sjm@cl.cam.ac.uk (Sape Mullender) (01/13/88)
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Arctic'88
An Advanced Course on Distributed Systems
July 5th-14th, 1988, Tromsoe, Norway
The course will present a state-of-the-art review and explanation
of current research in distributed computing. The topics will
include but are not limited to:
o distributed operating system structures
o machine architecture
o communication architectures
o system management
o fault tolerant distributed computing
o protection
o naming
o distributed file systems
o data consistency
o concurrency control
o performance
o formal methods and standards
The course will consist of a mixture of lectures and interactive
group discussions. The lecturers are:
Ken Birman, Cornell University, USA
Andrew Herbert, Advanced Networked Systems Architecture, UK
Sape Mullender, Centre for Mathematics and Computer Science, NL
Roger Needham, Cambridge University, UK
Mahadev Satyanarayanan, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Mike Schroeder, DEC Systems Research Center, USA
Alfred Spector, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Bill Weihl, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
The course is intended for graduate students and faculty,
researchers and system designers from universities and industry.
A basic knowledge of computer organization, operating systems and
computer networks will be assumed.
The number of participants is limited, and applications will be
treated first-come first-serve. The deadline for registration is
April 1st, with a late booking date May 15th (for a higher
price).
The cost of the course, including material and lunches, is Nkr
6000 (~ $900) (Nkr 3000 (~ $450) for students). Accommodation
including breakfast is available for Nkr 225 (~ $35) p.p. in a
double room, or Nkr 375 (~ $60) in a single room.
A limited number of scholarships is available for university stu-
dents. The deadline for application for one of these scholarship
is March 1st.
Tromsoe is located on an island in north Norway well inside the
arctic circle. The midnight sun is visible from mid-May until
the end of July. Temperatures are between 10 and 20 Celcius in
July.
More detailed course contents, registration and application
forms, important dates, addresses, and other information will be
given in a folder. The folder will be available and distributed
in the beginning of January. The folder can be obtained by writ-
ing to
Post address: Arctic'88
University of Tromsoe
Computer Science Dept.
P.O. Box 953
N-9001 Tromsoe
Norway
Phone: +47 83 81688, ext. 311 or 314
(Magnar Antonsen or Dag Johansen)
Internet: <arctic88@hugin.uit.uninett>, or
<arctic88%hugin.uit.uninett@cwi.nl>
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