National Computer Technology Meeting 1996, Program and Registration Information To: "A - Division Chief and Staff", "B - Branch Chiefs and Offices", "FO - State, District, Subdistrict and other Field Offices", "PO - Project Offices", "DA - All Data General System Administrators" cc: "P. Patrick Leahy, Chief Geologist, Reston, VA" , "Richard E Witmer, , Reston, VA" , "William F Gossman Jr., , Reston, VA" , "Gregory I Snyder, , Reston, VA" , "Linda Kathleen Peng, , Reston, VA" , "Carolyn S Lumb, , Reston, VA" , "David R Soller, , Reston, VA" , "Doris A Schmidt, , Reston, VA" , "Terry J Sutton, , Reston, VA" , "File WRD Archive, , Reston, VA" Subject: National Computer Technology Meeting 1996, Program and Registration Information Date: Thu, 15 Feb 1996 16:31:26 -0500 From: "Gloria J Stiltner, Chief, DIS Suprv Hyd, Reston, VA" In Reply Refer To: Mail Stop 445 MEMORANDUM February 15, 1996 To: Senior Staff Branch Chiefs District Chiefs Field and Office Chiefs Data General System Administrators From: Verne R. Schneider Assistant Chief Hydrologist for Technical Support Subject: National Computer Technology Meeting 1996/Program and Registration Information The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) National Computer Technology Meeting 1996 (NCTM '96) is to be held May 20-23, 1996. The theme of NCTM '96 is "USGS, Plugged into the Planet." USGS personnel will present technical papers and electronic demonstrations and attend training on computer-related activities supporting the mission and objectives of their respective division and various units. USGS professionals, who perform complex system-administration and support tasks, will attend training in the application of computer technology related to the software and hardware currently in use by the USGS. New and innovative ways of presenting data to the general public will also be a major focus of this meeting. NCTM '96 is scheduled to be held at the same time and location as the Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) Geographic Information System (GIS) Conference. USGS personnel will have the opportunity to attend relevant parts of that conference and, in addition, attend the ESRI Conference large computer-vendor exhibits. PUBLICATIONS ____________ Director-approved abstracts will be electronically published as an Open-File Report on the World Wide Web (http://wwwqvarsa.er.usgs.gov/NCTM96). TRAINING ________ Training is a major thrust of NCTM '96. Among the topics to be included are: Application Programs Cartographic Design and Production Geographic Information System Local- and Wide-Area Networking National Water Information System-II Administration Programming Languages System Administration World Wide Web SPECIAL ITEMS _____________ Three training rooms will be equipped with computer hardware for hands-on training as well as four additional rooms for computer-generated demonstrations. An X-terminal room will be available for attendees to read Geomail. ESRI Poster Sessions at ESRI GIS Conference -- Monday This will be a concentrated display of powerful analytic and visual presentation capabilities of GIS. Posters from 50 to 60 countries on applications from virtually every discipline will be on display. Keynote speaker, Jack Dangermond, President, ESRI -- Tuesday Invited speaker, Graciella Perez, Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA), Speaker and Ergonomist -- Tuesday All System Administrators Town Meeting to discuss DIS-II, NWIS-II, and AIS status, procurement strategies, and future Window server environments -- Tuesday Birds of a Feather Sessions -- Wednesday -- Video Conferencing Demo -- Scientific Computing During and After DIS-II -- Computer Associates on Ingres -- The "Best" Way to Configure the HP650C!! Vendor Exhibits at ESRI GIS Conference -- Thursday About 90 vendors will exhibit their hardware, software, and peripherals at the ESRI User Conference on Wednesday and Thursday. NCTM '96 will visit the vendors Thursday afternoon. TRAVEL AND HOTEL ARRANGEMENTS ______________________________ Flights are available into Palm Springs and Ontario, California. In general, flying into Ontario Airport is less expensive than Palm Springs. Ontario is approximately a 1-hour drive to Rancho Mirage. It is not necessary for each attendee to rent a car. We will coordinate the formation of carpools as registration forms are received. A block of rooms has been reserved at the Marriott Rancho Las Palmas, 41000 Bob Hope Drive, Rancho Mirage, California; telephone 619/568-2727 or 1-800-458-8786; Fax 619/568-5845. Please make your reservations no later than MONDAY, APRIL 8, 1996. When making your reservation be sure to indicate that you are a participant of the USGS NCTM '96 to secure the group rate of $79 ($83 including tax) for the single or double room rate. However, no tax will be charged if you use your government American Express (AMEX) card when making your reservations. MAKE YOUR RESERVATIONS EARLY!!! NCTM '96 REGISTRATION _____________________ If you plan to attend NCTM '96, please complete and return the attached registration form to Joyce Solomon (via Geomail [jsolomon], or by Fax to 703/648-5295). You also may register on the World Wide Web (http://wwwqvarsa.er.usgs.gov/NCTM96). Please remember that all forms of registration must be received NO LATER THAN MONDAY, APRIL 8, 1996. After you have submitted your registration form, detailed information will be sent to you in the NCTM '96 packet that includes social events and a variety of brochures, maps, and information about the Rancho Mirage area. A $25 fee will be assessed each attendee to cover hospitality, a NCTM '96 T-Shirt, and bus transportation. NCTM '96 COORDINATORS _____________________ If you need further information, please contact the following representatives: Water Resources Division Pat McAlwee (pmcalwee -- 703/648-5609) Director's Office Gregory Snyder (gsnyder -- 703/648-4133) National Mapping Division Linda Peng (lpeng -- 703/648-7025) Geologic Division Carolyn Lumb (clumb -- 703/648-6643) David Soller (drsoller -- 703/648-6907) Office of Program Support Doris Schmidt (dschmidt -- 703/648-7252) Terry Sutton (tsutton -- 703/648-7067) With the combined effort of the coordinators, speakers, trainers, and attendees, this will be an outstanding meeting with significant contributions to USGS objectives. Copy to: Division Chiefs NCTM '96 Division Coordinators 3 Attachments 1. NCTM '96 Registration Form 2. NCTM '96 Agenda 3. NCTM '96 Training Description and Schedule This memorandum is being distributed electonically only. Attachment 1 REGISTRATION FORM NATIONAL COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY MEETING (NCTM) '96 RANCHO MIRAGE, CALIFORNIA MAY 20-23, 1996 DUE BY C.O.B. MONDAY, APRIL 8, 1996 NAME _______________________________________________________________ TITLE _______________________________________________________________ DIVISION _____________________________________________________________ ADDRESS ______________________________________________________________ TELEPHONE NUMBER _____________________________________________________ GEOMAIL ID ___________________________________________________________ Name as it should appear on badge (first and last name) _______________________________________________________________________ Are you interested in being a carpool driver? Y __ N __ Are you interested in being a carpool rider? Y __ N __ Will you be lodging at the Marriott Rancho Las Palmas? Y __ N __ If yes, please indicate the nights you will be there. Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday There will be a $125 materials fee. This includes NCTM '96 conference publications, training, and conference costs. A fiscal year (FY) 1996 account number is needed. The Distributed Information System Program Office will process a standard voucher. FY 1996 Account Number:_____________________ To assist in the scheduling of Training, list your Top 1-10 Training Session choices from the Training Description and Schedule attachment: 1. ___________________________ 6. __________________________ 2. ___________________________ 7. __________________________ 3. ___________________________ 8. __________________________ 4. ___________________________ 9. __________________________ 5. ___________________________ 10. __________________________ Do you plan to attend the ESRI Conference Poster Session and Hospitality, Monday evening, May 21? (Transportation by bus) Y ___ N ___ Do you plan to attend the Vendor Exhibits at the ESRI Conference on Thursday afternoon? (Transportation by carpool) Y ___ N ___ Please return this registration form to: Joyce Solomon (jsolomon), Fax to 703/648-5295 (Attn: Joyce Solomon), or fill out electronic NCTM '96 Registration Form on http://wwwqvarsa.er.usgs.gov/NCTM96 NO LATER THAN April 8, 1996. Attachment 2 National Computer Technology Meeting 1996 Marriott Rancho Las Palmas, Rancho Mirage, California May 19-23, 1996 AGENDA ______ SUNDAY, MAY 19, 1996 ____________________ 3:00 pm - 8:00 pm Registration Grand Ballroom Foyer 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm Welcome Hospitality Sunset Suite 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm Mike Hathaway Memorial Salon D MONDAY, MAY 20, 1996 ____________________ 7:00 am - 5:30 pm Registration and Information Services Grand Ballroom Foyer 8:00 am - 4:30 pm Training (PGM) - Introduction to the Python Salon A Programming Language 8:00 am -11:30 am Training (WWW) - WWW Server Administration Salon D 8:00 am -10:00 am Training (SA) - Macintosh System Administration Salon E 8:15 am -10:00 am Training (GIS) - ArcView for the Un-initiated Salon F 8:00 am -10:00 am Training (APP) - AIS Futures Happenings Salon G & H 8:00 am - 8:15 am GIS Orientation Desert Suites 2 & 3 8:15 am -10:00 am Training (GIS) Desert Suites 2 & 3 Printing and Plotting in ARC/INFO 9:00 am -10:00 am Training (NET) - Remote Access Using ISDN BRI Salon C 10:00 am -10:30 am BREAK 10:30 am -11:30 am Training (SA) - Legal Responsibilities and Salon E Liabilities of System Administration 10:30 am -11:30 am Training (GIS) - New Horizons in Digital Data Salon F Aquisition 10:30 am -11:30 am Training (APP) - Synchronize: Calendering Salon G & H and Task Management 10:30 am -12:00 pm Presentations on GIS Desert Suites 2 & 3 Moderator - Updating GIS Coverages Revising Feature Data from Merged Multiple Map and Image Sources, Thomas A. Connolly Jr., NMD, Reston, VA Scanned Map Graphics as Tools for Thematic Data Collection Laurence R. Moore, NMD, Rolla, MO Surface Water Applications Analysis of Changes in Channel Geometry, Lower Virgin River, Arizona and Nevada, Timothy D. Liebermann ??? and Marsha M. Hilmes, WRD, Las Vegas, NV Description of Basinsoft, A Computer Program to Quantify Drainage-Basin Characters, David A. Eash and Craig A. Harvey, WRD, Iowa City, IA Thinning Reach File 3 to Enhance the Nationwide Rivers Inventory Geographic Information System Peter H. Murtaugh and Stephen E. Suitt, NMD, Reston, VA Creating a Gaging Station Database for Minnesota, and Parts of North Dakota, Iowa, and Wisconsin Using a GIS Chris A. Sanocki, WRD, Mounds View, MN 11:30 am - 1:00 pm LUNCH 1:00 pm - 5:30 pm Training (SA) - PARTS - An Intro to Quick and Salon C Dirty System Administration 1:00 pm - 5:30 pm Training (NWIS)- NWIS-II Ingres Administration Salon D 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Training (NET) - Introduction to Wide-Area Salon E Network Monitoring and Troubleshooting on the WRD DIS-II Cisco Routers 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm Training (GIS) - Use of the ARC Regions Salon F Data Model in WRD 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Training (SA) - Integrating Software Salon G & H Applications in a Mixed Unix and Windows Environment 1:00 pm - 1:30 pm Presentation on GIS Desert Suites 2 & 3 The National Spatial Data Infrastructure, Billy R. Tolar, Jr., NMD, Reston, VA 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm Training (GIS) - Metadata in ARCView-II Desert Suites 2 & 3 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Presentations on GIS Desert Suites 2 & 3 Moderator - Landuse/Landcover A Comparison of GIRAS Agricultural Land-Use Data with 1994 Large Scale Agricultural Land-Use Data Douglas J. Newcomb, WRD, Raleigh, NC Using a Geographic Information System to Integrate National Wetlands Inventory Data with Digital Line Graphs, Daniel R. Sechrist and Russell D. Berry, NMD, Reston, VA Programming Graphic Display of Spatial Data Base Query Results Jeffery D. Wendel, NMD, Rolla, MO Automated Processing of Mass Quantities of Data over the Internet, James W. Stickley, NMD, Rolla, MO 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm BREAK 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm Training (WWW) - Introduction to HTML Salon E 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm Training (APP) - Options for Converting Salon G & H Documents Between FrameMaker and Another Format 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm Training (GIS) - Combined Standards Desert Suites 2 & 3 Dissemination, Sharing of Coverages, DSDL NWIS-II Connection 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm Training (SA) - Installing Microsoft Windows Salon A NT Server 7:00 pm -10:30 pm ESRI Conference Hospitality and Poster Session (Transportation by buses) TUESDAY, MAY 21, 1996 _____________________ 7:00 am - 5:30 pm Registration and Information Services Grand Ballroom Foyer 8:00 am -11:30 am Training (WWW) - Enhancing Web Documents Salon A with Graphics 8:00 am - 9:00 am Training (SA) - SA Corner Salon C 8:00 am -10:00 am Training (PGM) - RDB Futures Salon D 8:00 am - 9:00 am Training (NET) - Using and Setting Up SLIP on a DG Salon E 8:00 am - 9:00 am Training (APP) - Cartographic Design and Salon F Production Part 1 Preliminary vs Final Copy Requirements Cartographic Design 8:00 am -10:00 am Training (APP) - AIS Email and DBA Issues Salon G & H for System Administrators 9:00 am -11:30 am Training (NET) - 10BaseT LAN Salon C 9:00 am -10:00 am Training (SA) - Introduction to Automated System Salon E Management by dwm 9:00 am -10:00 am Training (APP) - Cartographic Design and Salon F Production Part 2 Hardware Graphic Capabilities Proofing Devices 10:00 am -10:30 am BREAK 10:30 am -11:30 am Training (PGM) - Fortran Futures -- F90 & F95 Salon D 10:30 am -11:30 am Training (SA) - Making dwm, an Automated Unix Salon E System Manager, Work Harder for You 10:30 am -11:30 am Training (APP) - Cartographic Design and Salon F Production Part 3 Fact Sheet Process Maps-on-Demand: It's NOT WYSIWYG Future of Publishing and Printing 10:30 am -11:30 am Training (APP) - ZMail, the