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ILOG Takes Part in NASA Consortium
Project to ensure reliability of software in critical computer systems

ILOG is among the industry leaders participating in the High Dependability Computing Consortium recently formed by NASA and Carnegie Mellon University to look into ways to safeguard the reliability of computing systems critical to the welfare of society. In total, 12 IT companies have agreed to work with NASA and Carnegie Mellon to promote and conduct research enabling the development of highly dependable and affordable software systems: Adobe Systems, Compaq, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, ILOG, Marimba, Microsoft, Novell, SGI, Siebel, Sybase and Sun Microsystems. NASA has awarded a $500,000 grant to Carnegie Mellon to organize and manage the consortium’s activities.

"Carnegie Mellon’s expertise in robotics has played a major role in the success of numerous NASA research projects," says Dr. Henry McDonald, director of the NASA Ames Research Center. "We look forward to working with the university and our industry partners to advance NASA’s computing capabilities for future research projects."

Improved computing capability is critical in such areas as air traffic control, Internet communication, power generation and transmission, space exploration, health care and highway safety. Dependable computer technology is also necessary to ensure that the software created for any system affecting human safety functions properly.

"Carnegie Mellon has a long history of building practical computing systems and is recognized for its expertise in software engineering," says Dr. Jared L. Cohon, president of Carnegie Mellon. "We have an innovative faculty that excels in cross-disciplinary research. The university has played a lead role in forming this consortium. Once established, we will help lead it and contribute to its technical agenda. All of Carnegie Mellon’s capabilities will contribute to the success of the HDCC."

The consortium is the first step by Carnegie Mellon to establish a presence in Silicon Valley. The university also has plans to establish a branch campus at NASA’s research park at Moffett Field, California.

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ILOG Web Seminars
Tune in and turn on to ILOG products

ILOG is making celebrities out of its top developers and marketing personnel with its highly informative series of Web seminars.

Free and accessible virtually anywhere, the seminars enable customers to tune in and turn on to ILOG products through the Internet, learning directly from the people responsible for making the industry’s leading software components.

Both live and recorded seminars are available through the ILOG website, at www.ilog.com. Live seminars are announced regularly by e-mail and on the website, and enable participants to interact with the presenters in real time. Discussions can be very informative, as participants provide their own insights on challenging problems. So that no one misses out, the seminars are recorded and posted to ILOG.com, giving 7/24 service. The seminars are supported with presentation slides and narration from the presenters, and can be viewed with widely used Web browsers, including Netscape and Microsoft Internet Explorer.

To participate in a seminar, go to www.seminars.ilog.com, where you will find sign-up information and listings for upcoming and recorded seminars.