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Conference heron::euro_swas_ai

Title:Europe-Swas-Artificial-Intelligence
Moderator:HERON::BUCHANAN
Created:Fri Jun 03 1988
Last Modified:Thu Aug 04 1994
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:442
Total number of notes:1429

28.0. "EURO-PACE COURSES" by MUNEDU::BUERKERT () Tue Sep 06 1988 17:48

	You might have heard that DIGITAL sponsors the  EURO-PACE program..

	Euro-PACE stands for 
	      European	PROGRAM 
			OF
			ADVANCED
			CONTINUING
			EDUCATION.

	It is a European program, sponsored by international companies,
	for education in 'state-of-the-art-topics'. It offers courses and
	seminars.
	
	The courses are satellite-braodcasts of video-taped lectures of
	specialists with high reputation in the given topic. The lectures
	can be either special one for PACE or a recording from a conference
	for instance.

	A course is broadcast in 1-2 hour sessions per week during night
	and video-taped at 'receiving-sites' of the sponsor-companies.

	There it can be viewed by enrolled students at any time they find 
	appropriate (in coordination with the ILC's).

	DIGITAL receiving sites are:	GENEVA
					VALBONNE
					READING
					EVRY
					MUNICH
					(KAUFBEUREN AND KARLSRUHE are
					 under discussion)	

	For some legal reasons the tapes may not be copied by the receiving
	site. So the courses can be viewed only at a receiving site - 
	unfortunately.

	Another important part of the Euro-PACE -concept is the interaction 
	of students with the presenters and any other students (of whatever 
	company) by an 'notes'-conference called PORTACOM running on a 
	machine in Aarhus, Denmark. (Please don't mix this up with our 
	VAXnotes conferences!)

	PACE was in PRE-PILOT PHASE last semester and is now in
	FULL-PILOT-PHASE .

	PACE offers 6 curricula currently:
		- Aritificial Intelligence	
		- Software Engineering 
			( covering many AI-topics like Object-oriented 
			programming, Functional languages and Prototyping )
		- Telecommunications
		- Advanced Manufacturing technologies
		- Microelectronics
		- Technology management

I AM MEMBER OF THE 'PROGRAM ADVISORY GROUP' FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE,
SO: YOUR COMMENTS, SUGGESTIONS AND COMPLAINTS (PRIMARILY ON CONTENTS, 
DIDATIC, MATERIAL ETC.) ARE highly WELCOME AND will BE PASSED ON TO GENEVA AND 
PACE-MANAGEMENT. 

FIND COURSE-DESCRIPTIONS (those I've got on-line) IN THE replies.

Heinz Buerkert
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28.1pre- and full- pilot offeringsMUNEDU::BUERKERTWed Sep 07 1988 10:50430
    following courses are from all curricula
    they were offered during the past pri-pilot-phase are REISSUED for
    the comming full-pilot-phase.
    
    the 'prolog ...' course is for the AI-curriculum
    the 'functional-languages and prototyping' for the SW-engineering
         curriculum.
    
    Heinz
    
    
    
    
    |                                        |    COURSE NO : EY-A353E-P0 |
|                                        |----------------------------|
|       PACE TECHNOLOGY TRAINING         |    FORMAT : SELF PACED     |
|                                        |----------------------------|
|           COURSE DESCRIPTION           |    LENGTH : 26 HOURS       |
|                                        |    AT THE RATE OF          |
|                                        |    2 HRS/WEEK              |
|                                        |    PER WEEK                |
|                                        |----------------------------|
|                                        |    REV DATE : MARCH 88     |
|_____________________________________________________________________|

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        LOGIC PROGRAMMING, PROLOG AND EXPERT SYSTEMS


NOTE : - The course will be broadcast via satellite from the
         Imperial College, London (Department of computing)

       - The Lecturers will be : 
         "Core Course"
         Bob Kowalski, Frank Kriwaczek and Chris Hogger
         (Imperial College)
        
        "Complements"
        Ken Bullock (British Telecom), Alain Colmerauer 
        (Universite de Marseille), Brice Lepape (ESPRIT
        Programme)
     
      - Duration : (Number of hours and frequency) 26 hours
                   (Core = 20h, Complements = 6h),
                   2 hours/week

BRIEF OUTLINE OF THE COURSE :

TARGET AUDIENCE (main potential beneficiaires of course)

- Technology Consultants
- Knowledge Engineers (ES specialists) 
- Systems Engineers (IT specialists)
- R&D staff
- Application Engineers
- Technical Managers


PREREQUISITES

- Science or Engineering graduates or equivalent technical background.
- Familiarity with programming concepts
- No previous knowledge of Logic Programming or Prolog is
  assumed : the course will, however, also be of interest to
  those with Prolog experience 


COURSE OBJECTIVES (expected results in terms of knowledge and 
                  skills to be acquired through course)

- Precise definition of AI and Expert Systems concepts and
  methods, in terms of Logic Programming 

- Awareness of research directions in AI and Expert Systems, with
  an emphasis on Logic Programming : ability to read research
  publications

- Ability to express problems as Logic Programs : ability to 
  implement simple Prolog programs

- Assessment of Prolog and Prolog-based shells as practical
  Expert Systems implementation tools 
  

COURSE DESCRIPTION

The "Core Course" concerns itself with three main themes :

1) the ethos and principles of Logic Programming (i.e. Logic
   for Problem Solving)

2) practical Prolog programming and

3) the application of Logic Programming and Prolog to AI
   and Expert Systems. The course includes computer
   demonstrations and exercises. The exercises will be
   set on TV and the solutions will be presented a week
   later.

   The "Complements" expand selected topics introduced in
   the Core Course. 
  

- DATE : STARTING MARCH 1988
        
- LOCATION : SELF PACED TRAINING, AVAILABLE IN
              EVRY, VALBONNE, READING, MUNICH & GENEVA.

- ENROLMENT PROCEDURE :
  -------------------
All enrolment request MUST BE SENT to LOCAL FTC MANAGER with
the following information : 

        Course Corporate Nbr    : EY-A353E-P0
        Course Title            : LOGIC PROGRAMMING, PROLOG AND 
                                  EXPERT SYSTEMS
        Course Location         : ..........

        Complete Student name   : <>
        *** PREREQUISITE ***    : YES or NO
        Function                : <>
        Exact Job title         : <>
        Badge number            : <>
        Cost centre             : <>
        VAXmail or DECmail Addr.: <>
        Manager's Name          : <>



_______________________________________________________________________
|                                        |    COURSE NO : EY-A352E-P0 |
|                                        |----------------------------|
|       PACE TECHNOLOGY TRAINING         |    FORMAT : SELF PACED     |
|                                        |----------------------------|
|           COURSE DESCRIPTION           |    LENGTH : 20 HOURS       |
|                                        |    AT THE RATE OF          |
|                                        |    2 HRS/WEEK              |
|                                        |    PER WEEK                |
|                                        |----------------------------|
|                                        |    REV DATE : MARCH 88     |
|_____________________________________________________________________|

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                       ADAPTIVE SIGNAL PROCESSING


NOTE : This course will be broadcast via satellite from the CNRS,
       Ecole Superieur d'Electricite (laboratoire des Signaux &
       Systemes)
       The Lecturer will be : Dr Odile MACCHI, Director of
                              Research
       This course will be available both in French & English


TARGET AUDIENCE 

Users or designers of Transmission systems


PREREQUISITES

a) Linear algebra : the ability to handle finite vectors.
b) A minimal basis on signal processing : Fourier transform - 
   digital filtering - convolution - zeros and poles of
   transfert functions :
   random processes of second order (correlation function, 
   power spectral density, covariance matrices) amplitude
   modulation and quadrature amplitude modulation.


