[net.general] Technical Program Schedule for Uniforum

lou@fortune.UUCP (Lou Katz) (12/31/83)

Date: Tuesday, 27 Dec 1983 16:02-???

   This is the latest "latest "latest version" " of the program.



Wednesday - Jan 18

    1:30-3:00 - Networks - Aspects of networking under UNIX.
		Chair: Thomas Ferrin - University of California San Francisco

	1:30-1:55
	     Driver-Based Protocol Implementations
		  Greg Chesson - Silicon Graphics
	1:55-2:20
	     The Exclan TCP/IP Protocol Package
		  Bruce Borden - Silicon Graphics, Inc.
		  Bill Northlich - Northlich Computer Systems & Software, Inc.
	2:20-2:40
	     Worknet: A Xenix based merged filesystem network
		  Alan Greenspan - Altos Computer Systems
	2:40-3:00
	     CSNET Grows Up
		  Michael T. O'Brien - The Rand Corporation
		  Daniel B. Long - Bolt Beranek and Newman, Inc.

    3:30-5:00 - Distributed Unix - Multiprocessing under Unix
		  Chair: Alan Nemeth - Prime Computer Inc.

	3:30 - 3:50
	     Software Administration over Computer Networks - The exptools
		experience.
		  Joseph L. Steffan - Bell Laboratories
	3:50 - 4:10
	     A Distributed File System for Unix
		  Matthew S. Hecht, John R. Levine, Justin Walker -
			Interactive Systems Corporation
	4:10 - 4:30
	     Multiprocessor Debugging On a Shared Memory System
		  Chet Britten & Paul Chen - Metheus Corporation
	4:30 - 5:00
	     Panel Discussion - Multiprocessing Issues

    DINNER

	7:00 - 8:30
	     C Language Evolution & Standardization.
		  L.Rosler - Bell Laboratories

Thursday  - Jan 19

    8:30 - 10:00 - Compilers and Languages
			New languages and developments in familiar languages
		   Chair: Louis Salkind - New York University

	8:30 - 9:00
	     The Evolution of the Portable C Compiler
		  S.C.Johnson - AT&T Bell Laboratories
	9:00 - 9:20
	     How to Feel Better about Knowing It is Written in C
		  Alan R. Feuer - Catalytix Corporation
	9:20 - 9:40
	     An Implementation of The B Programming Language
		  Lambert Meertens & Steven Pemberton -
		      Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica
	9:40 - 17:00
	     Object-oriented programming in C language
		  Brad J. Cox - Productivity Products, Inc.





    10:30 - Noon    Over Under Sideways Down,
			 Backwards Forwards Square & Round.
				   UNIX directions
		     Chair: Brian Redman - Bell Laboratories

	10:30 - 10:45
	     Behind Every Binary License is the UNIX Heritage
		  B.E.Redman, P.E.Parseghian - Bell Laboratories
	10:45 - 11:00
	     How did UNIX Get Here? A Sketchy History of The Politics of
	     Unix development.
		  Andrew Tannenbaum - MASSCOMP
	11:00 - 11:15
	     A Proposed Syntax Standard for Unix System Commands
		  Kathleen Hemenway & Helen Armitage - Bell Laboratories
	11:15 - 11:30
	     Decision Avoidance; Unix from DEC, Finally
		  Armando Stettner - Digital Equipment Corporation
	11:30 - noon+
	     Panel Discussion

    Noon - 1:30    LUNCH

    1:30 - 3:00  Applications
		 Chair: Reidar Bornholdt - Columbia University

	1:30 - 1:45
	     MLE (Multi-Lingual Editor)
		  Scott Bradner - Harvard University
	1:45 - 2:05
	     MPS: A Unix-Based Microcomputer Message Switching System
		  T. Scott Pyne & Joseph S. D. Yao - Hadron Inc.
	2:05 - 2:20
	     Taming The Beast (An RSX emulator for UNIX)
		  Daniel R. Strick - University of Pittsburgh
	2:20 - 2:40
	     A Unix Based Color Graphics Workstation
		  Rex McDowell - Metheus Corporation
	2:40 - 3:00
	     User-Level Window Managers for Unix
		  Robert J.K. Jacob - Naval Research Laboratory

