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About Java Grande

Charter

Java has potential to be a better environment for Grande application development than any previous languages such as Fortran and C++. The goal of the Java Grande Forum (JGF) is to develop community consensus and recommendations for either changes to Java or establishment of standards (frameworks) for Grande libraries and services. These language changes or frameworks are designed to realize the best ever Grande programming environment.

The Java Grande Forum does not intend to be a standards body for the Java™ language per se. Rather, JGF intends to act in an advisory capacity to ensure those working on Grande applications have a unified voice to address Java language design and implementation issues and communicate this input directly to Sun or a prospective Java standards group.

Java Grande Forum Process and Membership

The forum intends a set of working meetings with a core group of active participants. These will produce reports, which are reviewed in public forums and transmitted appropriately within the cognizant bodies within the Java and computational fields. The forum is open to any qualified member of academia, industry or government who is willing to play an active role. The summary of our last meeting in section 1.4 illustrates our approach. Our first major public meeting will be held on November 13, 1998 as a 3-hour panel session at Supercomputing 98 in Orlando.

Key Contacts

George K. Thiruvathukal, Forum Secretary General
thiruvathukal@acm.org

Geoffrey C. Fox, Academic Coordinator
gcf@npac.syr.edu

Siamak Hassanzadeh, Sun Microsystems Liaison
siamak.hassanzadeh@sun.com

Roldan Pozo and Ron Boisvert, Numerics Working Group Chairs
pozo@nist.gov and boisvert@nist.gov

Dennis Gannon and Denis Caromel, Concurrency/Applications
gannon@cs.indiana.edu and Denis.Caromel@sophia.inria.fr
 

Mailing Lists

Java Grande Forum members
javagrandeforum@npac.syr.edu

Java for Computer Science and Engineering applications
java-for-cse@npac.syr.edu

Please contact Geoffrey Fox or George K. Thiruvathukal if you wish to be added to this list. The Java Grande Forum members list is intended primarily for those directly participating in the Java Grande Forum.