carolyn@usenix.ORG (Carolyn Carr) (04/10/91)
USENIX SUMMER 1991 TECHNICAL CONFERENCE & EXHIBITION
Nashville, Tennessee
MULTIMEDIA FOR NOW AND THE FUTURE
HOTEL REGISTRATION DEADLINE
Monday, May 6, 1991
PRE-REGISTRATION DEADLINE
Monday, May 20, 1991
The brochure containing full information on registration has just been
mailed and members should be receiving it shortly. Non-members
can receive a brochure by contacting:
USENIX Conference Office
22672 Lambert St., Suite 613
El Toro, CA 92630
Telephone # (714) 588-8649
FAX # (714) 588-9706
email address: judy@usenix.org
MAKE YOUR HOTEL RESERVATIONS EARLY! Opryland Hotel and most other
hotels in the area will be SOLD OUT due to the International Country
Music Fan Fair (with the must-see Grand Masters Fiddlers Convention).
We encourage you to reserve your hotel rooms early - BEFORE MAY 6 -
even before you register for the conference. Rooms will be difficult
to find after the May 6 deadline. You can cancel your room reservation
up to 3 days prior to your arrival in Nashville and still get a full
refund.
Special rates have been arranged for USENIX attendees at the hotels
listed below. Call the hotel of your choice DIRECTLY. BE SURE TO
MENTION that you are attending the USENIX Conference/Exhibition to take
advantage of the group discount. A one night's deposit is required
for each room reserved.
*Opryland Hotel (Headquarters)
2800 Opryland Drive, Nashville, TN 37214
615/889-1000
"Traditional Room" rates: Single: $114 Double: $129
"Golden Terrace" room rates: Single: $144 Double $159
*Shoney's Inn of Music Valley (Nearby with shuttle services available)
2420 Music Valley Drive, Nashville, TN 37214
615/885-4030
Room Rates: Single or Double Room: $84
*Sheraton Music City Hotel
777 McGavock Pike, Nashville, TN 37214
615/885-2200
Room Rates: Single or Double Room: $92
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TECHNICAL SESSIONS
WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, JUNE 12-14, 1991
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12
9:00 - 10:00 Introductory Remarks
Deborah K. Scherrer, mt Xinu Inc.
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Musical Dreams and Musical Reality
Paul Lansky, Princeton University
Most of the music we hear either has some computer mediation
(as in digital recording) or is created with the help of one
cpu or another (particularly in popular music). But what is
only now emerging are ways of reconstructing our fundamental
views of what music is all about. Paul Lansky elucidates new
musical concepts with detailed examples and with reference to
new hardware and software capabilities. One of the leading
composers employing computer music synthesis, Paul Lansky is
well known also as an author, critic, and theorist of the music
of the future.
10:30 - 12:30
A. FILE SYSTEMS
Session Chair: Eric Allman, University of California, Berkeley
Long-Term Caching Strategies for Very Large Distributed File
Systems [Refereed Paper]
Matt Blaze, Rafael Alonso, Princeton University
Management of Replicated Volume Location Data in the Ficus
Replicated File System [Refereed Paper]
Thomas W. Page, Jr., Richard G. Guy, John Heidemann, Wai
Mak, Gerald J. Popek, University of California, Los Angeles
Swift: A Storage Architecture for Large Objects [Refereed
Paper] Luis-Felipe Cabrera, IBM Almaden Research Center and
Darrell D. E. Long, University of California, Santa Cruz
An Open and Extensible Event-Based Transaction Manager [Refereed
Paper] Edward C. Cheng, Edward Chang, Johannes Klein, Dora Lee,
Edward Lu, Alberto Lutgardo, Ron Obermarck, Digital
Equipment Corporation
10:30 - 12:30
B. HYPERMEDIA
Session Chair: Sharon Murrel, AT&T Bell Laboratories
Overview of Hypertext [Invited Talk]
John J. Puttress, AT&T Bell Laboratories
Emerging Hypermedia Standards [Refereed Paper]
Brian D. Markey, Multimedia Engineering, Digital Equipment
Corporation
Multimedia Presentation System "Harmony" with Temporal
and Active Media [Referred Paper]
Kazutoshi Fujikawa, Shinji Shimojo, Toshio Matsuura, Shojiro
Nishio, Hideo Miyahara, Osaka University
2:00 - 3:30
A. MULTIMEDIA DEMOS
Session Chair: Jun Murai, Keio University
Spacio-Temporal Editing Using Multi-Layered Image
Synthesis (HDTV) [Multimedia Demo]
Seiki Inoue, NHK
DIDDLY: Digital's Integrated Distributed Database
LaboratorY [Multimedia Demo]
Ellen Lary, Database Systems Research, Digital Equipment
Corporation
2:00 - 3:30
B.
