andrea@usenix.ORG (Andrea Galleni) (02/28/91)
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PROGRAM
Symposium on Experiences with Distributed
and Multiprocessor Systems
(SEDMS) II
March 21-22, 1991
Atlanta, Georgia
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20
Registration and Reception 7:00-9:00pm
THURSDAY, MARCH 21
Opening Remarks 8:30
George Leach, General Chair (AT&T Paradyne, Largo, FL)
Eugene Spafford, Program Chair (Software Engineering Research
Center/Department of Computer Sciences, Purdue University)
Keynote Presentation 8:45
How to Move Parallel Processing into the Mainstream?
Professor H. T. Kung (School of Computer Science, Carnegie-Mellon
University)
Break 9:45
Session I System-Building & Experience 10:15
Experience Developing the RP3 Operating System
Ray Bryant, Hung-Yang Chang and Bryan Rosenburg (IBM Research
Division, Thomas J. Watson Research Center)
Experiences with Distributed Data Management in Real-time
C3 Systems
Paul J. Fortier (Naval Underwater Systems Center),
David V. Pitts, John C. Sieg, Jr. and C. Thomas Wilkes
(Department of Computer Science, University of Lowell)
The ION Data Engine
Marc F. Pucci (Bellcore)
Building a Semi-Loosely Coupled Multiprocessor System Based
on Network Process Extension
Helen S. Raizen (Prime Computer Inc.) and Stephen C. Schwarm
(Digital Equipment Corporation)
Lunch 12:15 pm
Session II RPC and Communications 1:30
Implementation and Performance of a Communication
Facility for the RAID Distributed Transaction Processing
System
Enrique Mafla and Bharat Bhargava (Department of Computer
Sciences, Purdue University)
Experience with Threads and RPC in Mach
Dan Duchamp (Computer Science Department, Columbia University)
Kernel-Kernel Communication in a Shared-Memory
Multiprocessor
Eliseu M. Chaves, Jr. (Universidade Federal do
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), Thomas J. LeBlanc, Brian D. Marsh
and Michael L. Scott (Computer Science Department, University
of Rochester)
Break 3:00
Session III Scheduling & Synchronization 3:45
Process Scheduling and Synchronization in the Renaissance
Object-Oriented Multiprocessor Operating System
Vincent F. Russo (Department of Computer Sciences, Purdue
University)
A Hybrid Approach to Load Balancing in Distributed
Systems
Prabha Gopinath (Philips Laboratories), and Rajiv Gupta
(Department of Computer Science, University of Pittsburgh)
FALCON: A Distributed Scheduler for MIMD Architectures
Andrew S. Grimshaw (Department of Computer Science, University
of Virginia) and Virgilio E. Vivas (Department of Informatics,
LAGOVEN, S.A., Venezuela)
Short break 5:15
Work-in-Progress Session 5:30
Moderator: Mike O'Dell (Bellcore)
Reception & light buffet 6:30-8:30
Optional discussion/panel session 8:30
Orthogonal Optimization Languages in Distributed Systems
Organized by A. Lester Buck (IBM Federal Sector Division)
plus other discussion and debates
FRIDAY, MARCH 22
Planning for SEDMS III 8:30am
Leach/Spafford
Session IV Debugging and Analysis 8:45
Performance Evaluation of the Sylvan Multiprocessor
Architecture
Forbes J. Burkowski, Charles L. A. Clarke, Gordon J. Vreugdenhil
(Department of Computer Science, University of Waterloo) and
Crispin Cowan (Computer Sciences Department, University of
Western Ontario)
Debugging Multiprocessor Operating System Kernels
Noemi Paciorek, Susan LoVerso and Alan Langerman
(Encore Computer Corporation)
Debugging the Time Warp Operating System and Its Application
Programs
Peter L. Reiher (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Steven Bellenot
(The Florida State University), and David Jefferson (UCLA)
Break 10:15
Session V Performance Tuning 11:00
Lock Granularity Tuning Mechanisms in SVR4/MP
Mark D. Campbell, Russ Holt and John Slice
(NCR Corporation, E&M Columbia)
Measured Performance of Caching in the Sprite Network File
System
Brent Welch (Xerox-PARC CSL)
Lunch 12:00pm
Session VI Distributing Memory and Data 1:30
Using Kernel-Level Support for Distributed Shared Data
David L. Cohn, Paul M. Greenawalt, Michael R. Casey and
Matthew P. Stevenson (Department of Computer Science and
Engineering, University of Notre Dame)
Virtual Memory Xinu
Douglas Comer and James Griffioen (Department of Computer
Sciences, Purdue University)
Early Experience with Building and Using the Gothic
Distributed Operating System
Isabelle Puaut, Michel Banatre and Jean-Paul Routeau
(IRISA--INRIA, France)
Break 3:00
Session VII Distributed Systems 3:30
Supporting an Object-Oriented Distributed System: Experience
with UNIX, Mach and Chorus
F. Boyer, J. Cayuela, P. Y. Chevalier, A. Freyssinet,
and Daniel Hagimont (Unite Mixte Bull-IMAG Systemes, Gieres,
France)
Can We Study Design Issues of Distributed Operating Systems
in a Generalized Way?
