[news.announce.conferences] EARN89

HANK@BARILVM.BITNET (Hank Nussbacher) (05/08/89)

				 EARN89

	    An International Conference on Technical Aspects
		 of Networking and User Support Services
	   with Emphasis on Applications in the Medical Field


				  EARN

		  EUROPEAN ACADEMIC & RESEARCH NETWORK

			   PRELIMINARY PROGRAM


			     May 29-31, 1989
			   CAPSIS BEACH HOTEL
			HERAKLION, CRETE, GREECE




       SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS
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       Support of EARN89 by the following organizations is
       gratefully acknowledged:

       - General Secretariat of Research and Technology, Greece

       - Institute of Computer Science, FORTH, Greece

       - IBM Hellas

       - IBM Europe

       - Digital Equipment International Europe

       - Northern Telecom Europe Limited


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	      PROGRAM COMMITTEE
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	      Stelios Orphanoudakis (Chairman, Greece)
	      Alain Auroux (EARN Office, France)
	      Kurt Bauknecht (Switzerland)
	      Avi Cohen (Israel)
	      Peter Flynn (Ireland)
	      Frode Greisen (Denmark)
	      Dennis Jennings (Ireland)
	      Olivier Martin (CERN)
	      Hank Nussbacher (Israel)
	      Jean Nuyens (Belgium)


	      ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
	      --------------------
	      Vassilis Dougalis (University of Crete)
	      Constantine Halatsis (University of Athens)
	      Christos Halkias (National Technical University of Athens)
	      Giwrgos Kyriakides (University of Crete)
	      Stelios Orphanoudakis (Foundation of Research and
						    Technology-Hellas)
	      Theodore Papatheodorou (University of Patras)
	      Manolis Protonotarios (National Technical University of Athens)

	      EARN STAFF, NATIONAL NODE, CRETE, GREECE
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	      Rena Kalaitzaki (EARN89 Conference Secretary)
	      Hara Tomara (EARN Country Coordinator)
	      Pantelis Tzortzakis (EARN Country Coordinator)



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			SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
		       -------------------

   May 25-26	EARN Technical Forum
		and Network Operations Group Meetings

   May 27	EARN Executive Committee Meeting

   May 28	Registration	2.00 pm	 - 10.00 pm
		Reception	7.00 pm	 -  9.00 pm

   May 29	Registration	8.30 am	 -  6.30 pm
		Tutorials	9.00 am	 - 12.00 am
		Knossos/Museum	3.00 pm	 -  7.00 pm
		Barbeque	9.00 pm

   May 30	Plenary Session 8.30 pm	 -  1.00 pm
		Session A.1	4.00 pm
		Session B.1	4.00 pm


   May 31	Session A.2	9.00 pm
		Session B.2	9.00 pm
		Session A.3	4.00 pm
		Session B.3	4.00 pm

  June 1-2	EARN Board of Directors Meeting

  June 3	EARN Executive Committee Meeting


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    Conference & Program Information
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    In	recent years,  Academic	 Networking has	 become	 a major
    international activity whose goal is  to establish effective
    communication  channels,  which will  bring closer	together
    individuals	 working  in Academic and  Research Institutions
    around the world.

    EARN89 is the  3rd International Conference of the	European
    Academic and Research Network.  It provides	 a forum for the
    exchange of information on the  development and operation of
    EARN   and	other  academic	  and  research	 networks,   the
    installation  of  network servers  and  other  user	 support
    tools,  and the use of these networks and related facilities
    by various groups in academic and research institutions.

    This international conference will address	primarily issues
    related to the technical aspects of networking, user support
    services and documentation,	 and networking applications.  A
    specific  application  area	 which	will  be  emphasized  is
    Networking	in  Health  Care   and	Picture	  Archiving  and
    Communication  Systems   (PACS).   Medical	applications  of
    networking are  currently gaining  substantial momentum  and
    will serve as  the	central theme  of parallel sessions with
    invited and submitted papers.

    Half-day tutorials on  Internetworking and Security Measures
    for Academic Networks have been planned for the first day of
    the conference.  EARN89 will formally open in the morning of
    the second day with a plenary session dedicated to	a review
    of current and future developments in the area of networking
    in Europe and North America.  The  remaining  one and a half
    days of  EARN89 will  be  devoted to  invited and  submitted
    papers,  which will be organized in two parallel sessions on
    Technical  Aspects of  Networking and User Support Services.
    Specific topics to be covered include the following:

	      - Message Handling Systems
	      - Existing Networks and ISDN
	      - Network Servers
	      - Data Security
	      - Network Monitoring and Management
	      - Access to Databases/Libraries
	      - Medical Applications / PACS
	      - Sociological Aspects of Computer Mediated
		Conferencing

    A book  of	extended abstracts  will be distributed	 to  all
    participants at the conference.