Can You Hear What I See: Cortical Simulation to Cortical
Symphony [Refereed Paper]
Matthew Witten, Center for High Performance Computing,
University of Texas
UNIX and MIDI for the Masses [Invited Talk]
Tim Thompson, AT&T Bell Laboratories
4:00 - 5:30
A. MULTIMEDIA PUBLISHING I
Session Chair: Mike Hawley, MIT Media Lab.
MediaView: A Multimedia Publishing System Developed with
an Object-Oriented Toolkit [Refereed Paper]
Richard L. Phillips, Los Alamos National Laboratory
A Structure for Transportable, Dynamic Multimedia
Documents [Refereed Paper]
Dick C. A. Bulterman, Guido van Rossum, Robert van Liere,
OCWI: Center for Mathematics and Computer Science
Parsing Movies in Context [Refereed Paper]
Natalio C. Pincever, Thomas G. Aguierre Smith, Interactive
Cinema Group, MIT Media Lab
4:00 - 5:30
B. MULTIMEDIA DATA RATES AND SYNCHRONIZATION
Session Chair: Charles Roberts, Hewlett-Packard
Distributed Multimedia: How Can the Necessary Data Rates be
Supported? [Refereed Paper]
Michael Pasieka, Information Technology Center,
Carnegie Mellon University
Multimedia/Realtime Extensions for the Mach Operating
System [Refereed Paper]
Jun Nakajima, Masatomo Yazaki, Hitoshi Matsumoto, Fujitsu
Laboratories LTD.
A Testbed for Managing Digital Video and Audio Storage
[Refereed Paper]
P. Venkat Rangan, Walter A. Burkhard, Robert W. Bowdidge,
Harrick M. Vin, John W. Lindwall, Kashun Chan, Ingvar A.
Aaberg, Linda M. Yamamoto, Ian G. Harris, University of
California, San Diego
THURSDAY, JUNE 13
9:00 - 10:30
A. MULTIMEDIA DEMO
Session Chair: Larry Stead, Bellcore
The IRCAM Musical Workstation [Multimedia Demo]
Eric Lindemann, IRCAM
9:00 - 10:30
B. STRINGS AND THINGS
Session Chair: Alan Nemeth, Digital Equipment Corporation
A String Search Algorithm Generator [Refereed Paper]
Andrew Hume, AT&T Bell Laboratories
Daniel Sunday, Johns Hopkins University/Applied Physics Lab
SFIO: Safe/Fast String/File IO [Refereed Paper]
Kiem-Phong Vo, David G. Korn, AT&T Bell Laboratories
8-1/2, the Plan 9 Window System [Refereed Paper]
Rob Pike, AT&T Bell Laboratories
11:00 - 12:30
A. USER INTERFACE
Session Chair: Frances Brazier, Vrije Universiteit
A Minimalist Global User Interface [Refereed Paper]
Rob Pike, AT&T Bell Laboratories
Integrating Gesture Recognition and Direct Manipulation
[Refereed Paper]
Dean Rubine, Information Technology Center, Carnegie Mellon
University
Activity Server: you can run but you can't hide
[Refereed Paper]
Sanjay Manandhar, MIT Media Lab
11:00 - 12:30
B.
From Blazon to PostScript [Invited Talk]
Daniel V. Klein, Software Engineering Inst., Carnegie Mellon
University
The KornShell Past, Present and Future [Invited Talk]
David G. Korn, AT&T Bell Laboratories
2:00 - 3:30
A. MULTIMEDIA DEMO
Software Technology at NeXT [Multimedia Demo]
Avadis Tevanian, Trey Matteson, David Jaffee, Bryan
Yamamoto, NeXT, Inc.
2:00 - 3:30
B.
Overview of Motif [Invited Talk]
Ellis Cohen, Open Software Foundation
4:00 - 5:30
A. MULTIMEDIA PUBLISHING II
Session Chair: Dan Geer, Digital Equipment Corporation
Mutable Editors for Multimedia [Refereed Paper]
Matthew Hodges, Digital Equipment Corporation
Russell Sasnett, GTE Laboratories
MAEstro -- A Distributed Multimedia Authoring Environment
[Refereed Paper]
George D. Drapeau, Stanford University
Mass Media and Personal Computing [Refereed Paper]
Walter Bender, Hakon Lie, Jonathan Orwant, Laura Teodosio,
Electronic Publishing Group, MIT Media Lab
4:00 - 5:30
B. PANEL
WINDOW PAINS: What are window systems and where are they going?
