MSC Study Group for Interval Arithmetic.

[Bob Davis <bob@xxxxxxxx>]

To Interval Arithmetic interested parties:

I, as Chair of the MSC, authorize a Study Group under the MSC for the 
purpose of developing a IEEE Standard on Interval Arithmetic.  The Study 
Group is the first step of the process.

The life span of the Study Group is limited to 6 months and exists for 
the purpose of developing the Project Authorization Request to be 
submitted through NesCom to the IEEE Standards Board.

Within this period the study group will develop the PAR for approval by 
the MSC for submission to NesCom.

Upon approval of the PAR the Working Group will authorized to develop 
the text for the draft.

I will meet with the proposed Chair of this group to go over the 
expectations and plan for completion of the project, hopefully is a 
shorter period that the 754r revision.

The MSC meets on the 2nd Monday of each calendar quarter.

I really look forward to working with you on the development of this 
standard.

Respectfully,

Bob Davis, Chair
Microprocessor Standards Committee

Dan Zuras IEEE wrote:
> > Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2008 15:37:09 -0600
> > From: "R. Baker Kearfott" <rbk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: Dan Zuras <forbrc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,  peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, 
> >  boein@xxxxxxxxx,  boisvert@xxxxxxxx,  MFC@xxxxxxxxxx,  bob@xxxxxxxx, 
> >  bob.davis@xxxxxxx,  roger.a.golliver@xxxxxxxxx,  754r@xxxxxxxxxxx, 
> >  david.hough@xxxxxxx,  wkahan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,  jkidder@xxxxxxxxx, 
> >  leonard.tsai@xxxxxx,  leonard.tsai@xxxxxxxxx, 
> >  "Corliss, George" <george.corliss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> >  John Pryce <j.d.pryce@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: Dagstuhl discussion of IEEE WG 2.5 work
> >
> >
> > Dan et al,
> >
> > We had extensive discussion at Schloss Dagstuhl seminar 08021
> > concerning Professor Kulisch's proposal with IFIP Working Group 2.5.
> > The result is a formal letter (formulated by John Pryce and
> > me as a summary of the discussion) and a list of signatures
> > in general support of the effort.  (The signature list is not
> > complete partially because it was taken in the last session
> > after some had already left and partially
> > because there were several present who felt the Kulisch proposal
> > should be accepted immediately, unaltered.)
> >
> > I attach the formal letter and scanned list of signatures, both
> > in PDF form.
> >
> > We are awaiting further direction from you.
> >
> > Sincerely,
> >
> > R. Baker Kearfott
> >     
>
>         Baker,
>
>         Wonderful!
>
>         I will give Bob a call & see if we can get started on the
>         paperwork.  There will be a number of details we will need
>         to know.  Bob will know what they all are but I know we
>         will need to know who to propose as initial chair & where
>         the meetings are to be held.
>
>         Neither is really important.  The initial chair is just to
>         chair the first meeting at which you can elect your real
>         chair.  (The chair must be a member of IEEE but anyone can
>         be a member of the group.)  And, the location of the meetings
>         is just to let everyone know where & how to attend.
>
>         Those names that I recognise among the signatures suggest
>         you have a good group to begin with.  They also suggest
>         that the natural venue for meetings is in Europe.  If it
>         is possible to set up the european equivalent of an 800
>         number that one can call internationally without charge
>         it might help those of us who would like to attend by
>         phone.
>
>         In particular, I would like to attend at least initially.
>         I would like to explain the difficulties the 754 group
>         had with IA & suggest some ways to deal with them in an
>         IA standard.  There is also much you can teach me about
>         how it all works.
>
>         I look forward to working with you.
>
>         Yours,
>
>                         Dan Zuras       Bob Davis
>                           chair           chair
>                         754/2008        IEEE-MSC
>
>
>         P.S. - I called Bob &, under his authority as the chair
>         of the Microprocessor Standards Committee, he hereby
>         grants you status as a study group on "A Standard on
>         Interval Arithmetic".  Please send him the name of the
>         chair & he will be in touch to discuss the requirements
>         & obligations.
>
>
>