COURSE OBJECTIVES 

At the end of the course, the participants should be able to
design a digital adaptative filter with all its operational
characteristics and especially the adaptation step-size,
being given a specific application in transmission with the
associated specifications. 
  

COURSE DESCRIPTION

In order to correct the distorting effects suffered by a signal
during its transmission, the receiver system must be optimized
according to the transmission conditions. This means to
identify the transmission Channel then to optimize the system.

Adaptive systems achieve both this steps in a simple unique
mode : the receiver is updated, using a gradient technique,
each time a new data is received from the transmission
channel. Updating is controlled by the error between the
respective outputs of the actual receiver and an ideally
corrected one.

The three most important adaptive systems in transmission are
echo or noise cancellers, equalizers to flatten the transfert
function of a channel, and linear predictors to compress the 
information for speech or image coding. These systems are
investigated to understand their behaviour and analyze their
performances (adaptation speed - final accurary - implementation
complexity - binary wordlength - tracking capability).
The course is illustrated with applications giving concrete
industrial examples. 
   

- DATE : FROM 21ST MARCH 1988
        
- LOCATION : SELF PACED TRAINING AVAILABLE IN 
             EVRY, VALBONNE, READING, MUNICH & GENEVA.

- ENROLMENT PROCEDURE :
  -------------------
All enrolment request MUST BE SENT to LOCAL FTC MANAGER with
the following information : 

        Course Corporate Nbr    : EY-A352E-P0
        Course Title            : ADAPTIVE SIGNAL PROCESSING
        Course Location         : ..........

        Complete Student name   : <>
        *** PREREQUISITE ***    : YES or NO
        Function                : <>
        Exact Job title         : <>
        Badge number            : <>
        Cost centre             : <>
        VAXmail or DECmail Addr.: <>
        Manager's Name          : <>



_______________________________________________________________________
|                                        |    COURSE NO : EY-A354E-P0 |
|                                        |----------------------------|
|       PACE TECHNOLOGY TRAINING         |    FORMAT : SELF PACED     |
|                                        |----------------------------|
|           COURSE DESCRIPTION           |    LENGTH : 20 HOURS       |
|                                        |    AT THE RATE OF          |
|                                        |    2 HRS/WEEK              |
|    					 |    PER WEEK                |
|                                        |----------------------------|
|                                        |    REV DATE : MARCH 88     |
|_____________________________________________________________________|

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                  FUNCTIONAL LANGUAGES & PROTOTYPING


TARGET AUDIENCE 

Software Engineers and project Managers involved in 
scientific and technical projects. 


PREREQUISITES

Prior knowledge of LISP 


COURSE OBJECTIVES (expected results in terms of knowledge and 
                  skills to be acquired through course)

- Evaluation of functional approaches to programming
  and uses in prototyping. 

- Evaluation of future trends in programming. 
  

COURSE DESCRIPTION

- Prototyping with LISP (object oriented programing graphical interfaces) 

- Prototyping with ML
   
- Other approaches (operational semantics: TYPOL, VDM) 
  


- DATE: FROM APRIL 15TH 1988
        
- LOCATION : SELF PACED TRAINING AVAILABLE IN
             EVRY, VALBONNE, READING, MUNICH & GENEVA


- ENROLMENT PROCEDURE :
  -------------------
All enrolment request MUST BE SENT to LOCAL FTC MANAGER with
the following information : 

        Course Corporate Nbr    : EY-A354E-P0
        Course Title            : FUNCTIONAL LANGUAGES AND PROTOYPING
        Course Location         : .......

        Complete Student name   : <>
        *** PREREQUISITE ***    : YES or NO
        Function                : <>
        Exact Job title         : <>
        Badge number            : <>
        Cost centre             : <>
        VAXmail or DECmail Addr.: <>
        Manager's Name          : <>



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|                                        |    COURSE NO : EY-A843E-P0 |
|                                        |----------------------------|
|       PACE TECHNOLOGY TRAINING         |    FORMAT : SELF PACED     |
|                                        |----------------------------|
|           COURSE DESCRIPTION           |    LENGTH : 24 HOURS       |        
|                                        |    AT THE RATE OF          |
|                                        |    2 HRS/WEEK              |        
|                                        |----------------------------|
|                                        |    REV DATE : APRIL 88     |
|_____________________________________________________________________|

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         INTRODUCTION TO A.M.T. AND COMPUTER INTEGRATED
                    MANUFACTURING (CIM)


TARGET AUDIENCE 

        Main Beneficiaries of Course:

- Technical professionals and managers graduated in scientific, 
  engineering or management related disciplines.


PREREQUISITES

        Access Level :

- No special technical skills required.

- Experience and interest in Business and Manufacturing operations
  will be assumed. 


COURSE OBJECTIVES  
                  

- Describe the developments taking place in modern manufacturing.
  
- Develop a realisation of the potential benefits and challenges
  in using AMT and CIM.

- Gain an insight into the implementation factors for AMT and CIM
  through the variety and richness of European experience.

- Expose students to the commercial objectives of AMT and CIM.

  

COURSE DESCRIPTION


- Flexible Manufacturing - A Challenge for the Organisation.
  Topics will include: - Integration of company functions
                       - Internal company logistics
                       - Assembly Techniques
                       - Quality Techniques
                       - Integration of material and time management
                       - Trends in production techniques
  (Course provided by Professor H.J. Warnecke of Institut fuer
   Produktionstechnik und Automatisierung, Stuttgart/Germany)


- Microcomputers and their application in control in advanced
  manufacturing.
- Robotic welding with in-process quality assessment and control.
  "From design to hardware - CAD/CAM in action."
- Factory simulation using SEE-WHY.
- The "PLACE" robotics simulation system and off-line robotics
  programming.
- Flexible manufacturing cells and the MAP interface.
  (Course provided by Professor Dinsdale of the College of
   Manufacturing, Cranfield Institute of Technology, UK)


- World perspectives on CIM and Technology Elements in CIM,
  achievements and philosophy with informative illustrations.
- Planning and Implementing CIM with two Commercial Cases.
- Building a CIM system, the steps from design to production
  based on a case study.
- Simulation used as a design tool and as control software for CIM.
  Process planning and expert systems in advanced manufacturing.
  (Course provided by Dr. P. Sachett of the CIM Institute,
   Cranfield Institute of Technology, UK)
  

- Automation and the small business - case studies.
   (Course provided by Professor L. Alting of the Department of
   Production Engineering, Technical University of Denmark,
   Lyngby, Denmark)


- BROADCAST DATE : FROM APRIL 20TH 1988
        
- LOCATION : SELF PACED TRAINING AVAILABLE IN
             EVRY, VALBONNE, READING, MUNICH & GENEVA


- ENROLMENT PROCEDURE :
  -------------------
All enrolment request MUST BE SENT to LOCAL FTC MANAGER with
the following information : 

        Course Corporate Nbr    : EY-A843E-P0
        Course Title            : INTRODUCTION TO A.M.T. AND COMPUTER
                                : INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING (CIM)
        Course Location         : .......

