ellie@usenix.ORG (Ellie Young) (07/25/90)
DEADLINE FOR POSITION PAPERS IS AUGUST 1st!
CALL FOR PARTICPATION:
Software Development Environments Workshop
Hotel Grand Kempinski, Dallas, Texas, USA, January 16-18, 1991
Co-sponsored by: USENIX Association (USA) and SIGMA Project (Japan)
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Many software development environments have been described, built, or
used which are intended to operate atop the UNIX system. The goal of
this workshop is to share information on what these systems look like
what problems were solved by using UNIX and what problems were caused by
it. We expect strong representation from the Japanese SIGMA workstation
project, which defines a national software engineering environment that
uses UNIX as its base, as well as American and European academic and
industrial organizations.
Participants will be selected by a program committee on the basis of
submitted position papers. Attendance will be limited to 75 to
encourage discussion. Meetings will include descriptions of important
systems and presentations on particular technical points involving
implementation and usage. Significant time will be set aside for
panels and informal discussions of such topics.
Position papers will be evaluated by a program committee including
researchers and practitioners from Europe, Japan, and the United States.
Please send a 1-4 page position paper by August 1, 1990 to one of the
co-chairs:
Noboru Akima Stuart Feldman
Sigma Project Bellcore
5th Akihabara Sanwa Bank Building 445 South Street
3-16-8 Soto-Kanda, Chiyoda-ku Morristown, NJ 07962-1910
Tokyo, Japan 101 USA
Electronic versions may be mailed to sdeconf@bellcore.com.
Relevant topics that might be addressed in the position paper include:
- description of a significant system (by a designer or builder)
- experience with using such a system
novel tools or facilities offered by such a system
evaluations of usage
- positive and negative experiences
- experience with building such a system
architectural considerations for a UNIX-based Software
Development Environment
advantages resulting from basing the system on UNIX
problems (and solutions) encountered in designing and
implementing such a system
(e.g., file and database systems, networking and
cooperation, scheduling and resource usage)
Workshop Format
The structure of the workshop will be decided after participants are
selected. A likely agenda is:
Wednesday: Descriptions of SIGMA project, descriptions of other large
systems, discussion of technical difficulties, group
reception, and Birds of a Feather sessions
Thursday: Panels on topics arising on Wednesday, subgroups, Birds of
a Feather sessions
Friday: Subgroup reports, panels, debate, wrapup