gasser@USC-CSE.USC.EDU (03/04/86)
USC Distributed Problem Solving Group Meeting Wednesday, 3/12/86 3:00 - 5:00 PM Seaver Science 319 John Gieser, Ph.D. Student, USC, will speak on "'Intelligent' Operating Systems for Distributed Computing". ABSTRACT Recent ideas from distributed problem solving (DPS) research appear to have merit when used to acheive cooperation in open-ended distributed computing systems (DCS). To use these techniques, the DCS nodes are viewed as autonomous agents in a problem-solving situation, with each node governed by an "intelligent" operating system (IOS). This talk will focus on some ideas for providing the structures and mechanisms needed in the IOS to handle problems requiring cooperation such as distributed control, load balancing/sharing, cooperating processes, etc. Questions: Dr. Les Gasser, (213) 743-7794, or John Gieser (gieser@usc-cse.usc.edu)