marc@vub.UUCP (Marc Nyssen) (11/07/88)
HOW COMES, THERE IS SO LITTLE INTEREST IN THE MINIX COMMUNITY TO PRESENT WORK AT THE TECHNICAL UNIX CONFERENCES ??? ??? ??? ANNOUNCEMENT and CALL FOR PAPERS -+-+-+-+- EUUG SPRING 1989 CONFERENCE and EXHIBITION Palais des Congres Brussels, April 3-7 1989 ======= UNIX: EUROPEAN CHALLENGES The BUUG will host the Spring '89 European UNIX systems User Group Technical Conference in Brussels (Belgium). The three day conference with commercial exhibition beginning on April 3rd and finishing on April 5th, will be followed by techni- cal tutorials. A pre-conference registration pack, containing detailed information will be issued in early December 1988. Call for papers The EUUG invites abstracts from those wishing to present their work. All submitted papers will be refereed to be judged with respect to quality, originality and relevance. Suggested subjet topics include: o Real time o Fault tolerance o Networking o New architectures o Security issues o Transaction processing o Graphics o Window systems and environments o Internationalisation o Supercomputing o Distributed processing o Standards and conformance tests Submissions from Students are particularly encouraged under the EUUG Student Encouragement Scheme, details of which are available from the EUUG Secretariat. September 21, 1988 - 2 - _I_m_p_o_r_t_a_n_t _D_a_t_e_s: Abstract deadline November 1st, 1988 Acceptance notification November 30th, 1989 Final paper received February 1st, 1989 _M_e_t_h_o_d _o_f _S_u_b_m_i_s_s_i_o_n Abstracts must be submitted by post to the EUUG Secretariat. All submissions will be acknowledged by return of post. Papers can also be submitted electronically to Prof. Nyssen, but this is not the "formal" method. _T_u_t_o_r_i_a_l _S_o_l_i_c_i_t_a_t_i_o_n Tutorials are an essential part of the EUUG's biannual events. They provide "in depth" coverage of UNIX related topics, by leading experts. Those interested in offering a tutorial during the Brussels event, should contact the EUUG Tutorial Officer as soon as possible. _A_d_d_i_t_i_o_n_a_l _I_n_f_o_r_m_a_t_i_o_n The Programme Chair and Secretariate will be pleased to pro- vide further information, just write or send electronic mail! _U_s_e_f_u_l _A_d_d_r_e_s_s_e_s Secretariat Tutorial Officer Programme Chair EUUG Neil Todd Prof. Marc Nyssen Owles Hall IST Medical Informatics Dept. Owles Lane 60 Albert Court Vrije Universiteit Brussel BUNTINGFORD Prince Consort Road Laarbeeklaan 103 Herts LONDON B-1090 JETTE SG9 9PL SW7 2BH B-1090 UK UK BELGIUM Ph: (+44) 763 73039 (+44) 1 581 81 55 (+32) 2 477 44 24 Fax: (+44) 763 73255 (G2) (+44) 1 581 5147 (G3) (+32) 2 477 00 00 Email: euug@inset.uucp neil@ist.co.uk marc@minf.vub.uucp Programme Committee Michel Gien Sunil K. Das Eva K"uhn Chorus Systemes Dept. Computing Service TU Wien 6 Av. Gustave Eiffel The City University Argentinierstrasse 8/180 F-78180 Northampton Square A-1040 Wien Montigny-Le-Bretonneux London EC1V 0HB AUSTRIA FRANCE UK Ph: (+33) 1 30 570022 (+44) 1 253 4399 ext.3725 (+43) 222 58801 4417 Fax: (+33) 1 30 570066 (+44) 1 250 0837 Email: mg@chorus.fr sunil@cs.city.ac.uk eva@vip6000.uucp