Neil.Speirs@newcastle.ac.uk (Neil Speirs) (01/12/90)
ADVANCE ANNOUNCEMENT FTCS-20
The Twentieth International Symposium on Fault-Tolerant Computing
26-28th June, 1990
Newcastle Crest Hotel, New Bridge Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Sponsored by: Computer Society of the IEEE, CSR, BCS, IEE,
University of Newcastle upon Tyne.
SYMPOSIUM OVERVIEW
FTCS is the international symposium on fault-tolerant systems. It is
devoted to state-of-the-art issues in fault tolerant computing and
encompasses all aspects of specifying, designing, modelling, implementing,
testing, diagnosing and evaluating dependable and fault-tolerant computing
systems and their components. In addition to a full programme of
contributed papers, invited talks will be given on two very significant
and interesting systems, each of which has extremely challenging
dependability requirements, in the areas of banking and air traffic
control, respectively.
The Association for Payment Clearing Service's CHAPS system provides
the UK same-day guaranteed electronic credit transfer service for 14
settlement banks and over 300 participant banks. The transaction value
often exceeds 80 billion pounds per day. This system will be
described by Mr Eryl Thomas, who has overall responsibility for the
operation of CHAPS, together with Mr Jim Reeves, CHAPS Technical
Manager, and Mr Geoff Birks, a Senior Manager with the IT Planning
Department of the National Westminster Bank, which is a major CHAPS user.
Dr Flaviu Cristian, who is on the staff of the IBM Research Center,
Almaden, California, will describe plans for the Advanced Automation
System (AAS). The AAS system is being built for the US Federal
Aviation Authority, as a total replacement for the existing North
American air traffic control system. The AAS contract, whose total
value is 3.55 billion dollars, is the biggest single contract in IBM's
history, and the biggest non-military procurement by the US Government
ever. Dr Cristian has just received a Corporate Award (IBM's highest
technical award) for his key contributions to the design of the AAS.
This first ever FTCS in the United Kingdom will be located at Newcastle upon
Tyne, which dates back to Roman times and is the capital of North East
England. The conference hotel will be the newly renovated Crest in the
city centre and delegates' bedroom accommodation will be at the Crest and
four satellite hotels - the County Thistle, Royal Station, Hospitality Inn
and Northumbria Hotel.
The social programme will include a welcome reception, the Lord Mayor's
Civic reception, an afternoon visit to Durham Cathedral, founded in 1093
and one of the finest cathedrals in Europe, a Symposium Banquet in one of
England's stateliest homes and three lunches. There will be spouse programme
visits to Alnwick Castle and the North of England Open Air Museum at Beamish.
Appropriate local literature will be provided to each delegate giving details
of these and of the many other places of interest to visit in Northumbria.
Delegates are urged to extend their stay in the North East of England, in
order to take the opportunity of exploring further one of the most naturally
beautiful and historically rich regions in the country.
REGISTRATION
All those attending the Symposium are requested to register as early as
possible. The registration fee is to be paid in pounds sterling either by
international money order, UK cheque, or by the following credit cards:
Visa, Mastercard, Access or Eurocard. No other form of payment can be
accepted. A receipt and further information will be sent to all registrants.
The fee includes:- Admission to all sessions, the welcome reception on
Monday evening, the Lord Mayor's Civic reception and dinner on Tuesday
evening, the visit to Durham Cathedral, Castle and City on Wednesday
afternoon, the Symposium Banquet at Wynyard Hall on Wednesday evening,
luncheons at the Crest on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, morning and
afternoon coffee/tea/soft drinks with biscuits and one copy of the Symposium
Proceedings.
The student fee includes all the above except the visit to Durham and the
Banquet at Wynyard Hall on Wednesday. Admission to all the above events
will be by delegate badge only, which should be worn throughout the
Symposium. Additional copies of the proceedings, tickets for the visit to
Durham Cathedral and Banquet tickets may be purchased at the Symposium
Reception desk. Enquires regarding registration should be made to:
FTCS-20 REGISTRATION, Keepers Lodge, Great Chart, Kent TN26 1JX, UK.,
Tel. +44 23 382 258.
