SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY
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Authors are invited to submit papers describing the new advances in emerging software technology. We welcome papers that may be theoretical, conceptual, tutorial, or descriptive in nature. The Software Technology Track consists of ten (10) minitracks that cover a selection of emerging and strategically important areas in software. Topics and coordinators of the 10 minitracks are listed below
Instructions for Authors
Submit a 300-word abstract to one of the minitrack coordinators according
to their areas of responsibility (listed below) by March 16, 1998. Feedback
on the appropriateness of the abstract will be sent to you by April 15,
1998. Submit eight (8) copies of the full manuscript by June 1, 1998. Manuscripts
should have an abstract and be 22-25 typewritten, double-spaced pages in
length. Papers must not have been previously presented or published, nor
currently submitted for journal publication. Each manuscript will be subjected
to a rigorous refereeing process involving at least five reviewers. Individuals
interested in refereeing papers should contact the minitrack coordinators
directly.
Tutorials
Tutorials will be offered on Tuesday, January 5, 1999. Interested speakers
should submit full-day or half-day proposals to the chairman by March 16,
1998.
Track Chairman
Hesham El-Rewini
Department of Computer Science
University of Nebraska at Omaha
Omaha, NE 68182-0500
rewini@cs.unomaha.edu
Voice: (402) 554-2852, FAX: (402) 554-2975
Topics and Coordinators of the Minitracks
Minitrack-1: Dependable Distributed Systems
This minitrack focuses on the design and use of dependable systems in terms
of Availability, Performance, Reliability, and Safety. Topics include: System
level fault tolerance, Software fault tolerance, Reliability/performance
modeling, Fault tolerance in network communication, Fault tolerant transaction
processing, Dependable clustered systems, Design and evaluation tools, applications,
Dependability modeling for software and systems, Evaluation and validation
of fault tolerant systems, Tradeoffs, architectures.
Coordinators
Azad Azadmanesh , azad@cs.unomaha.edu
Department of Computer Science, University of Nebraska; Omaha, Nebraska
68182--0500
Axel W. Krings , krings@cs.uidaho.edu
Department of Computer Science, University of Idaho; Moscow, Idaho 83844-1010
USA
Roger M. Kieckhafer , rogerk@cse.unl.edu ,br> Department of Computer
Science and Engineering, 115 Ferguson Hall, University of Nebraska -- Lincoln,
Lincoln, Nebraska 68588--0115
Minitrack-2: Distributed Caching and Replication
Distributed Operating Systems, Distributed Information Systems, WWW, Caching,
Replication, Allocation, Distributed Shared Memory, Combined Ap- proaches
for Caching and Replication, Unifying Frameworks, Operat- ing System Support,
Compiler Support, Prototype Implementations of Combined Techniques, Performance
Measurements of Combined Techniques vs. Single Techniques.
Coordinators
Oliver Theel, Theel@Informatik.TU-Darmstadt.De
Darmstadt University of Technology, Dept. of Computer Science, D-64283 Darmstadt,
Germany
Phone: [49] (6151)16-5306, Fax: [49] (6151) 16-5410
Markus Pizka , Pizka@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.De Technische Universitaet
Muenchen, Dept. of Computer Science, D-80290 Muenchen, Germany
Phone : [49] (89) 289-28197, Fax : [49] (89) 289-22037
Minitrack-3: Distributed Cooperative Work Environments
Conceptual frameworks: models, languages and systems for distributed cooperative
work, coordination and multi-user interaction. Enabling technologies: cooperative
software solutions and environments, group communication and multicasting
systems, distributed object and component technology, interactive network
computing systems, coordination technologies, CSCW, distributed VR, distributed
multimedia systems, WWW. Application areas: virtual organizations (virtual
enterprise, virtual factory, virtual meeting room), telework, telecooperation,
e-commerce.
Coordinator
Alois Ferscha , ferscha@ani.univie.ac.at
Department of Applied Computer Science, University of Vienna, Lenaugasse
2/8, A-1080 Vienna, Austria
Phone: +43 1 408 63 66 18, Fax: +43 1 408 04 50
Minitrack-4: Electronic Commerece Technologies
Frameworks and architectural models for e-commerce, Security Protocols
Architectures, Middleware
Interoperable platforms, Workflow Systems
e-Commerce, intelligent searching and negotiation, multimedia and e-commerce, coordination of e-commerce transactions, e-Commerce brokering
matchmaking, negotiation Protocols
Services, e-commerce and business process reengineering, coordination
models and frameworks for seamless integration of various components.
