Subject: IEEE-CS TC-RTS Newsletter for Thu Feb 05, 1998 _______________________________________________________________________________ __ _ __ ___ ___ __ __ I E E E Technical Committee |\ | |_ | | (_' | |_ | | |_ |_) C S on Real-Time Systems | \| |__ |/\| ,_) |__ |__ | | |__ | \ _______________________________________________________________________________ Table of Contents Line ----------------- ---- 1. best@cs.bu.edu (149 lines) RTSS'98: Call For Papers........................................... 3 2. s.nagy@opengroup.org (52 lines) IEEE RTAS'98: Work In Progress Sessions............................ 152 3. Gerhard Fohler (36 lines) Openings at Malardalen University for RT Systems Research.......... 204 4. Oded Maler (42 lines) Doc and post-doc positions, Verimag, Grenoble...................... 240 5. best@cs.bu.edu (57 lines) Tenure-Track Faculty Positions at Boston University................ 282 6. CEO21CSInc@aol.com (61 lines) RT Journal: RT Computing in the Age of the Web and the Internet.... 339 7. Kwei-Jay Lin (79 lines) CFP: IEEE Workshop on E-Commerce (in conjunction with RTAS'98)..... 400 8. Bran Selic (85 lines) IFAC/IFIP REAL TIME PROGRAMMING: CFP............................... 479 9. Frank Mueller (135 lines) ACM SIGPLAN LCTES'98: Final CFP (Feb 20)........................... 564 10. thura@mail11.mitre.org (Dr. Bhavani Thuraisingham) (59 lines) COMPSAC 98: CFP.................................................... 698 11. Mike Jones (81 lines) NOSSDAV '98 CFP.................................................... 758 12. Krithi Ramamritham (167 lines) ECAI-98 WORKSHOP .................................................. 839 CFP: Special Issue on ``Dependable Real-Time Systems''............. 912 13. Gerhard Fohler (39 lines) 10th Euromicro Workshop On Real Time Systems: WIP CFP.............. 1006 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<* START OF THE IEEE-CS TC-RTS NEWSLETTER *>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Message 1; Postmarked Tue Dec 2 08:03:00 1997 From: best@cs.bu.edu Subject: RTSS'98: Call For Papers Content-Length: 6465 ======================================================================= CALL FOR PAPERS The 19th IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium Madrid, Spain December 2-4, 1998 Sponsored by The IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Real-Time Systems ======================================================================= SCOPE OF THE CONFERENCE RTSS '98 will bring together a wide body of researchers and developers, to advance the science and practice of real-time computing. Papers on all aspects of real-time systems are welcome, including (but not limited to) modeling and design methods, operating systems, scheduling algorithms, databases, file systems, networks and communications, programming languages, formal methods, architecture, middleware and APIs, instrumentation, fault tolerance, software engineering, performance analysis, embedded systems, signal-processing, multimedia applications, process control, tool support -- and a lot more. Of particular interest are case-study reports on experimental results, from any core application area in real-time systems. ======================================================================= SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Papers should describe original research (i.e., not published elsewhere), and should not exceed 20 double-spaced pages (or approximately 5000 words). All accepted submissions will appear in the proceedings published by IEEE, with the committee recommending a selection of the best papers for publication in a journal. If possible, submissions should be made electronically, either in postscript or PDF format. Additional details on submission guidelines will be posted at the RTSS'98 Home Page: http://www.cs.umd.edu/~rich/rtss98/ Electronic submissions are preferred; however postal submissions will be accepted for review, provided they arrive by the Submission Deadline of May 1, 1998. All authors taking this option should mail eight (8) copies of their submitted papers to the Program Chair: Richard Gerber Email: rich@cs.umd.edu Department of Computer Science URL: www.cs.umd.edu/~rich University of Maryland Phone: +1-301-405-2710 College Park, MD 20742 USA Fax: +1-301-405-6707 ======================================================================= IMPORTANT DATES * May 1, 1998 -- Deadline for paper submissions * July 25, 1998 -- Notification of acceptance * September 1, 1998 -- Final paper due * December 2-4, 1998 -- RTSS '98, Madrid, Spain ======================================================================= EXHIBITION, WORKSHOP AND WORK-IN-PROGRESS SESSIONS Exhibition and Show: RTSS '98 will include an industrial exhibition in a centrally located space, for vendors to demonstrate state-of-the-art systems, development tools and applications; where RTSS attendees