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			  MONDAY, MAY 29, 1989

				TUTORIALS
			    (9.00 - 12.00 AM)

    I. INTERNETWORKING
       Lawrence H. Landweber, University of Wisconsin, USA

    This   tutorial   addresses	  issues    arising   from   the
    interconnection   of   (possibly   heterogeneous)	computer
    communication  networks  and  protocol   architectures.
    Of	principal  concern are	the protocols which provide  for
    translation and routing between such networks.  Case studies
    of existing protocol architectures and a  commercial gateway
    product are used to illustrate the concepts.

    Lawrence  H.  Landweber is Chairman of the Computer Sciences
    Department at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA.  He
    received  his Ph.D.	 in Computer Science in 1967 from Purdue
    University.	 He  was  one  of the  founders	 of  CSNET.  His
    research interests include high speed  networking,	protocol
    design   and  implementation   and	the  interconnection  of
    heterogeneous network/protocol architectures.


    II.SECURITY MEASURES FOR ACADEMIC NETWORKS
       Stanley Kurzban, IBM, Thornwood, New York, USA

    This  tutorial addresses  issues of system	penetration  and
    data security in academic networks.	 The relative importance
    of	various security threats facing	 academic networks today
    will be considered	and possible security measures	will  be
    discussed.

    Stanley Kurzban  is	 a  Senior Instructor with IBM's Systems
    Research Education Center, Thornwood, New York, USA.

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    12.00 pm	  Lunch Break
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     3.00 pm	  Tour of the Palace of Knossos and the Archaelogical
		  Museum in Heraklion

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     9.00 pm	  BARBEQUE




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			  TUESDAY, MAY 30, 1989

     8.30 am	  PLENARY SESSION

		  Welcome Remarks

		  Official Opening of EARN89

		  EARN's Role on the Networking Scene - Now and in
		  the Future
		  Frode Greisen (President, EARN)
		  Danish Computing Center for Research and Education

		  EARN OSI Migration
		  Dennis Jennings, University College, Dublin, Ireland

		  Aspects of Scientific Networking in Europe
		  K. Ullmann, RARE, Amsterdam

    10.30 am	  Coffee Break

    11.00 am	  PLENARY SESSION (cont'd)

		  From X.25 to ISDN - The Changing Data
		  Communications Scene
		  Louis Pouzin, CNET-PAA, France

		  EUNET
		  Daniel Karrenberg (EUUG EUNET Executive)
		  CWI, Netherlands

		  North American Networks
		  Lawrence H. Landweber
		  University of Wisconsin, USA

		  HEPnet in Europe
		  R. Blokzijl, NIKHEF, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

		  Medical Doctors' and Researchers' Attitudes as
		  Users of EARN: the Example of CLAN
		  (Cancer Liaison and Action Network)
		  Jean-Claude  Salomon, CNRS, France

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     1.00 pm	  Lunch Break



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     4.00 pm	  SESSION A.1: EXISTING NETWORKS

		  Computer Conferencing in Global Networks and
		  IBM's View of Future Computer Conferencing
		  (Invited Paper)
		  Jack Williford
		  IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, USA

		  High Speed European Academic Network
		  (Invited Paper)
		  Herb Budd, IBM Europe, Paris, France

     5.00 pm	  Coffee Break

     5.30 pm	  SESSION A.1 (cont'd)

		  National Plan for the COSINE Implementation
		  Phase - Greece (Invited Paper)
		  C. Halatsis and A. Arvillias
		  NRCPS "Democritos", Aghia Paraskevi, Greece

		  NORDUNET and the NORDUnet Overview
		  Mats Brunell, Swedish Institute of Computer Science
		  Einar Loevdal, University of Oslo, Norway

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     4.00 pm	  SESSION B.1: NETWORK SERVERS / USER INTERFACES

		  User Development: a Challenge to Systems Design
		  (Invited Paper)
		  J. Kirakowski and M. Corbett
		  University College, Cork, Ireland

		  LifeSci - A Tool for Computer Supported Cooperative
		  Work (Invited Paper)
		  Aminadav Zakai, The Rappaport Family Institute
		  Technion-Israel Institute of Technology

