stewart@src.dec.com (Larry Stewart) (01/29/88)
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Advance Program
2nd IEEE Conference on Computer Workstations
Sponsored by the Computer Society of the IEEE in cooperation with ACM
March 7-10, 1988
Doubletree Hotel
Santa Clara, California
CONFERENCE OVERVIEW
- Keynote Speaker: Bill Joy, Sun Microsystems
- Paper Sessions:
Distributed Systems
Computer-Supported Cooperative Work
Workstation Architecture
Window Systems
User Interface Management
Graphics and Image Processing
Supporting Voice
- Panel on Supercomputer Workstations
- Works in Progress session -- providing an opportunity to present
brief overviews of work not otherwise represented at the conference
- Vendor sessions at Techmart
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE:
Pat Mantey, U.C.-Santa Cruz, General Co-Chair
Robin Williams, IBM, General Co-Chair
Keith Lantz, Olivetti Research Center, Program Co-Chair
Larry Stewart, DEC Systems Research Center, Program Co-Chair
Dave Hunt, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, Finance
Jack Grimes, Intel, Publicity
Don Fiehmann, IBM, Registration
Gail Mantey, Local Arrangements
Ed Miller, Software Research Associates
Eric Carlson, Convergent Technologies
PROGRAM COMMITTEE:
Kellogg Booth, University of Waterloo
Richard Gabriel, Lucid Inc.
James Gosling, Sun Microsystems Inc.
Lansing Hatfield, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory
Andrew Herbert, ANSA Alvey (England)
Mark Laff, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
Keith Lantz (co-chair), Olivetti Research Center
Sape Mullender, CWI (Netherlands)
Jun Murai, University of Tokyo
Richard Phillips, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Richard Rashid, Carnegie-Mellon University
Steven Reiss, Brown University
Lawrence Stewart (co-chair), DEC Systems Research Center
Steve Ward, MIT Laboratory for Computer Science
Polle Zellweger, Xerox Palo Alto Research Center
DETAILED PROGRAM
Monday, March 7: Tutorials
James Gosling on "Window Systems"
Aaron Marcus on "Advanced User Interface Design"
Tuesday, March 8
8:45-9:00 Opening Remarks
9:00-9:45 Keynote Address
Bill Joy, Sun Microsystems
"Toward a Single UNIX Standard"
9:45-10:15 Break
10:15-12:00 Session 1: Distributed Systems
Chair: Richard Rashid, Carnegie-Mellon University
Parallel Building: Experience with a CASE System for Workstation
Networks.
R.P. Chase, Jr., D.B. Leblang, and H. Spilke, Apollo Computer
The Design and Implementation of a Decentralized Scheduling
Facility for a Workstation Cluster.
M. Stumm, University of Toronto
QuickSilver Distributed File Services: An Architecture for
Horizontal Growth.
L.F. Cabrera and J. Wyllie, IBM Almaden Research Center
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-2:10 Session 2: Computer-Supported Cooperative Work
Chair: Polle Zellweger, Xerox PARC
An Open-Systems Model for Computer-Supported Collaboration.
J.J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves, E.J. Craighill, and R. Lang,
SRI International
The Rapport Multimedia Conferencing System: A Software Overview.
J.R. Ensor, S.R. Ahuja, D.N. Horn, and S.E. Lucco,
AT&T Bell Laboratories
2:10-2:30 Break
2:30-4:15 Session 3: Workstation Architecture
Chair: Lawrence Stewart, DEC Systems Research Center
A Multi-Processor System for Prolog Processing.
H.C. Fu, C. Chen, C.P. Chung, J.J.J. Shann, T.T. Tsai,
J.C. Chung, R.L. Cheng, S.C. Yang, S.J. Baw, and C.C. Chiang,
National Chiao Tun University, Republic of China
The ELIS Interpreter-Oriented Lisp-Based Workstation.
K. Watanabe, A. Ishikawa, Y. Yamada, and Y. Hibino,
NTT Human Interface Laboratories
A Virtual Cache-Based Workstation Architecture.
C.R. Frink and P.J. Roy, Apollo Computer
4:14-4:30 Break
4:30- Vendor Sessions: Techmart
Wednesday, March 9
9:00-10:10 Session 4: Window Systems
Chair: James Gosling, Sun Microsystems
A Dynamic Profile of Window System Usage.
