Infobox Company company name SciSys PLC company logo Image ScisysLogo.png 250px company type Public limited company Public Aim SSY foundation 1980 location city Chippenham location country UK area served Europe key people Mike Love, Chairman br Chris Cheetham, Finance Director FD br David Jones, Chief Executive Officer CEO br Klaus Heidrich, Chief Operations Officer COO industry Space , Utilities, Environment, defence industry Defence , Government , Communication, Media & Broadcast, Business Services, Transport services Consultancy, br Systems Integration, br Software Development, br Application Support & Maintenance, br Specialist Engineering homepage http www.scisys.co.uk www.scisys.co.uk revenue 43.6 m 2010 Adjusted Operating Profit 2.1 m 2010 Operating Profit 1.7M 2010 Net Cash 4.9 m 2010 num employees 450 2010 intl yes SciSys PLC Aim SSY is a European computer software and services company based in the United Kingdom and Germany . Overview SciSys is a medium sized bespoke software and services company that specialises in solving complex problems, for example Mission control systems for the European Space Agency ESA , the RNLI and Ministry of Defence United Kingdom Ministry Of Defence Audio scheduling and play out systems for a wide range of national broadcasters including the BBC ... services for the support of space programmes and missions Technologies SciSys is conversant ... and Oracle Corporation Oracle . History SciSys was formed in 1980 as Science Systems and its ... plc , becoming SciSys plc on the 2006 split. In 2007, SciSys purchased a private Bochum based German ... VCS renamed to SCISYS Deutschland GmbH as part of a wider integration exercise. Locations UK Chippenham ... External links http www.scisys.co.uk SciSys Website http www.scisys.de scisys the company.html?L 1 SCISYS Deutschland GmbH Website English Category Companies established in 1980 Category Companies listed ... Companies based in Wiltshire ict company stub UK company stub it SciSys ... more details
VCS may refer to In gaming Atari 2600 Atari VCS , the first successful video game console to use plug in cartridges instead of having one or more games built in Grand Theft Auto Vice City Stories , an installment in the Grand Theft Auto video game series In technology Veritas Cluster Server , a commercial high availability computer clustering system Revision control Version control system , a system for managing multiple revisions of the same unit of information Microsoft C Sharp programming language Visual C , a programming language this Acronym and initialism initialism is used internally by the software Voice Communication System, a type of radio communication system VOIP Connection Server, a computer server hosting Voice over Internet Protocol service Tandberg Video Communication Server VeriSign Communications Services Nvidia Nvidia Quadro Plex Quadro Plex Visual Computing System Voice Changer Software, a type of voice changer VCalendar file format, designed to store events, TO DOs, meetings, anniversaries and appointments. VCS AG German company, owned by SciSys , producing broadcasting and satellite technology. In other fields The Villages Charter Schools , a state charter school in Sumter County, Florida , United States Valley Christian School , a private University preparatory school university preparatory school in Dublin, California , United States . Vancouver Christian School , a private elementary school elementary and middle school in Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada . VCS AG , a German corporation, now a subsidiary of SciSys . Victoria Coach Station , the largest and most significant coach station in London , England . Vienna Christian School , a private Fundamentalism fundamentalist Christian missionary school in Vienna, Austria. Vietnamese Council of State , the highest standing body of the National Assembly of Vietnam. Volusia County Schools , a school district in Florida , United States. Virginia class submarine , the latest US nuclear attack s ... more details
For a chess variant called Microchess Minichess Microchess , by Peter R. Jennings, was originally a microcomputer chess program for the MOS Technology KIM 1 microcomputer, first released on December 18, 1976. Microchess, as small as it was in terms of program size, could still play passable chess on the KIM 1 with its MOS Technology 6502 6502 microprocessor, 1 kilobyte of memory, simple hex keyboard, and seven segment display . Selling it at a price of 10 US dollars, Jennings refused to sell the rights of the program to Chuck Peddle president of MOS Technology for 1000 dollars. ref Cite book last Swaine first Michael author link Michael Swaine last2 Freiberger first2 Paul author2 link Paul Freiberger title Fire in the Valley publisher Osborne McGraw Hill year 1984 location Berkeley, CA. USA pages 288 isbn 0 88134 121 5 ref It was the first microcomputer software package to sell 10,000 copies, almost exclusively on cassette tape. Jennings founded Personal Software to publish Microchess to the growing microcomputer market. Money made from Microchess and other software projects allowed Jennings, together with Dan Fylstra , to