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          MAY PRESENTATION:
  Title:  Parallel Processing System PIM and its applications
Speaker:  Seiichi Yaskawa, Director of New Business Development
	  Yaskawa Electric Corporation
   Time:  Wednesday, May 20nd, 1998, 7:00 - 9:00 pm
   Site:  Club KARMA's event hall, 5 minutes from Osaka JR
          No charge for MEMBERS.


The PIM, Parallel Inference Machine, is a joint-development of Flavors
Technology in the U.S. and Yaskawa Electric in Japan. It is based on the
principles of parallel processing, declarative coding, and agent-based
programming. Automotive Paint Shop Control in the U.S. and Shinkansen
Bullet Train Operation Simulator in Japan are the early successful and
large-scale applications.  The train operation simulator application along
with the PIM theory will be the topics of the talk.

Nobody, including major computer system suppliers, has ever achieved as
detailed  a real-time train operation simulator as that recently built by
JR Central and Yaskawa Electric.  The unique concept of the PIM, "Consume
hardware and save software" made this possible and economical.  Various
kinds of transportation systems in and out of the factory floor will be a
good application arena for the PIM and its concept. Technically speaking,
the PIM is the first and only software-parallel system as opposed to all
other hardware-parallel computer systems.  Thus, ARPA has contracted to
study the application of this approach in more detail.

Mr. Seiichi Yaskawa has his B.S. & M.S. in Electrical Engineering from
Tokyo University, and is a member of the Japanese Society for Artificial
Intelligence.
Influencing opinion leaders throughout the world, he is a co-author of
"Magnetic Recording"-McGraw Hill, and has recently spoken at the following
conferences:
Chaos in Manufacturing Conference, Santa Fe, NM, 1998
MODSIM (Modeling and Simulation) 97, Tasmania, Australia, 1997
Embracing Complexity Conference, San Francisco, CA, 1996
Industrial Automation Conference, Chicago, IL, 1995

Yaskawa Electric's homepage includes general information about
Yaskawa's industrial equipment, robots, motors, and control systems.
<http://www.yaskawa.co.jp/>  (Japanese and English)

Flavors Technology's homepage features information on the PIM and
on Yaskawa's partner company.
<http://www.flavors.com/>  (English)


PRICE: Through special arrangements with Club KARMA, the meeting fee is
FREE for paid up annual members, others: 2000 yen. Drinks/food will be
available starting at 300/600 yen.  Invite your friends!

SPEAKERS SOUGHT! The KPCA is looking for speakers for future meetings. Come
promote your pet project/product, your career.

Email any/all response to:
Dennis Grass, KPCA-President

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