| FROM By Andrzej Rucinski
ATW Mission The Advanced Technology Workshop (formerly the Atlantic Test Workshop), organized annually in both the U.S. and Europe, is a communication platform for participants representing academia, government, and industry, concerned with the root causes of new and emerging technologies. The ATW participants present their activities relevant to the dissemination and application of new technologies, with emphasis on practical solutions and engineering curriculum reform (students are heavily involved in all ATW discussions). The U.S. and European parts underline techno-cultural differences and different behavior present on both sides of the Atlantic. ATW History The ATW workshop has a short but already rich and dynamic history. It originated at UNH in 1992 and was sponsored by the Industrial Associates Program. The following list provides the location and organizes of the past and planned ATW workshops:
This year's workshop, organized in July 1996 in Toulouse, France and Bedford, Massachusetts in August 1996 appears to be more nationally and internationally acclaimed in terms of the number and the quality of the participants. ATW '96 Since the formula of the ATW Workshop assumes flexibility, each year's topics are selected and driven by the interests of the participants. For example, this year's topics emphasize commercialization of research, testing/quality in system design, collaborative engineering, and small satellite technologies. Panel discussions will focus on efficient interactions among industry, government, and academia, the use of multimedia in a classroom, research today and tomorrow; the research economics, and collaboration in research and test. As it was mentioned above, the European segment of ATW is scheduled to take place in Toulouse, located in south-western France. It is called "the pink city" because of a specific color of bricks used in most of the buildings. Toulouse is not only the city of art and culture, but also the heart of European high-tech industry, so another nickname is the City of Aeronautics and Space. Aerospatiale and Matra Marconi Space - two major giants of the frontier exploration of aerospace in Europe are located here. The U.S. Air Force Electronic Systems Center (ESC), located in Bedford, Massachusetts is the command center for all USAF electronic systems activities including avionics and space systems with a yearly budget of $3 billion. The Design Automation Laboratory has recently signed a CRDA (Cooperative Research and Development Agreement) with the ESC which deals with joint development of accelerated testing methods. This year's conference chairs are: Dr. Claude Baron, Institut National des Sciences Appliquees de Toulouse, INSA, France (ATW Europe) and Dr. Barbara Dziurla Rucinska, UNH (ATW USA). Dr. Pablo Sanchez, the University of Cantabria, Spain and Mr. Bob Straitt, USAF have been designated as this year's Program Chairs. The sponsorship of the workshop is provided by the European Office of Aerospace Research and Development (EOARD) and the U.S. Air Force Electronic Systems Center. The post workshop proceedings will be published in the Journal of Microelectronic Systems Integration (selected papers) and by the Kluwer Academic Press. ATW participants represent a broad and international spectrum of academic institutions, research centers, and high-tech industry. Just to name a few: Boston University; Technical University of Budapest, Hungary; Concordia University, Canada; University of Cantabria, Spain; University Complutense at Madrid, Spain; University of Corsica, France; University Do Minho, Portugal; Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands; George Washington University; MIT; Oregon Graduate Institute of Computer Science and Technology; University of Provence, France; Centre for Satellite Engineering Research, Technion University, Israel; University of Surrey, United Kingdom; and West Virginia University. Research and industrial partners include: Aerospatiale, France; Alcatel Espace, France; Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales, France; CNRS (a National Science Foundation equivalent in France); LESIA-INSAT, France; Lockheed Martin Aeronautical Systems; Matra Marconi Space, France; MITRE Corporation; Phillips Laboratory; Rome Laboratory; and Surrey Satellite Technology Limited, Guildford, United Kingdom. VIPs attending this year's workshop include:
Special events include:
The UNH contribution to the ATW program is substantial every year and includes:
Invitation to ATW'97 We hope to have ATW'97 even more attractive. The workshop should be viewed as a continuous opportunity to all UNH students interested in learning more, making connections, and meeting interesting people. This short paper concludes with an open invitation to our students to participate in next year's workshop. Since preparing a workshop paper is a time consuming process, all interested students, both graduate and undergraduate, are welcome to stop by my office to find out more about this unique workshop (Kingsbury 104D). |