INDUSTRIAL SPONSORS
These include the following organisations who have generously agreed to
part sponsor FTCS-20: AEA Technology, August Systems Ltd., British Telecom,
Digital Equipment Corporation Ltd., Integrated Micro Products Ltd., the
MARI Group.
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REGISTRATION FORM FTCS-20
Please send this form and payment to: FTCS-20 REGISTRATION, Keepers Lodge,
Great Chart, Kent TN26 1JX, United Kingdom. Please type or use block letters.
1. PARTICIPANT
Name:........................ First Name:....................... Title:.....
Organisation:................................................................
Street:...................... City:..........................................
State:....................... Postal Code:................... Country:.......
2. ACCOMPANYING PERSON(S)/SPOUSE
Name:........................ First Name:........................
Name:........................ First Name:........................
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3. REGISTRATION FEE Advance Late | Please |
(before 15th May 90) (after 15th May 90) | Fill in |
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Member IEEE 186 pounds 229 pounds | |
Non-Member 235 pounds 286 pounds | |
Student 86 pounds 115 pounds | |
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IEEE Member No:.................. | |
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Fee covers items a,c and d in Section 4. | |
Student Fee includes a and c. | |
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4. SOCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR ACCOMPANYING PERSONS | |
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a. Monday Evening: Welcome Reception at Crest Hotel (10 pounds) | |
b. Tuesday all day: Visit to Alnwick Castle and Fair (40 pounds) | |
c. Tuesday Evening: Lord Mayor's Civic Reception (5 pounds) | |
d. Wednesday Afternoon and Evening: Visit to Durham Cathedral, | |
Castle & City followed by Banquet at Wynyard Hall (40 pounds) | |
e. Thursday Morning: Visit to Beamish Museum (20 pounds) | |
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TOTAL AMOUNT: (Pounds) | |
5. PAYMENT TO FTCS-20 +---------+
I will pay by: Sterling cheque attached made payable to IEEE FTCS-20 .......
Visa/Mastercard/Access/Eurocard .............................
Card No.: ........................ Expiry Date:............................
Cardholder's Name:................ Address (if different from above):......
Date:..................1990 Signature:..............................
6. PLEASE ADVISE OF ANY SPECIAL DIETARY REQUIREMENTS:.......................
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Organising Committee:
Symposium Chairman: Brian Randell
Symposium Vice-chairman: Tom Anderson
Program Co-chairmen: Bev Littlewood, Basil Smith
Publications Chairman: Ambuj Goyal
Finance & Local Arrangements Chairman: Neil Speirs
Publicity Chairman: Carol Carr
Registration Chairman: Michael Drummond-Brady
Ex officio member - TC Chairman D. Rennels
Programme Committee:
J. Abraham, USA
V. Agarwal, Canada
T. Anderson, UK
E. Cerny, Canada
C. Chen, USA
T. Downs, Australia
N. Fenton, UK
E. Fujiwara, Japan
M-C. Gaudel, France
A. Goyal, USA
R. Iyer, USA
N. Jha, USA
M. Joseph, UK
J. Kelly, USA
K. Kinoshita, Japan
J. Knight, USA
Th. Krol, Netherlands
J. Lala, USA
J-C. Laprie, France
G. Masson, USA
E. McCluskey, USA
J. McDermid, UK
D. Miller, USA
M. Moulding, UK
M. Nicolaidis, France
C. Raghavendra, USA
S. Reddy, USA
F. Saglietti, FRG
L. Strigini, Italy
N. Takashi, Japan
D. Tang, USA
D. Taylor, Canada
Y. Tohma, Japan
H-J. Wunderlich, FRG