     5.00 pm	  Coffee Break

     5.30 pm	  SESSION B.1 (cont'd)

		  The Trickle Servers
		  Turgut Kalfaoglu
		  Ege University, Turkey

		  A Rule-Based Electronic Mail Filter
		  M.F. Wyle
		  Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH)
		  Zurich, Switzerland

		  Information Servers for the National Science
		  Foundation Network: The GRASP System
		  James C. Sweeton, The Merit Computer Network
		  The University of Michigan, USA




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			 WEDNESDAY, MAY 31, 1989

     9.00 am	  SESSION A.2: MEDICAL APPLICATIONS I

		  High Speed Medical Applications (Invited Paper)
		  Rudolf Schosser and Konrad Messmer
		  University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, FRG

		  Use of PACS Networks: Time Related Special
		  Management
		  R. Mattheus, R. Luypaert, M. Osteaux, and
		  Y. Temmerman
		  PRIMIS, VUB, Brussels, Belgium

    10.00 am	  Coffee Break

    10:30 am	  SESSION A.2 (cont'd)

		  Potential Uses of X.400 in a University
		  Hospital Information System
		  Essia Rammah and Alain Rouge
		  Hopital Cantonal Universitaire de Geneve
		  Geneve, Switzerland

		  Data Modelling for Networking in Health Care
		  Applications: Medical Information and the
		  Object Oriented Paradigm
		  Andrew Eliasz, University College London, and
		  Barbara Kostrewski, City University London, UK

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     9.00 am	  SESSION B.2: NETWORK MONITORING, MANAGEMENT,
			       AND SECURITY

		  Reliable Networking in an Unreliable Environment
		  (Invited Paper)
		  Erol Gelenbe
		  Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Informatique, France

		  The NETSTAR Network Management System
		  Marc A. Hamilton, TRW Defense Systems Group
		  Redondo Beach, California, USA

    10.00 am	  Coffee Break

    10.30 am	  SESSION B.2 (cont'd)

		  Secure Automated Document Delivery System
		  Bill Tuck and Tom Casey
		  University College, London, UK

		  Personal CRC / Checksum Utilization Over Randomly
		  Chosen Generator Polynomials for Viral Activity
		  Detection: A Proposal
		  Eren Saban and Ahmet Koltuksuz
		  Ege University, Izmir, Turkey

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    12.00 pm	  Lunch Break



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     4.00 pm	  SESSION A.3: MEDICAL APPLICATIONS II

		  Practical Aspects of Using E-Mail in a Clinical
		  Department
		  Yoav Horn, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Israel

		  Networking in a Biomedical Research Setting:
		  Some Experiences and Prospective Applications
		  in Basic Science and Epidemiology
		  V. Guardabasso, G. Angeli, and A. Nicolucci
		  Instituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri
		  S. Maria Imbaro, Italy

     5.00 pm	  Coffee Break

     5.30 pm	  SESSION A.3 (cont'd)

		  Using EARN in Transplant Medicine for Multi-Center
		  Collaborative Studies
		  Eric Keppel and M. Wilk
		  IBM Germany, Heidelberg, FRG

		  EARN Applied to Cystic Fibrosis Research: Specific
		  and General Aspects of Networking by Naive Users
		  Michel Jorda, U.C.R.I
		  Hopital - Maternite de l' Arbresle, France




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     4.00 pm	  SESSION B.3: ACCESS TO DATABASES / LIBRARIES

		  An Experimental Service for Dissemination of
		  Information for Academia: Early Results and
		  Perspectives (Invited Paper)
		  Stefano Trumpy, CNUCE Institute of CNR, Italy

		  ONNES: Organized Network for News about European
		  Superconductivity
		  Dominique Dumas and Nadine Grange
		  EARN - France, CNUSC, Montpellier, France

		  The PLUTO International Network Project
		  Rhys Gwyn, Manchester Polytechnic, UK
		  Norman Longworth, IBM International Education
		  Centre, La Hulpe, Belgium



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    GENERAL INFORMATION
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    Who Should Participate:
    ----------------------

    EARN89 will be of particular interest to  all users of EARN,
    those who are responsible for the development, installation,
    and maintenance of Academic and Research Networks, those who
    install and	 maintain network servers and other user support
    tools,  and other  users  of  computer  network  and related
    facilities.	 As  application of  networking in  the	 medical
    field will	be emphasized,	this conference will  also be of
    interest to	 all  those  who  are  engaged in  research  and
    development	 in  the areas	of Hospital Information Systems,
    picture archiving  and communication  systems,  and computer
    intergrated health care  systems in general.  All members of
    the	 above	groups are invited to share their knowledge  and
    experiences with other participants at this conference.
    All those who plan to attend EARN89 are asked  to return the
    attached  hotel  and conference  Registration Forms	 to  the
    address  provided  or  preferably  by  E-Mail*  as	soon  as
    possible.