can engage in technical discussions with product engineers and developers; and where company representatives meet (and potentially recruit) young researchers specializing in real-time and embedded systems. To reserve space for the exhibition, please contact the RTSS '98 Industrial Chair, Dr. Alan Burns (burns@minster.cs.york.ac.uk). Workshop: RTSS '98 will co-host a workshop on December 1, 1998, directly before the conference. The focus of the workshop will be a "hot topic" of special interest to researchers and developers of real-time systems. Recent RTSS workshops were on topics such as Middleware/APIs (1997) and Multimedia Systems (1996). More information on the 1998 workshop topic will be announced shortly, and publicized on the conference home page. Work-in-Progress Session: As in previous years, RTSS '98 will include a Work-In-Progress (WIP) session, featuring short presentations on new and evolving work. Accepted WIP papers will be included in a special proceedings, and distributed to RTSS'98 conference participants. The proceedings will then be published electronically on the IEEE-CS TC-RTS Home Page. WIP papers will be due approximately one month before the Symposium. ======================================================================= ORGANIZING COMMITTEE General Chair: Kwei-Jay Lin, University of California, Irvine Program Chair: Richard Gerber, University of Maryland Finance Chair: Walt Heimerdinger, Honeywell Technology Center Registration Chair: Linda Buss Local Arrangements Chair: Angel Alvarez, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid Local Treasurer: Juan A. de la Puente, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid Publicity Co-Chairs: Alejandro Alonso, Universidad Politicnica de Madrid (Europe) Chao-Ju Jennifer Hou, Ohio State University (Americas) Joseph Ng, Hong Kong Baptist University (Asia/Pacific) Industrial Chair: Alan Burns, University of York Ex-Officio: (RTS-TC Chair) Doug Locke, Lockheed Martin Corporation ======================================================================= PROGRAM COMMITTEE James Anderson (University of North Carolina) Azer Bestavros (Boston University) Sanjoy Baruah (University of Vermont) Giorgio Butazzio (Scuola Superiore e Sant'Anna) Gerhard Fohler (Malardalen University) Michael Gonzalez Harbour (Universidad Cantabria) Jeffrey Hollingsworth (University of Maryland) Seongsoo Hong (Seoul National University) Farnam Jahanian (University of Michigan) Kevin Jeffay (University of North Carolina) Hermann Kopetz (Vienna University of Technology) Kim G. Larsen (Aalborg University) Insup Lee (University of Pennsylvania) Jane W.S. Liu (University of Illinois) Keith Marzullo (University of California at San Diego) Sang Lyul Min (Seoul National University) Al Mok (University of Texas at Austin) Ragunathan Rajkumar (Carnegie Mellon University) Jennifer Rexford (AT&T Research) Manas Saksena (Concordia University) Bran Selic (ObjectTime, Ltd.) Andy Wellings (University of York) David Wilner (Wind River Systems) Sergio Yovine (CNRS/VERIMAG) Hui Zhang (Carnegie Mellon University) ======================================================================= ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Message 2; Postmarked Tue Dec 2 08:03:00 1997 From: s.nagy@opengroup.org Subject: IEEE RTAS'98: Work In Progress Sessions Content-Length: 2339 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---. --- .--. ,--. / .--. .--. Real-Time Technology & Applications Symposium | | | | | | | | | | Denver, Colorado, USA |--' | |--| `--. `--| )( June 3-5, 1998 | \ | | | | | | | | \ | | | `--' `--' `--' SESSIONS ON WORK IN PROGRESS Sponsored by IEEE-CS TC-RTS Call for Contributions ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Contributions to a special Work-In-Progress (WIP) sessions of RTAS'98 are sought. RTAS'98 WIP will be devoted to the presentation of new and on-going projects in real-time systems and applications. The prime purpose of this session is to provide researchers an opportunity to discuss their evolving ideas and gather feedback thereon from the real-time community at large. The RTAS'98 WIP sessions will consist of 10-minute presentations of all accepted submissions. Also, accepted submissions will be included in a special RTAS'98 WIP proceedings which will be distributed to all conference participants, and will be available electronically from the IEEE-CS TC-RTS Home Page on the WWW. Submissions to RTAS'98 WIP should describe original on-going work and should be limited to 2,000 words. Submissions dealing with real-time issues in applications such as multimedia, networking, middleware services, and process control, as well as reports describing on-going system building efforts in such applications are strongly encouraged. Please send all submissions via Email to RTAS'98 WIP Chair: Susan Nagy The Open Group Research Institute Email: s.nagy@opengroup.org 