"The Instant Analyst" - Merle P. Martin. Journal of Systems Management, February, 1975. pp. 12-19. Demonstrating the power of positive obfuscation, Mr. Martin provides a cookbook for how to succeed as a systems analyst with no effort whatsoever. The Zipf Law of Minimum Effort is a control (In any given group the most will do the least and the least the most). Armed with this knowledge, an instant analyst can overwhelm anyone who suspects he lacks training and skills necessary for his job. Key to his success is complexity in all things "until such time as the word 'simple' is neither spoken nor understood." Application of the Seven Basic Laws of Instant Analysis assures that one's colleagues have no method for proving lack of education, skill or experience. "Structured Symbols" - Richard A. Butterworth. Datamation, Vol. 21, No. 4, April, 1975. pp. 79-83. Mr. Butterworth describes a formal method of labeling data elements and program modules within a system. The key to his procedure, currently being used at the Medium Steam Turbine Dept. of GE'B Lynn, Mass. facility, is to begin the naming process at systems design time. Butterworth ascribes readability, consistency between programs and ease of maintenance to this technique. STUDENT PAPER COMPETITION. The 1976 ACM George E. Forsythe Student Paper Comp'eti'tion is now accepting original paperB Oil any topic related to computers and their applications from undergraduate students in colleges and high schools. The best papers will be published in Communications of the ACM and awards will be presented to the authors at the 1977 Annual Conference in Seattle. Any student who has not received a bachelor's degree before A~ril i, 1976 is eligible. The due date for filing intent to submit a paper is June 30, 1976. Send notice of intent to ACM Student Paper Competition, c/o William Sakoda, Computer Science Division, Evans Hall, University of California, Berkeley, Ca. 94720. SIGCOSIM Business Meeting. Tuesday, June 8, 7,30 a.m. - 9,00 a.m. Americana Hotel, New York City, during ACM Business Meetings at '76 NCC. OTHER UPCOMING MEETINGS. June 21-23, 1976 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. A balanced, broad coverage of hardware, software, and systems will be covered in the 1976 International Symposium on Fault-Tolerant Computing. For details write Prof. Daniel Siewiorek, Computer Science Department, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa. 15213. .... College .teachers of computer science and computer engineering will gather at lllInois State Unxversxty xn Bloomington June 20-23, 1976, to explore ways of improving the quality of their courses and course materials. Contact Prof. David C. Rine, Computer Science Division, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Va. 26506. - 1976 ACM Annual Conference will host the 7th U.S. Computer Chess Championship in Houston, Texas, October 19-21. Contact Dr. Monroe Newborn, School of Computer Science, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3C 3Gi, Canada. Z~Z-Third International Joint Conference on Pattern Recognition will be held November 8-11, 1976 in Coronado, Calif. (San Diego area). - m m m m m m m m m m --m m m m l m m m m m . m m g m m m m m m m m w m m m m m m m m m m m m ~ - - m m ~ - - m m m m - - m m m m m m m m m -2-

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