Subject: IEEE-CS TC-RTS Newsletter for Tue Feb 09, 1993 _______________________________________________________________________________ __ _ __ ___ ___ __ __ I E E E Technical Committee |\ | |_ | | (_' | |_ | | |_ |_) C S on Real-Time Systems | \| |__ |/\| ,_) |__ |__ | | |__ | \ _______________________________________________________________________________ Table of Contents Line ----------------- ---- 1. stankovi@sssup2.sssup.it (J. Stankovic) (20 lines) New Officers for Technical Committee on RTS........................ 2 2. isaac@goanna.cs.rmit.OZ.AU (154 lines) Professor of Software Engineering ................................. 23 3. poigne@gmd.de (55 lines) Position available at GMD.......................................... 176 4. krithi@nirvan.cs.umass.edu (krithi) (180 lines) CFP: 12th Symposium on Reliable Distributed Systems................ 232 5. laplante@sun490.fdu.edu (Phil Laplante) (54 lines) Special session on real-time image processing...................... 412 6. vlijmen@fwi.uva.nl (Sebastiaan van Vlijmen (I87)) (41 lines) Traffic Regulation................................................. 465 7. Ragunathan Rajkumar (99 lines) Call for Papers for RTSS'93........................................ 506 8. stankovi@sssup2.sssup.it (313 lines) Conference Call from Jack Stankovic................................ 605 9. Jay Strosnider (58 lines) CFP: Workshop on the role of RT on Multimedia/Interactive Systems.. 920 10. best@cs.bu.edu (Azer Bestavros) (34 lines) Contents on the IEEE-RTTC repository .............................. 977 Membership Update.................................................. 999 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<* START OF THE IEEE-CS TC-RTS NEWSLETTER *>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Message 1; Postmarked Mon Feb 1 05:50:53 1993 Subject: New Officers for Technical Committee on RTS From: stankovi@sssup2.sssup.it (J. Stankovic) The TC on Real-Time Computing has the following new officers: Chair - Jack Stankovic -- stankovi@sssup2.sssup.it Vice Chair - Al Mok -- mok@cs.utexas.edu All members of the TC owe a great deal of graditude to our outgoing Chair -- Prof Kang Shin of Michigan for his 2 years of dedicated service and improvement of the TC. Thanks Kang!! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Message 2; Postmarked Mon Jan 4 10:50:43 1993 From: isaac@goanna.cs.rmit.OZ.AU Subject: Professor of Software Engineering RMIT DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE, CITY CAMPUS MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA POSITION DESCRIPTION SECTION I 1. POSITION SUMMARY Title : Professor in Software Engineering Number : 128-33-A Classification : Academic Level E Salary : $77,900 2. ORGANISATIONAL SUMMARY Faculty : Applied Science Department : Computer Science Supervisor's Title : Head of Department Classification : Head of School III 3. RECRUITMENT INFORMATION Closing Date for Application : 5th February 1993 Addressed to: Executive Appointments RMIT City Campus GPO Box 2476V Melbourne Australia 3001 4. LEVEL OF APPOINTMENT Appointment will be made at Professor level (Academic level E) and applicants must satisfy RMIT requirements* for professorial appointment in the three areas of: research and scholarship; teaching and communication; and leadership (academic and professional). A paper on RMIT professorial appointments is available by sending electronic mail to Alan Leary (ajl@cs.rmit.edu.au) SECTION II l. JOB SUMMARY The Professor will provide leadership in the areas of software engineering education, research and industrial liaison. The Department of Computer Science is a multi campus department with an enrolment of approximately 650 equivalent full time students in its courses and a staff establishment of approximately 55. The following courses are offered by the Department: . Bachelor of Applied Science (Computer Science). . Bachelor of Applied Science Honours (Computer Science). . Graduate Diploma in Computing Studies. . Graduate Diploma in Knowledge Based Systems. . Post Graduate Certificate in Software Engineering. . Bachelor of Engineering/Bachelor of Applied Science in Information Systems. . Master of Applied Science (by Coursework) in Information Technology. . Master of Applied Science and PhD (by Research). . A range of service subjects to other courses. In addition to the above programs, the Department has a heavy involvement in research and development principally in the areas of database systems, computer graphics, artificial intelligence and software engineering. Collaborative links exist between the Department and other related Engineering and Science departments both at RMIT and Melbourne University. The teaching programs of the Department cover a wide range of computing areas including programming languages and methodology, computer architecture, systems analysis and design, theory of computation, database systems, computer graphics, artificial intelligence, software engineering, formal methods, data communications and networks, operating systems, systems programming and compiler design. The Department operates two multi-processor Encore Multimax computer systems (to be replaced in 1993), a Sun 4 mini-computer and a VAX ll/750 all running UNIX. A wide range of computer laboratories and networked workstations are available for teaching and research. Students also make use of the University's Computer Centre mainframes and super-computer facilities. 2. QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE The applicant should have: . A higher degree (preferably a PhD) in Computer Science, Software Systems Engineering or a closely related discipline; . A distinguished international reputation either in the field of software engineering theory or software engineering practice; . A record of excellence in both the teaching of software engineering and its industrial practice; . An established history of publication, particularly in one or more of the following areas: - formal description techniques, - validation and verification, - real-time systems development, - object-oriented technology, - programming language design & implementation. 3. DUTIES The successful applicant will be responsible to the Head of Department and will: 3.1 Coordinate and participate in the teaching of software engineering courses at the undergraduate and postgraduate level and carry out related academic functions; 3.2 Supervise projects and theses primarily in the area of software engineering; 3.3 Build a solid basis of software engineering research in the Department and attract funding for that research; 3.4 Establish collaborative links with other academic or research institutions and industry; 3.5 Perform administrative duties associated with the tasks outlined above; 3.6 Perform other appropriate duties as required by Head of Department. Note: The successful applicant will be based at the RMIT City campus and will coordinate activities in the area of software engineering at both the City and Bundoora campuses. If you have any further queries about the Department feel free to mail Alan Leary --- ajl@cs.rmit.edu.au ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Message 3; Postmarked Fri Jan 8 23:14:39 1993 Subject: Position available at GMD From: poigne@gmd.de Vacancy at the GMD The research group "Specification of Complex Systems" (headed by A.Poigne) within the institute "System Design Technologies" (headed by R.Camposano) has to offer a temporary position (3 years). GMD is the acronym for the "German National Research Center for Computer Science". The main goal of the research group is to develop and integrate modelling and analysis methods for systems combining software and hardware components as well as mechatronic components. The systems considered - have analog and digital components, - are reactive and time critical, and - are embedded. The vacancy is in context of a small research project on "Analysis Methods for Hardware/Software Codesign". Here the short term goal is to use analysis techniques such as simulation and formal verification experimentally in codesign, evaluating existing tools. More long-term we aim at the integration of practical methods into an "analysis-workbench" which should substantially support the construction of correct systems, providing, for example, decisive criteria for technological mapping to software and hardware. In particular, we now use real-time languages such as ESTEREL and LUSTRE for system design, but experiment as well with timed process calculi. These should be connected to hardware development systems like Berkely SIS to integrate software and hardware verification. In particular, we expect a successful candidate to work at least in one of the following areas : - design and validation of embedded controllers, - Development and integration of existing software for the design and verification of such systems, - hardware/software codesign. We in particular encourage researcher with a established profile in this field since there is some scope to influence the direction of the research. A candidate should have a good background in formal methods, preferably a PhD, related to the area of reactive systems such as process calculi or real-time languages, and/or in application of verification systems, e.g. Concurrency workbench, Auto, HOL (Lambda). Some knowledge about hardware and object-oriented design would be appreciated. The GMD is situated in Sankt Augustin on the border to Bonn (and close to Cologne) in quite a pleasant area of Germany. Salary is on the standard scale for researchers in Germany (IIa or Ib), but it somewhat depends on the experience and family situation (hence it is difficult to give a general figure). All enquieries should be directed to Axel Poigne. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Message 4; Postmarked Fri Jan 15 15:50:29 1993 From: krithi@nirvan.cs.umass.edu (krithi) Subject: CFP: 12th Symposium on Reliable Distributed Systems CALL FOR PAPERS 12th Symposium on Reliable Distributed Systems Oct. 6 (Wed), 1993 - Oct. 8 (Fri), 1993 Princeton, New Jersey SPONSORS: IEEE Computer Society TC on Distributed Processing IEEE Computer Society TC on Fault-Tolerant Computing IFIP WG 10.4 on Dependable Computing THEME: The theme of the symposium is reliability of distributed and parallel systems, including distributed applications, distributed operating systems, and distributed databases. Papers are sought that address the reliability, availability, security, and performance aspects of distributed and parallel systems. Papers that deal with experimental results, testbeds, development, and data from operational systems are of particular interest. TOPICS OF INTEREST: The following topics, as they relate to distributed and parallel systems, are of interest to the Symposium: - System-level and Software Fault Tolerance - Fault-Tolerance Formalism - Database Systems - Operating Systems - Security - Experimental Systems with High Reliability Mechanisms - Object-Oriented Systems - Transaction Processing Systems - Performance and Reliability Modeling - Programming-language Support for Reliable Computing PAPER SUBMISSIONS: Papers must be written in English and printed using at least 11-point type and 1-1/2 line spacing. They should be no more than 20 pages in manuscript, including figures. Authors are requested to submit five copies of their manuscript by March 15, 1993 to: Prof. David Taylor Department of Computer Science University of Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario CANADA N2L 3G1 (519)888-4432 dtaylor@grand.uwaterloo.ca Authors will be notified by June 1, 1993. Final camera-ready copies are due July 9, 1993. AWARDS: The Wing Toy Best Student Paper Award, carrying a monetary award, will be given to the best student paper accepted for the Symposium. A paper is eligible for the award only if: (1) it will be presented at the Symposium by a student co-author, (2) the research it presents is essentially the work of the student co-authors and the involvement of the non-student co-authors was restricted to advising the student co-authors. The detailed Award rules will be provided to the authors of the accepted papers. TUTORIALS: Persons interested in teaching a half-day or full-day tutorial on topics related to the theme of the symposium are encouraged to submit a proposal with a brief syllabus by March 15, 1993 to: Prof. Junguk L. Kim Department of Computer Science Texas A&M University College Station, TX 77843-3112 USA (409)845-8872 kim@cs.tamu.edu TOOLS FAIR: The TOOLS FAIR will allow researchers and developers to present the latest technology in tools for designing and analyzing reliable distributed and parallel systems. Universities, research organizations, and commercial vendors are encouraged to submit proposals describing novel features of state-of-the-art tools and environments. Proposals must be submitted by March 15, 1993 to: Prof. Kishor S. Trivedi Department of Electrical Engineering Duke University Durham, NC 27706 USA (919)660-5269 kst@egr.duke.edu ===================================================================== COMMITTEE SYMPOSIUM CHAIR: Geneva Belford University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign SYMPOSIUM VICE-CHAIR: Farokh Bastani University of Houston PROGRAM COMMITTEE CHAIR: David Taylor University of Waterloo PROGRAM COMMITTEE: Joanne Bechta Dugan Bharat Bhargava Ron Bianchini Ken Birman Gary Craig Eduardo Fernandez Bob Geist Walt Heimerdinger Sushil Jajodia K.-J. Lin Mike Liu Edgar Nett David Powell Calton Pu Bill Sanders Rick Schlichting Santosh Shrivastava Sang H. Son Anand Tripathi TUTORIALS CHAIR: Junguk Kim Texas A&M University TOOLS FAIR CHAIR: Kishor Trivedi Duke University FINANCE CHAIR: Ing-Ray Chen University of Mississippi LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS CHAIR: Malathi Veeraraghavan AT&T Bell Laboratories PUBLICITY CHAIR: Krithi Ramamritham University of Massachusetts, Amherst REGISTRATION CHAIR: Yennun Huang AT&T Bell Laboratories AWARDS CHAIR: Leszek Lilien AT&T Bell Laboratories TC LIAISON: Kane Kim University of California, Irvine ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Message 5; Postmarked Thu Jan 28 10:39:17 1993 From: laplante@sun490.fdu.edu (Phil Laplante) Subject: Special session on real-time image processing * * * C A L L F O R P A P E R S * * * Papers are requested for a special session on "Real-Time Image Processing" to be held at the 1993 IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Conference in Le Touquet France, October 17-20, 1993. The IEEE SMC conference is the showcase gathering for the IEEE SMC interest group. IEEE SMC covers a broad range of topics in image processing, robotics, and artificial intelligence. The archival journal of