Geomail User Agent Salon G & H 11:30 am - 1:00 pm LUNCH GENERAL SESSION Salon D & E 1:00 pm - 1:10 pm Welcome--Gloria J. Stiltner, Chief, Distributed Information System Program Office Introduction--Verne R. Schneider, Assistant Chief Hydrologist for Technical Support 1:15 pm - 2:00 pm Keynote Speaker - Jack Dangermond, President Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Guest Speaker - Graciella Perez, Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA), Speaker and Ergonomist 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm BREAK 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm All System Administrators Town Meeting Salon D & E 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm Presentations on Programming Techniques Salon G & H Moderator - Using Fortran Libraries in an Object-Oriented Scripting Language, James L. Fulton, WRD, Reston, VA Object-Oriented Concepts Used in a Data-Import Program Todd W. Augenstein, WRD, Richmond, VA Development of a Toolkit for SDTS Applications Phyllis S. Altheide, NMD, Reston, VA and James W. Stickley, NMD, Rolla, MO 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm NCTM '96 T-Shirt Hospitality Sunset Suite WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 1996 _______________________ 7:00 am - 5:00 pm Registration and Information Services Grand Ballroom Foyer 8:00 am -10:00 am Presentations on the World Wide Web Salon D & E Moderator - Overview of the WWW Activities in WRD Kenneth J. Lanfear, WRD, Reston, VA Real-Time Streamflow Data on WWW David W. Briar, WRD, Helena, MT National Geospatial Data Clearinghouse David L. Govoni, NMD, Reston, VA 10:00 am -10:30 am BREAK 10:30 am -11:30 am Presentations on the World Wide Web Salon D & E continued, Moderator - Texas District Experience James A. Bisese, WRD, Austin, TX South Platte NAWQA on WWW Sharon L. Qi, WRD, Denver, CO 11:30 am -12:30 pm LUNCH 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm Training (WWW) - Map-Based WWW Interactive Salon A Inline Images 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm Training (APP) - Customized AIS Reports Salon C 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm Presentations on Applications for Data Activities Salon D Moderator - Use of Geographic Information Systems and Other Computer Resources for Evaluating Chloride Distribution in the Coastal Plan Aquifers of Virginia Willet D. Wilson, WRD, Richmond, VA Customized Software for Model Calibration and Visualation of Reservoir Water-Quality Model Results Wendi S. Young, WRD, Raleigh, NC, Brian R. Schachte, OPS, Reston, VA, and Jerad D. Bales, WRD, Raleigh, NC Adapting an Urban Water Demand Model to a Watershed Setting Susan S. Hutson, WRD, Memphis, TN A Procedure to Generate Slope-Area Plots and Compute Estimated Discharge of Peak Flows in the Field Using a Portable Computer Charles Berenbrock, WRD, Boise, ID Development of a Computer Program to Graphically Present Well-Log Data, Eric W. Strom, WRD, Pearl, MS The GIS Weasel - An Interface for the Development of Parameter Inputs for Watershed Modeling, Roland J. Viger, Steven L. Markstrom, and George H. Leavesley, WRD, Denver, CO 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm Presentations on Partnerships Salon E Moderator - Implications for Information Technology in The USGS Strategic Plan, Douglas R. Posson, OFS, Denver, CO Future Plans for the Telecommunications Network of the Department of the Interior, James L. Hott, OPS, Reston, VA A Collaborative Approach to Telecommunications Infrastructural Design and Development Rodney W. Payne, Jr, OPS, Reston, VA Hydrography Framework Partnership Keven Roth, NMD, Reston, VA Methods and Results of a Committee to Study Hardware/Software Compatibility in the Colorado District Theresa J. Lane, WRD, Denver, CO A Real-Time Data-Acquisition Network Scott L. Daugherty, WRD, Indianapolis, IN 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm Training (PGM) - Data and Text Processing Salon F with AWK 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm Training (SA) - Cookbook Approach to Data Salon G & H General Security 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm BREAK 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm Training (PGM) - Introduction to Korn Shell Salon C Programming 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm Training (SA) - Windows '95 System Administration Salon D 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm Training (WWW) - World Wide Web Authoring Salon E 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm Training (APP) - Preprocessing Geomail Salon F 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm Training (NET) - Introduction to Network Salon G & H Analysis Tools 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm Hospitality Sunset Suite 8:00 pm -10:00 pm Demos and Birds of a Feather Gatherings Video Conferencing Demo Scientific Computing During and After DIS-II, Lee DeCola Computer Associates on Ingres The "Best" Way to Configure the HP650C!! THURSDAY, MAY 23, 1996 ______________________ 7:00 am - 3:30 pm Information Services Grand Ballroom Foyer 8:00 am - 9:00 am Training (APP) - Beyond the Card Catalog: Salon A The USGS Library Information System 8:00 am -11:30 am Presentations on New Approaches in Presenting Salon D Data, Moderator - Use of a Web-based Virtual Poster Presentation Style as a Complement to Standard U.S. Geological Survey Paper Reports, Jennifer B. Sharpe and John M. Kilpatrick, WRD, Lincoln, NE The Learning Web, Maura J. Hogan, GD, Reston, VA Case Study on Evaluating Educational Hypermedia Systems for Teaching Earth Science to Middle School Students, Denise A. Wiltshire and Carmelo F. Ferrigno, OPS, Reston, VA and Payson R. Stevens, InterNetwork Media, Inc., Del Mar, CA Use of Multimedia as an Aid for Outreach Willie R. Caughron, WRD Towson, MD Examination of the Internet as a Venue for Conducting Administrative Business, Fred Travnicek, OPS, Reston, VA The Access USGS Regional Web Server, San Francisco Bay Ecosystem, Leonard J. Gaydos, NMD, Richard E. Smith, WRD, Rex Sanders, GD, and Laura Zink, Contractor, USGS, Menlo Park, CA National Park Visualization Using Surveyor and U.S. Geological Survey Data, Robert G. Clark and Brian R. Schachte, OPS, Reston, VA Using the World Wide Web to Interrogate Ingres Data Bases, John P. Crisci and William S. Sockriter, III WRD, Denver, CO 8:00 am -11:30 am Presentations on System Administration Techniques Salon E Moderator Beyond Workstations: A Possible Future Computing Environment for the U.S. Geological Survey's Water Resources Division, David Boldt, WRD, Reston, VA Installation, Administration, and Performance Characteristics of A Hewlett-Packard 500 MS-Windows to X-Windows Server System, Graig McHendrie and William D. Zitrin, WRD, Menlo Park, CA Supporting DOS and Window Applications in a Unix Environment, M. Roland Bryant, WRD, Little Rock, AR Managing Tape Backups on Ever-Changing Computer Systems over a Local-Area Network David K. Yancey, WRD, Sacramento, CA A Multithreaded Backup System for Distributed Networks G. Peter Harrigan, Jr., NMD, Rolla, MO Parallel Execution of System Administration Commands Patrick M. Rael, WRD, Little Rock, AR Releasing Software on Compact Disc-Read Only Memory (CD-ROM) Mark G. Negri, WRD, Reston, VA Visualing the Computing Environment