J.C. Dunwoody and M.A. Linton, Stanford University
Overview of GMW + Wnn System.
M. Hagiya, T. Hattori, A. Morishima, R. Nakajima, N. Niide,
R. Okazaki, T. Sakuragawa, T. Suzuki, H. Tsuiki, and T. Yuasa,
Kyoto University
10:10-10:30 Break
10:30-11:40 Session 5: User Interface Management
Chair: Mark Laff, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
The Dante Application Interface.
D.R. Kuokka and D. Giuse, Carnegie-Mellon University
Automatic Strategies in the Siemens RTL Tiled Window Manager.
E.S. Cohen, A.M. Berman, M.R. Biggers, J.C. Camaratta,
and K.M. Kelly, Siemens Research and Technology Laboratories
11:40-1:00 Lunch
1:00-2:10 Session 6: Works in Progress
Chairs: Keith Lantz and Lawrence Stewart
This session provides an opportunity to present a brief overview
of work not already represented at the conference, in particular,
new work that may not yet be ready for formal publication.
Presentations will be limited to 7 minutes each. Submissions must
be received by February 28. Notification of acceptance will be
made at the conference.
Interested parties should submit a one-page summary to:
Keith Lantz
Olivetti Research Center
2882 Sand Hill Road, Suite 210
Menlo Park, CA 94025
2:10-2:30 Break
2:30-4:15 Session 7: Graphics and Image Processing
Tools for Building Image Processing and Graphics Applications
in a Workstation Environment.
G.L. Fisher, F.H. Leahy, and L.L. Lasslo,
University of California - Davis
Workstation-Based Shape Matching Experiments.
E.G. Bosch, R.H. Bartels, K.S. Booth, and P. Jolicoeur,
University of Waterloo
3-D Graphics Applications in Fluid Flow Simulations.
G. Bancroft and F. Merritt, NASA Ames Research Center
4:15-4:30 Break
4:30- Vendor Sessions: Techmart
Thursday, March 10
9:00-10:10 Session 8: Supporting Voice
Chair: Keith Lantz, Olivetti Research Center
An Audio and Telephone Server for Multi-Media Workstations.
C. Schmandt and M.A. McKenna, MIT Media Lab
An Overview of the Etherphone System and Its Applications
P.T. Zellweger, D.B. Terry, and D.C. Swinehart, Xerox PARC
10:10-10:30 Session 9: Panel - Supercomputer Graphics Workstations:
The Advent of the Crayola
Chair: Richard Rashid, Carnegie-Mellon University
Panelists:
Forest Baskett, Silicon Graphics Inc.
Bruce Borden, Ardent Computer Corp.
Andries van Dam, Stellar Computer Inc.
Advance Registration Form:
Name _____________________________________________________________
Address __________________________________________________________
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Phone ____________________________________________________________
Electronic Address _______________________________________________
IEEE Member No. or ACM Member No. ________________________________
Tutorials, Monday, March 7
Members ___ $160 (by Feb. 23) ___ $200 (on-site)
Non-members ___ $200 (by Feb. 23) ___ $250 (on-site)
Full-time students ___ $50 (by Feb. 23) ___ $50 (on-site)
Conference, Tuesday-Thursday, March 8-10
Members ___ $150 (by Feb. 23) ___ $200 (on-site)
Non-members ___ $200 (by Feb. 23) ___ $250 (on-site)
Full-time students ___ $25 (by Feb. 23) ___ $30 (on-site)
Total amount enclosed (sum of boxes checked): ______________
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Mail to:
Don E. Fiehmann
IBM Almaden Research Center, K56-803
650 Harry Road
San Jose, CA 95120-6099
HOTEL RESERVATIONS
Attendees will be responsible for making their own room reservations. Call
the Doubletree Hotel directly at (408) 986-0700, or outside California,
toll free at (800) 528-0444. To guarantee space, make your reservation by
February 6, 1988. After February 6, reservations will be honored on a
space available basis only.
Single Occupancy: $95.00 Double Occupancy: $110.00
State that you are attending the Workstation Conference to get these rates.
END OF ADVANCE PROGRAM