the society is the IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics. Topics for the session include but are not limited to: Real-time image processing applications Real-time image processing protocols Real-time image processing specification Real-time image processing architectures Multi-media Virtual reality Remote sensing and control Real-time image compression Papers should be 6-10 pages in length and will be published in the conference proceedings. Authors will be expected to make a presentation at the conference. The deadlines for submission to the conference are as follows: Extended abstract submission February 15, 1993 Preliminary acceptance May 1, 1993 Full paper submission July 15, 1993 Final acceptance August 1, 1993 Please send extended abstracts via post, FAX, or email to: Dr. Phil Laplante Department of Mathematics and Computer Science Fairleigh Dickinson University Madison, NJ 07480 laplante@fdumad.fdu.edu (201) 593-8680 (voice) (201) 593-8886 (FAX) If you need further information, please do not hesitate to call. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Message 6; Postmarked Thu Jan 28 20:30:12 1993 Subject: Traffic Regulation From: vlijmen@fwi.uva.nl (Sebastiaan van Vlijmen (I87)) Sender: best@cs.bu.edu We, Bas van Vlijmen and Arjan van Waveren of the Programming Research Group of the University of Amsterdam are currently working on specifications in PSF, (a process algebra based specification language) of traffic regulation systems. A traffic regulation system controls the traffic on an intersection and comprises hardware like traffic lights, detection fields, push buttons for pedestrians etc. and some equipment implementing a regulation algorithm. We get input on the structure of- the problems of- and demands on these systems from the company Nederland-Haarlem. This company designs and implements these types of systems. We wonder if there is already work done on the formal specification and verification of these systems as discrete event systems. This does not mean we are only looking for work done on traffic regulation. The core of a traffic regulation system is a regulation algorithm, and these algorithms are of course applicable in many fields. So information is appreciated also, on formal specification and verification of say, regulation algorithms serving multiple queues of 'objects' and in which time and priority play a role. With kind regards, Bas van Vlijmen (vlijmen@fwi.uva.nl) Arjan van Waveren (waveren@fwi.uva.nl) X-Organisation: Faculty of Mathematics & Computer Science University of Amsterdam Kruislaan 403 NL-1098 SJ Amsterdam The Netherlands X-Phone: +31 20 525 7463 X-Telex: 10262 hef nl X-Fax: +31 20 525 7490 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Message 7; Postmarked Rajkumar Tue Feb 2 13:55:41 Subject: Call for Papers for RTSS'93 From: Ragunathan Rajkumar Sender: best@cs.bu.edu C A L L F O R P A P E R S 14TH IEEE REAL-TIME SYSTEMS SYMPOSIUM December 1-3, 1993 Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society TC on Real-Time SYSTEMS SCOPE The purpose of this symposium is to bring together researchers and developers from academia, industry and government to advance the science and technology in real-time computing. Papers on all aspects of real-time computing are sought, including formal methods, operating systems and scheduling, fault-tolerance, databases, programming languages, tools, communication networks, architectures, performance modeling, case studies, and applications. Of particular interests are reports describing practical experiences, experimental results and real-time issues in applications such as avionics, multimedia, robotics, automated process control and manufacturing. SUBMISSIONS Papers should describe original work, and be 20 double-spaced pages (5,000 words) or less in length. Brief synopses (5 double-spaced pages or less in length) of real-time applications, experimental results, and practical experiences in the design and development of real-time systems are also invited. The synopses should contain enough information for the program committee to understand the scope of the project and evaluate the novelty of the problem or approach. All accepted submissions will appear in the proceedings. Please send 5 copies of your submission by May 1, 1993 to the program chair. Also send electronically an 80 word abstract of the paper or synopsis by the same date to farnam@@watson.ibm.com. Include in the abstract your mailing address, phone number, and indicate whether the submission is a full paper or a synopsis. GENERAL CO-CHAIRS TREASURER Susan Davidson and Insup Lee Walter Heimerdinger University of Pennsylvania Honeywell PROGRAM CHAIR PUBLICITY CHAIR Farnam Jahanian Ragunathan Rajkumar IBM T. J. Watson Research Center SEI, CMU P.O.Box 704 rr@sei.cmu.edu Yorktown Heights, NY 10598 farnam@watson.ibm.com EX-OFFICIO Tel: (914) 784-7498 Fax: (914) 784-7455 Kang