Patrick M. Rael, WRD, Little Rock, AR 8:00 am -10:00 am Training (APP) - USGS-G2 Revision 3 Salon F 8:00 am -11:30 am Training (NET) - Geomail System Salon G & H Administration 9:00 am - 2:30 pm Training (PGM) - CGI-BIN Programming Salon A 9:00 am -11:30 am Training (SA) - Microsoft Windows NT Server Salon C Administration 10:00 am -10:30 am BREAK 10:30 am -11:30 am Training (APP) - LABEL - A Data-Base Salon F Program to Manage Addresses 11:30 am -12:30 pm LUNCH 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm Training (PGM) - Advanced Korn Shell Programming Salon C 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm Training (NWIS)- NWIS-II Data Transfer Issues Salon D 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm Presentations on Database Applications Salon E Moderator - Ingres Batch-File Processing Tools Bruce M. Allen, WRD, Denver, CO Implementing UNIX Electronic Mail Group Aliases Through the Use of Relational Databases, Thomas W. Cutter, WRD, Sacramento, CA Development of a Client/Server Administration System for Property Management, Curtis L. Hoyle and Mary Grace Mortellaro, OPS, Reston, VA WRD Federal Financial System Remote Job Entry Pilot Kelly L. Bradley, WRD, Reston, VA Development of a Platform-Independent Paperless Time and Attendance System, Greg Huttman, OPS, Reston, VA An Interactive Software Program for Producing Graphics that Conform to U.S. Geological Survey Publication Standards, James L. Fulton, WRD, Reston, VA 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm Training (APP) - Framemaker 4.0 - New Features Salon F 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm Training (SA) - LINUX System Administration Salon G & H 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm BREAK 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm ESRI Conference Vendor Exhibit 8:00 pm -12:00 am NCTM '96 Party Training Tracks are identified with the following codes: APP - Application Programs GIS - Geographic Information System NET - Local and Wide Area Networking NWIS- National Water Information System PGM - Programming Languages SA - System Administration WWW - World Wide Web Attachment 3 TRAINING DESCRIPTION AND SCHEDULE A NCTM '96 Training Matrix for planning purposes (nctm96-matrix.ps is available by anonymously ftp'ing to /var/ftp/pub/ on qvarsx.er.usgs.gov. Once you have retrieved the file, print the file as follows: lp -dprintername nctm96-matrix.ps MONDAY, MAY 20, 1996 8:00 - 4:30 - Salon A _____________________ Introduction to the Python Programming Language Jim Fulton Track: Programming Course Description: Python is an interpreted high-level object-oriented programming language. Python combines remarkable power with very clear syntax. It has modules, classes, exceptions, very high-level dynamic data types, and dynamic typing. There are interfaces to many system calls, databases (including Ingres, RDB, Info, DBM, and NWIS-II), windowing systems (including X11, Motif, Tk, Mac, and Windows), and many other libraries. New modules are easily written in Python, Fortran, C, or C++. Python is also usable as an extension language for applications that need a programmable interface. Python is highly portable: it runs on UNIX, DOS, Windows, Macintosh, OS/2, Amiga, and so on. 8:00 - 9:00 -- Salon C ______________________ OPEN 8:00 - 11:30 -- Salon D _______________________ WWW Server Administration Jeff Marso Track: World Wide Web Course Description: This is an introductory training session intended for those who are new to WWW server administration. It will include an overview of the setup process for the WRD-supplied HTTP server sufficient to enable new sites to bring up a server in short order. It will include some advice on creating and maintaining a secure, supportable installation. The course assumes some familiarity with Unix System Administration. 8:00 - 10:00 -- Salon E _______________________ Macintosh System Administration Glenn Doonan Track: System Administration Course Description: This course will help the System Administrator (and anyone else) set up and configure an Apple Macintosh computer. The course will cover the layout of the Mac operating system, software installation, networking with other Macs and Data Generals, and troubleshooting. No previous Mac experience is necessary. 8:15 - 10:00 -- Salon F _______________________ ArcView for the Un-initiated Lori Peltz-Lewis and Keith McFadden Track: GIS Course Description: This course is designed for any person wanting to learn more about ArcView. ArcView is an easy graphical interface that allows display, query, analysis, and output of Arc/Info databases, CAD data, images, etc. In this course, you will be introduced to an actual project that is currently using the ArcView interface and the terminology used in the ArcView environment. You will also get some hands-on "quickie" training. This training is suitable for non-ARC users. 8:00 - 10:00 -- Salon G & H ____________________________ AIS Future Happenings Jerry Feese, Jeff Miller, Isabelle Halley, and Steve Brady Track: Applications Course Description: The attendee will be presented a lecture on AIS future directions. 8:00 - 8:15 -- Desert Suites 2 & 3 __________________________________ GIS Orientation Bob Pierce Track: GIS Course Description: Introduction of GIS Training and Presentations 8:15 - 10:00 -- Desert Suites 2 & 3 ___________________________________ Printing and Plotting in ARC/INFO Jennifer Sieverling Track: GIS Course Description: Many WRD projects are using the Geographic Information System (GIS) software ARC/INFO to assist in data input, analysis, and storage. This class is designed to introduce concepts of creating graphics from ARC/INFO data. An introduction to the raster image processor ARCPress will be included. 9:00 - 10:00 -- Salon C _______________________ Remote Access Using ISDN BRI Bob Wakelee Track: Local- and Wide-Area Networking Course Description: ISDN is being increasingly hyped as the future direction for high-speed (64 to 128 Kbps) dialup remote access. ISDN shows some promise for improving remote network response for very small remote offices, cooperators, and individuals "telecommuting" from home. However, ISDN is not for everyone and not available everywhere. This session will explain what ISDN is and provide cost and configuration options. Case studies and comparisons to other remote-access methods, such as dialup modems, will be presented. Future directions for ISDN within WRD will be discussed. This session is geared to WRD site System and Network Administrators. 10:30 - 11:30 -- Salon C ________________________ OPEN 10:30 - 11:30 -- Salon E ________________________ Legal Responsibilities and Liabilities of System Administration Greg Senko Track: System Administration Course Description: Misuse of computer systems may have legal consequences that affect not only the abuser, but also the organization and System Administrator. This session is intended to provide information on some of the legal responsibilities and liabilities one assumes when accepting the duties of a System Administrator. Issues to be discussed will include Privacy, Confidentiality, Defamation, Obscenity/Sexual Harassment, and Appropriate Use of Government Computers. 