G. W. Gerrity, A. Goscinski, J. Indulska, W. Toomey and W. Zhu
(Department of Computer Science, University College,
University of New South Wales)
Language and Operating System Support for Distributed
Programming in Clouds
Partha Dasgupta (Department of Computer Science and
Engineering, Arizona State University), R. Ananthanarayanan,
Sathis Menon, Ajay Mohindra, Mark Pearson, Raymond Chen and
Christopher Wilkenloh (Distributed Systems Laboratory,
College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology)
Adjourn 5:00
Alternate Paper
Not scheduled for presentation:
Experiences with the Liason Network Multimedia Workstation
Howard P. Katseff, Robert D. Gaglianello, Thomas B. London,
Bethany S. Robinson and Donald B. Swicker (AT&T Bell
Laboratories)
_____________________________________________________________________
To receive a brochure or information on registration and hotel
accomodations, 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.orgcarolyn@usenix.ORG (Carolyn Carr) (03/12/91)
PROGRAM
Symposium on Experiences with Distributed
and Multiprocessor Systems
(SEDMS) II
March 21-22, 1991
Atlanta, Georgia
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20
Registration and Reception 7:00-9:00pm
THURSDAY, MARCH 21
Opening Remarks 8:30
George Leach, General Chair (AT&T Paradyne, Largo, FL)
Eugene Spafford, Program Chair (Software Engineering Research
Center/Department of Computer Sciences, Purdue University)
Keynote Presentation 8:45
How to Move Parallel Processing into the Mainstream?
Professor H. T. Kung (School of Computer Science, Carnegie-Mellon
University)
Break 9:45
Session I System-Building & Experience 10:15
Experience Developing the RP3 Operating System
Ray Bryant, Hung-Yang Chang and Bryan Rosenburg (IBM Research
Division, Thomas J. Watson Research Center)
Experiences with Distributed Data Management in Real-time
C3 Systems
Paul J. Fortier (Naval Underwater Systems Center),
David V. Pitts, John C. Sieg, Jr. and C. Thomas Wilkes
(Department of Computer Science, University of Lowell)
The ION Data Engine
Marc F. Pucci (Bellcore)
Building a Semi-Loosely Coupled Multiprocessor System Based
on Network Process Extension
Helen S. Raizen (Prime Computer Inc.) and Stephen C. Schwarm
(Digital Equipment Corporation)
Lunch 12:15 pm
Session II RPC and Communications 1:30
Implementation and Performance of a Communication
Facility for the RAID Distributed Transaction Processing
System
Enrique Mafla and Bharat Bhargava (Department of Computer
Sciences, Purdue University)
Experience with Threads and RPC in Mach
Dan Duchamp (Computer Science Department, Columbia University)
Kernel-Kernel Communication in a Shared-Memory
Multiprocessor
Eliseu M. Chaves, Jr. (Universidade Federal do
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), Thomas J. LeBlanc, Brian D. Marsh
and Michael L. Scott (Computer Science Department, University
of Rochester)
Break 3:00
Session III Scheduling & Synchronization 3:45
Process Scheduling and Synchronization in the Renaissance
Object-Oriented Multiprocessor Operating System
Vincent F. Russo (Department of Computer Sciences, Purdue
University)
A Hybrid Approach to Load Balancing in Distributed
Systems
Prabha Gopinath (Philips Laboratories), and Rajiv Gupta
(Department of Computer Science, University of Pittsburgh)