        Complete Student name   : <>
        *** PREREQUISITE ***    : YES or NO
        Function                : <>
        Exact Job title         : <>
        Badge number            : <>
        Cost centre             : <>
        VAXmail or DECmail Addr.: <>
        Manager's Name          : <>


    
28.2full-pilot coursesMUNEDU::BUERKERTWed Sep 07 1988 10:581498
    following courses and all courses from pre-pilot-phase are offered
    im winter 1988/89
         
    the natural-language and ECAI courses belong to AI-curriculum
    the Object-oriented programming course to SW-engineering.
                                                
    heinz    



EY-B235E TUTORIAL ON NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING - "PACE"


COURSE SUMMARY & CHARACTERISTICS
COURSE TITLE : EY-B235E-P0  ECAI-88 TUTORIAL ON NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING
               Available at PACE Satellite Broadcast Receiving Sites
               (IN EHQ, EVRY, VALBONNE, MUNICH & READING)

Duration : 6 HOURS

Course type : Self-Paced
Target functions : FS, SWS, IS, EDU, MKTG
*******************************************************************

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LOCATION : CONTACT YOUR LOCAL FTC MANAGER OR ADMINISTRATOR

ENROLMENT CONTACTS : 
            JEAN-PIERRE DE-SAN-PEDRO @EVO - EVRY
            DAVID EAST @BST - BASINGSTOKE
            CHARLOTTE GROEBLI @GEO - EHQ GENEVA
            KEES KORTENBACH @UFH - MUNICH
            PETER LEONARD @VBO - VALBONNE


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        ECAI-88 TUTORIAL ON NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING
                    

TARGET AUDIENCE 

This tutorial is addressed to users of natural language technology,
as well as to beginning researchers in the field.


PREREQUISITES

No previous knowledge of the subject is assumed.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:  

- Assessment of existing natural language techniques and applications.

- Awareness of existing techniques and research directions.

  
COURSE DESCRIPTION

The tutorial describes situations in which natural language processing
can be applied, and show why it is so difficult to implement. The talks
are centred around the variety of processing tasks: understanding, generation,
translation, acquisition and use of the lexicon. For each topic, potential
applications are described, important issues and current techniques are
explained, and available academic and commercial systems are introduced.
Attention is paid to the business aspect of the emerging technology.


COURSE OUTLINE

1. Language Understanding

   How do multiple paradigms interact in the design of a text analysing
   programme? How can text analysers be incorporated into a larger 
   application?

2. Language Generation

   What are the decision procedures involved in what-to-say and how-to-say
   it? How can utterances be produced which maximally satisfy communicative
   requirements?

3. Lexicon

   A lexicon is the linguistic database required by any processing
   programmes. What are the particular problems involved in the design
   of a machine-readable lexicon?

4. Translation and Text Critiquing

   What are the various approaches to translation of written texts?
   How can linguistic knowledge be applied to provide editorial
   support to an author?

5. Acquisition

   The linguistic knowledge required in any particular domain is
   open ended. What are the methods for acquiring such knowledge?

6. The Business Aspect

   How do managers, users and scientists get together in one marker?
   What software has been developed and does it work?
 

MODES OF INTERACTION: PortaCOM, telefax and telephone


SUPPORT MATERIAL FORESEEN

- Hard-copy of transparencies used in video-course.

- Copies of relevant articles by the authors and references to other
  reading material.

- Bibliography and list of recommended books.


LECTURERS

- Koenraad De Smedt

- Uri Zernik

Institutions:   GE Research, New York, USA (U. Zernik)
                
                University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands
                (K. De Smedt)

                Nijmegen Institute for Cognition Research
                and Information Technology (NICI)
                Montesorilaan
                Postbus 9104
                6500 HE NIJMEGEN
                The Netherlands

                Telephone: (31-80) 51.26.27
                Telefax:
                Telex: 48211 KUNM NL
                Electronic Mail: PortaCOM and
                Earn NICHNYKUN53.BITNET

- DATE: SECOND WEEK OF JANUARY 1989
        
- LOCATION : SELF PACED TRAINING AVAILABLE IN
             EVRY, VALBONNE, READING, MUNICH & GENEVA


- ENROLMENT PROCEDURE :
  -------------------
All enrolment request MUST BE SENT to LOCAL FTC MANAGER with
the following information : 

        Course Corporate Nbr    : EY-B235E-P0
        Course Title            : ECAI-88 TUTORIAL ON NATURAL LANGUAGE
                                : PROCESSING
        Course Location         : .......

        Complete Student name   : <>
        *** PREREQUISITE ***    : YES or NO
        Function                : <>
        Exact Job title         : <>
        Badge number            : <>
        Cost centre             : <>
        VAXmail or DECmail Addr.: <>
        Manager's Name          : <>




COURSE SUMMARY & CHARACTERISTICS 
COURSE TITLE : EY-B234E-P0  INTRODUCTION TO MACHINE LEARNING AND ITS
                            APPLICATIONS TO KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION
               Available at PACE Satellite Broadcast Receiving Sites
               (IN EHQ, EVRY, VALBONNE, MUNICH & READING)

Duration : 18 hours - AT THE RATE OF 2 HRS/WEEK 
        
Course type : Self-Paced
Target functions : FS, SWS, IS, ENG, EDU, MKTG
*******************************************************************

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LOCATION : CONTACT YOUR LOCAL FTC MANAGER OR ADMINISTRATOR

ENROLMENT CONTACTS : 
            JEAN-PIERRE DE-SAN-PEDRO @EVO - EVRY
            DAVID EAST @BST - BASINGSTOKE
            CHARLOTTE GROEBLI @GEO - EHQ GENEVA
            KEES KORTENBACH @UFH - MUNICH
            PETER LEONARD @VBO - VALBONNE



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         INTRODUCTION TO MACHINE LEARNING AND ITS APPLICATIONS
                       TO KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION


TARGET AUDIENCE 

- Knowledge engineers (ES specialists).

- R & D staff.

- Application engineers.

- Technical managers.


PREREQUISITES

- General scientific maturity associated with a degree in science or
  engineering.

- Some familiarity with AI concepts.