11 Cambridge Center Phone: (617) 621-7370 Cambridge MA 02142 Fax: (617) 621-8696 The deadline for submissions is April 17, 1998. Notification of acceptance will be sent out on May 8, 1998. For more information, please contact RTAS'98 WIP Chair or check the RTAS'98 WIP Home Page at: http://www.cs.bu.edu/pub/ieee-rts/rtas98/wip ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Message 3; Postmarked Fri Jan 30 07:14:58 1998 From: Gerhard Fohler Subject: Openings at Malardalen University for RT Systems Research Content-Length: 1264 The Department of Computer Science and Engineering (IDt) at Mälardalen university has openings for the following positions: Real-time Systems Lecturer/Researcher, 2 Ph.D. students Hardware Design Lecturer/Researcher, 2 Ph.D. students, Computer Science Ph.D. student, 2 Lecturer/Researcher More information about the positions can be found at http://www.idt.mdh.se/positions.html. Mälardalen University (MdH) was established in 1977. Supported and encouraged by regional industry (e.g. ABB), MdH has become one of the fastest growing universities in Sweden. At this time, MdH ranks as the third largest Engineering educator; currently 8.000 students are studying at MdH. Real-time Systems research was established at MdH around 1990 by three persons as a glue between academia and industry and has meanwhile grown to approximately 30 persons, 17 involved in research with 120 students starting each year. It has been identified (by the university board) as the research area of highest priority at MdH. In addition to strong industrial cooperations, the group has become member of CABERNET in 1997. IDt has been host to Euromicro Workshop on Real Time systems 1994 and will be organizing Euromicro Conference 1998. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Message 4; Postmarked Thu Feb 5 10:54:22 1998 From: Oded Maler Subject: Doc and post-doc positions, Verimag, Grenoble Content-Length: 1466 Doc and Post-doc positions at Verimag - Hybrid and Real-Time Systems ==================================================================== Verimag is an academic research laboratory situated in Grenoble, France. The laboratory specializes in all aspects of development of reactive and safety-critical systems, in particular synchronous programming and verification of reactive, timed and hybrid systems. In the framework of the Esprit project VHS (verification of hybrid systems), Verimag offers several doctoral or post-doctoral positions. For the former it is possible to get a 3-year scholarship in order to obtain a Ph.D. degree in computer science from the UJF. For the latter we offer post-doc (or research engineer) positions for durations ranging between one and three years. The work will involve several of the following topics: 1) Theoretical aspects of real-timed and hybrid systems. 2) Modeling and verification of industrial case-studies. 3) Implementation of data-structures and algorithms for the verification and control synthesis of systems defined using timed and hybrid automata. Candidates will be evaluated according to their competence in the following domains: 1) Theoretical computer science (automata, logic). 2) Verification methodology and tools. 3) Control theory and dynamical systems. 4) Geometry and computational geometry. 5) Numerical and symbolic computation. Candidates are requested to send CV to: Oded.Maler.imag.fr ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Message 5; Postmarked Tue Dec 2 08:03:00 1997 From: best@cs.bu.edu Subject: Tenure-Track Faculty Positions at Boston University Content-Length: 2177 Boston University Computer Science Department Applications are invited for two tenure-track assistant professorships beginning September 1998. Qualifications required of all applicants include: a PhD in Computer Science; a strong research record; commitment to research and teaching. The department has a special interest in candidates in the areas of databases, visualization, networking, computer graphics and experimental computer science. The Computer Science Department currently consists of 11 faculty, and offers BA, MA, and PhD programs. Our research interests include parallel, distributed, and real-time systems; parallel languages and compilers; networks; image and video computing; logic of computation; and theoretical computer science. The Department has excellent computing resources which include PC's, Sun and SGI workstations, as well as Sun and SGI multiprocessor servers. During the past year, the College funded construction of a new computer science research lab for research in distributed systems, real-time systems, networks, and graphics. The department has been the recent recipient of significant grants for research infrastructure and for graduate student support. We have a close association with other groups on campus working on aspects of computing, and access to University facilities including SGI POWER CHALLENGEarray supercomputers, SGI Origin2000, and campus wide high speed networks (FDDI and HiPPI). Additional information on the department and this search is available from http://www.cs.bu.edu Qualified applicants should send a detailed resume and arrange for at least three references to be sent to: Faculty Search Committee Computer Science Department 111 Cummington Street Boston University Boston, MA 02215 Please include a cover letter stating the names of your references and your major area of specialization. Boston University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Minorities, persons with disabilities, and women are particularly encouraged to apply. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Message 6; Postmarked Tue Dec 2 08:03:00 1997 From: CEO21CSInc@aol.com Subject: RT Journal: RT Computing in the Age of the Web and the Internet Content-Length: 2928 Call for Paper for the Journal of Real-Time Systems' Special Issue on Real-Time Computing in the Age of the Web and the Internet It is likely that no recent computer technology has had a more dramatic effect on the way people use computers than the World Wide Web and the Internet. Is the Web just a fancier interface or does it fundamentally change the way we should build hardware and software? What are its effects on Real-Time Computing, as we (thought we) have known for the past fifty years? In this special issue, we would like to examine what it means to do real-time computing in the Age of the Web and the Internet. Beyond the immediate needs of our own professional interests, is the fact that real-time computing is once again in need of re-asserting itself as a core area of R&D. Thus, clearly Web and Internet issues are of primary relevance to us. Of interest are papers containing noteworthy results or comprehensive surveys, as well as brief statements of vision and opinion. To be considered, papers need to address both real-time (including time-constrained, time-critical and time-dependent) computation aspects and Internet or Web aspects. Among topics of interest are the following: -- real-time Internet- and WWW-based applications -- new Internet- and WWW-motivated real-time languages and environments (Java, Inferno etc.) -- fundamental underpinnings and applied technologies for real-time WWW- and Internet-based applications (database browsing, algorithmic or system design considerations for real time) -- complex, Web/Internet-based real-time systems -- content-based real-time image indexing, query and retrieval -- support for WWW/Internet-motivated real-time languages and environments -- Web/Internet-based mobile computing and real-time agents "Real-Time Systems" is a premier, top-quality, peer-reviewed archival journal. For detailed guidelines prospective authors are referred to the back cover of any issue of the journal or to Kluwer Academic Publishers' homepage http://www.wkap.com. To be considered for publication in the Special Issue, please submit five copies of the paper no later than March 27th, 1998 to either Guest Editor: Prof. Horace H. S. Ip Prof. Alexander D. Stoyen Chairperson Dependable Real-Time Systems Lab. Dept. of Computer Science Dept. of Computer & Information Science City University of Hong Kong New Jersey Institute of Technology Tat Chee Avenue University Heights Kowloon, Hong Kong Newark, NJ 07102, USA Tel: +852-2788-8641 Tel: +1-973-596-5765 Fax: +852-2788-8614 Fax: +1-973-596-5777 cship@cityu.edu.hk alex@homer.njit.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Message 7; Postmarked Tue Feb 3 17:51:34 1998 From: Kwei-Jay Lin Subject: CFP: IEEE Workshop on E-Commerce (in conjunction with RTAS'98) Content-Length: 2787 Call for papers IEEE Workshop on Dependable and Real-Time E-Commerce Systems (DARE'98) Denver, Colorado June 2, 1998 Co-Sponsored by IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Real-Time Systems and IBM Institute for Advanced Commerce Held in conjunction with the 4th IEEE Real-Time Technology and Application Symposium The pervasive connectivity of the Internet and the powerful architecture of WWW have created a tremendous opportunity for conducting business on Internet. The terms e-commerce and e-business have been used to describe those systems and technologies that make conducting business on Internet possible. The purpose of this workshop is to identify and to explore the technical issues and solutions for e-commerce. In particular, we are interested in the dependability and real-time properties of e-commerce. To our opinion, these two topics are the most challenging and the most critical for the success of future e-commerce systems. However, they have not received enough attention from the Internet industry. The DARE'98 workshop is to be a forum for free exchange of ideas. Particularly welcome are reports on experimental work, experience with current standards and