10:30 - 11:30 -- Salon F ________________________ New Horizons in Digital Data Acquisition Lloyd Edwards Track: GIS Course Description: Digital soils data in the United States are generally available only at a scale of 1:250000 through the State Soil Geographic Data Base (STATSGO). This scale is not detailed enough for many studies and applications in relatively small study areas (50 sq miles or less) or for site specific applications. The soil survey geographic (SSURGO) data base provides the most detailed level of information. The SSURGO data base does have data available at scales ranging from 1:12000 to 1:62500, with 1:15840 being the most common. Digital soil data at such scales have not generally been available because of lack of funding, manpower, expertise, and coordination. This is a short hands-on session demonstrating vectorization of scanned SSURGO level soils data. We discuss multiagency collaboration in digital data acquisition and how it can be successful for all. We compare digitizing versus scanning. We discuss insight for project development relating to digital data acquisition, funding, timelines, doables, etc. 10:30 - 11:30 -- Salon G & H _____________________________ Synchronize: Calendering and Task Management B. Jean H Bour Track: Applications Course Description: Synchronize is an enterprise-wide time and task management software. It uses a client/server platform where the centralized database resides on the server and the clients use TCP/IP to access the information. This course is designed to highlight administering Synchronize and customizing the user setup. Includes a demonstration of functions such as scheduling meetings and changing permissions. 10:30 - 12:00 -- Desert Suites 2 & 3 ____________________________________ Presentations on GIS Bob Pierce Track: GIS Course Description: Presentation of 10 submitted abstracts. 1:00 - 5:30 -- Salon C ______________________ PARTS-- An Intro to Quick and Dirty System Administration Mark Bailen Track: System Administration Course Description: This course is designed for the System Administrator who has a lot of machines and not a lot of time. On a Unix network, config files and software packages are in constant need of editing, twiddling, replacing, deleting, refrobnicating, and more. PARTS programs enable an admin to quickly perform copies, edits, and executions on a large, select group of hosts. With PARTS, remote hosts that need special configurations can easily be accounted for by using centralized maps. PARTS can be used to set up printers, install binaries, generate hosts.allows, generate inetd.confs, reconfig and reboot xterminals, maintain crontab entries, and much more. 1:00 - 5:30 -- Salon D ______________________ NWIS-II Ingres Administration Colleen Babcock, Scott Bartholoma, and Todd Augenstein Track: NWIS-II Course Description: This course will introduce some of the concepts and concerns of managing a large NWIS-II database, including sizing the ingres installation, backup and recovery, concurrency between the database and Unix data files, and security. This course is intended for Ingres and Unix System Administrators who will be responsible for the administration of NWIS-II. 1:00 - 3:00 -- Salon E ______________________ Introduction to Wide-Area Network Monitoring and Troubleshooting on the WRD DIS-II Cisco Routers Bob Wakelee Track: Local- and Wide-Area Networking Course Description: This course will provide attendees with an overview of the DOInet and DIS-II networks, an introduction to Cisco routers and the network monitoring and troubleshooting tools available on WRD routers. This course is intended for system and network administrators of WRD District and local DIS-II sites. Attendees should have a general understanding of network technologies and topologies. 1:30 - 3:00 -- Salon F ______________________ Use of the ARC Regions Data Model in WRD Evelyn Hopkins Track: GIS Course Description: ARC Regions is a coverage data model extension which supports the modeling of features that may be overlapping, nested, non-contiguous, or contain void areas. Very few people in the division have taken advantage of this data model extension. We will discuss and show examples of how Regions may benefit hydrologic projects. Specifically, we will look at the use of Regions to handle nested watersheds and overlay information. 1:00 - 3:00 -- Salon G & H ___________________________ Integrating Software Applications in a mixed Unix and Windows Environment David Boldt Track: Applications Course Description: Options and consequences in different integration strategies for Unix and Windows. Basic PC or Unix administration experience would be helpful. 1:30 - 2:00 -- Desert Suites 2 & 3 __________________________________ Metadata in ArcView-II Bob Sebhat, BOR Track: GIS Course Description: The first part of the course will examine a possible method of handling FGDC compliant metadata within the ARCVIEW format. The last part of the course will provide a glimpse of the ground-water modeling interface (GMI), an ARC/INFO GRID functionality, and the USGS MODFLOW model. 1:30 - 3:00 -- Desert Suites 2 & 3 __________________________________ Presentations on GIS Bob Pierce Track: GIS Course Description: Presentation of 4 submitted abstracts. 3:30 - 5:30 -- Salon E ______________________ Introduction to HTML Mary Powell and Maura Hogan Track: World Wide Web Course Description: Hypertext mark-up language (HTML) is a collection of elements (mark-up tags) used to define components of a World Wide Web (WWW) document. This 2-hour lecture is an introduction to writing basic HTML documents for anyone publishing on the WWW. It is preferred, but not required, that attendees be familiar with a WWW browser such as Mosaic or Netscape. No experience with HTML is required. 3:30 - 5:30 -- Salons G & H ___________________________ Options for Converting Documents Between FrameMaker and Another Format Terry Reinitz Track: Applications Course Description: Framemaker provides many options for exchanging files. This course is designed for FrameMaker 4 users who need to import ASCII, WordPerfect, or Word files into FrameMaker, or convert FrameMaker files to ASCII, WordPerfect, or HTML files. Available programs and filters, and their advantages and limitations, are discussed. The course will include specific examples of converted documents, but no hands-on exercises. 3:30 - 5:30 -- Desert Suites 2 & 3 __________________________________ Standards Dissemination, Sharing of Coverages, DSDL NWIS-II Connection Dave Stewart, Doug Nebert, Mark Negri, Ken Lanfear Track: GIS Course Descriptions: This course is intended for NWIS-II users who would like to know how to interact with the GIS function in NWIS-II. No prerequisites; anyone interested is welcome to attend. 