FALCON: A Distributed Scheduler for MIMD Architectures
Andrew S. Grimshaw (Department of Computer Science, University
of Virginia) and Virgilio E. Vivas (Department of Informatics,
LAGOVEN, S.A., Venezuela)
Short break 5:15
Work-in-Progress Session 5:30
Moderator: Mike O'Dell (Bellcore)
Reception & light buffet 6:30-8:30
Optional discussion/panel session 8:30
Orthogonal Optimization Languages in Distributed Systems
Organized by A. Lester Buck (IBM Federal Sector Division)
plus other discussion and debates
FRIDAY, MARCH 22
Planning for SEDMS III 8:30am
Leach/Spafford
Session IV Debugging and Analysis 8:45
Performance Evaluation of the Sylvan Multiprocessor
Architecture
Forbes J. Burkowski, Charles L. A. Clarke, Gordon J. Vreugdenhil
(Department of Computer Science, University of Waterloo) and
Crispin Cowan (Computer Sciences Department, University of
Western Ontario)
Debugging Multiprocessor Operating System Kernels
Noemi Paciorek, Susan LoVerso and Alan Langerman
(Encore Computer Corporation)
Debugging the Time Warp Operating System and Its Application
Programs
Peter L. Reiher (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Steven Bellenot
(The Florida State University), and David Jefferson (UCLA)
Break 10:15
Session V Performance Tuning 11:00
Lock Granularity Tuning Mechanisms in SVR4/MP
Mark D. Campbell, Russ Holt and John Slice
(NCR Corporation, E&M Columbia)
Measured Performance of Caching in the Sprite Network File
System
Brent Welch (Xerox-PARC CSL)
Lunch 12:00pm
Session VI Distributing Memory and Data 1:30
Using Kernel-Level Support for Distributed Shared Data
David L. Cohn, Paul M. Greenawalt, Michael R. Casey and
Matthew P. Stevenson (Department of Computer Science and
Engineering, University of Notre Dame)
Virtual Memory Xinu
Douglas Comer and James Griffioen (Department of Computer
Sciences, Purdue University)
Early Experience with Building and Using the Gothic
Distributed Operating System
Isabelle Puaut, Michel Banatre and Jean-Paul Routeau
(IRISA--INRIA, France)
Break 3:00
Session VII Distributed Systems 3:30
Supporting an Object-Oriented Distributed System: Experience
with UNIX, Mach and Chorus
F. Boyer, J. Cayuela, P. Y. Chevalier, A. Freyssinet,
and Daniel Hagimont (Unite Mixte Bull-IMAG Systemes, Gieres,
France)
Can We Study Design Issues of Distributed Operating Systems
in a Generalized Way?
G. W. Gerrity, A. Goscinski, J. Indulska, W. Toomey and W. Zhu
(Department of Computer Science, University College,
University of New South Wales)
Language and Operating System Support for Distributed
Programming in Clouds
Partha Dasgupta (Department of Computer Science and
Engineering, Arizona State University), R. Ananthanarayanan,
Sathis Menon, Ajay Mohindra, Mark Pearson, Raymond Chen and
Christopher Wilkenloh (Distributed Systems Laboratory,
College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology)
Adjourn 5:00
Alternate Paper
Not scheduled for presentation:
Experiences with the Liason Network Multimedia Workstation
Howard P. Katseff, Robert D. Gaglianello, Thomas B. London,
Bethany S. Robinson and Donald B. Swicker (AT&T Bell
Laboratories)
_____________________________________________________________________
To receive a brochure or information on registration and hotel
accomodations, 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