How should they support graphics, color and new kinds of input
devices? What should be built into the window system? How
has early standardization (of frame buffers, pixel representa-
tion) influenced our ability to design and extend window
systems? James Gosling, Jon Steinhart and Rob Pike will be
among the panelists at your service.
FRIDAY, JUNE 14
9:00 - 10:30
A. MULTIMEDIA DEMOS
Session Chair: Jeff Peck, Sun Microsystems
The MIT Media Laboratory [Multimedia Demo]
Glorianna Davenport, MIT Media Lab
Integrating Real-Time Video with Sun Workstations
[Multimedia Demo]
Jennifer Overholt, Multimedia Group, Sun Microsystems
9:00 - 10:30
B.
Scaling Up: Automating System Administration [Invited Talk]
Doug Kingston, Morgan Stanley & Co.
11:00 - 12:30
A. SYSTEM IMPLICATIONS OF COMPRESSION
Session Chair: Gretchen Phillips, State University of New York
at Buffalo
Experiences Integrating JPEG-Compressed Video and
Synchronized Audio in a UNIX Workstation Environment
[Refereed Paper]
Bernard I. Szabo, Gregory K. Wallace, Digital Equipment
Corporation
Shared Video under UNIX [Refereed Paper]
Paul G. Milazzo, BBN Systems and Technologies
Compressed Executables: An Exercise in Thinking Small
[Refereed Paper]
Mark Taunton, Acorn Computers Ltd.
11:00 - 12:30
B.
Networks: Friend or Foe? [Invited Talk]
Hal Stern, Sun Microsystems
2:00 - 3:30
A. AUDIO AND CONFERENCING
Session Chair: Tom Duff, AT&T Bell Laboratories
Experiences with Audio Conferencing Using the X Window
System, UNIX, and TCP/IP [Refereed Paper]
Robert Terek, Joseph Pasquale
University of California, San Diego
Integrating Audio and Telephony in a Distributed Workstation
Environment [Refereed Paper]
Susan Angebranndt, Richard Hyde, Daphne Loung, Nagendra
Siravara, Digital Equipment Corporation
Chris Schmandt, MIT Media Lab
A Brief Overview of the DCS Distributed Conferencing System
[Refereed Paper]
R. E. Newman-Wolfe, C. L. Ramirez, H. Pelimuhandiram,
D. L. Wilson, M. Webb, University of Florida
2:00 - 3:30
B.
C Programming Style [Invited Talk]
Rob Kolstad, Sun Microsystems
4:00 - 5:30
A. PANEL
Software -- Who Owns Your Work?
This lively debate will cover intellectual property issues such
as patent protection of software algorithms, novel copyright
claims such as look-and-feel, who should own information, who
should or shouldn't be denied access to it, and who should
build on it.
4:00 - 5:30
B.
Session Chair: Lisa Bloch, Sun User Group
Virtual Reality for a Golf Tournament [Multimedia Demo]
Keishi Kandori, Asahi Broadcasting Co.
Works-in-Progress
These reports provide researchers with 10 minutes to speak
on current work and receive valuable feedback. Present your
interim results, novel approaches, or newly-completed work.
Open to all. Schedule your session by contacting Sharon
Murrel or Andrew Hume during the conference.
***********************************************************************fuat@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Fuat C. Baran) (04/16/91)
In article <663@usenix.ORG> carolyn@usenix.ORG (Carolyn Carr) writes: > USENIX SUMMER 1991 TECHNICAL CONFERENCE & EXHIBITION > Nashville, Tennessee >HOTEL REGISTRATION DEADLINE >Monday, May 6, 1991 I just called Shoney's Inn (the one "across the street" from Opryland Hotel). They are all booked for that week. I don't know if the people planning USENIX were aware of the "International Country Music Fan Fair" being held at the same time, when they decided on Nashville as the location, though they do mention it in the registration packet (which I just received). Seems to me a better time/place could have been picked. Also, did hotels rates recently increase dramatically, or is it just the Nashville hotels that are so expensive? --Fuat Internet: fuat@columbia.edu U.S. MAIL: Columbia University BITNET: fuat@cunixc Center for Computing Activities UUCP: ...!rutgers!columbia!cunixf!fuat 712 Watson Labs, 612 W115th St. Phone: (212) 854-5128 Fax: (212) 662-6442 New York, NY 10025
kratz@bnr.ca (Geoff Kratz) (04/16/91)
In article <1991Apr15.232504.26382@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> fuat@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Fuat C. Baran) writes: >I just called Shoney's Inn (the one "across the street" from Opryland >Hotel). They are all booked for that week. A couple of us tried to get in to the Opryland as well, and its booked solid. We did get rooms in the Sheraton, though. (We called in the reservations Monday or Tuesday of last week). Better get those room reservations in now! Perhaps someone could post a list of other hotels in the area for those folks who aren't able to get anything in the three listed in the registration package. -- Geoff Kratz Bell-Northern Research, Ltd. kratz@bnr.ca (OSI) Open Systems Ottawa Ontario Canada
hubcap@hubcap.clemson.edu (System Janitor) (04/16/91)
I just called the Opryland, and they told me there was no problem, lots of rooms left... -Mike
de5@ornl.gov (Dave Sill) (04/16/91)
In article <1991Apr16.120732.13805@bwdls61.bnr.ca>, kratz@bnr.ca (Geoff Kratz) writes: > >A couple of us tried to get in to the Opryland as well, and its booked >solid. In article <1991Apr16.133952.20569@hubcap.clemson.edu>, hubcap@hubcap.clemson.edu (System Janitor) writes: > >I just called the Opryland, and they told me there was no problem, lots >of rooms left... Doesn't Usenix get a block of rooms reserved? Maybe Geoff & friends forgot to mention they were going to be there for the conference. Can anyone at usenix.com give a definitive answer? -- Dave Sill (de5@ornl.gov) It will be a great day when our schools have Martin Marietta Energy Systems all the money they need and the Air Force Workstation Support has to hold a bake sale to buy a new bomber.