launch VisiCalc and then create the VisiCorp company. VisiCalc would be its greatest success. Microchess was later expanded into a more fully featured program with graphics for the TRS 80 , Apple II series Apple II , Commodore PET and Atari 8 bit family Atari 400 800 computers. It was also licensed to Novag for its dedicated Chess Champion Mk II in 1979. ref Cite web url http www.chesscomputeruk.com html scisys and novag the early y.html title Scisys and Novag The Early Years work ChessComputerUK.com ref References Reflist External links http www.benlo.com microchess microchess.html Information on the history of Microchess, manuals, and complete source code http www.andreadrian.de schach index.html Microchess port to MS Windows de icon Category 1976 software Category Chess engines Chess stub Software stub es Microchess fr Microchess ... more details
Image XTCE exchange.gif thumb right 300px XTCE for XML Telemetric and Command Exchange is an XML based exchange format for spacecraft telemetry and command meta data. Using http www.omg.org space xtce index.htm XTCE the format and content of a space systems command and telemetry links can be readily exchanged between spacecraft operators and manufacturers. XTCE was originally standardized by the Object Management Group OMG . In April 2007 the OMG released revision 1.1 of XTCE as an OMG available specification. http www.astro.umd.edu eshaya XTCE SpaceSystemV1.0.xsd Version 1.0 of the XTCE specification is a Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems CCSDS http public.ccsds.org publications archive 660x0g1.pdf green book specification and version 1.1 is a candidate Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems CCSDS http public.ccsds.org publications archive 660x0b1.pdf blue book specification . Overview During the entire ground system development and operation phases of a mission, telemetry and telecommand definitions may be exchanged between multiple systems and organizations. Without a standard format, databases need dedicated converters to convert between the various proprietary database formats and editors. Allowing for a common database exchange format throughout the entire mission lifecycle will significantly reduce the cost of database conversions that occur in many space projects. XTCE has been developed as part of an international cooperation involving the National Aeronautics and Space Administration , the Jet Propulsion Laboratory , the Goddard Space Flight Center , the European Space Agency , the United States Air Force and private industry including RT Logic, Harris, SciSys , Boeing and Lockheed Martin . The standards development effort has been coordinated via the Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems and the Object Management Group . The XML Telemetry and Command Exchange standard is now in active use as a means to exchange mission databases ... more details
Aerospace Center , Berlin, Germany Czech Technical University , Prague, Czech SciSys , Bristol ... PRoVisG at OSU http www.scisys.co.uk casestudies space provisg.aspx PRoVisG at SciSys http ... more details
Julio Argentino Kaplan Pera ref Revista Ajedrez Argentina , October 1967, page 343 ref ref http books.google.com.ar books?id EndPAAAAYAAJ&q julio argentino kaplan pera&dq julio argentino kaplan pera&hl es&ei 2TTKTYLkPOTt0gH0o8HKBw&sa X&oi book result&ct result&resnum 1&ved 0CCUQ6AEwAA The 105th Commencement, University of California, Berkeley, 1968 ref born 25 July 1950, Argentina a Puerto Rico Puerto Rican chess player and former world junior champion. Born in Argentina, he emigrated in 1963 to Puerto Rico , where he was raised and studied, and then later in his life to the United States, where he works for Autodesk . Earlier in his career, In the 1980s he programmed dedicated chess computer s for SciSys and Saitek . In the early 90s he collaborated on the chess program Socrates II Socrates . ref cite web title Kaplan, Julio url http www.schach computer.info wiki index.php Kaplan, Julio publisher Schachcomputer wiki accessdate 9 January 2011 language German ref In 1967, he was the Puerto Rico National Chess Champion. In addition, in 1967, he also won the World Junior Chess Championship in Jerusalem , followed by the well known Raymond Keene , Jan Timman , Robert H bner , etc. This victory earned Julio Kaplan the International Master title. In 1968, he tied for 6 9th in Malaga. In 1969, he took 4th in Stockholm World Junior Chess Championship World Junior Championship , Anatoly Karpov won . In 1969, he tied for 8 9th in San Juan Boris Spassky won . In 1970, he won the 6th El Segundo Open , won the 6th Monterey International Open , and won the 2nd Central California Championship , held in Hayward, California Hayward . In 1971, he won the 22nd Annual California Open , held in Fresno . In 1973, he took 8th in S o Paulo Predrag Ostoji Ostojic won . In 1973, he tied for 12 14th in Madrid Karpov won . In 1974, he tied for 2nd 3rd with Florin Gheorghiu , behind Svetozar Gligori , in Los Angeles. Kaplan played for the Puerto Rico National Chess Team in four Chess Olympiad ... more details
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