    3:30 - 5:00  Implementations
		  Chair: Michael O'Dell - Group L

	3:30 - 3:50
	     The Unix Paging System
		  Keith Kelleman - Bell Laboratories
	3:45 - 4:05
	     Providing a Job Control Facility in Unix System V
		  W.P.Weber Jr. & L.S.Weisbrot - Bell Laboratories
	4:05 - 4:20
	     Loadable Virtual Disk Device Driver And Server
		  Thomas A. Alborough  - Creare R&D
	4:20 - 4:40
	     OSx: Towards a Single Unix System for Superminis
		  Ross A. Bott - Pyramid Technology Inc.
	4:45 - 5:00
	     New 1/2 Inch Tape Options and Trade-Offs for $BSD
	     On DEC VAX Processors
		  Robert J. Kridle - mt xinu, inc.



Friday - Jan 20

    8:30 - 10:00  Implementations
		  Chair: Joseph S.D. Yao - Hadron, Inc.

	8:30 - 8:50
	     A Layered Implementation of the UNIX Kernel
	     on the HP9000 Series 500 Computer
		  Jeff Lindberg - Hewlett-Packard
	8:50 - 9:05
	     Porting Xenix to the Unmapped 8086
		  John Bruno Hare & Dean Thomas -
			The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc.
	9:05 - 9:25
	     Writing Device Drivers for Xenix Systems
		  Jean McNamara, Paresh Vaish, Richard N. Bryant -
			Intel Corporation
	9:25 - 9:45
	      Transparent Implementation of Shared Libraries
		  Curtis Downing - Bunker Ramo Information Systems
		  Frank Farance - Systems Theory Design Corporation
	9:45 - 10:00
	      Unix File Systems Optimization on Microcomputer Systems
		  David Robboy - Intel Corporation

    10:30 - Noon - Communications - Unix Talks to Itself and Others
		   Chair: Mark Horton - Bell Laboratories

	10:30 - 10:45
	     A Unix to VAX/VMS Communications Link
		  Clifford N. Cary - Creare R&D
	10:45 - 11:00
	     Loving UUCP, or How I Spent My Summer Vacation
		  P. Honeyman, D.A. Nowitz, B.E. Redman - Bell Laboratories
	11:00 - 11:15
	     New Implementations of UUCP
		  D.A. Nowitz, P. Honeyman, B.E. Redman - Bell Laboratories
	11:15 - 11:30
	     Mapping the UUCP Network
		  Rob Kolstad -
		  Karen Summers-Horton - Bell Laboratories
	11:30 - Noon
	     UUCP-USENET Panel - UUCP/USENET issues

     1:30 - 3:00 Graphics Under Unix
		 Chair: Noel Kropf - Columbia University

	 1:30 -  2:00
	     UNIX as a Development Base for High Performance Graphics
	     Applications
		  Thomas Ferrin - University Of California at San Francisco
	 2:00 -  2:20
	     DAPS and GSDL: A Procedural Approach to Graphics
		  Christos Tountas -
			Graphics Information Systems Technology Inc.
	 2:20 -  2:40
	     The design of a Dedicated Graphics Subsystem for a Unix Machine
		  Jack Burness - MASSCOMP
	 2:40 -  3:00
	     Image Processing Work Station
		  Dale Hensley - TRW






    3:30 - 5:00 Real-Time Under Unix
		Chair:  Joseph Germann - Sky Computers

	 3:30 -  3:50
	     Life with Unix In Real-Time
		  Steven Polyak - Contel Information Systems
	 3:50 -  4:10
	     Real-Time Extensions to the Unix Operating System
		  Bryon Look & Gary Ho - Hewlett-Packard
	 4:10 -  4:30
	     Unix Optimization - UNIX/68000/SKYFFP
		  Joseph Germann - Sky Computers
	 4:30 -  4:45
	     Integrating a Peripheral Floating-Point Processor into Unix
		  Eryk Vershen - UniSoft Systems


	Best to all
		reidar