- No previous knowledge of Machine Learning is assumed.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:  
  
Machine Learning (ML) is a new field of Artificial Intelligence that has
developed within the last five years its own methodologies for the
automation of knowledge acquisition. The main results so far obtained
are described and analysed in view of their potential applications 
as tools for solving the famous "knowledge acquisition bottleneck"
that presently impedes the development of Expert Systems.

Student Workload: 4 hours per week


COURSE DESCRIPTION

Core Course:

1. Basic techniques: deduction, induction, generalization, conceptual
   clustering, structural matching.

2. INDUCE (Michalski) and conceptual clustering.

3. LEX (Mitchell) and learning by doing.

4. AQ (Quinlan) and the inductive building of decision trees.

5. Explanation Based Learning.

6. Learning by discovering or revising a theory.

7. Learning class descriptions and taxonomies of objects.

Complements:

1. Description of various industrial applications of ML (B. Bartsch-
   Spoerl, G. de Champigneux, J. Darroy, A. Gilles, K. Levi,
   J. Stender).

2. Description of available ML tools and of ML tools presently 
   under construction in Europe (D. Michie, A. Ludwig).

3. Illustration of potential industrial uses of ML (R. Michalski,
   T. Mitchell).

4. Explanations, ML and Artificial Intelligence (J. DeJong,
   T. Mitchell).

MODES OF INTERACTION

- PortaCOM, telefax and mail.

SUPPORT MATERIAL FORESEEN

- Book on Machine Learning by the author (Euro-PACE will supply one
  copy per receiving site, additional copies can be ordered from the
  publisher, Pitman, London).

- Hard-copy of transparencies used in video-course.

- Copies of relevant articles by the authors and references to other
  reading material.

- Bibliography and list of recommended readings.


LECTURERS:

"Core Course"   Y. Kodratoff (Lab. de Recherche en Informatique)

                K. Morik (Technical University of Berlin)

"Complements"   B. Bartsch-Spoerl (InterFace Concilium)
                G. de Champigneux (Avions Marcel Dassault)
                J. Darroy (Matra Espace)
                J. DeJong (University of Illinois/Urbana-Champaign)
                A. Gilles (Avions Marcel Dassault)
                K. Levi (Honeywell)
                A. Ludwig (Nixdorf)
                R. Michalski (George Mason University)
                D. Michie (The Turing Institute)
                T. Mitchell (Carnegie Mellon University)
                J. Stender (Brainware)

Institutions:   Laboratoire de Recherche en Informatique (LRI)
                Universite de Paris-Sud
                Batiment 490
                91405 Orsay
                France

                Technical University of Berlin (TUB)
                Fach. Informatik (20)
                Sek FR5.12, 28-29, Franklinstr.
                D-1000 Berlin 10
                FRG

- DATE: 4TH WEEK OF OCTOBER 1988
 
- LOCATION : SELF PACED TRAINING AVAILABLE IN
             EVRY, VALBONNE, READING, MUNICH & GENEVA


- ENROLMENT PROCEDURE :
  -------------------
All enrolment request MUST BE SENT to LOCAL FTC MANAGER with
the following information : 

        Course Corporate Nbr    : EY-B234E-P0
        Course Title            : INTRODUCTION TO MACHINE LEARNING AND ITS
                                : APPLICATIONS TO KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION
        Course Location         : .......

        Complete Student name   : <>
        *** PREREQUISITE ***    : YES or NO
        Function                : <>
        Exact Job title         : <>
        Badge number            : <>
        Cost centre             : <>
        VAXmail or DECmail Addr.: <>
        Manager's Name          : <>

EY-B233E - ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE VIA "PACE" SATELLITE


COURSE SUMMARY & CHARACTERISTICS
COURSE TITLE : EY-B233E-P0  ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE  (ECAI-88)
               REPORTAGE ON 1988 EUROPEAN CONGRESS    
               Available at PACE Satellite Broadcast Receiving Sites
               (IN EHQ, EVRY, VALBONNE, MUNICH & READING)

Duration : 3 WEEKS - AT THE RATE OF 2 HRS/WEEK #1 & #2
                                    1 HR/WEEK #3            
Course type : Self-Paced
Target functions : FS, SWAS, IS, ENG, MFG, MKT, SALES, EDU.
**********************************************************************

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LOCATION : CONTACT YOUR LOCAL FTC MANAGER OR ADMINISTRATOR

ENROLMENT CONTACTS : 
            JEAN-PIERRE DE-SAN-PEDRO @EVO - EVRY
            DAVID EAST @BST - BASINGSTOKE
            CHARLOTTE GROEBLI @GEO - EHQ GENEVA
            KEES KORTENBACH @UFH - MUNICH
            PETER LEONARD @VBO - VALBONNE


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                 PACE TECHONOLOGY TRAINING     

 REPORTAGE ON 1988 EUROPEAN CONGRESS ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
                          (ECAI-88)                   


TARGET AUDIENCE 

- Knowledge engineers (ES specialists).
- Systems engineers (IT specialists).
- R & D staff.
- Application engineers.
- Technical managers.


PREREQUISITES

- General scientific maturity associated with a degree in Science or
  Engineering.

- Some familiarity with AI concepts and techniques.

- No detailed knowledge of AI is assumed.



COURSE OBJECTIVES

ECAI is the most important European conference on AI; it is held every
two years. ECAI-88 takes place on August 1-5, 1988 in Munich.

The Euro-PACE reportage-package on ECAI-88 is intended for those unable
to attend the conference but who, nevertheless, want to stay abreast 
of the state of the art in AI and its various sub-fields.

- Objectives in operational terms :

  1. Awareness of research directions in AI.
  2. Assessment of AI potential for engineering practice.



COURSE DESCRIPTION

- 5 hours of TV, covering the contributions by the invited speakers 
  as well as the audience's reactions summarised by commentators 
  who are themselves leaders in this field.

- Topics will include :
  
  1. The role of Explanation in AI (J. DeJong/T. Mitchell).
  2. Prolog Programming Environments (C. Hogger/J. Rohmer).
  3. A personal view on the future of AI (E. Sandewall).


MODES OF INTERACTION : None

SUPPORT MATERIAL FORESEEN

- Hard-copy of transparencies used in video sessions.

- ECAI-88 Conference Proceedings (Euro-PACE will supply one copy per
  receiving site, additional copies can be ordered from the publisher
  Pitman, London).

SPEAKERS

  J. DeJong             (University of Illinois)

  C. Hogger             (Imperial College)

  T. Mitchell           (Carnegie Mellon University)

  J. Rohmer             (Bull)

  E. Sandewall          (TU Linkoping)

  
- DATE : FIRST WEEK OF OCTOBER 1988
        
- LOCATION : SELF PACED TRAINING AVAILABLE IN
             EVRY, VALBONNE, READING, MUNICH & GENEVA


- ENROLMENT PROCEDURE :
  -------------------
All enrolment request MUST BE SENT to LOCAL FTC MANAGER with
the following information : 



        Course Corporate Nbr    : EY-B233E-P0
        Course Title            : REPORTAGE ON 1988 EUROPEAN CONGRESS
                                : ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (ECAI-88) 
        Course Location         : .......