sgf@cfm.brown.edu (Sam Fulcomer) (04/16/91)
In article <1991Apr16.120732.13805@bwdls61.bnr.ca> kratz@bnr.ca (Geoff Kratz) writes: > >A couple of us tried to get in to the Opryland as well, and its booked >solid. We did get rooms in the Sheraton, though. (We called in the After seeing that I thought I ought to try to get a room, and had no problem at the Opryland (with choice of "traditional" or "terrace" for all week). -s
kratz@bnr.ca (Geoff Kratz) (04/17/91)
In article <1991Apr16.154836.13590@cs.utk.edu> Dave Sill <de5@ornl.gov> writes: >Doesn't Usenix get a block of rooms reserved? Maybe Geoff & friends >forgot to mention they were going to be there for the conference. >Can anyone at usenix.com give a definitive answer? I'm glad I followed up! We're going to try again, and this time call directly (our travel agent probably messed up/didn't know/something). -- Geoff Kratz Bell-Northern Research, Ltd. kratz@bnr.ca (OSI) Open Systems Ottawa Ontario Canada
kratz@bnr.ca (Geoff Kratz) (04/17/91)
In article <1991Apr16.190826.21433@bwdls61.bnr.ca> kratz@bnr.ca (Geoff Kratz) writes: >In article <1991Apr16.154836.13590@cs.utk.edu> Dave Sill <de5@ornl.gov> writes: >>Doesn't Usenix get a block of rooms reserved? Maybe Geoff & friends >>forgot to mention they were going to be there for the conference. >>Can anyone at usenix.com give a definitive answer? > >I'm glad I followed up! We're going to try again, and this time call >directly (our travel agent probably messed up/didn't know/something). Alright, we got in! Dave was right: you really should mention that you are attending the conference. Our travel agent was told to do this, but forgot/didn't: thus, they got the "no rooms" reponse. Tell 'em why your reserving, and there should be no problems (unless of course they really are full :-). -- Geoff Kratz Bell-Northern Research, Ltd. kratz@bnr.ca (OSI) Open Systems Ottawa Ontario Canada
dricejb@drilex.UUCP (Craig Jackson drilex1) (04/17/91)
In article <1991Apr15.232504.26382@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> fuat@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Fuat C. Baran) writes: > >>HOTEL REGISTRATION DEADLINE >>Monday, May 6, 1991 > >I just called Shoney's Inn (the one "across the street" from Opryland >Hotel). They are all booked for that week. > >I don't know if the people planning USENIX were aware of the >"International Country Music Fan Fair" being held at the same time, >when they decided on Nashville as the location, though they do mention >it in the registration packet (which I just received). Seems to me a >better time/place could have been picked. Also, did hotels rates >recently increase dramatically, or is it just the Nashville hotels >that are so expensive? I was in Nashville for a conference at the Opryland last October, and found that there are about a dozen cheap motels outside the gate of the Opryland hotel. The Shoney's is just one of them. I paid $36/night at a place that used to be a Best Western. It wasn't great, but it beat $100+ at the Opryland. It was about 1/2 mile walk. I believe that it was on Music Center Drive. I don't remember all the names, but their was a Ramada, and something with International in the name. Note that it's about 1/4 mile walk from the Opryland Hotel to the street. They've got thoroughbreds grazing alongside the entrance road. BTW, the food is cheap outside the Opryland, too. The Shoney's has a great breakfast buffet. Deep-fried French toast--absolutely sinful. Plus a lot of other decent Southern cooking. Note: I was there out season, when Opryland was only open on weekends. Undoubtedly things will be pricier in June; in addition, expect lots of kids. Opryland itself is a decent amusement park, with lots of water rides. The entrance reminded me a bit of Tivoli in Copenhagen. Of course, all true fans should be there for the Opry on Saturday night. Shows are at 6:30 and 9:00; you had better call now to get tickets. -- Craig Jackson dricejb@drilex.dri.mgh.com {bbn,axiom,redsox,atexnet,ka3ovk}!drilex!{dricej,dricejb}
bfreeman@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (Elisabeth Freeman) (04/18/91)
