Workshop: Using the Ch Computing Environment for Teaching, Research, and Industrial Applications

Beijing, China, October 12, 2008

  

Objectives

The evolving nature of technology requires the new generation of engineers and scientists developing strong capabilities in computer and information technology. Ch, a user friendly cross-platform C/C++ computing environment, has been widely used for teaching computer programming to solve problems in engineering and science. Ch is a C/C++ interpreter with high-level numerical and plotting extensions. It significantly simplifies numerical and scientific computing. Due to its interactive nature, Ch is especially effective for teaching and learning C programming. Ch is also an embeddable scripting engine, which can be seamlessly embedded into a compiled program to make it reprogrammable through the use of C/C++ scripts. It can be  conveniently used to realize many novel computing paradigms such as mobile computing. In this workshop, the evolution and future of C will be presented. Teaching, research, and industrial application experience using Ch will be shared with participants. Various examples of using an embeddable C/C++ interpreter for teaching improvement, research and engineering practice will be presented.  More information about the workshop can be found at the workshop web site http://www.asmemesa.org/chworkshop/.
 
Organizing Committee
    Chair, Harry H. Cheng,                  Professor, University of California, Davis, USA
    Co-Chair, Yaoxue Zhang (张尧学院士), Professor and Academician
                                                           Tsinghua University, China
    Co-Chair, Guangnan Ni (倪光南院士), Professor and Academician,  
                                                           Institute of Computing Technology,
                                                           Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
   David M. Auslander                 University of California, Berkeley, USA
   Larry Chang (张湝渭)              Pro-Lambda Solutions, China
   Bo Chen                               Michigan Technological University, USA
   Ying Chen (陈鹰)                    Zhejiang University, China
   Jin Hwan Choi                         Kyung Hee University, Korea
   Dongming Guo (郭东明)            Dalian University of Technology, China
   Zuomin Dong                         University of Victoria, Canada
   Xudong Hu (胡旭东)                Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, China
   Bahram Ravani                       University of California, Davis, USA
   Maosong Sun (孙茂松)             Tsinghua University, China
   Jianrong Tan (谭建荣院士)        Zhejiang University, China
   Huayong Yang (杨华勇          Zhejiang University, China
   Tianmiao Wang (王田苗         Beihang University, China
   Zhaoqing Wang (王兆青)          Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, China
 
Sponsors
    IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society
    ASME Division of Design Engineering
    Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Chinese Association for Automation
    Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society
 
Co-sponsors
    National Natural Science Foundation of China
    Division of Higher Education, Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China
 
Venue
The Workshop will be held in the 4th 2008 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Mechatronic and Embedded Systems and Applications (MESA08) in Beijing, China on October 12-15, 2008.
 
Advanced Registration Deadline: September 15, 2008, $50 (350 Chinese Yuan)
On-Site Registration: $60 (400 Chinese Yuan)
Please register to participate at the workshop. You may register to just attend this one-day workshop only with the above cost. A lunch will be provided for all registered participants. All registered participants will receive a CD with Ch Professional Edition of the latest version for their teaching and personal use.
 
If you would like to regester on-site, please send us an email at 2008mesa@gmail.com .
 
Call for participation (pdf)
Call for participation (doc in chinese 中文)
 
 
Agenda
 
Sunday, October 12, 2008
 
8:00am-9:00am   On-Site Registration,  at the lobby of Building 8 (嘉宾楼)
9:00am-12:00pm Technical Program, in No. 5 Conference Room, Building 8 (嘉宾楼)
 
 Welcome Remarks: Professor Harry H. Cheng, University of California, Davis, USA
 
 Chair: Professor Jianrong Tan (谭建荣院士, Academician), Zhejiang University, China
(1)     Opening Speech
          Professor Yaoxue Zhang (张尧学院士, Academician)
          Tsinghua University, China
(2)     “Evolution and Future of C”
        Professor Harry H. Cheng
          University of California, Davis, USA
 
       Break
 
 Chair: Professor Dongming Guo  (郭东明), Dalian University of Technology, China
  (3)      “Teaching Mechatronics Using Ch”
       Professor David M. Auslander
         University of California, Berkeley, USA
(4)     “Integration of Information Technology into Engineering Education”
       Professor Bahram Ravani
         University of California, Davis, USA
(5)     “Effective Teaching of Introductory Computer Programming for Solving Problems  in Engineering and Science”
        Professor Harry H. Cheng
         University of California, Davis, USA
 
12:00pm -1:00pm Lunch
1:00am-5:30pm Technical Program
 
 Chair:  Professor Ying Chen(陈鹰), Zhejiang University/Hangzhou Dianzi University, China
   (1)  “Using Ch for Teaching, Research, and Industrial Applications”
         Professor Harry H. Cheng
         University of California, Davis, USA
   (2)  “C/C++ Interpreter Ch for Mechatronic and Embedded Systems”
         Professor  Tianmiao Wang  (王田苗 
         Beihang University, China
 (3) “Teaching C Programming Using Ch “
          Professor Li Zheng (郑莉               
         Tsinghua University, China
   (4)  “Teaching Introductory C Programming Using Ch Interpreter“
         Professor Zhaoqing Wang (王兆青),         
         Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, China
  
 
       Break
 
 Chair: Professor Huayong Yang (杨华勇), Zhejiang University, China
(5) “Teaching Automatic Control of Engineering Systems Using Ch Control System Toolkit” and
         “Sensor Networks for Structural Health Monitoring Using Ch”
        Professor Bo Chen,                                 
         Michigan Technological University, USA
 (6)  “Embedded Scripting in C/C++ for Product Mass Customization”
          Professors Jianrong Tan (谭建荣院士, Academician) and Shuyou Zhang (张树友)
         Zhejiang University, China
 (7) "A Ch-Based Platform for Simulation-Driven Designs and Analyses"
         Dr. Jerry Young (杨积东)
        Managing Director, CAE Technology
        Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology
       
Dr. Larry Chang (张湝渭)
        CEO, Pro-Lambda Solutions
   (8) “The Market and Technology Trend of Computer-Aided Engineering and Importance of Scripting Languages“
         Professor Jin hwan Choi
         Kyung Hee University, Korea
   (9) Concluding Speech
        Professor Guangnan Ni (倪光南院士, Academician)
        Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China