	  For additional information   For general information on
	  on the conference EARN89,    the European Academic and
	  send e-mail to:	       Research Network (EARN),
				       send e-mail to:

	  (EARN:) EARN89 @ GREARN      (EARN:) GREGURY @ FRMOP11
	  or write to:
				       or write to:
	  EARN89
	  c/o Ms. Rena Kalaitzaki      EARN Office
	  Dept. of Computer Science    c/o Ms. Cathy Gregury
	  University of Crete	       45, rue des Saints-Peres
	  714 09 Heraklion, Crete      75006 Paris, FRANCE
	  GREECE
				       Tel: 33-1-40150539
	  Tel: 30-81-239779 ext 163    Tlx: 670602 F CITIUM
	  Tlx: 262728 MPUC GR	       Fax: 33-1-42963497
	  Fax: 30-81--239735


    *It	 is  strongly recommended that	e-mail be  used for  all
    correspondence,  including return  of the  attached form and
    the	 submission of abstracts.  Regular mail should	be  used
    only when e-mail is not available.


    Place and Travel
    ----------------

    EARN89 will be  held at  the Capsis	 Beach Hotel,  Heraklion
    Crete Greece from May 29-31,  1989.	 The Hotel is located on
    the peninsula of Agia Pelagia about 20 km.	from the city of
    Heraklion. Crete is connected with the mainland of Greece by
    several flights  a day.  Olympic Airways flies to  Heraklion
    according to the following timetable:
	   Flight number   Departure	   Arrival
			   from Athens	   at Heraklion
	    OA 500	    05.45	    06.30
	    OA 502	    07.10	    07.45
	    OA 506	    16.10	    16.50
	    OA 510	    17.20	    18.10
	    OA 512	    19.00	    19.50
	    OA 518	    22.10	    23.00

    There are  numerous	 charter  flights directly to  Heraklion
    from most major European  airports.	 For  those looking  for
    direct scheduled  flights,	please	note  that Lufthansa  is
    flying from Frakfurt, W.  Germany, every Saturday and Sunday
    at 12.25.
    Heraklion is also connected with the mainland  (Piraeus port
    in	Athens)	 by  two  ferries  every  night,  departing from
    Piraeus  at 18.30  and  19.00 and  arriving at Heraklion  at
    07.00 the following morning.
    The conference will provide continuous bus transportation on
    Sunday,  May 28 to and from the airport.  Facilities for car
    rental and taxi service are available at the airport.
    (Ride by taxi 20-30 min, at about 2000 drs per hire).

    HOTEL Reservations
    -----------------

    The	 organizers  will guarantee reservations  at the  Capsis
    Beach Hotel	 for all  participants	who return  the attached
    hotel Registration Form or send an e-mail request before May
    15,	 1989.	Since the  Conference is held during the peak of
    the tourist season in Greece,  participants are requested to
    preregister	 through the  conference  secretary as early  as
    possible.
    Please  note  that	payment for accomodations  will be  made
    directly to the Hotel in cash, travellers cheques, or credit
    cards  during check out.  Accomodation at Capsis Beach Hotel
    for all participants and their spouse has been negosiated at
    the special rate of

			    Bed & Breakfast	    Half Board
    Single room		    9.000		    11.000
    Double room		    5.800		     7.800

    All prices are per person per  night in drachmas and include
    all taxes.	Participants  staying at  the  Hotel  beyond the
    conference	period will benefit from  the same reduced  rate
    prices.

    Conference Registration
    -----------------------

    All	 participants  are  strongly  requested	 to  return  the
    special registration form or send  e-mail to the  conference
    secretary as soon as possible.
    The registration fee of US$	 170.00 for participants and US$
    35.00 for  accompanying  persons  includes	airport	 pick-up
    (only  for	Sunday	May 28th  ),  a welcome reception coffee
    breaks,  a half day	 tour  to the palace of Knosson and  the
    archeological Museum a barbeque with folklor dancing,  and a
    book of abstracts  to be distributed  at the conference.  In
    addition to the above,  the fee for each accompanying person
    will include a special accompanying person program.
    The registration fees should be paid by a bankers cheque (no
    personal cheques will be accepted) or by bank transfer to

			G. Kiriakidis
			national Bank of Greece
			Branch 205 Heraklion
			Crete, Greece
			acc. no. 205/ 622204-8

    Late  resistration	will  be  available  at	 the  Conference
    Registration Desk at no additional charge.


