SEVENTH ACM SIGOPS EUROPEAN WORKSHOP

Note: Each paper will be 20 minutes, followed by 5 minutes of discussion. At the end of each session, there will be 15 minutes of general discussion.

SUNDAY 8 SEPT. 1996

2000 Dinner

MONDAY 9 SEPT. 1996

0800-0900 Breakfast

0900-1030 Paradigms 1 - Session chairperson: Andy Tanenbaum

• J. Bates: "A Framework to Support Large Scale Active Applications"
• R. Hayton et al.: "Using Events to Build Large-Scale Distributed Applications"
• K. O'Connell et al.: "Techniques for Handling Scale and Distribution in Virtual Worlds"

1030-1100 Morning break

1100-1230 Mobile code - Session chairperson: Andrew Black

• M. Condict et al.: "Towards a World-Wide Civilization of Objects"
• D. Wetherall and D. Tennenhouse: "The ACTIVE IP Option"
• D. Kotz et al.: "Transportable Agents Support Worldwide Applications"

1230-1400 Lunch

1400-1530 Applications - Session chairperson: Mary Baker

• K. Marzullo et al.: "NILE: Wide-area Computing for High-Energy Physics"
• D. Johansen et al.: "Supporting Broad Internet Access to TACOMA"
• T. Mills and K. Moody: "Wide-Area Information Access to Multimedia Historical Sources"

1530-1600 Afternoon break

1600-1730 Panel: 20-20 Vision: The global internet 24 years ahead. Moderator: Andrew Black

2000 Dinner

TUESDAY 10 SEPT. 1996

0800-0900 Breakfast

0900-1030 Paradigms 2 - Session chairperson: Jean Bacon

• M. Banatre et al.: "Etel: A Newspaper-Based Distributed Information System"
• P. Homburg et al.: "An Architecture for a Wide-Area Distributed System"
• T. Kindberg: "A Stake in Cyberspace"

1030-1100 Morning break

1100-1230 Caching - Session chairperson: Frans Kaashoek

• M. Satyanarayanan, M. Spasojevic: "AFS and the Web: Competitors or Collaborators?"
• B. Gronvall et al.: "A Multicast-Based Distributed File System for the Internet"
• J. Mogul: "Hinted Caching in the Web"

1230-1400 Lunch

1400-1530 Availability - Session chairperson: Karin Petersen

• Y. Minsky et al.: "Cryptographic Support for Fault-Tolerant Distributed Computing"
• W. Vogels: "World Wide Failures"
• L. Shrira et al.: "How to Scale Transactional Storage Systems"

1530-1600 Afternoon break

1600-1730 Debate: Mobile code: viruses on the run or true distributed computing? Moderator: Frans Kaashoek

2000 Dinner

WEDNESDAY 11 SEPT. 1996

0730-0830 Breakfast

0830-1000 Operating Systems - Session chairperson: Yolande Berbers

• A. Black, J. Inouye: "System Support for Mobility"
• J. Lepreau et al.: "The Persistent Relevance of the Local OS To Global Applications"
• M.F. Kaashoek et al.: "Server Operating Systems"

1000-1030 Morning break

1030-1130 Breakout session: Karin Petersen, Mary Baker

1130-1230 Summary: Reports from the broken-out groups

1230-1400 Lunch

1400 End of workshop

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