        Complete Student name   : <>
        *** PREREQUISITE ***    : YES or NO
        Function                : <>
        Exact Job title         : <>
        Badge number            : <>
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EY-B235E TUTORIAL ON NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING - "PACE"


COURSE SUMMARY & CHARACTERISTICS
COURSE TITLE : EY-B235E-P0  ECAI-88 TUTORIAL ON NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING
               Available at PACE Satellite Broadcast Receiving Sites
               (IN EHQ, EVRY, VALBONNE, MUNICH & READING)

Duration : 6 HOURS

Course type : Self-Paced
Target functions : FS, SWS, IS, EDU, MKTG
*******************************************************************

-------------------------------------------------------------------
LOCATION : CONTACT YOUR LOCAL FTC MANAGER OR ADMINISTRATOR

ENROLMENT CONTACTS : 
            JEAN-PIERRE DE-SAN-PEDRO @EVO - EVRY
            DAVID EAST @BST - BASINGSTOKE
            CHARLOTTE GROEBLI @GEO - EHQ GENEVA
            KEES KORTENBACH @UFH - MUNICH
            PETER LEONARD @VBO - VALBONNE


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        ECAI-88 TUTORIAL ON NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING
                    

TARGET AUDIENCE 

This tutorial is addressed to users of natural language technology,
as well as to beginning researchers in the field.


PREREQUISITES

No previous knowledge of the subject is assumed.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:  

- Assessment of existing natural language techniques and applications.

- Awareness of existing techniques and research directions.

  
COURSE DESCRIPTION

The tutorial describes situations in which natural language processing
can be applied, and show why it is so difficult to implement. The talks
are centred around the variety of processing tasks: understanding, generation,
translation, acquisition and use of the lexicon. For each topic, potential
applications are described, important issues and current techniques are
explained, and available academic and commercial systems are introduced.
Attention is paid to the business aspect of the emerging technology.


COURSE OUTLINE

1. Language Understanding

   How do multiple paradigms interact in the design of a text analysing
   programme? How can text analysers be incorporated into a larger 
   application?

2. Language Generation

   What are the decision procedures involved in what-to-say and how-to-say
   it? How can utterances be produced which maximally satisfy communicative
   requirements?

3. Lexicon

   A lexicon is the linguistic database required by any processing
   programmes. What are the particular problems involved in the design
   of a machine-readable lexicon?

4. Translation and Text Critiquing

   What are the various approaches to translation of written texts?
   How can linguistic knowledge be applied to provide editorial
   support to an author?

5. Acquisition

   The linguistic knowledge required in any particular domain is
   open ended. What are the methods for acquiring such knowledge?

6. The Business Aspect

   How do managers, users and scientists get together in one marker?
   What software has been developed and does it work?
 

MODES OF INTERACTION: PortaCOM, telefax and telephone


SUPPORT MATERIAL FORESEEN

- Hard-copy of transparencies used in video-course.

- Copies of relevant articles by the authors and references to other
  reading material.

- Bibliography and list of recommended books.


LECTURERS

- Koenraad De Smedt

- Uri Zernik

Institutions:   GE Research, New York, USA (U. Zernik)
                
                University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands
                (K. De Smedt)

                Nijmegen Institute for Cognition Research
                and Information Technology (NICI)
                Montesorilaan
                Postbus 9104
                6500 HE NIJMEGEN
                The Netherlands

                Telephone: (31-80) 51.26.27
                Telefax:
                Telex: 48211 KUNM NL
                Electronic Mail: PortaCOM and
                Earn NICHNYKUN53.BITNET

- DATE: SECOND WEEK OF JANUARY 1989
        
- LOCATION : SELF PACED TRAINING AVAILABLE IN
             EVRY, VALBONNE, READING, MUNICH & GENEVA


- ENROLMENT PROCEDURE :
  -------------------
All enrolment request MUST BE SENT to LOCAL FTC MANAGER with
the following information : 

        Course Corporate Nbr    : EY-B235E-P0
        Course Title            : ECAI-88 TUTORIAL ON NATURAL LANGUAGE
                                : PROCESSING
        Course Location         : .......

        Complete Student name   : <>
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COURSE SUMMARY & CHARACTERISTICS 
COURSE TITLE : EY-B234E-P0  INTRODUCTION TO MACHINE LEARNING AND ITS
                            APPLICATIONS TO KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION
               Available at PACE Satellite Broadcast Receiving Sites
               (IN EHQ, EVRY, VALBONNE, MUNICH & READING)

Duration : 18 hours - AT THE RATE OF 2 HRS/WEEK 
        
Course type : Self-Paced
Target functions : FS, SWS, IS, ENG, EDU, MKTG
*******************************************************************

-------------------------------------------------------------------
LOCATION : CONTACT YOUR LOCAL FTC MANAGER OR ADMINISTRATOR

ENROLMENT CONTACTS : 
            JEAN-PIERRE DE-SAN-PEDRO @EVO - EVRY
            DAVID EAST @BST - BASINGSTOKE
            CHARLOTTE GROEBLI @GEO - EHQ GENEVA
            KEES KORTENBACH @UFH - MUNICH
            PETER LEONARD @VBO - VALBONNE



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         INTRODUCTION TO MACHINE LEARNING AND ITS APPLICATIONS
                       TO KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION


TARGET AUDIENCE 

- Knowledge engineers (ES specialists).

- R & D staff.

- Application engineers.

- Technical managers.


PREREQUISITES

- General scientific maturity associated with a degree in science or
  engineering.

- Some familiarity with AI concepts.

- No previous knowledge of Machine Learning is assumed.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:  
  
Machine Learning (ML) is a new field of Artificial Intelligence that has
developed within the last five years its own methodologies for the
automation of knowledge acquisition. The main results so far obtained
are described and analysed in view of their potential applications 
as tools for solving the famous "knowledge acquisition bottleneck"
that presently impedes the development of Expert Systems.

Student Workload: 4 hours per week


COURSE DESCRIPTION

Core Course:

1. Basic techniques: deduction, induction, generalization, conceptual
   clustering, structural matching.

2. INDUCE (Michalski) and conceptual clustering.

3. LEX (Mitchell) and learning by doing.

4. AQ (Quinlan) and the inductive building of decision trees.

5. Explanation Based Learning.

6. Learning by discovering or revising a theory.

7. Learning class descriptions and taxonomies of objects.

Complements:

1. Description of various industrial applications of ML (B. Bartsch-
   Spoerl, G. de Champigneux, J. Darroy, A. Gilles, K. Levi,
   J. Stender).

2. Description of available ML tools and of ML tools presently 
   under construction in Europe (D. Michie, A. Ludwig).

3. Illustration of potential industrial uses of ML (R. Michalski,
   T. Mitchell).

4. Explanations, ML and Artificial Intelligence (J. DeJong,
   T. Mitchell).

MODES OF INTERACTION

- PortaCOM, telefax and mail.

SUPPORT MATERIAL FORESEEN

- Book on Machine Learning by the author (Euro-PACE will supply one
  copy per receiving site, additional copies can be ordered from the
  publisher, Pitman, London).