Shin, U. Of Michigan RTS-TC Chair PROGRAM COMMITTEE MEMBERS Rajiv Alur Steve Howell Doug Locke Thomas Bihari Kevin Jeffay Nancy Lynch Ken Birman Dilip Kandlur Miroslaw Malek Alan Burns Hermann Kopetz Sang Son Flaviu Cristian John Lehoczky Jack Stankovic Richard Gerber Joseph Leung Satish Tripathi Connie Heitmeyer Jane Liu Victor Wolfe SYMPOSIUM TIMETABLE Abstract and Paper/Synopsis Due May 1, 1993 Acceptance Letters July 22, 1993 Camera-Ready Papers September 15, 1993 Workshop on Multimedia Systems November 30, 1993 Symposium December 1-3, 1993 WORKSHOP ON THE ROLE OF REAL-TIME COMPUTING IN MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS Prior to the symposium, a workshop on the role of real-time computing in multimedia /interactive systems will be held. The goal of the workshop is to bring the multimedia and real-time research communities together to explore mutual research interests, and to define the key research challenges. Please contact Jay Strosnider (jks@ece.cmu.edu) for details. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Message 8; Postmarked Tue Feb 9 02:28:42 1993 Subject: Conference Call from Jack Stankovic From: stankovi@sssup2.sssup.it MCPA'93 Final Call **************************************************************************** * Invitation to * * International Workshop on Mechatronical Computer Systems * * for Perception and Action, June 1-3, 1993 * * Halmstad University, Sweden * * * * Final Call for Contributions * **************************************************************************** Mechatronical Computer Systems that Perceive and Act - A New Generation ======================================================================= Mechatronical computer systems, which we will see in advanced products and production equipment of tomorrow, are designed to do much more than calculate. The interaction with the environment and the integration of computational modules in every part of the equipment, engaging in every aspect of its functioning, put new, and conceptually different, demands on the computer system. A development towards a complete integration between the mechanical system, advanced sensors and actuators, and a multitude of process- ing modules can be foreseen. At the systems level, powerful algorithms for perceptual integration, goal-direction and action planning in real time will be critical components. The resulting action-oriented systems may interact with their environments by means of sophisticated sensors and actua- tors, often with a high degree of parallelism, and may be able to learn and adapt to different circumstances and environ- ments. Perceiveing the objects and events of the external world and acting upon the situation in accordance with an appropriate behaviour, whether programmed, trained, or learned, are key functions of these, next generation, compu- ter systems. The aim of this first International Workshop on Mechatronical Computer Systems for Perception and Action is to gather researchers and industrial development engineers, who work with different aspects of this exciting new generation of com- puting systems and computer-based applications, to a fruitful exchange of ideas and results and, often interdisciplinary, dis- cussions. Workshop Form ============= One of the days of the workshop will be devoted to true work- shop activities. The objective is to identify and propose research directions and key problem areas in mechatronical computing systems for perception and action. In the morning session, invited speakers, as well as other workshop dele- gates, will give their perspectives on the theme of the work- shop. The work will proceed in smaller working groups during the afternoon, after which the conclusions will be presented in a plenary session. The scientific programme will also include presentations of research results in oral or poster form, or as demonstrations. Subject Areas ============= Relevant subject areas are e.g.: Real-Time Systems Architecture and Real-Time Software. Sensor Systems and Sensory/Motor Coordination. Biologically Inspired Systems. Applications of Unsupervised and Reinforcement Learning. Real-Time Decision Making and Action Planning. Parallel Processor Architectures for Embedded Systems. Development Tools and Support Systems for Mechatronical Computer Systems and Applications. Dependable Computer Systems. Robotics and Machine Vision. Neural Networks in Real-Time Applications. Advanced Mechatronical Computing Demands in Industry. Contributions to the Workshop ============================= The programme committee welcomes all kinds of contribu- tions - papers to be presented orally or as posters, demon- strations, etc. - in the areas listed above, as well as other areas of relevance to the theme of the workshop. From the workshop point of view, it is NOT essential that con- tributions contain only new, unpublished results. Rather, the new, interdisciplinary