[comp.protocols.misc] Silicon Valley Networking Conference

bvj@ESD.3Com.COM (B.V. Jagadeesh) (03/06/91)

Hi -
	The Technical Committee of SVNC - 91 ( Silicon Valley Networking
	conference ) has put together an excellent technical program
	with papers from Universities from USA and Europe, Leading Networking
	companies and Research Institutes from different parts of the
	world. A preliminary conference program is attached for your 
	reference.

	SVNC also offers one day tutorial on FDDI and X- Motif

	SVNC-91 aims to cover technical papers in the following areas

	1. Internetworking
	2. High Speed Networking
	3. X - Windows
	4. Network Management
	5. Distributed Systems
	6. Physical layer 
	7. Networking Applications
	8. Network Test Equipments

	If you have any questions about this conference please
	do not hesitate to contact me.

	The conference will be held from April 23rd - 25th at Santa Clara
	Convention Center, Santa Clara, CA - 95052

	Registration form is attached at the end of this mail which can
	be used for registering in the conference.

Thanks
/B.V. Jagadeesh
Chairman - Technical Committee
bvj@ESD.3Com.com
(408)-764-5169


            Silicon Valley Networking Conference 1991 -  Advance Program 
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	    Conference Dates: April 23rd to 25th 1991
	    Place           : Santa-Clara Convention Center, 
                              Santa-Clara, CA - 95052
			      USA.

DAY 1    April 23, 1991  TUTORIALS

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              |          Track  1         |         Track 2
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8:30 AM       |  Introduction to X-Motif  |  Introduction to FDDI
  to          |  Richard Lasslo           |  Mark Wolter
5:00 PM       |  Hewlett Packard Company  |  National Semiconductor
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12:00 NOON      Lunch Break

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DAY 2    April 24, 1991 TECHNICAL PAPER TRACKS

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KEYNOTE SPEAKER:   Current and future trends in network management.    
		   Keith McCloghrie,  Hughes LAN Systems  8:30 - 9:00

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Track 1                              |  Track 2
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   Session: NETWORK MANAGEMENT       |  Session: PHYSICAL LAYER - I
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1. John Pickens, 3COM                |  1. Dave Wong, Level One Comm
   Open Management Architecture      |     Understanding Twisted Pair
   Making network management         |     Ethernet
   manageable.                       |
                                     |
2. Arminius Mignea, Hughes LAN Systems|  2. William.V.Ringer, Intel
   A methodology for configuring     |     Notebook PC Network
   large networking.                 |     Interface card.
                                     |
3. Joe Grim,    Hewlett Packard      |  3. Peter Sun, PLX
   The SNMP protocol                 |    A non-buffered architecture
                                     |    for Ethernet LAN
                                     |    controllers.
				     |  
				     |  4. Paul Singh, Intellicom
				     |     10Base/T based Ethernet Networks
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                   COFFEE BREAK + Discussion with Speakers
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Session: INTERNETWORKING             | Session: Physical Layer - II
                                     |
4. Kai Jacobs, Tech. Univ. of Aachen |  5. Mike Seibert, MICRON
   Point to multipoint communication.|     Use of triple port DRAM for
                                     |     smart/faster network app.
                                     |
5. Joachim Carlo, Clearpoint         |  6. Greg Wolfson, Intel
   Analysis of the effects of high   |     LAN connection for
   speed bridges on network          |     advanced controller micro
   performance                       |     controller platform.

6. Brian Lloyd, Telebit              |  7. Donna Weaver, Standard
                                     |     Microsystems Corp.
   IP routing over public switched   |
   networks.                         |     Advanced silicon for the
                                     |     networking of controller
7  Vinod Bhardwaj, Kalpana Inc.      |     based systems.
   Parallel Networking               |     
                                     |     
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                               LUNCH + Exhibits
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Session: X-Window                    |  Session: NETWORK TEST EQUIPMENT
                                     |
8. V.R. Ranganath and                |  8. Jay Weill, Network General
   Phil Bourkekas                    |     Network troubleshooting
   RISC Controllers - An Architecture|     analysis and trends and
   well suited for X - Windows       |     issues.
                                     |
9. Dale Luck, Gfx Base Inc.          |  9. Jay Seaton, Spider Sys.
   X Window System for Amiga Computer|     Monitoring and Managing
                                     |     LANs.
                                     |
10. Jim Fulton, NCD                  |  10. Daniel Bougher, Tektronix
   Making fonts more manageable.     |     LAN Map Local Area Network
                                     |     conduit troubleshooting.
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                   COFFEE BREAK + Discussion with Speakers
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Session: X-Window                    |  Session: HIGHSPEED NETWORKING
                                     |
11. Mark Brown, GRAPHON              |  11. Yigal Jacoby, Tekelec
    Advantages of an advanced X-Term |      FDDI Network testing.
    design.                          |
                                     |
12. Kevin Herbert, CISCO             |  12. Sanjay Dhavan, AMD
    X-remote and terminal server     |      FDDI Interoperability
    solutions to needing an X-window.|      testing.
                                     |
13. Panel Discussion                 |  13. Sonu Mirchandani, Business
                                     |      Networks Group
                                     |      Performance Isuues in FDDI
                                     |      LANs
				     |
				     |  14. My T Le, Plus Logic.
				     | 	    FDDI - Traffic Controller
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DAY 3    April 25, 1991 TECHNICAL PAPER TRACKS