position papers addressing current and future needs of e-commerce systems. Topics for submission include but are not limited to: * Real-time internet delivery technology * Dependability and security issues for e-commerce * Real-time scheduling protocols for Internet activities * Real-time database support and connectivity for e-commerce * Real-time Java technology * Design of object-oriented real-time Internet applications * QoS support in e-commerce systems * Data mining techniques for e-commerce systems * E-commerce based business models and architecture * Integration of e-commerce servers with legacy systems Authors are invited to submit regular papers, reports on work in progress, position papers, as well as proposals for panel discussions. Regular paper submissions should be limited to 10 pages double-spaced, including figures. The title page should include a maximum 150-word abstract, five keywords, full mailing address, e-mail address, phone numbers, and a designated contact author. Four hard copies and an electronic version (postscript file) of the manuscript should be submitted by March 15, 1998 to: Professor Kwei-Jay Lin Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of California, Irvine Irvine, CA 92697-2625 Tel: +1 (714) 824-7839 Fax: +1 (714) 824-2321 E-mail: klin@uci.edu Important Dates --------------- Paper Submission Deadline: March 15, 1998 Notification of Acceptance: April 15, 1998 Camera Ready Paper Due: May 1, 1998 DARE'98 Homepage: http://www.eng.uci.edu/faculty/klin/DARE98.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Message 8; Postmarked Wed Dec 17 09:06:35 1997 From: Bran Selic Subject: IFAC/IFIP REAL TIME PROGRAMMING: CFP Content-Length: 3722 > ********** WRTP'98 ********** WRTP'98 ********** WRTP'98 ************* > > __________________________________________________________________ > | | > | 23rd IFAC/IFIP Workshop on | > | | > | REAL TIME PROGRAMMING | > | | > | WRTP'98 | > | | > | Shantou, Guandong Province, P.R. China, 23 -- 25 June 1998 | > | | > | | > | FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS | > |________________________________________________________________| > > > > SCOPE > The workshop will consist of formal presentations, discussions and > informal meetings covering recent advances and current issues in > theory, applications, and technology of real time programming. It > is to promote interaction among researchers and practitioners and > to evaluate the maturity of new directions in real time software. > > The topics to be covered include, but are not restricted to: > * Advances in real time programming languages > * Requirements engineering methods for real time systems > * Software design methods for predictable behaviour > * Object orientation in real time environments > * Real time scheduling and resource management > * Real time operating systems > * Real time communication architectures, incl. MAP and Fieldbus > * Verification and validation, esp. of timing properties > * Dependability issues and quality assurance > * Industrial applications and experience > * Evaluation of current real time systems > * Real time (control) systems coping with challenging time > constraints > > > SUBMISSIONS > The submission of draft papers with up to 6 pages is invited. They > should address the topics outlined above and focus on insights and > lessons gained from recent research and practical experience. Position > papers describing new ideas, promising approaches, and work in > progress > are considered particularly appropriate. The abstracts should outline > the contribution that the author intends to make at the Workshop. The > submitted texts are to be sent to the IPC co-chair by electronic mail > in > the form of plain ASCII files, i.e., without any mark-up. If e-mail is > not available, plain ASCII files may be mailed on MS-DOS diskettes. > > > FINAL PAPERS > The final papers have to be prepared according to the instructions > (using a certain LaTeX style and electronic submission) that will > be sent to the authors together with the notification of acceptance. > Accepted papers must be presented in person at the Workshop. > > > PARTICIPATION > Attendance will be limited to approx. 60 active workers in the field. > Participants are requested to register in advance not later than > 8 May 1998. > > IMPORTANT DATES > Submissions due by ........................... 15 March 1998 > Notification of acceptance ................... 27 April 1998 > Registration ................................. 8 May 1998 > Full papers due by ........................... 29 May 1998 > Workshop ..................................... 