- Hard-copy of transparencies used in video-course.

- Copies of relevant articles by the authors and references to other
  reading material.

- Bibliography and list of recommended readings.


LECTURERS:

"Core Course"   Y. Kodratoff (Lab. de Recherche en Informatique)

                K. Morik (Technical University of Berlin)

"Complements"   B. Bartsch-Spoerl (InterFace Concilium)
                G. de Champigneux (Avions Marcel Dassault)
                J. Darroy (Matra Espace)
                J. DeJong (University of Illinois/Urbana-Champaign)
                A. Gilles (Avions Marcel Dassault)
                K. Levi (Honeywell)
                A. Ludwig (Nixdorf)
                R. Michalski (George Mason University)
                D. Michie (The Turing Institute)
                T. Mitchell (Carnegie Mellon University)
                J. Stender (Brainware)

Institutions:   Laboratoire de Recherche en Informatique (LRI)
                Universite de Paris-Sud
                Batiment 490
                91405 Orsay
                France

                Technical University of Berlin (TUB)
                Fach. Informatik (20)
                Sek FR5.12, 28-29, Franklinstr.
                D-1000 Berlin 10
                FRG

- DATE: 4TH WEEK OF OCTOBER 1988
 
- LOCATION : SELF PACED TRAINING AVAILABLE IN
             EVRY, VALBONNE, READING, MUNICH & GENEVA


- ENROLMENT PROCEDURE :
  -------------------
All enrolment request MUST BE SENT to LOCAL FTC MANAGER with
the following information : 

        Course Corporate Nbr    : EY-B234E-P0
        Course Title            : INTRODUCTION TO MACHINE LEARNING AND ITS
                                : APPLICATIONS TO KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION
        Course Location         : .......

        Complete Student name   : <>
        *** PREREQUISITE ***    : YES or NO
        Function                : <>
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EY-B233E - ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE VIA "PACE" SATELLITE


COURSE SUMMARY & CHARACTERISTICS
COURSE TITLE : EY-B233E-P0  ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE  (ECAI-88)
               REPORTAGE ON 1988 EUROPEAN CONGRESS    
               Available at PACE Satellite Broadcast Receiving Sites
               (IN EHQ, EVRY, VALBONNE, MUNICH & READING)

Duration : 3 WEEKS - AT THE RATE OF 2 HRS/WEEK #1 & #2
                                    1 HR/WEEK #3            
Course type : Self-Paced
Target functions : FS, SWAS, IS, ENG, MFG, MKT, SALES, EDU.
**********************************************************************

--------------------------------------------------------------------------
LOCATION : CONTACT YOUR LOCAL FTC MANAGER OR ADMINISTRATOR

ENROLMENT CONTACTS : 
            JEAN-PIERRE DE-SAN-PEDRO @EVO - EVRY
            DAVID EAST @BST - BASINGSTOKE
            CHARLOTTE GROEBLI @GEO - EHQ GENEVA
            KEES KORTENBACH @UFH - MUNICH
            PETER LEONARD @VBO - VALBONNE


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                 PACE TECHONOLOGY TRAINING     

 REPORTAGE ON 1988 EUROPEAN CONGRESS ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
                          (ECAI-88)                   


TARGET AUDIENCE 

- Knowledge engineers (ES specialists).
- Systems engineers (IT specialists).
- R & D staff.
- Application engineers.
- Technical managers.


PREREQUISITES

- General scientific maturity associated with a degree in Science or
  Engineering.

- Some familiarity with AI concepts and techniques.

- No detailed knowledge of AI is assumed.



COURSE OBJECTIVES

ECAI is the most important European conference on AI; it is held every
two years. ECAI-88 takes place on August 1-5, 1988 in Munich.

The Euro-PACE reportage-package on ECAI-88 is intended for those unable
to attend the conference but who, nevertheless, want to stay abreast 
of the state of the art in AI and its various sub-fields.

- Objectives in operational terms :

  1. Awareness of research directions in AI.
  2. Assessment of AI potential for engineering practice.



COURSE DESCRIPTION

- 5 hours of TV, covering the contributions by the invited speakers 
  as well as the audience's reactions summarised by commentators 
  who are themselves leaders in this field.

- Topics will include :
  
  1. The role of Explanation in AI (J. DeJong/T. Mitchell).
  2. Prolog Programming Environments (C. Hogger/J. Rohmer).
  3. A personal view on the future of AI (E. Sandewall).


MODES OF INTERACTION : None

SUPPORT MATERIAL FORESEEN

- Hard-copy of transparencies used in video sessions.

- ECAI-88 Conference Proceedings (Euro-PACE will supply one copy per
  receiving site, additional copies can be ordered from the publisher
  Pitman, London).

SPEAKERS

  J. DeJong             (University of Illinois)

  C. Hogger             (Imperial College)

  T. Mitchell           (Carnegie Mellon University)

  J. Rohmer             (Bull)

  E. Sandewall          (TU Linkoping)

  
- DATE : FIRST WEEK OF OCTOBER 1988
        
- LOCATION : SELF PACED TRAINING AVAILABLE IN
             EVRY, VALBONNE, READING, MUNICH & GENEVA


- ENROLMENT PROCEDURE :
  -------------------
All enrolment request MUST BE SENT to LOCAL FTC MANAGER with
the following information : 



        Course Corporate Nbr    : EY-B233E-P0
        Course Title            : REPORTAGE ON 1988 EUROPEAN CONGRESS
                                : ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (ECAI-88) 
        Course Location         : .......

        Complete Student name   : <>
        *** PREREQUISITE ***    : YES or NO
        Function                : <>
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        Badge number            : <>
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EY-B238E - OBJECT ORIENTED DESIGN & PROGRAMMING


COURSE SUMMARY & CHARACTERISTICS
--------------------------------
COURSE TITLE : EY-B238E-P0  OBJECT - ORIENTED DESIGN AND PROGRAMMING
                    
               Available at PACE Satellite Broadcast Receiving Sites
               (IN EHQ, EVRY, VALBONNE, MUNICH & READING)

Duration : 18 HOURS - AT THE RATE OF 2 HRS/WEEK

Course type : Self-Paced
Target functions : SWS
*******************************************************************

----------------------------------------------------------------------
LOCATION : CONTACT YOUR LOCAL FTC MANAGER OR ADMINISTRATOR

ENROLMENT CONTACTS : 
            JEAN-PIERRE DE-SAN-PEDRO @EVO - EVRY
            DAVID EAST @BST - BASINGSTOKE
            CHARLOTTE GROEBLI @GEO - EHQ GENEVA
            KEES KORTENBACH @UFH - MUNICH
            PETER LEONARD @VBO - VALBONNE

     

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           OBJECT - ORIENTED DESIGN AND PROGRAMMING
                    


TARGET AUDIENCE 

To be announced in the next Euro-PACE Course Catalogue


COURSE OBJECTIVES
                  
Find out the answers to the most pressing issues in this new approach
to software development 

- What's object-oriented design beyond the buzzword ?

