (Tutorial in B ConferenceRoom)

Cathy Pierson, OU

Curriculum Issues (Contributed Papers in B6 Seminar Room)

Chair: Cliff Layton

12:00p-1:30p Lunch (Commons Restaurant)

Multimedia and Distance Learning

Cliff Layton, Prof & Dir, Online Services, TU

1:30p-3:00p New CASE Tool for Rapid Development (B Conference Room)

Fred Springsteel, UMC

Expert System & Fuzzy Logic (Contributed Papers in B6 Seminar Room)

Chair: Adedeji Badiru, OU

3:00p-3:30p Afternoon Break (Forum B Lobby)

3:30p-5:00p Information Technology in Business - The Virtual Data Warehouse for Small Business

(B Conference Room)

Al Schwarzkopf, OU

Information Architectronics (Contributed Papers in B6 Seminar Room)

Chair: William Coberly, TU


The Symposium is being held at the Oklahoma Center for ContinuingEducation here at the University of Oklahoma. The registration fee for students is $20. If you have any further questions about the symposium please call me at 325-5703.