taylor@hplabsc.UUCP (05/27/87)
This is a reposting -- If you are interested in attending and/or presenting
a paper, please contact either myself or Luis-Felipe Cabrera (address in
article).
Joseph Boykin
Custom Software Systems
...necntc!custom!boykin
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ANNOUNCEMENT
and
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
Workshop on Workstation Operating Systems
November 5-6, 1987
Royal Sonesta Hotel
Cambridge Massachusetts
The availability of inexpensive and powerful hardware has brought personal
workstations into offices and laboratories. As we move towards integrating
these systems, mainframes and PCs can communicate with each other to share
data. Similarly, CPU and I/O loads can be distributed onto a machine most
suited to a particular task.
To date, the operating systems used on most of these new systems have been
ported versions of those used by timesharing minicomputers; e.g. UNIX and VMS.
As the hardware continues to evolve, the operating system, being tightly
coupled to hardware technology, must also evolve. This workshop will
concentrate on issues which must be addressed in order to develop an operating
system specifically tailored to the workstation environment. Such issues
include:
1) Do workstations provide an environment which differs from minis and
super-minis in ways that should be reflected in the operating system?
2) What lessons from the mainframe world can be applied to this new
hardware?
3) What is the impact and importance of the workstation interconnection
functionality and technology?
4) How does operating system methodology need to evolve to accommodate new
generations of hardware?
5) How should applications make use of a workstation-based environment?
6) How should recovery be dealt with in these extended environments?
7) What are the appropriate software abstractions that should be presented
to both users and applications so that synchronization and sharing can
be best accomodated?
Program Committee:
Luis-Felipe Cabrera (Chairman) - IBM Almaden Research Center
Kenneth Birman: Cornell University Joseph Boykin: Custom Software Systems
Sam Chamson: Univ. of British Columbia Robert Hagmann: Xerox PARC
Paul Leach: Apollo Computer Paul McJones: DEC SRC
John Ousterhout: Univ. of California Richard Rashid: Carnegie Mellon
Willy Zwanaepoel: Rice University
To facilitate the dialog that is so valuable in a workshop setting,
attendance will be limited. Preference will be given to papers that have not
been previously published or presented. Authors will be evolve to accommodate new
generations of hardwsecure releases from employers and to present the
papers. All attendees, including authors, are expected to bear all costs
including the registration fee. This is $180 for IEEE members; $225 for
non-IEEE members. On-site registration fees will be $200 and $250 for IEEE
members and non-members respectively.
Potential participants should prepare a concise position statement
describing specific related experience and the participant's interest and
future directions related to the workshop topic. Deadline for submissions will
be July 27, 1987. Notification of acceptance will be sent by August 21, 1987.
Ten copies of the position statement should be sent to the program committee
chairman:
Luis Felipe Cabrera Phone: 408-927-1838
IBM Almaden Research Center ARPANET: cabrera@ibm.com
650 Harry Road UUCP: ...!ucbvax!cabrera
San Jose, CA 95120-6099 BITNET: cabrera at almvma
For registration information, contact the workshop chairman:
Joseph Boykin Phone: 617-653-2555
Custom Software Systems UUCP:...!decvax!necntc!custom!boykin
P.O. Box 678
Natick, MA 01760
For any additional information please contact:
Marvin Theimer Phone: 408-927-1759
IBM Almaden Research Center ARPANET: theimer@ibm.com
650 Harry Road BITNET: theimer at almvma
San Jose, CA 95120-6099
SPONSOR:
Technical Committee on Operating Systems
Joseph Boykin, Chair
- - -boykin@xenna.encore.com (Joe Boykin) (01/28/89)
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
Second Workshop On
WORKSTATION OPERATING SYSTEMS
Sponsored by:
The IEEE Computer Society - Technical Committee on Operating Systems
Asilomar Conference Center, Pacific Grove, CA.
September 27-29, 1989
The Second Workshop on Workstation Operating Systems (WWOS-II) will
bring together a number of researchers and developers to discuss
their work and experiences in workstation operating systems. As
workstation technology and man-machine interfaces advance, the
operating system must evolve. Potential topic areas include:
o New workstation operating systems
o OS changes for the workstation environment (e.g. graphical
interfaces)
o Scheduling and resource management
o Workstation architectures
o Multi-processor considerations
To facilitate the dialog that is so valuable in a workshop setting,
attendance will be limited to 60 active workers in the field.
Registration requests should be addressed to Joseph Boykin, the
General Chair. This request should include a 1-3 page position
paper describing the participant's interest and future directions
related to workstations and workstation operating systems as well as
insights and lessons gained from recent research and practical
experience.
Those interested in presenting the results of their research, or
current work-in-progress, should submit a 3-5 page paper to Luis
Felipe Cabrera. Papers must be submitted by April 15, 1989.
Acceptance will be made by June 1 and final copy is due by July 1,
1989. Selection of papers will be made by the program committee:
David Anderson, UC Berkeley
Kenneth Birman, Cornell University
Anita Borg, DEC WRL
Luis-Felipe Cabrera, IBM (chair)
Sam Chanson, U. of British Columbia
Robert Hagmann, Xerox Parc
Paul Leach, Apollo Computers
Andy Hisgen, DEC SRC
Sape Mullender, CWI, Amsterdam
Ike Nassi, Encore Computer
Mike Powell, SUN Microsystems
David Presotto, AT&T Bell Laboratories
Bud Tribble, Next Computers
John Wilkes, Hewlett Packard
General Chairman:
Joseph Boykin
Encore Computer Corp.
257 Cedar Hill Street
Marlborough, MA 01752
(508) 460-0500 x2720
ARPA: boykin@encore.com
UUCP: encore!boykin
Program Chairman:
Luis Felipe Cabrera
IBM Almaden Research Center
650 Harry Road
San Jose, CA 95120
(408) 927-1838
ARPA: cabrera@ibm.com
UUCP: ucbvax!cabrera
Registration, including a copy of the proceedings:
Pre-registration On-site
Computer Society Member $160 $215
Non-member $210 $275
Student Member $95 $125
Lodging: $55 per night for double occupancy room, breakfast,
lunch, and dinner.