- Does Ada support object-oriented techniques ?

- How much can you do in classical languages such as C ?

- What gains can you expect in terms of quality and productivity ?

- Why is top-down functional design not appropriate for the
  construction of quality software?

- what is the difference between true object-oriented techniques and
  modular techniques made popular by Ada and Modula-2 ?

- What object-oriented languages are available today ?

- Tools and environments: Is there a CASE for OOD ?


COURSE DESCRIPTION

Object-oriented design and programming is the major technological break-
through in software engineering over the past 15 years. This course introduces
the approach and shows why it is going to dramatically affect the way we
develop software, like no other advance since the invention of high-level
programming languages.


COURSE OUTLINE

Part 1: Issues

- Software quality.
- Fundamental quality factors.
- Simple-minded approaches and why they fail.
- Modularization.
- The theoretical basis.
- The object-oriented revolution.

Part 2: Principles

- Object-oriented design.
- The seven steps to object happiness.
- The basic structures.
- Inheritance: Why it is essential.
- Software reliability.
- Language support
- Tool support.
- High-level design.
- Practical issues.

Part 3: In Depth Case Study

Part 4: Tools

Object-oriented programming without an object-oriented language, modular
languages, object-oriented databases, putting reuse to work, current
research, Beyond methods and languages, the managerial perspective.


SUPPORT MATERIAL FORESEEN

- Book by Bertrand Meyer: "Object-Oriented Software Construction",
  Prentice-Hall International.

- Copies of transparencies used in course.

LECTURER

Bertrand Meyer

INSTITUTIONS

Interactive Software Engineering
270 Storke Road, Suite 7
Goleta, CA 93117
U.S.A.
Tel. (1) (805) 685-1006
Telefax (1) (805) 685-6869

Societe des Outils du Logiciel
Centre d'Affaires 3MPP
4, rue Rene Barthelemy
92120 Montrouge
France
Tel. (33) (1) 46 57 13 36
Telefax (33) (1) 46 57 01 03
Telex 205 359 F


- DATE: NOVEMBER
        
- LOCATION : SELF PACED TRAINING AVAILABLE IN
             EVRY, VALBONNE, READING, MUNICH & GENEVA


- ENROLMENT PROCEDURE :
  -------------------
All enrolment request MUST BE SENT to LOCAL FTC MANAGER with
the following information : 

        Course Corporate Nbr    : EY-B238E-P0
        Course Title            : OBJECT - ORIENTED DESIGN AND PROGRAMMING
                                :
        Course Location         : .......

        Complete Student name   : <>
        *** PREREQUISITE ***    : YES or NO
        Function                : <>
        Exact Job title         : <>
        Badge number            : <>
        Cost centre             : <>
        VAXmail or DECmail Addr.: <>
        Manager's Name          : <>



EY-B237E - REAL TIME SOFTWARE DESIGN - "PACE" TRNG


COURSE SUMMARY & CHARACTERISTICS : SOFTWARE ENGINEERING AREA
COURSE TITLE : EY-B237E-P0  REAL-TIME SOFTWARE DESIGN
               Available at PACE Satellite Broadcast Receiving Sites
               (IN EHQ, EVRY, VALBONNE, MUNICH & READING)
Duration : 10-12 HOURS
Course type : Self-Paced
Target functions : FS, IS, SWS, ES
*******************************************************************

-------------------------------------------------------------------
LOCATION : CONTACT YOUR LOCAL FTC MANAGER OR ADMINISTRATOR

ENROLMENT CONTACTS : 
            JEAN-PIERRE DE-SAN-PEDRO @EVO - EVRY
            DAVID EAST @BST - BASINGSTOKE
            CHARLOTTE GROEBLI @GEO - EHQ GENEVA
            KEES KORTENBACH @UFH - MUNICH
            PETER LEONARD @VBO - VALBONNE


--------------------------------------------------------------     

                    REAL-TIME SOFTWARE DESIGN
                  


TARGET AUDIENCE 

- Application engineers (ES specialists).

- System integrates and designers.

- R & D staff.

- Test engineers.

- Technical managers.

- Programmers.

- Control engineers.


PREREQUISITES

- Programmers with exposure to computer architecture and peripheral
  devices or engineering graduates having a working knowledge of a
  High Level Language and exposure to computer architecture and
  peripheral devices.


COURSE OBJECTIVES:  
                  
Away from  -ad hoc and purely heuristic approaches.

Towards    -the understanding of basic concepts and techniques, supported
            by software engineering principles;

           -the ability to identify problems raised by Real-time applications
            and to make informed implementation and selection decisions.
            To enhance the awareness of a range of techniques by
            transferring technology in such a say as to impart
            a practical capability.
            

COURSE DESCRIPTION

1. Overview of real-time software design.

2. Notations and representation.

3. Analytical techniques.

4. Review of real-time techniques.

5. Real-time kernels.

6. Languages for real-time systems.


SUPPORT MATERIAL FORESEEN

- Lecture notes, tutorial example and direct reading

- Recommend pre-reading "Introduction to Real-time Software
  Design" by S.T. Allworth and R.N. Zobel second or first edition.

LECTURER

Peter van Santen

INSTITUTION

Computer Science Department
Brunel
The University of West London
Uxbridge
Middlesex UB8 3PH
United Kingdom
Tel. (44) 895 74000 ext. 2137


- DATE: FIRST WEEK OF OCTOBER 1988
        
- LOCATION : SELF PACED TRAINING AVAILABLE IN
             EVRY, VALBONNE, READING, MUNICH & GENEVA


- ENROLMENT PROCEDURE :
  -------------------
All enrolment request MUST BE SENT to LOCAL FTC MANAGER with
the following information : 

        Course Corporate Nbr    : EY-B237E-P0
        Course Title            : REAL-TIME SOFTWARE DESIGN
                                : 
        Course Location         : .......

        Complete Student name   : <>
        *** PREREQUISITE ***    : YES or NO
        Function                : <>
        Exact Job title         : <>
        Badge number            : <>
        Cost centre             : <>
        VAXmail or DECmail Addr.: <>
        Manager's Name          : <>




EY-B236E - SATELLITE TELECOMMUNICATIONS - "PACE"


COURSE SUMMARY & CHARACTERISTICS 
COURSE TITLE : EY-B236E-P0  SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS
               Available at PACE Satellite Broadcast Receiving Sites
               (IN EHQ, EVRY, VALBONNE, MUNICH & READING)

Duration : PART 1: 20 HOURS        
           PART 2:  8 HOURS        

Course type : Self-paced
Target functions : FS, SWAS, IS, ENG, MKTG, EDU
*******************************************************************

-------------------------------------------------------------------
LOCATION : CONTACT YOUR LOCAL FTC MANAGER OR ADMINISTRATOR

ENROLMENT CONTACTS : 
            JEAN-PIERRE DE-SAN-PEDRO @EVO - EVRY
            DAVID EAST @BST - BASINGSTOKE
            CHARLOTTE GROEBLI @GEO - EHQ GENEVA
            KEES KORTENBACH @UFH - MUNICH
            PETER LEONARD @VBO - VALBONNE


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                     SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS
                   


TARGET AUDIENCE 

- Engineers, scientists, and technical managers involved in the planning
  and design of satellite communications systems.