Coordinators
Michael (Mike) Papazoglou , mikep@kub.nl
Tilburg University, Director INFOLAB, P.O. Box 90153, 5000 LE Tilburg, The
Netherlands
Phone: +31 13 466-2349, Fax : +31 13 466-3069
Aphrodite Tsalgatidou , afrodite@di.uoa.gr
Department of Informatics, University of Athens, Greece
Phone: +30-1-7217941 ext. 106, Mobile: +30-93-403248, Fax: +30-1-7219561
Maria Tsakali, tsakali.intracom@mail.interpac.be
INTRACOM S.A., 20, Av. des Arts B-1000 Brussels BE
Phone: +32-2-2820391, Mobile: +32-75-872678, Fax: +32-2-2308306
Impact of mobility on existing networks/protocols, Networks/protocols/ infrastructure,
Mobile IP and related issues, Performance issues, Location management, Quality
of service, Wireless ATM and other emerging technologies, Management of
mobile/wireless systems, Services/applications, Operating systems support.
Coordinator
Upkar Varshney, zzvars@acc.wuacc.edu
Computer Information Sciences, Washburn University, Topeka, KS 66621
Phone: (785) 231-1010 Ext. 1160 , Fax: (785) 231-1010 Ext. 1058
Minitrack-6: Modern Cluster Computing
This minitrack will cover issues related to using clusters for parallel
and distributed supercomputing. Topics of interest include: applications
and tools developed for clusters, latency tolerant and latency hiding algorithms,
cluster communication (libraries, enhancements and hardware), heterogeneous
computing, distributed operating systems, parallel I/O, cluster configuration,
metacomputing, volunteer computing, and performance analysis.
Coordinators
Quinn Snell, snell@cs.byu.edu
Dept. of Computer Science, Brigham Young University, 3372 TMCB, Provo, Utah
84602-6576
Mark J. Clement , clement@cs.byu.edu
Dept. of Computer Science, Brigham Young University, 3372 TMCB, Provo, Utah
84602-6576
Minitrack-7: Multimedia DBMS and WWW
Multimedia and hypermedia document database systems, MMDBMS used with streaming
web servers, push channels and broadcask disk for MMDBMS, collaborative
filtering and document query, metadata frameworks in MMDBMS, query language
for multimedia information/database systems, content-based retrieval document
models, query processing optimization, applications, benchmarks.
Coordinators
John Buford , jb01@gte.com
GTE Laboratories, 40 Sylvan Road, Waltham, MA 02254
Phone: (617) 466-2620
F. Andres , andres@rd.nacsis.ac.jp
NACSIS, Otsuka 3-29-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112, Japan
Bertil Follio, Bertil.Folliot@lip6.fr
4 Place Jussieu, Tour 65-66 - 2eme etage, 75252 Paris Cedex 05, France
A. Makinouchi (Kyushu University, JAPAN) akifumi@is.kyushu-u.ac.jp
Dept. of Intelligent Systems, Kyushu University, 6-10-1 Hakozaki Higashi-ku
Fukuoka 812 Japan
Minitrack-8: Parallel and Distributed Simulation
This minitrack serves as a forum for presenting recent research results
in Parallel and Distributed (discrete-event) Simulation, and Distributed
Interactive Simulation. Topics include: algorithms, models, methodologies
and practices; languages, tool, operating system support and environments;
performance modeling, prediction and analysis; synchonisation and time management;
and applications.
Coordinators
Yong Meng TEO , teoym@iscs.nus.edu.sg
Dept. of Info. Systems Computer Science, National University of Singapore,
Singapore 119260
Phone: (65) 874 2830, Fax: (65) 779 4580
Wentong CAI, aswtcai@ntu.edu.sg
School of Applied Science, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798
Phone: (65) 799 1273, Fax: (65) 792 6559
Mobile agent infrastructure, architectural frameworks for interoperability,
agent standardization, multi-agent communication (brokering, mediation,
filtering, routing, resource management, conversation policies), security,
scalability, language support, collaboration and coordination planning and
strategies, agent learning, Java-based agents, and agent-based applications.
Coordinators
Amy Unruh , unruh@mcc.com
MCC, 3500 West Balcones Center Drive, Austin, TX 78759-5398
Phone: (512) 338 3354, Fax: (512) 338 3890
Carmen Pancerella , carmen@ca.sandia.gov
Sandia National Laboratories, P.O. Box 969, Mailstop 9012, Livermore, CA
94551-0969
Phone: (617) 630-0316, Fax: (510) 294-3538
Minitrack-10: Software Architecture
This minitrack focuses on software architecture, both significant research
results and industrial case studies. Topics of interest include: architecture
evaluation, description, definition languages, design environments, business
models, processes, reverse engineering, and metrics.
Coordinator
Rick Kazman, kazman@sei.cmu.edu
Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh,
PA 15213, USA
Phone: (412) 268-1588