Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!deimos.cis.ksu.edu!unmvax!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!agate!saturn!darrell@cis.ucsc.edu From: darrell@cis.ucsc.edu (Darrell Long) Newsgroups: comp.os.research Subject: Call for participation Message-ID: <7517@saturn.ucsc.edu> Date: 16 May 89 22:38:44 GMT Sender: usenet@saturn.ucsc.edu Lines: 75 Approved: comp-os-research@jupiter.ucsc.edu Call For Participation Workshop on Experiences with Building Distributed (and Multiprocessor) Systems Sponsored by: The Usenix Association In cooperation with: ACM SIGOPS and SIGSOFT In Association with: IEEE-CS Technical Committee on Distributed Processing The NSF/Purdue/Florida Software Engineering Research Center (SERC) IEEE-CS Technical Committee on Operating Systems October 5-6, 1989 Ft. Lauderdale, FL GOALS: The goal of this workshop is to bring together individuals who have built, are building, or will soon build distributed and multiprocessor systems, especially operating systems. The workshop will feature full presentations, panels, work-in-progress presentations, and possibly tutorials on aspects of building and testing these systems. The workshop will provide a forum for individuals to exchange information on their experiences, both good and bad, in designing, building, and testing their systems. This includes experiences with coding aids, languages, distributed debugging tools, prototyping, reuse of existing software, performance analysis, and lessons learned from use of such systems. SUBMISSIONS: Seven copies of each submission should be mailed to the program committee chair (addresses below) no later than 1 JUNE 1989. Submissions are invited on any topics related to the subjects of the workshop and may be as papers or as extended abstracts, although the program committee will give preferential consideration to full papers. Furthermore, the committee will give preferential consideration to submissions describing experiences with actual systems-paper describing theoretical work or simulations will be considered last. Submissions may be any length, with 20 pages a suggested limit. All submissions will be acknowledged by return mail. Papers of exceptional quality may be recommended by the program committee for publication in appropriate archival journals. Proceedings of the workshop will be published by Usenix. IMPORTANT DATES: Paper submissions 1 June 1989 Camera ready copy due 1 August 1989 Program Committee decisions 14 July 1989 Workshop 5-6 October 1989 Further information can be obtained from: General Chair Program Chair George Leach Gene Spafford AT&T Paradyne Software Engineering Research Center MS LG-129, PO Box 2826 Dept. of Computer Sciences Largo, FL 34649-2826 Purdue University (813) 530-2376 W. Lafayette, IN 47907-2004 reggie@paradyne.com (317) 494-7825 spaf@cs.purdue.edu Program Committee: Bharat Bhargava, Purdue University Joseph Boykin, Encore Computer Corporation Rob Kolstad, Prisma Darrell Long, University of California Santa Cruz James Mankovich, Convex Computer Corporation Eugene Miya, NASA Ames Research Center David Pitts, University of Lowell Gene Spafford, Purdue University