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KEYNOTE SPEAKER:  Bruce Nelson, Auspex Systems  8:30 - 9:00
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Track 1                              |  Track 2
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Session: Highspeed Networking        | Session: Distributed Systems
                                     |
14. George Marshall, Adaptive        | 15. Jeff Eppinger, Transarc
                                     |     Corp
   Impact of telecommunications and  |     Transactional remote
   highspeed networking.             |     procedure calls.
                                     |
15. Jaffar Rehman, U of Penn         | 16. S. Gopisetty
   Using detailed traffic            |    Santa Clara University
   statistics for more effective     |    A client-Agent-Server Model
   wideband multiplexing.            |    for Distributed Processing
                                     |    environment
                                     |
16. Alan Taffel, US Sprint           | 17. Peter Taid, Peer Logic
   Frame Relay an overview of        |    Peer-to-peer computing for
   networking technology.            |    distributed environment.
                                     |
17. Tom Dugan, Vitesse Semiconductor | 
    Sonet on Silicon                 |

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                            BREAK 10:35 - 11:15 AM
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Session: Highspeed Networking        | Session: Distributed Systems
                                     |
18. Brian Button, Stratacom          | 18. Michel Besson, Cerics
   Frame Relay its concepts and      |    A protocol for interactive
   implications                      |     remote programming in
                                     |     heterogenous implementation
                                     |     and performance.
                                     |

19. Raj Pari, National Semiconductor | 19. Harold Rabie, Echelon
   ISDN Basic access components and  |     Distributed Processing using
   design of ISDN peripherals.       |     Local Operating Network
                                     |
20. Tom Russel,   Ultranet           | 20. OSF Distributed Management
    System Issues in Gigabit/s       |     Environment
    Networking                       |     David Schwab - Hewlett Packaret 

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                            LUNCH 12:05 - 2:00PM
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Session: Internetworking II           | Session: Physical Layer II
                                      |
21. Karen Parker, National Semi       | 21. Ed D'Souza, National Semi
   Designing and Ethernet for FDDI    |    Parallel architecture for
   router.                            |    maximized throughput in
                                      |    star-wired topologies.
                                      |
22. R. Spurk, Dept. of Computer       | 22. Daniel Pettengil, Intel
   Science, Univ. of Saarbruken       |     Bus mastering for LAN
   Router support for multicasting in |     adapters.
   multicomputer interconnection      |
   network.                           |
                                      |
23. Jim Forster, Cisco Systems        | 23. Mike Yep, National Semi
   Comparison of metrics in todays    |    Design of FDDI concentrator
   routing protocols.                 |
                                      |
24. Milo Medin,  NASA                 | 24. Dick Allen, Photonics
    OSPF Routing protocol             |     Non-cable connectivity
                                      |     alternatives in design
                                      |     and implementation of
                                      |     networks.
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                          BREAK   3:15 - 3:45 PM
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Session: Network Management II         | Session: Network Applications
                                       |
                                       | 25. Paul Flaherty, Stanford University
				       |     A Fast Open Systems Interconnection
				       |     Protocol System
				       |
25. Bob Stewart, Xyplex                | 26. Manoj Goel, Novell
    Development and integration of MIB |     Integration of electronic
                                       |     mail messages.
                                       |
26. Fred Baker, ACC                    | 27. T. Casey, Dept. of CS
    SNMP experimental bridge MIB       |     Univ. College of LONDON
    development.                       |     U.K.
                                       |     A Hybrid network image
                                       |     server.
                                       |
27. Larry Lace, Network Research       | 28. Bala Parasuram, Syscom
    Heterogenous networking            |     Fascimile outsource a
    considerations when using SNMP     |     resource saving
    agents and network management      |     alternatives to
    devices.                           |     in-house.
                                       |
28. Tin Phan & Dean K. Endo, Touch Comm| 29. Bob Jacobson, U of
    An object oriented agent           |     Washington
    architecture                       |     Virtual world paradigm
                                       |     and televirtuality
                                       |     implications for network
                                       |     design capabilities.
                                       |
29. Jochen Seitz, Institute of Tele -  | 30. Norm Schneidwind, Navel
    matics, Univ of Karlaruhe, FRG     |     PG School
    An architecture for an Expert      |     Issues in allocating
    system Aiding in Network Planning  |     servers and files in LAN.
    and Network Management             |
				       | 31. Daniel PattenGill
				       |     Banyan Systems Inc
				       |     Directory Services and Street Talk
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A three Day package is $295 and a two day package is $245. 

For more info please call B.V. Jagadeesh at (408)-764-5169 or send email to 
bvj@ESD.3Com.com or majithia@calstate.bitnet