IP: CFP 1996 SIGOPS Workshop

[David Farber <farber@central.cis.upenn.edu>]

                            Call for Papers
                     Seventh ACM SIGOPS European Workshop
                  Systems Support for Worldwide Applications
                    2-4 September 1996, Connemara, Ireland


     In the past, each computer had its own users and jobs.  The task  of  the
operating  system  was  to allocate resources among competing users.  With the
advent of LANs and the Internet, multiple computers could collaborate to  per-
form  specialized  tasks  for  a modest number of sophisticated users.  In the
future, most computers will be connected to what is often called the  ``Infor-
mation Superhighway.''  This as-yet-unbuilt system will allow hundreds of mil-
lions of ordinary citizens to access global  information  and  participate  in
applications of unprecedented scale.


     The requirements of the system software  will  change  accordingly.   The
emphasis  will shift from enforcing local kernel-user protection boundaries to
enabling groups of users to collaborate and  access  information  efficiently.
New  models,  tools, and other software will be required. In this workshop, we
will explore these issues.  Possible topics include:


        - Wide-area distributed systems for millions of users
        - Tools, models and infrastructure for global applications
        - Life after the World Wide Web
        - Caching and replication
        - (Distributed) management of (distributed) services
        - Resource and information discovery services
        - Systems support for multimedia applications
        - Systems aspects of security and reliability


     Attendance is limited to 50 people, by invitation only. [ THE INVITATION
WILL BE BASED ON THE SUBMISSION -- DJF]


The workshop will be  held  at  the  Renvyle  House Hotel
in Connemara, Ireland.  It is a small, secluded site on the
Renvyle Peninsula, surrounded by water on three sides and
200 acres of hotel land and mountains on the remaining
side.


     Papers will be selected on the basis of  ability  to  foster  discussion,
originality,  and appropriateness to the workshop topic.  Accepted papers will
be distributed to the workshop attendees and via the web.  A few papers may be
selected  for  publication  in  Operating  Systems Review.


     For additional information,  submission instructions,  and photographs of
the workshop site, see the workshop's web page:


                http://plastique.stanford.edu/sigops96/






Program chairman                         Program Committee
---------------                         -----------------
Andrew S. Tanenbaum                     Ozalp Babaoglu, Univ. di Bologna
Dept. of Math. & Computer Science       Jean Bacon, Cambridge University
Vrije Universiteit                      Mary Baker, Stanford University
De Boelelaan 1081a                      Yolande Berbers, Kath. Univ., Leuven
1081 HV Amsterdam,Holland               Andrew Black, Oregon Graduate Inst.
Email: ast@cs.vu.nl                     Frans Kaashoek, MIT
FAX: +31 20 4447653                     Barbara Liskov, MIT
                                        Karin Petersen, Xerox PARC
Important dates:                        Willy Zwaenepoel, Rice University
Position papers due: 1 March 1996
Acceptance notice: 15 May 1996          General chairman
Final 8-page papers: 15 July 1996       ----------------
Workshop date: 2-4 Sept. 1996           Andrew Herbert, ANSA (ajh@ansa.co.uk)