FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
AdaCore's Tucker Taft to Present Ada 2012 Paper
at Design East, Boston
Paper highlights the role of language
technology in modern embedded software development
NEW YORK & PARIS, September 12, 2012 – Design East Boston 2012 (Virtual Press
Office) - AdaCore today announced that Tucker Taft, the Director
of Language Research at AdaCore, will present a paper, 'Ada 2012- New Language Technology for High-Integrity
Software,' on Tuesday, September 18 as part of the Design East conference in
Boston, MA. The paper will focus on the challenges of modern embedded software
development, the need for so-called High-Integrity systems to meet safety and/or
security requirements, including compliance with certification standards such as
DO-178B/DO-178C or the Common Criteria, and the role that languages, like Ada
2012, can play to help simplify development and certification processes.
Ada 2012- New Language Technology for High-Integrity
Software
Tuesday, September 18, 2012, 3:15 PM-4:15 PM
Design East,
Hynes Convention Center, Boston, MA
Location: 304
AdaCore will also be exhibiting at Design East,
Booth #1000. Experts will be on site to discuss current news and ongoing
developments, including the latest version of the company's flagship development
environment product, GNAT Pro 7.0, which features a comprehensive implementation of
the new Ada 2012 language standard. GNAT Pro 7.0 offers a range of improvements,
supports several new platforms, includes an important new testing tool (GNATtest), and enhances several existing tools. These new
features establish the Ada programming language as the benchmark for developers
requiring the highest levels of reliability, safety, and security in their
software.
If you are interested in scheduling a meeting with an AdaCore representative
at the show, please contact Jessie Glockner, jessie@rainierco.com / 508-475-0025
x140.
About AdaCore
Founded in 1994, AdaCore is the leading provider of commercial software
solutions for Ada, a state-of-the-art programming language designed for large,
long-lived applications where safety, security, and reliability are critical.
AdaCore's flagship product is the open source GNAT Pro development environment,
which comes with expert on-line support and is available on more platforms than
any other Ada technology. AdaCore has an extensive world-wide customer base; see
http://www.adacore.com/home/company/customers/ for further
information.
Ada and GNAT Pro see a growing usage in high-integrity and safety-certified
applications, including commercial aircraft avionics, military systems, air
traffic management/control, railroad systems, and medical devices, and in
security-sensitive domains, such as financial services. The SPARK Pro toolset,
available from AdaCore, is especially useful in such contexts.
AdaCore has North American headquarters in New York and European headquarters
in Paris. http://www.adacore.com/
Press Contacts
Jamie Ayre
AdaCore
press@adacore.com
http://twitter.com/AdaCoreCompany
Jessie Glockner
Rainier Communications (for AdaCore)
Tel: 508-475-0025
x14
adacore@rainierco.com
http://twitter.com/JessieGlockner