WBD.MDC@OFFICE-8.ARPA (William Daul / McAir / McDonnell-Douglas Corp) (07/30/88)
NETWORK COMPUTING FORUM CALL FOR PAPERS OCTOBER 5-8, 1988 HOLIDAY INN WESTPORT, ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI The next meeting of the Network Computing Forum will be held on October 5-7 in St. Louis, Missouri. This will be the fourth meeting of the Forum, and will focus on the role of the Forum as a catalyst for change in the industry. The Forum is an industry group chartered to lead the way for rapid adoption of multi-vendor network computing concepts and technologies. Forum meetings allow representatives from users and vendors to work together on common issues in an open, informal atmosphere. The Forum has over 100 member organizations, and more than 220 representatives attended the May 1988 meeting. Forum meetings are organized into three sessions: a conference featuring invited papers and panel sessions, meetings of interest groups and working groups, and a policy making executive committee meeting. Some areas of interest to the Forum member organizations are listed, to suggest possible topics for papers: Definition of user requirements for network computing Practical experiences using network computing concepts & technologies Partitioning and/or integration of applications across networks Remote procedure calls and other core services for network computing System and network administration for networks of heterogeneous computers User interfaces and user environments for network computing Software licensing in a network environment Data representation and command scripting across heterogeneous networks Use of network computing with IBM mainframes (MVS and VM) Invited Papers As part of each Forum meeting, papers are invited from the community at large for presentation and discussion. These papers should address the use or development of network based applications and services. Emphasis should be placed on creating and using tightly coupled links between multiple, heterogeneous computer systems. Technical descriptions of research projects, user experiences, as well as commerically available products are welcome. Invitations are also extended for more informal talks on practical experience in administering heterogeneous computer networks. All presentations should be 35 minutes in length, with 15 minutes of discussion following each presentation. Abstracts must be received by August 10, 1988. Abstracts should summarize the paper in two or three paragraphs and include the mailing address, affiliation, and phone number of the author(s). Notification of abstracts selected will be sent on August 19, 1988 and papers must be submitted no later than September 20, 1988. Papers can be copyrighted, but must include authorization for unrestricted reproduction by the Network Computing Forum. Papers can be marked as working papers to allow future publication. SEND ABSTRACTS BY AUGUST 10, 1988 TO the Program Chairman for the October 1988 meeting: T.D. Carter c/o Jan McPherson McDonnell Douglas Travel Company 944 Anglum Drive, Suite A Hazelwood, MO 63042 (314) 233-2951 Internet Address: TDC.MDC@OFFICE-8.ARPA