- Designers and technical salesmen concerned with the manufacturing of
  satellite communications system equipment.

- Technicians involved in the operation of satellite systems.


PREREQUISITES

- Standard background on communications techniques and basics of
  physics.


COURSE OBJECTIVES:  
                  
Provide all attendees with sufficient knowledge of satellite communications
system design and operation to be able to understand and discuss system
specifications and trade-offs.
  

COURSE DESCRIPTION

The course is devoted to satellite communication aspects, with emphasis
on system technical and economic trade-offs as available from operational 
present day systems, and as foreseen from future systems


COURSE OUTLINE

Part 1: Basics of Satellite Communications

1. Introduction to satellite communications systems.
2. Communications techniques.
3. Multiple access.
4. Multi-beam satellite systems.
5. Satellite communications payload.
6. Earth station technology.
7. Launch and orbital injection.

Part 2: Advanced Satellite Communication Systems

1. Introduction to future systems and technology.
2. Onboard switching.
3. Regenerative satellite systems.
4. The future of European satellite networks for business services.

STUDENT WORKLOAD

Each lecture implies about two hours of personal work, reviewing the
material performing proposed exercises and formulating questions.

SUPPORT MATERIAL FORESEEN

- Transparencies of the course.

- Recommend reading G. Maral and M. Bousquet Satellite Communications
  Systems, Wiley, 1986.

MODES OF INTERACTION

- PortaCOM: the name of the "course classroom" is - (PACE TC)
  Satcom. CL

- Telefax: (33) 61 52 31 52

- Telephone: (33) 61 52 17 57

LECTURERS

Part 1: Gerard Maral    Ecole National Superieure des Telecommunications
                        BP 4004
                        31028 Toulouse Cedex
                        France
                        Tel. (33) 61 52 17 57
                        Telefax (33) 61 52 31 52

        Michel Bousquet Ecole Nationale Superieure de l'Aeronautique 
                        et de l'Espace
                        BP 4032
                        31055 Toulouse Cedex
                        Tel. (33) 61 33 48 48

Part 2: Lecturers and Institutions to be announced


- DATE: FIRST WEEK OF OCTOBER 1988
        
- LOCATION : SELF PACED TRAINING AVAILABLE IN
             EVRY, VALBONNE, READING, MUNICH & GENEVA


- ENROLMENT PROCEDURE :
  -------------------
All enrolment request MUST BE SENT to LOCAL FTC MANAGER with
the following information : 

        Course Corporate Nbr    : EY-B236E-P0
        Course Title            : SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS
                                : 
        Course Location         : .......

        Complete Student name   : <>
        *** PREREQUISITE ***    : YES or NO
        Function                : <>
        Exact Job title         : <>
        Badge number            : <>
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        Manager's Name          : <>




EY-B239E - DESIGN FOR TESTABILITY - "PACE" TRAINING



COURSE SUMMARY & CHARACTERISTICS : MICROELECTRONICS
COURSE TITLE : EY-B239E-P0  DESIGN FOR TESTABILITY
               Available at PACE Satellite Broadcast Receiving Sites
               (IN EHQ, EVRY, VALBONNE, MUNICH & READING)
Duration : 10 HOURS
Course type : Self-paced
Target functions : FS, IS, SWS, 
*******************************************************************
--------------------------------------------------------------------
LOCATION : CONTACT YOUR LOCAL FTC MANAGER OR ADMINISTRATOR

ENROLMENT CONTACTS : 
            JEAN-PIERRE DE-SAN-PEDRO @EVO - EVRY
            DAVID EAST @BST - BASINGSTOKE
            CHARLOTTE GROEBLI @GEO - EHQ GENEVA
            KEES KORTENBACH @UFH - MUNICH
            PETER LEONARD @VBO - VALBONNE

     

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                   DESIGN FOR TESTABILITY
                   


TARGET AUDIENCE 

- Designers of integrated circuits devices and electonic systems

- Test engineers who attend DFT review meetings.


PREREQUISITES

Background knowledge assumed in the fundamentals of digital testing:

- failure mechanisms and fault-effect models
- use of an Automatic Test-Equipment
- principles of path sensitization
- use of fault simulation
- use of functional approaches for complex devices/boards


COURSE OBJECTIVES:  
                  
- To summarize the fundamental reasons for design-for-Testability (DFT)
  and why it should be applied to the processes associated with the
  design of digital integrated circuits and printed circuit boards
  at all levels of design complexity.

- To present the principles of ad hoc and structured approaches 
  to DFT sufficient to allow a designer to consider such approaches
  in his/her next design, or to allow a test programmer to present
  his/her requirement in a reasonable and acceptable way during
  design review meetings.
  

COURSE DESCRIPTION

1. Introduction to DFT.

2. Practical DFT guidelines.

3. Formal techniques - scan.

4. Built-in Self test.

5. Scan design example/exercise.

6. Tools to support scan and BIST.

7. Economics of scan and BIST.

8. Emerging testability standards.

SUPPORT MATERIAL FORESEEN

- Transparancies of the course.

- Some explanatory text.

LECTURER

Ben Bennetts, Consultant in Test Technology

INSTITUTION

Bennetts Associates
Burridge Farm
Burridge
Southampton, S03 7BY
United Kingdom
Tel. (44) 4895-81276


- DATE: FIRST WEEK OF OCTOBER 1989
        
- LOCATION : SELF PACED TRAINING AVAILABLE IN
             EVRY, VALBONNE, READING, MUNICH & GENEVA


- ENROLMENT PROCEDURE :
  -------------------
All enrolment request MUST BE SENT to LOCAL FTC MANAGER with
the following information : 

        Course Corporate Nbr    : EY-B239E-P0
        Course Title            : DESIGN FOR TESTABILITY
                                : 
        Course Location         : .......

        Complete Student name   : <>
        *** PREREQUISITE ***    : YES or NO
        Function                : <>
        Exact Job title         : <>
        Badge number            : <>
        Cost centre             : <>
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28.3new sites and approaches in FY89MUNEDU::BUERKERTHEINZ 57-VarietiesThu Sep 15 1988 12:4231
from a mail by Nick Meyer @GEO:

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	Please be aware that we should now have Pace Aerials mounted on 
	several more buildings across Europe, mainly :

	Stockholm in Q2

	Nijmegen in Q3

	Annecy in Q3

	Kaufbeuren in Q2

	Clonmel in Q2

	Ballybrit in Q2

	Mervue in Q3

	When Nijmegen comes on line, we should be able to send copies of 
broadcasts, to those sites who cannot afford the Aerial just now, or remote 
sites, who are not under the satellite footprint.

    	But we are looking forward to a much broader implementation than 
this, making Pace courseware available in all countries, covering a maximum 
of offices.
			Thanks & regards,
					 Nick(M)