4:30 - 5:30 - Salon A _____________________ Installing Microsoft Windows NT Server Chris Barnes Track: System Administration Course Description: This class is designed for System Administrators in need of exposure to the Microsoft Windows NT Operating System. Attendees need no previous experience with PC installation; however, they should have basic networking knowledge. The class will present what is needed in preparation for a NT Server installation in the DIS-II environment and demonstrate setup, installation or upgrade, and network configuration. TUESDAY, MAY 21, 1996 8:00 - 11:30 -- Salon A _______________________ Enhancing Web Documents with Graphics Mary Powell and Maura Hogan Track: World Wide Web Course Description: This hands-on course is designed for attendees who would like to enhance the appearance of their World Wide Web (WWW) documents. Attendees will gain experience in setting an image's transparency color, saving an image as an interlaced GIF file, creating thumbnail images and icons, and entering Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) codes for text colors, text wraps, image alignment, and a background image. The lecture will cover design and technical elements to consider while creating graphics for WWW documents. Attendees should have some experience with HTML. 8:00 - 9:00 -- Salon C ______________________ SA Corner Daphne Chinn Track: System Administration Course Description: What every SA should know about SNA, termservers, and print servers but haven't had the time to find out. The class will discuss configurations used to connect modems and terminals, how to turn on new security features, and other neat features available with the new OS release. The SNA key definitions, where are they and how do you change them, we'll show you. Print servers, what you should and should not configure to protect your network. There will also be a question and answer period for other SA questions you might have. So come and join your fellow SA's and exchange tidbits in the SA corner. 8:00 - 10:00 -- Salon D _______________________ RDB Futures Jon Scott Track: Programming Course Description: What's next for ASCII-file data management? An update on recent developments in the RDB data-management software will be presented as a framework for interactively planning the future of RDB as a data-management tool in the USGS. 8:00 - 9:00 -- Salon E ______________________ Using and Setting Up SLIP on a DG Mark Sweny Track: Local- and Wide-Area Networking Course Description: This course is an introduction to SLIP, a TCP/IP protocol which allows the user to run applications such as telnet, ftp and web browsers over a dial-up serial line. Detailed instructions will be given on how to setup SLIP on a Data General workstation. The class is intended for System Administrators who want to know more about how SLIP works or how to set it up in a DG environment. 8:00 - 9:00 -- Salon F ______________________ Cartographic Design and Production, Part 1 Preliminary vs Final Copy Requirements Gregory J. Allord, Richard S. Vraga, and David A. Carlson Track: Applications Course Description: Discussion will include the report materials that authors are providing for cartographic production and what the cartographer/illustrator needs to prepare final graphics. We will also discuss the appropriate level of effort needed by authors when preparing maps for eventual publication. Input requirements of digital files and final copy requirements will be contrasted. Cartographic Design Gregory J. Allord, Richard S. Vraga, and David A. Carlson Track: Applications Course Description: This course is intended for any person having responsibility for preparing thematic maps for publication or distribution. The material will address the relationship of cartographic design and production as influenced by available and emerging pre-press and printing technology. This includes any map ultimately published using traditional lithography, plotters, or distributed as an electronic image. 8:00 - 10:00 -- Salon G & H ____________________________ AIS Email and DBA Issues for System Administrators Yvonne Saunders, James Morris, and Jeff Miller Track: Applications Course Description: This training course will cover two areas related to AIS that will be of interest to all System Administrators. In the first part, the attendee of this training course will learn how to register, deregister, track, and fix problems related to the interface between AIS and Geomail. Also presented will be Ingres Data Base Administration issues related to AIS. 9:00 - 11:30 -- Salon C _______________________ 10BaseT LAN Mark Werley Track: Local- and Wide-Area Networking Course Description: What exactly is a 10base-T network and how do you design one? Should you install cat 5 or cat 3? Should you use an ethernet switch in your design? Those are just a few of the questions that will be covered in this class. We will show you the different components that make up a 10base-T network such as hubs, cables, and switches. We will discuss different topologies and what works best where. If you have a 10base-T network or plan to install one soon, then this is the class for you. 9:00 - 10:00 -- Salon E _______________________ Introduction to Automated System Management by dwm Graig McHendrie Track: System Administration Course Description: "dwm" is a software package that automates many of the daily, weekly, and monthly tasks that a conscientious Unix System Administrator must perform to keep a group of networked Unix machines running smoothly. This class will briefly describe the features and installation procedures for dwm and the typical interactions between a fully running dwm and the system manager. 9:00 - 10:00 -- Salon F _______________________ Cartographic Design and Production, Part 2 Hardware Graphic Capabilities Gregory J. Allord, Richard S. Vraga, and David A. Carlson Track: Applications Course Description: Hard-copy output examples will be presented to demonstrate capabilities of different plotting systems and how they influence production processes and product definition. Proofing Devices Gregory J. Allord, Richard S. Vraga, and David A. Carlson Track: Applications Course Description: Examples of various traditional and digital proofing systems will be shown along with a critique of their benefits and drawbacks. Relative costs of each system will be discussed. 10:30 - 11:30 -- Salon D ________________________ Fortran Futures -- F90 & F95 Dan Winkless Track: Programming Course Description: The Fortran programming language has been a mainstay in scientific organizations for many years. This lecture will describe the ways in which the new Fortran Standard defines a new language while retaining support for existing code. New features of the language will be described. Suggestions for programming style in anticipation of availability of the new language will probably be made. 10:30 - 11:30 -- Salon E ________________________ Making dwm, an Automated Unix System Manager, Work Harder for You Graig McHendrie Track: System Administration Course Description: "dwm" is a software package that automates many of the daily, weekly, and monthly tasks that a conscientious Unix System Administrator must perform to keep a group of networked Unix machines running smoothly. This class will explain several of the more complex features of dwm and show how the system manager can configure dwm for optimum performance. Pre-requisite: attendance at "Introduction to Automated System Management by dwm" or familiarity with dwm running at a site. 10:30 - 11:30 -- Salon F ________________________ Cartographic Design and Production, Part 3 Fact Sheet Process Gregory J. Allord, Richard S. Vraga, and David A. Carlson Track: Applications Course Description: The electronic-publishing processes used to create the 1995 and 1996 fact sheets. The procedures used, as well as the hardware and software used, will be documented. This includes the efforts needed to make a