    Conference Office
    -----------------

    The Registration and Information area at the Conference site
    will  be  open from	 8.30 am until	6.30 pm	 every	day.  On
    Sunday,  May 28th,	the  Registration Desk will be open from
    2.00 pm until 10.00 pm.

    E-Mail Facility
    --------------

    Several terminals will be  available for  the use  of EARN89
    participants in a dedicated room which will be open each day
    from  9.00-12.00  in  the	morning	 and  3.00-6.00	 in  the
    afternoon.

    Climate
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    In	May  the  weather  is  pleasant and  we	 suggest  summer
    clothing only.

    The Hotel also provides facilities for all sea-water sports,
    5 tennis courts, volley ball, sauna etc.  Participants should
    bring their	 own  equipment	 if they  wish to participate in
    these activities.

    Bank and Post Office
    --------------------

    The Hotel provides	postal facilities  and banking services.
    Full Banking facilities can be found in Heraklion from 07.30
    to 13.30 Monday to Friday.

    Visa Requirement
    ----------------

    Non EEC participants are advised to	 consult  their	 Foreign
    Office on probable visa requirement to enter Greece.

    Hotel Contact
    -------------

    For	  further   inquiries	concerning    hotel   facilities,
    participants may contact directly  the Capsis Beach Hotel at
    Agia Pelagia at:

	    Tel: +30-81-811212	 Tlx: 262204 CAPS GR
			811234	      262550 CAPS GR
			811256	      262526 CAPS GR
			811278
			811290

	    or by FAX : +30-81-811076

    Accompanying Persons Program
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    Registered accompanying  persons are  welcome to join in all
    the social activities scheduled for the participants.
    In	addition,   they  are  invited	to  participate	 in  the
    following activities:

     - Guided tour of town and Historical Museum
		      Tuesday 9.30 am to 1.00 pm

     - Guided visit to Fodele village and the old part of the town
       of  Rethymnon.
		      Wednesday 9.30 am to 2.00 pm


    Optional Excursions
    -------------------

    For those  who wish to  take advantage of  their stay on the
    island and tour around or join a cruise to a  nearby island,
    INTER AVIAIR,  the official travel agency for EARN89 will be
    operating a	 desk during the  Conference to assist them with
    all	 the  arrangements.   Any   travel   inquiries	 by  the
    participants should also be addressed to:

	    INTER AVIAIR
	    35, KORNAROU str,
	    Heraklion 712 01
	    Crete

	    tel: +30-81- 286865 - 226997 - 221459
	    fax:	 289346
	    tlx:  262396 INEV GR



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	      EARN89				       May 29-31, 1989

			      HOTEL REGISTRATION FORM
			(to be mailed by May  15th, 1989)

	      Name....................................................
	      Address.................................................
	      ........................................................
	      e-mail:........................phone....................

	      Please make reservations at the Capsis Beach Hotel
	      for.......nights, from..........to............1989.
				      Bed and Breakfast	  Half Board
	      [ ] Single Room		    9,000*	    11,000
	      [ ] Double Room		    5,800	     7,800

	      Name(s) of accompanying person(s).......................

	      *per person per night in drachmas
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	      EARN89				       May 29-31, 1989

			   CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FORM

	      Return by AIRMAIL to:	       Registration Fees (US$)
	      EARN89			       Participants	170.00
	      Ms. Rena Kalaitzakis	       Accomp. Persons	 35.00
	      Dept. of Computer Science
	      University of Crete
	      714 09 Heraklion, Crete
	      GREECE

	      Name....................................................
	      Title.....................Affiliation...................
	      Address.................................................
	      ........................................................
	      e-mail:......................phone......................
	      Name(s) of accompanying person(s).......................
	      Form of payment: [ ] Bank Transfer  [ ] Bankers Cheque
	      Cheques should be made payable to:
	      Dr. G. Kiriakidis, Treasurer EARN89
	      Bank transfers to: G. Kiriakidis
				 National Bank of Greece, Branch 205
				 Heraklion, Crete, Greece
				 Account No. 205/622204-8