arpa-bboard@ucbvax.ARPA (04/05/85)
From: Keith Lantz <lantz@Gregorio> N.B. Contrary to previous calls for papers: (1) the submission deadline is June 1, 1985; (2) accepted papers will not be limited to five camera-ready papers. ********** REVISED CALL FOR PAPERS 1st International Conference on Computer Workstations San Jose Convention Center San Jose, CA November 11-14, 1985 Sponsored by IEEE Computer Society The conference theme is advanced computer workstations of all kinds, the software environment in which they run, hardware and software technology associated with workstations, and the applications that are run on workstations. The environment is assumed to be a cooperative one with many workstations, servers and possibly mainframe computers providing additional services. Included therefore are workstation architecture, especially multi-processor and parallel architectures, distributed systems involving file, database, print and audio servers, distributed systems involving shared resources, communications networks, LANs and PBX systems (if used for both data and audio), applicability of circuit switching versus packet switching, distributed operating systems, user interfaces (e.g. "messy desk" model), and interesting (advanced) applications. Applications might exploit audio/image techniques, AI/Expert systems, and CAD/CAM/CAE/CASE. Interesting distributed applications that need intelligent workstations are especially welcome. Other topics include special processors (LISP machines), geometry engines, image processing workstation hardware, silicon compilers, custom VLSI systems or applicability of custom VLSI to specialized workstation architecture, and security issues. Specifically excluded are time-shared systems, single machine programs normally run on a central host machine, and peripheral equipment normally associated with a mainframe machine. Send four copies of a paper by June 1, 1985, to: Dr. Robin Williams IBM Research K52-282 5600 Cottle Road San Jose, CA 95193 Phone: (408) 256-3859 The length of individual papers, and the overall size of the proceedings, will be determined solely by the quality and number of papers accepted.