>In article <1991Apr15.232504.26382@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> fuat@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Fuat C. Baran) writes: >> >>>HOTEL REGISTRATION DEADLINE >>>Monday, May 6, 1991 >> >>I just called Shoney's Inn (the one "across the street" from Opryland >>Hotel). They are all booked for that week. I called Shoney's yesterday and was told they were all booked. I talked only to the lady who answered the phone and did mention USENIX. I called back today and asked to speak to reservations, spelled out U-S-E-N-I-X (guess they couldn't understand my northern accent), and there *are* rooms left for us. So try again, if they say no ask for reservations and speak clearly. :-) Beth -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Elisabeth M. Freeman bfreeman@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu
carolyn@usenix.ORG (Carolyn Carr) (06/06/91)
USENIX SUMMER 1991 TECHNICAL CONFERENCE & EXHIBITION
Nashville, Tennessee
MULTIMEDIA FOR NOW AND THE FUTURE
*** ON SITE REGISTRATION IS ENCOURAGED ***
For Registration and Hotel Information contact:
USENIX Conference Office
22672 Lambert St., Suite 613
El Toro, CA 92630
Telephone # (714) 588-8649
FAX # (714) 588-9706
email address: judy@usenix.org
Special rates have been arranged for USENIX attendees at the hotels
listed below. Call the hotel of your choice DIRECTLY. BE SURE TO
MENTION that you are attending the USENIX Conference/Exhibition to take
advantage of the group discount. A one night's deposit is required
for each room reserved.
*Opryland Hotel (Headquarters)
2800 Opryland Drive, Nashville, TN 37214
615/889-1000
"Traditional Room" rates: Single: $114 Double: $129
"Golden Terrace" room rates: Single: $144 Double $159
*Sheraton Music City Hotel
777 McGavock Pike, Nashville, TN 37214
615/885-2200
Room Rates: Single or Double Room: $92
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TUTORIAL PROGRAM
Monday and Tuesday, June 10 & 11
M1
Programming in Perl
Instructor: Tom Christiansen, CONVEX Computer Corporation
INTENDED AUDIENCE: This tutorial is designed for programmers who
do substantial amounts of shell programming. It is especially suited
for system administrators in a heterogeneous environment. Some
experience in sh, sed, awk, or the C language is assumed.
M2
An Introduction to the TCP/IP Protocol Suite
Instructor: Richard Stevens, Consultant
INTENDED AUDIENCE: This tutorial is for UNIX users and
programmers interested in learning about the TCP/IP protocol suite.
No networking knowledge is assumed.
M3
An Introduction to C++
Instructor: Robert Murray, AT&T Bell Laboratories
INTENDED AUDIENCE: The audience is assumed to be technical (as
opposed to managerial). A fairly complete knowledge of C is
assumed. Knowledge of object-oriented programming or data
abstraction is not required.
M4
UNIX System V Release 4.0 Internals Part I: Virtual Memory and
File Systems
Instructors: Steve Buroff, AT&T and Mike Scheer, ProLogic
Corporation.
INTENDED AUDIENCE: This tutorial is intended for people who
maintain, modify, or port the UNIX system or who are interested in
learning about its internals. Attendees should have a good working
knowledge of UNIX applications programming and the C language;
those with knowledge of UNIX internals will particularly benefit from
the focus on new and changed features of Release 4.
M5
Programming the X Window System, Version 11
Instructor: Oliver Jones, Saber Software, Inc.
INTENDED AUDIENCE: This tutorial is for software developers and
other people interested in UNIX-based graphical user interfaces who
are beginning the process of learning to program using the X Window
System. A working knowledge of UNIX and the C programming
language are the only prerequisites.
M6 NEW!
An Introduction to UNIX System Security
Instructor: Matt Bishop, Dartmouth College
INTENDED AUDIENCE: This new tutorial is intended for UNIX users
and system administrators who are concerned about system security;
no knowledge of UNIX security features is assumed.
M7 NEW!
UNIX Programming Tools
Instructor: Kenneth Ingham, Consultant
INTENDED AUDIENCE: This new tutorial is aimed at programmers
familiar with basic Unix topics, and preferably those who are familiar
with the C programming language.
