[news.announce.conferences] International Conference on Fault-Tolerant Computing Systems

goerke@ira.uka.de (Winfried Goerke Universitaet Karlsruhe) (07/19/89)

			4th International Conference on
			Fault-Tolerant Computing Systems
		Automation Systems - Methods - Applications
		September 20-22, 1989, Baden-Baden, Germany

organized by Joint Technical Group "Fault-Tolerant Computing Systems" 
of GI/ITG/GMA (Society for Informatics, Communication Engineering 
Society, Measurement and Automation Engineering Society in Germany)

			Conference Program

	Opening Session	
	Invited Paper				Chairperson: W. Goerke
R. Isermann (Univ. Darmstadt): 
   Hoehere Zuverlaessigkeit durch modellgestuetzte Fehlerdiagnose 
   am Beispiel von Werkzeugmaschinen

	Safety Aspects				Chairperson: U. Voges
R. Faller (TUEV-Bayern, Muenchen), H. Schuetz (Siemens, Erlangen): 
   Baumusterpruefung und Struktur einer sicherheitsgerichteten
   speicherprogrammierbaren Steuerung
H.-J. Kartenberg (Westfaelische Berggewerkschaftskasse, Bochum): 
   Eigensichere und hochverfuegbare Messdatenverarbeitung in Industrieanlagen
U. K. Krogmann (Bodenseewerk Geraetetechnik, Ueberlingen): Failure 
   Detection, Isolation and Dynamic Reconfiguration of Spatio-Temporal, 
   Skew Redundant Aircraft Motion Sensing Systems

	Invited Paper				Chairperson: E. Maehle
B. W. Johnson (Univ. Virginia, Charlottesville): Design and Analysis 
   of Fault-Tolerant Systems for Industrial Applications

	Fault-Tolerant Hardware
M. Wesseling, U. Ramacher (Siemens, Muenchen), K. Goser (Univ. Dortmund): 
   Evaluation and Comparison of Selected WSI Reconfiguration Architectures 
   in Terms of Yield and Yield per Area
M. A. Bonuccelli (Univ. Pisa), L. Simoncini (Univ. Reggio Calabria): 
   A Fault-Tolerant Distributed Control VLSI Permutation Network

	Applications				Chairperson: E. Schmitter
W. Hess (Hartmann & Braun, Frankfurt): Quantitative Bewertung 
   der Fehlertoleranz am Beispiel eines verteilten Prozess-Leitsystems
G. Raichle (Siemens, Muenchen): Das digitale Vermittlungssystem EWSD - 
   ein Beispiel fuer ein fehlertolerantes Realzeitsystem
C. Constantinescu (Polytechn. Inst. Bukarest), C. Sandovici (Res. Inst. 
   f. Comp. Techn. and Informatics, Bukarest): Microcomputer-Based, 
   Gracefully Degrading Industrial Controller 

	Invited Paper				Chairperson: B. Eggers
J. P. J. Kelly (Univ. California, Santa Barbara): Current Experiences 
   with Fault Tolerant Software Design: Dependability Through Diverse 
   Formal Specifications?

	Design of Fault-Tolerant Computing Systems
C. Morin (IRISA, Rennes): A Fault-Tolerant Implementation of CSP 
   Input-Output Commands
A. Clematis (Istit. Matem. Appl. del CNR, Genova), V. Gianuzzi (Univ. Genova): 
   A Conversation Structure for Remote Procedure Call Oriented Languages

	Fault Diagnosis in Distributed Systems	Chairperson: K. Echtle
F. Saglietti (Ges. fuer Reaktorsicherheit, Garching): The Impact of Voter 
   Granularity in Fault-Tolerant Software on System Reliability and 
   Availability
M. Dal Cin (Univ. Frankfurt): On Distributed System-Level Self-Diagnosis
A. K. Somani, M. Bagha (Univ. Washington, Seattle): Meshkin: A Fault Tolerant 
   Computer Architecture with Distributed Fault Detection and Reconfiguration

	Transaction Processing			Chairperson: E. Nett
R. Schumann, M. Mock (GMD, St. Augustin): Efficient Commit/Abort Procedures 
   in the RelaX Distributed Transaction Layer
V. Bohn, Th. Wagner (Univ. Kaiserslautern): Transaktionsketten - 
   Konzept und Implementierung
W. Graetsch, T. Brand (Nixdorf, Paderborn): UNIX Fehlertoleranz mit dem 
   Queue and Count Verfahren

	Reliability Evaluation			Chairperson: M. Dal Cin
W. Schneeweiss (Fernuniv. Hagen): Approximate Dependability Analysis 
   of a Duplex-Bus Based Diagnostic LAN
H. Kantz, M. Mulazzani (Techn. Univ. Wien): PMS-Models in SHARPE 

	Invited Paper				Chairperson: W. Schneeweiss
K. H. Kim (Univ. California, Irvine): Approaches for System-Level 
   Fault Tolerance in Distributed Real-Time Computer Systems

	Communication Systems
K. Echtle, A. Niedermaier (Univ. Karlsruhe): Eine senderanonyme 
   fehlertolerante Kommunikationsstruktur

	Fault Injection				Chairperson: F. Belli
J. Karlsson, U. Gunneflo, J. Torin (Univ. Goeteborg): The Effects 
   of Heavy-Ion Induced Single Event Upsets in the MC6809E Microprocessor
A. Damm (Techn. Univ. Wien): Self-Checking Coverage of Components 
   of a Distributed Real-Time System

	Fault Detection				Chairperson: H. Soerensen
U. Glaeser, U. Steinhausen (GMD, St. Augustin): Fehlererkennung und 
   Fehlertoleranz beim assoziativen RAM(ARAM)-Speicher 
U. Glaesser (Univ. Gesamthochschule Paderborn): Ein regelbasiertes System 
   zur Testbarkeitsanalyse hierarchisch aufgebauter Schaltungsentwuerfe

	Signature Analysis			Chairperson: K.E. Grosspietsch
J. Sosnowski (Inst. of Computer Science, Warschau): Concurrent Error 
   Detection Using Signature Monitors
A. Hlawiczka (Techn. Univ. Gliwice): Signature Analysis Testing with 
   Bottom-Top Exclusive Or Type MISR

	Test Generation				Chairperson: E. Dilger
D. Badura (Univ. of Silesia, Sosnowiec): Efficiency of Self-Test Path 
   as a Test Pattern Generator and Test Response Compactor
Y. Chen (Univ. Chongqing): Mehrfach-Literalfehler in logischen Schaltungen

			Conference organization

Baden-Baden is a well-known resort place located in the northern Black Forest 
mountains close to Karlsruhe, Germany, and Strasbourg, France. 
All the contributions mentioned are being published as conference 
proceedings available at the conference by Springer-Verlag in the series 
"Informatikfachberichte" as those of the preceding conferences. 
The conference languages will be English and German without simultaneous 
translation. More than half of the contributions will be presented in English.

The regular registration fee will be DM 550.- (around $220.-). 
It can be reduced to DM 500.- for authors and members of the organizing 
societies and to DM 350.- for university members (verification required). 

A printed version of the conference program including information on 
registration and accomodation is available upon request from:
Mr. H. Wiefels, VDI/VDE-GMA, P.O.B. 1139, 4000 Duesseldorf 1, Germany, 
Tel. (0049) 211 6214 302, or from the conference chairman 
Prof. Dr.-Ing. W. Goerke, Universitaet Karlsruhe, by e-mail 
			<goerke@ira.uka.de>.