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            +   Computer Sciences Department Seminar     +
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	    +              ACSys Seminar                 +
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0. Calendar Manager Info:

        Date:   30 Jul 1996
        Start:  1600
        End:    1700
        What:   ACSys / CS Dept. Seminar - William Waite
		Name Analysis in a Java Compiler
                
1. Speaker:  Professor William Waite
             Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
	     University of Colorado, Boulder

2. Time:     4:00 pm - 5:00 pm, 30 July 1996 (TUESDAY)

3. Place:    Seminar Room 101, in the Department of Computer Science
             Ground Floor, CSIT building, ANU

4. Title:    Name Analysis in a Java Compiler

5. Target Audience: Those with an interest in compilers

6. Abstract:

    Name analysis associates an entity with every identifier.  It is
    the compiler task that implements the scope rules of the language,
    deciding on the meanings of the identifiers and reporting those
    that are undefined or have multiple definitions.  Over the years,
    standard algorithms for name analysis have been developed and
    incorporated into reusable modules.

    Can Java, with its specification of relationships among different
    compilation units, be handled by these modules?  This talk will
    pinpoint the problems, and show how they can be solved with
    surprisingly little distortion of the standard model of a compiler
    built into systems like Eli.

7. Biography:

William M. Waite is Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the
University of Colorado at Boulder.  He received the Ph.D. in Electrical
Engineering from Columbia University in 1965.  Dr. Waite has taught at
Universities in USA, Australia and Germany, and lectured at several of the
advanced courses given by the European Economic Community.  In 1973-74 he
was an ACM National Lecturer, and he has been Editor of "Operating Systems
Review" since 1972.

His major research interests are the design and translation of programming
languages; he was Chairman of IFIP Working Group 2.4 (Systems Implementation
Languages) from 1983 to 1990.  Dr. Waite has written numerous technical
articles and four books, the most recent of which is "An Introduction to
Compiler Construction", coauthored with Lynn Carter.

8. Contact:

Bill has been visiting the ANU since May, sponsored by ACSys and the Computer
Science Department.  His office, while here, is CSIT room 332 and email
address is waite[at]cs.anu.edu.au