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Program

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.


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