M8 NEW!
OSF/1 Internals
Instructor: Thomas W. Doeppner Jr., Brown University
INTENDED AUDIENCE: This new tutorial benefits the individual who
is involved with porting or supporting the OSF/1 operating system,
as well as those who are simply interested in what the OSF/1 kernel
is all about. It assumes a general knowledge of how UNIX systems
are organized and some previous exposure to UNIX internals (such as
an earlier USENIX tutorial on UNIX internals).
M9
Mach Overview
Instructor: Avadis Tevanian, Jr., NeXT, Inc.
INTENDED AUDIENCE: This tutorial is of interest to a wide range of
people, from those working closely with Mach to those who would
just like to find out more about Mach and its internals. People
interested in doing a port of Mach will find the tutorial especially
useful.
T1 - FILLED
Advanced Topics in Systems Administration
Instructors: Evi Nemeth, University of Colorado and Rob Kolstad,
Sun Microsystems
INTENDED AUDIENCE: System administrators in networked
computing environments. The ever-popular Nemeth and Kolstad
Systems Administration tutorials almost always sell out. Preregister
early.
T2
UNIX Network Programming
Instructor: Richard Stevens, Consultant
INTENDED AUDIENCE: UNIX/C programmers interested in learning
how to write programs that communicate across a network. A basic
familiarity with networking concepts and the TCP/IP protocols is
assumed.
T3
C++ Programming Style
Instructor: Tom Cargill, Consultant
INTENDED AUDIENCE: Programmers who are starting to program in
C++ or have a reading knowledge and are looking for guidance on
how to use C++ features in practice. Knowledge of C++ language basics
is assumed. Advanced language features are clarified as needed.
The material is code intensive, for programmers who like to read and
understand programs.
T4
UNIX System V Release 4.0 Internals 2 Part II: Streams I/O and
Process Management
Instructors: Mike Scheer, ProLogic and Steve Buroff, AT&T
INTENDED AUDIENCE: Attendees should have attended "UNIX System
V Release 4.0 Internals Part I: Virtual Memory and File Systems,"
or have equivalent knowledge. This is a newly revised tutorial and a
source license is not required.
T5
Introduction to Programming With the X Toolkit Intrinsics
Instructor: Paul Kimball, Digital Equipment Corporation
INTENDED AUDIENCE: Programmers who are new to X Toolkits, or
interested end-users who want a better understanding of the
technology. Attendees should have a good working knowledge of the
X Window System Architecture, including the Xlib programming
interface, or should attend the X Window System Tutorial. For the
more advanced material, a good understanding of C language syntax
and structures is required.
T6
Network Security: The Kerberos Approach
Instructors: Dan Geer, DEC and Jon A. Rochlis, MIT
INTENDED AUDIENCE: Systems developers responsible for networked
workstation environments, particularly those whose environments
may include networks which are not themselves physically secure
(i.e., "open" networks). Systems managers concerned about the
inherent lack of security for managing today's network-based
environments (e.g., UNIX's .rhosts files).
T7 NEW!
Introduction to Hypertext Systems and Hypermedia Applications
Instructor: Paul Kahn, Brown University
INTENDED AUDIENCE: This new tutorial assumes no previous
experience with hypertext or hypermedia software. It is for
managers, end-users, and software engineers interested in
understanding hypermedia concepts and applying hypermedia
software solutions in their work.
T8
The Network Computing System (OSF/DCE Remote Procedure Call)
Instructors: Nathaniel Mishkin and Paul J. Leach, Hewlett-Packard;
Richard Mackey, Open Software Foundation
INTENDED AUDIENCE: No prior knowledge about distributed
computing will be assumed. A knowledge of general networking
issues will be helpful. The tutorial should give attendees a good
overall sense of what NCA/NCS is and how one writes applications
using NCS.
T9
New Kernel Facilities in 4.3BSD-Reno
Instructors: Marshall Kirk McKusick and Michael J. Karels,
University of California, Berkeley
INTENDED AUDIENCE: This tutorial is directed to systems
programmers that have taken a tutorial on 4.3 internals or who have
had at least a year of experience working on the 4.3 kernel. No
source license is required for this tutorial.
***********************************************************************
For information on registration and hotel, please contact:
USENIX Conference Office
22672 Lambert St., Suite 613
El Toro, CA 92630
Telephone # (714) 588-8649
FAX # (714) 588-9706
email address: judy@usenix.org
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USENIX SUMMER 1991
TECHNICAL CONFERENCE & EXHIBITION
**TECHNICAL SESSIONS**
June 12 - 14
Nashville, Tennessee
*** ON SITE REGISTRATION IS ENCOURAGED ***
Note that, due to difficulties in scheduling the audio/visual equipment,
there have been some adjustments to the original schedule. We have
tried to keep changes to a minimum, and do apologize for any
difficulties this may cause.