nationwide publishing activity successful. Topics will include communication requirements and strategies, central data serving and switching requirements, graphic format conversions, and output processes. Maps-on-Demand: It's NOT WYSIWYG !!! Wayne Vickers and Susan D. Price Track: Applications Course Description: The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has been testing print-on-demand capabilities for maps; the results show that this process is far from "What You See Is What You Get" (WYSIWYG), especially with regard to color. Colors should be selected from a hard-copy palette because screen colors are rarely rendered true in hard-copy output. Furthermore, color selection should be based on the file format and output device (for example, electrostatic or ink-jet plotter). Typical print-on-demand devices produce a limited number of discernible shades of each color. Future of Publishing and Printing Gregory J. Allord, Richard S. Vraga, and David A. Carlson Track: Applications Course Description: A discussion of the status of printing technology today and in the near future will include WRD plans to take advantage of advances in printing technology. This also will include GPO status relative to supporting digital publication of documents. 10:30 - 11:30 -- Salon G & H _____________________________ Zmail - The Geomail User Agent Lisa Burgess Track: Applications Course Description: This course will be an introduction to the Zmail electronic mail user agent. Topics covered will be how to send and receive mail, how to create aliases, along with other basic electronic mail activities. A discussion will be held on the special customization that has been done by the Geomail Operations Team in regard to the USGS installations of Zmail. No prior knowledge of Zmail is assumed. 3:30 - 5:30 -- Salon D & E ___________________________ All System Administrators Town Meeting Gloria Stiltner Track: System Administration Course Description: In this 2-hour session, there will be briefings on DIS-II, NWIS-II, and AIS. Topics to be covered are current and future status, procurement strategy and plans post-DIS-II, and integration of the Window server into the DIS-II environment. There will be ample time allocated for questions and answers. WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 1996 12:30 - 2:30 -- Salon A _______________________ Map-based WWW Interactive Inline Images: ISMAP, the Imagemap Program, and Maps-on-the-Fly Michael Neiers and Susan Delaney Track: World Wide Web Course Description: This session explains the use of the ISMAP HTML tag and imagemap program. It includes step-by-step instructions for creating simple interactive map-based inline images as well as an introduction to the Drawmap program developed at the USGS EROS Data Center for dynamically generating map-based interactive images from vector data. 12:30 - 2:30 -- Salon C _______________________ Customized AIS Reports Gerald L Feese Track: Applications Course Description: In this course, the students will learn how to integrate their own Ingres Report-Writer reports into AIS. Aspects of the AIS Report Frame will be presented with emphasis on how to update the underlying database tables. Also included will be an introduction to writing Report-Writer scripts. Some prior knowledge of SQL or Tables would be helpful to the student. 12:30 - 2:30 -- Salon F _______________________ Data and Text Processing with AWK Doug Wellington Track: Programming Course Description: Do you have text files that need modification? Data that needs conversion? Are you tired of manually editing files before they are read by Excel or by an analysis program like Sedcalc? AWK can help. AWK is a high-level programming language that "knows" how to read text (ASCII) files. AWK can figure out words and numbers for you. There is no need to worry about all of the details you would encounter with a language like C or Fortran. A simple one- or two-line AWK program can do the task of many-line Fortran or C programs. AWK makes it easy to carry out any repetitive editing task on text files. AWK is already on your UNIX workstation, and it's available for other platforms as well. Why not find out how to use this timesaving tool? This class is aimed toward the intermediate to advanced computer user who needs to do data or text conversions and is already familiar with using a text editor. 12:30 - 2:30 -- Salon G & H ____________________________ A Cookbook Approach to Data General Security: Taking your DG from "Boris and Natasha" Mode to "Clifford Stoll" Mode in 10 Easy Steps or Fewer Gail Kalen and James Morris Track: System Administration Course Description: This course is designed for Data General System Administrators who want to enhance the minimum security that was delivered with DG/UX 5.4R3.10. Having some system administration experience would be helpful for attendees. The course will review the security enhancements delivered with DG/UX 5.4R3.10 and introduce and explain additional security features that have been published in the Technical Reports and others that only have been tested by the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) and other interested System Administrators. In addition, unpublished items such as user security will be presented. No "hands-on" will be available; however, all of the materials discussed will be available to attendees via the Internet. 3:00 - 5:00 -- Salon C ______________________ Introduction to Korn Shell Programming Merritt Blalock Track: Programming Course Description: This course briefly introduces students to fundamentals of the interactive Korn Shell (command line editing, history, redirection, and piping) through a hands-on session. Fundamentals of Korn Shell programming (variables, "if" statements, "for" loops, etc.) are introduced through example scripts and labs. At the end of the course, students will have been introduced to enough of the Korn Shell to write useful scripts. 3:00 - 5:00 -- Salon D ______________________ Windows '95 System Administration Robert Dehnhardt Track: System Administration Course Description: This course is designed for System Administrators facing the task of implementing and connecting Windows '95 in their network environment. The course will briefly introduce the Win95 interface and architecture and discuss LAN connectivity using both the bundled TCP/IP stack and a third-party stack and application suite. Attendees should have a general understanding of network protocols and PC operation. 3:00 - 5:00 -- Salon E ______________________ World Wide Web Authoring: An Overview of the html Language, Tools, and Style Guidelines David Boldt Track: World Wide Web Course Description: Not a tutorial or a HOWTO course but a broad overview of the technical issues involved in providing information on the World Wide Web with some perspectives on the future. Attendees should have used a WWW browser and some experience with html will be helpful. 3:00 - 5:00 -- Salon F ______________________ Preprocessing Geomail Shawn Noble Track: Application Course Description: This course is designed for geomail administrators who are responsible for the delivery of email at their site. No email preprocessing experience is needed. Email preprocessing allows a geomail administrator the ability to setup the automatic preprocessing of a user's incoming email based on specific criteria. Email that meets the specific criteria can be automatically refiled into another folder, forwarded to another user, and more. The course will include labs to give the attendees hands-on experience with preprocessing. Specific examples as well as general functions of a selected email preprocessing program will be covered. 