collection of delegates that can be expected at the workshop may motivate presentations of ear- lier published results. Specifically, we invite delegates to state their view of the workshop theme, including identification of key research issues and research directions. The planning of the workshop day will be based on these submitted statements , some of which will be presented in the plenary session, some of which in the smaller working groups. DEADLINES ========= Febr. 26, 1993: Submissions of extended abstracts or full papers. Submissions of statements regarding perspectives on the conference theme, that the delegate would like to present at the workshop (4 pages max). Submissions of descriptions of demonstrations, etc. March 19, 1993: Notification of acceptance. Preliminary final programme. May 1, 1993: Final papers and statements. All submissions shall be sent to the workshop secretariat, see address box. Please send two copies. Submissions must include name(s) and affiliation(s) of author(s) and full address, including phone and fax number and electronic mail address (if possible). The accepted papers and statements will be assembled into a Proceedings book given to the Workshop attendees. After the workshop a revised version of the proceedings, including results of the workshop discussions, will be published by an international publisher. Invited speakers ================ Prof. John A. Stankovic, University of Massachusetts, USA, and Scuola Superiore S. Anna, Pisa, Italy: "Major Real-Time Challenges for Mechatronical Systems" Prof. Jan-Olof Eklundh, CVAP, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden: "Computer Vision and Seeing Systems" (More invited speakers to be confirmed.) ORGANISERS ========== The workshop is arranged by CCA, the Centre for Computer Architecture at Halmstad University, Sweden, in cooperation with the DAMEK Mechatronics Research Group and the SANS (Studies of Artificial Neural Systems) Research Group, both at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden, and the Department of Computer Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden. The Organising Committee includes: Lars Bengtsson, CCA, Organising Chair Anders Lansner, SANS Kenneth Nilsson, CCA Bertil Svensson, Chalmers University of Technology and CCA, Programme and Conference Chair Per-Arne Wiberg, CCA Jan Wikander, DAMEK The workshop is supported by SNNS, the Swedish Neural Network Society. It is financially supported by Halmstad University, the County Administration of Halland, Swedish industries and NUTEK (the Swedish National Board for Industrial and Technical Development). Programme Committee =================== Bertil Svensson, Sweden (chair) Paolo Ancilotti, Italy Lars Bengtsson, Sweden Giorgio Buttazzo, Italy Robert Forchheimer, Sweden Anders Lansner, Sweden Kenneth Nilsson, Sweden John Stankovic, Italy and USA Jan Torin, Sweden Hendrik van Brussel, Belgium Per-Arne Wiberg, Sweden Jan Wikander, Sweden Workshop Language: English Workshop fee: SEK 2 000, incl. proceedings, lunch- eons, reception and workshop dinner. Early registration (before April 20) SEK 1750. The number of attendees to the workshop is limited. Among those not submitting a contribution attendance will be given on a first-come, first-served basis. Social Activities ================= Reception, workshop dinner. Deep sea fishing tour or a visit at Varberg castle/fortress and museum. Bring your family, a programme for accompanying persons will be arranged. How to get there ================ Halmstad is situated on the west coast of Sweden between Copenhagen and Gothenburg (major international airports). With a distance of 150 kilometres to each of these cities it is easy and convenient to reach Halmstad by train, bus or car. Halmstad Airport is linked to Stockholm International Airport (Arlanda). Flight time Stockholm - Halmstad is 50 minutes. Accomodation ============ Arrangements will be made with local hotels, both downtown Halmstad and at the seaside. Different price categories will be available. Please let us know what price category and loca- tion you prefer and we help you with the booking. Payment is made directly to the hotel. Prices (breakfast included) in SEK: CATEGORY 1: SEK 750-850 single room, 750-950 double room Downtown Single room ( ) Double room ( ) Seaside Single room ( ) Double room ( ) CATEGORY 2: SEK 400 single room, 450 double room Near town Single room ( ) Double room ( ) Transportation between the hotels and the University will be arranged. ( ) I register already now. Send preliminary programme when available. ( ) I do not register yet but want the preliminary programme when available. Name ................................................... ....................................................... Address................................................. ........................................................ ........................................................ Tel., Fax, e-mail .................................... ......................................................... - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- MCPA Workshop Centre for Computer Architecture Halmstad University Box 823 S-30118 HALMSTAD Sweden Tel. +46 35 153134 (Lars Bengtsson) Fax. +46 35 157387 email: mcpa@cca.hh.se - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ END OF MESSAGE ------- End of Forwarded Message ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Message 9; Postmarked Tue Feb 9 17:34:44 1993 From: Jay Strosnider Sender: best@cs.bu.edu Subject: CFP: Workshop on the role of RT on Multimedia/Interactive Systems CALL FOR PAPERS WORKSHOP ON THE ROLE OF REAL-TIME IN MULTIMEDIA/INTERACTIVE COMPUTING SYSTEMS There will be a workshop on the "Role of Real-Time in Multimedia/Interactive Computing" in conjunction with the 14th IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium. Opinions range from "there is no role for real-time, just buy a faster processor" to "multimedia/interactive are real-time systems not unlike Command, Control and Communication (C3) Systems". This workshop is attempting to bring together researchers and practitioners from across this opinion spectrum in an attempt to cleanly identify and delineate the role of real-time in commercial multimedia/interactive systems. The emergence of multimedia systems into the commercial mainstream is creating new opportunities and challenges for the real-time research community. The opportunity is for the real-time community to have broad commercial impact. The challenge is for the real-time community to clearly demonstrate its value added to the commercial community. Specifically, that the theory and practice of real-time computing is not only necessary, but is also the cost effective engineering approach for commercial multimedia/interactive systems. We seek 5 page position papers from across the opinion spectrum which: - illustrate where real-time capabilites are/are not required, - articulate the relationship between classical real-time systems, multimedia/interactive commercial systems, and general purpose computing systems, - capture the research challenges associated with widespead commercially available multimedia/interactive systems, - characterize multimedia data types and control types, - propose multimedia/interactive computing benchmarks, - summarize industry specific computing requirements, telecommunications, workstations, etc. Other solicited topics include: - multi-media applications in distributed and parallel systems and studies of their timing and scheduling requirements, - support of multi-media applications' timing requirements in communication protocols, by operating system schedulers, or at hardware and user levels, - tools and programming support for evaluation and realization of for multi-media/interactive applications. The workshop will be held on in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina on November 30, 1993. Important dates are: position papers due September 15, 1993, notification to authors by November 1, 1993. For more information, contact Jay K. Strosnider by email at strosnider@ece.cmu.edu. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Message 10; Postmarked Tue Feb 9 21:48:26 1993 From: best@cs.bu.edu (Azer Bestavros) Subject: Contents on the IEEE-RTTC repository The following documents are now available from the IEEE-RTTC repository, which is accessible via anonymous FTP from under the "/IEEE-RTTC" directory. osinter.ps -- An editorial discussing rt os interfaces; what's wrong with today's interfaces and some suggestions as to what is needed editres.tex -- An editorial on resource allocation in real-time systems; it discusses on-demand models, planning models and static system models all focussing on integrated resource allocation and scheduling For a complete description of the contents of the repository, please refer to the file "contents". To contribute to the repository, please contact me at the following address: . Subject: Membership Update As a result of the announcements made during the last IEEE-CS TC-RTS meeting in Phoenix regarding this Electronic Newsletter, I am pleased to announce that our mailing list has soared to almost 400 members. Please notice that this Newsletter is a service provided to members of the Computer Society of the IEEE. --Azer Bestavros ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<* END OF THE IEEE-CS TC-RTS NEWSLETTER *>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The TC-RTS repository is maintained by Azer Bestavros at Boston University Internet address for anonymous FTP to the TC-RTS repository is: cs.bu.edu Contributions to this forum should be sent via E-mail to: IEEE-RTTC@cs.bu.edu Requests / inquiries should be sent via E-mail to: IEEE-RTTC-request@cs.bu.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------------