Also note that the program includes refereed papers, "invited
presentations" (i.e. interactive worksessions, minitutorials, etc.),
and multimedia demos.
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12
Wed 9 - 10 PLENARY SESSION
Introductory Remarks
Deborah K. Scherrer, mt Xinu
KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Musical Dreams and Musical Reality
Paul Lansky, Princeton University
Wed 10:30 - 12:30 A. FILE SYSTEMS
Long-Term Caching Strategies for Very Large Distributed File
Systems
Matt Blaze, Rafael Alonso, Princeton University
Management of Replicated Volume Location Data in the Ficus
Replicated File System
Thomas W. Page, Jr., Richard G. Guy, John S. Heidemann,
Gerald J. Popek, Wai Mak, Dieter Rothmeier
University of California, Los Angeles
Exploiting Multiple I/O Streams to Provide High Data-Rates
Luis-Felipe Cabrera, IBM Almaden Research Center and
Darrell D. E. Long, University of California, Santa Cruz
An Open and Extensible Event-Based Transaction Manager
Edward C. Cheng, Edward Chang, Johannes Klein, Dora Lee,
Edward Lu, Alberto Lutgardo, Ron Obermarck
Digital Equipment Corporation
Wed 10:30 - 12:30 B. HYPERMEDIA
Overview of Hypertext ["invited talk"]
John J. Puttress, AT&T Bell Laboratories
Emerging Hypermedia Standards -
Hypermedia Marketplace Prepares for HyTime and MHEG
Brian D. Markey, Multimedia Engineering, Digital Equipment
Corporation
Multimedia Presentation System "Harmony" with Temporal
and Active Media
Kazutoshi Fujikawa, Shinji Shimojo, Toshio Matsuura, Shojiro
Nishio, Hideo Miyahara, Osaka University
Wed 2:00 - 3:30 A. MULTIMEDIA DEMOS
Spacio-Temporal Editing Using Multi-Layered Image
Synthesis (HDTV)
Seiki Inoue, Masahiro Shibata, NHK
DIDDLY: Digital's Integrated Distributed Database
LaboratorY
David B. Wecker, Database Systems Research, Digital Equipment
Corporation
Wed 2:00 - 3:30 B. MULTIMEDIA DATA RATES AND SYNCHRONIZATION
Distributed Multimedia: How Can the Necessary Data Rates be
Supported?
Michael Pasieka, Paul Crumley, Ann Marks, Ann Infortuna
Information Technology Center, Carnegie Mellon University
Multimedia/Realtime Extensions for the Mach Operating
System
Jun Nakajima, Masatomo Yazaki, Hitoshi Matsumoto
Human Interface Laboratory, Fujitsu Laboratories, LTD.
A Testbed for Managing Digital Video and Audio Storage
P. Venkat Rangan, Walter A. Burkhard, Robert W. Bowdidge,
Harrick M. Vin, John W. Lindwall, Kashun Chan, Ingvar A.
Aaberg, Linda M. Yamamoto, Ian G. Harris
University of California, San Diego
Wed 4:00 - 5:30
Neural Orchestration: From Cortical Simulation to Cortical
Symphony
Matthew Witten, Robert E. Wyatt, University of Texas at Austin
UNIX and MIDI for the Masses ["invited talk"]
Tim Thompson, AT&T Bell Laboratories
Wed 4:00 - 5:30 A. MULTIMEDIA PUBLISHING I
MAEstro -- A Distributed Multimedia Authoring Environment
George D. Drapeau, Stanford University
Howard Greenfield, Sun Microsystems
A Structure for Transportable, Dynamic Multimedia Documents
Dick C. A. Bulterman, Guido van Rossum, Robert van Liere,
CWI: Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica
Parsing Movies in Context
Thomas G. Aguierre Smith, Natalio C. Pincever
Interactive Cinema Group, The Media Lab, MIT
THURSDAY, JUNE 13
Thurs 9:00 - 10:30 A. MULTIMEDIA DEMO
The Architecture of the IRCAM Musical Workstation
Eric Lindemann, Miller Puckette, Eric Viara, Maurizio De Cecco,
Francois Dechelle, Bennett Smith
Institut de Recherche et Coordination of Acoustique/Musique
(IRCAM)
Thurs 9:00 - 10:30 B. STRINGS AND THINGS
Fast String Searching
Andrew Hume, AT&T Bell Laboratories
Daniel Sunday, Johns Hopkins University
SFIO: Safe/Fast String/File IO
David G. Korn, K.-Phong Vo
AT&T Bell Laboratories
Activity Server: You can run but you can't hide
Sanjay Manandhar, MIT Media Lab
Thurs 11:00 - 12:30 A. USER INTERFACE
8-1/2, the Plan 9 Window System
Rob Pike, AT&T Bell Laboratories
Integrating Gesture Recognition and Direct Manipulation
Dean Rubine, Information Technology Center, Carnegie Mellon
University
A Minimalist Global User Interface
Rob Pike, AT&T Bell Laboratories
Thurs 11:00 - 12:30 B. ["invited talks"]
From Blazon to PostScript
Daniel V. Klein, Software Engineering Inst., Carnegie Mellon
University
The KornShell Past, Present and Future
David G. Korn, AT&T Bell Laboratories
Thurs 2:00 - 3:30 A. MULTIMEDIA DEMO
Software Technology at NeXT
Avadis Tevanian, Trey Matteson, David Jaffe, Bryan
Yamamoto, NeXT, Inc.