3:00 - 5:00 -- Salons G & H ___________________________ Introduction to Network Analysis Tools Mary Erickson Track: Local- and Wide-Area Networking Course Description: This course is designed for Network Administrators who are responsible for Network operations and administration at their local site. The course will briefly introduce students to several different types of Network Analysis tools and provide a basic understanding of how to use them in problem identification and troubleshooting. Attendees should have a general understanding of LAN technologies and topologies. The course will focus on the basic operations of the Network General Expert Sniffer Analyzer, as well as provide demonstrations of the Scope Data Analyzer and several PC-based software packages. THURSDAY, MAY 23, 1996 8:00 - 9:00 -- Salon A ______________________ Beyond the Card Catalog: The USGS Library Information System Carol Bursik Track: Application Course Description: Through computer technology, libraries are transforming their ability to deliver information to anyone, anywhere, anytime. This 1-hour introduction to the USGS Library's new online system is designed to show scientists and researchers how to locate earth-science information without leaving the office or laboratory. The course will describe how to connect to the system from various desktop platforms, how to conduct searches of the Library's holdings and other electronic databases, and how to work with the information retrieved. A preview of planned enhancements to the system will complete the presentation. 8:00 - 9:00 -- Salon C ______________________ OPEN 8:00 - 10:00 -- Salon F _______________________ USGS-G2 Revision 3 Scott Bartholoma Track: Application Course Description: USGS-G2 is an interactive object-oriented graphics program that supports the preparation of publication-standard graphics including various types of plots, such as line, bar, box, and text plots. Version 3.0 has a much improved, but also much changed user interface from version 2.0. Version 3.0 provides many new features, such as improved graphic output, box plots, interactive graphical data editing, and more. The purpose of this course is to provide an introduction to USGS-G2 Rev. 3.0, highlighting differences between Revision 2.0 and Revision 3.0. This course is appropriate for people who have not used USGS-G2 as well as those people who have used USGS-G2 but want to learn about the major differences between Revision 2 and 3. 8:00 - 11:30 -- Salons G & H ____________________________ Geomail System Administration Michael Cunningham Track: Local- and Wide-Area Networking Course Description: This course is designed for mail administrators who are responsible for the operation and maintenance of their local Geomail System. Attendees should have a basic knowledge of networking and system administration. The course will demonstrate the basic operation of Geomail (and related software). Also, the course will provide guidelines for the installation, configuration, and operation of the Geomail System in the DG/UX environment. System monitoring, troubleshooting techniques, and update procedures will be taught and explored. 9:00 - 2:30 -- Salon A ______________________ CGI-BIN Programming Jim Bisese and Oscar Cwajbaum Track: World Wide Web Course Description: This class is designed as an introduction to cgi-bin programming. The class will be taught primarily with example cgi scripts incorporating perl, rdb, and Unix commands, but people using other programming languages are encouraged to take part. Existing code libraries available from a wide range of sources will be demonstrated. Users are welcome to bring datasets and prototype HTML forms that they want to create interfaces for. All class material will be made available online before NCTM '96. Experience with any high-level language is a plus. 9:00 - 11:30 -- Salon C _______________________ Microsoft Windows NT Server Administration Chris Barnes Track: System Administration Course Description: This class is designed for Systems Administrators in need of NT Server management experience. Attendees need no previous experience with PC installation, however, previous Microsoft Windows experience is a plus. The class will present basic system administration and demonstrate use of the following tools: Program Manager; User Manager; Control Panel; File Manager; Performance Monitor; Disk Administrator. The class also will cover system configuration and security. 10:30 - 11:30 -- Salon F ________________________ LABEL - A Data-Base Program to Manage Addresses Lee Crowder Track: Application Course Description: This course is designed for the general user who wishes to categorize address information on the Data General. Complete instruction will be given in the use of the program to store, retrieve, and print (as mailing labels) address data. The course will include labs so that the student will have hands-on experience using the software. Installation instructions will be available for those interested. 12:30 - 2:30 -- Salon C _______________________ Advanced Korn Shell Programming Merritt Blalock Track: Programming Course Description: This course continues the "Introduction to Kornshell Programming" course, presenting more advanced features such as string manipulation, in-line redirection, "case" statements, functions, arrays, etc. This course is intended for students interested in writing more powerful scripts. 12:30 - 2:30 -- Salon D _______________________ NWIS-II Transfer Issues Lari Lopp Track: NWIS-II Course Description: The Districts need to understand and prepare for the data transfer process to NWIS-II. Understanding the transfer rules will facilitate the District User in advance NWIS-I data cleanup which will facilitate a successful transfer to NWIS-II, both for discrete and time-series data. 12:30 - 2:30 -- Salon F _______________________ FrameMaker 4.0 -- New Features Joyce Solomon Track: Application Course Description: This hands-on course is designed for end-users of the FrameMaker electronic reports processing software. Attendees should have basic knowledge of FrameMaker. The course describes the new features and improvements in the latest version of FrameMaker on the Data General platform, FrameMaker 4.0. Documentation will be made available at the NCTM World Wide Web Site, covering FrameMaker 4.0's New Features, as well as an End-User's Tour Through FrameMaker that shows the function of each menu option. 12:30 - 2:30 -- Salons G & H ____________________________ LINUX System Administration Steve Brady Track: System Administration Course Description: This training course will introduce the System Administrator to the Linux operating system. Linux is a PC based version of the Unix operating system that is very robust and has many practical uses for the office or home. Attendees will gain a general knowledge of Linux, how to obtain, install, and use. A brief demonstration of the operating system will also be given.