Thurs 2:00 - 3:30 B. ["invited talk"]
Overview of Motif
Ellis Cohen, Open Software Foundation
Thurs 4:00 - 5:30 A. MULTIMEDIA PUBLISHING II
Plastic Editors for Multimedia Documents
Matthew E. Hodges, Digital Equipment Corporation
Russell M. Sasnett, GTE Laboratories Inc.
MediaView: An Editable Multimedia Publishing System
Developed with an Object-Oriented Toolkit
Richard L. Phillips, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Newspace: Mass Media and Personal Computing
Walter Bender, Hakon Lie, Jonathan Orwant,
Laura Teodosio, Nathan Abramson
Electronic Publishing Group, MIT Media Lab
Thurs 4:00 - 5:30 B. ["invited panel"]
WINDOW PAINS
Moderator: Jon Steinhart, Consultant
Panelists: James Goslind, Sun Microsystems
Kee Hinckley, Alfalfa Software
Mark Linton, Stanford University
Rob Pike, AT&T Bell Laboratories
FRIDAY, JUNE 14
Fri 9:00 - 10:30 A. MULTIMEDIA DEMOS
The MIT Media Laboratory
Glorianna Davenport, MIT Media Lab
Integrating Real-Time Video with Sun Workstations
Jennifer Overholt, Dave Berry, Sun Microsystems
Fri 9:00 - 10:30 B. ["invited talk"]
Scaling Up: Automating System Administration
Doug Kingston, Morgan Stanley & Co.
Fri 11:00 - 12:30 A. SYSTEM IMPLICATIONS OF COMPRESSION
Design Considerations for JPEG Video and
Synchronized Audio in a UNIX Workstation Environment
Bernard I. Szabo, Gregory K. Wallace, Digital Equipment
Corporation
Shared Video under UNIX
Paul G. Milazzo, BBN Systems and Technologies
Compressed Executables: An Exercise in Thinking Small
Mark Taunton, Acorn Computers Ltd.
Fri 11:00 - 12:30 B. ["invited talk"]
Networks: Friend or Foe?
Hal Stern, Sun Microsystems
Fri 2:00 - 3:30 A. AUDIO AND CONFERENCING
Experiences with Audio Conferencing Using the X Window
System, UNIX, and TCP/IP
Robert Terek, Joseph Pasquale
University of California, San Diego
Integrating Audio and Telephony in a Distributed Workstation
Environment
Susan Angebranndt, Richard L. Hyde, Daphne Huetu Loung
Nagendra Siravara, Digital Equipment Corporation
Chris Schmandt, MIT Media Lab
A Brief Overview of the DCS Distributed Conferencing System
R. E. Newman-Wolfe, C. L. Ramirez, H. Pelimuhandiram,
M. Montes, M. Webb, D. L. Wilson, University of Florida
Fri 2:00 - 3:30 B. ["invited talk"]
C Programming Style
Rob Kolstad, Sun Microsystems
Fri 4:00 - 5:30 A. PANEL (refereed)
Software and Intellectual Property -- Who Owns Your Work?
Organizer: Dan Geer, Digital Equipment Corp.
Moderator: Rob Kolstad, Sun Microsystems
Panelists: Dan Appelman, Attorney, Heller, Ehrman, White &
McAuliffe
Barry Shein, an independent software developer
Glen Self, Vice President of Research & Development,
EDS
Jack Biddle, President, Computers & Communications
Industry Assoc
Fri 4:00 - 5:30 B. MULTIMEDIA DEMO and WIPs
A Workstation-based Multi-media Environment for Broadcast
Television
Keishi Kandori, Asahi Broadcasting Corporation
Works-in-Progress
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