23--25 June 1998 > > > WWW-Servers: http://www.ifac-control.org/ > http://www.fernuni-hagen.de/IT/wrtp98/ > > ********** WRTP'98 ********** WRTP'98 ********** WRTP'98 ************* ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Message 9; Postmarked Mon Jan 5 05:17:02 1998 From: Frank Mueller Subject: ACM SIGPLAN LCTES'98: Final CFP (Feb 20) Content-Length: 6005 Call for Papers ACM SIGPLAN 1998 Workshop on Languages, Compilers, and Tools for Embedded Systems (LCTES'98) Montreal, Canada, June 19-20, 1998 (in conjunction with PLDI'98) http://www.informatik.hu-berlin.de/~mueller/lctes98 IMPORTANT DATES: Papers due: February 20, 1998 (5pm MET) Author notification: April 17, 1998 Camera-ready final papers due: May 15, 1998 DESCRIPTION: LCTES '98 provides a link between the programming languages and embedded systems engineering communities. Researchers and developers in these areas are addressing many similar problems, but with different backgrounds and approaches. LCTES is intended to expose researchers and developers from either area to relevant work and interesting problems in the other area and provide a forum where they can interact. Until recently embedded systems development was performed by experienced specialists using a variety of custom kernels, non-standard languages, vendor-specific device interfaces and custom hardware. System integration involved a complicated process of obtaining timing measurements, hand-tuning code, and re-measuring. These ad-hoc techniques do not scale well for modern systems. Also, the majority of system developers is no longer composed of embedded control experts. As a result, a trend is emerging to use off-the-shelf hardware and enhance standard software to meet embedded requirements, ranging from real-time extensions of common programming languages and operating systems to appropriate tools for embedded programmers. Original submissions are invited in all areas relevant to this theme. Appropriate topics include (but are not restricted to) the following aspects of embedded systems. * Real-time and embedded Java * Object-oriented modeling and design * Concurrent and distributed embedded environments / runtime systems * Real-time operating systems: environment and tools (e.g., RT-Linux) * Standardization for embedded systems * Programming languages for embedded applications * Design, specification, analysis of embedded systems * Exception and interrupt handling for real-time * Timing analysis: static and dynamic approaches * Timing predictability of modern architectures: caches, pipelines, windows * Program optimization for real-time performance and for DSPs * Profiling, measurement, and debugging of embedded applications * Real-time scheduling analysis * Memory management and garbage collection for embedded systems * Language support for imprecise computation * Embedded system integration and testing * Support for partitioning, mapping, and compression SUBMITTING PAPERS: Papers should report new research and should not exceed 5000 words (approximately 10 typeset on 16-point spacing), including figures and references. Short papers that describe existing implementations or work-in-progress, or outline new problems or important issues are also welcome. Short papers should not exceed 3000 words (6 pages). All accepted papers will be presented at the workshop and published in the proceedings, which will be distributed at the workshop. The best paper(s) will also be considered for publication in a special section of the Kluwer Journal of Real-Time Systems. All papers will be judged on originality, significance, correctness, and clarity. The summary should clearly express the contribution of the paper, both in general and in technical terms. It is essential to identify what was accomplished, explain its significance, and include a comparison with previous work. Authors should make every effort to make the technical content of their papers understandable to a broad audience. If any author has published or presented on a related topic in a journal or a previous conference, the summary should explain how it advances such previous work. Papers must describe work not previously published in refereed venues. Simultaneous submission to LCTES'98 and another publication outlet (conference or journal) will be considered as grounds for rejection. * Submissions consist of a 100-200 word ASCII abstract and either a 5000 word paper, not to exceed 10 pages, including figures and references, or a 3000 word short paper, not to exceed 6 pages. Submissions must be either electronic (encouraged) or postal (discouraged). We strongly encourage authors to use the LaTeX ACM conference style available on our web page. * Please fill out the submission form available on our web page and include it with your submission. * Electronic submissions must be received by 5:00 PM Middle European Time, Friday, February 20, 1998. Submissions may be sent as a single e-mail message to mueller@informatik.hu-berlin.de (MIME attachments are allowed). The message should contain both the filled out form and the Postscript summary. Electronic summaries should be in Postscript form, which must be interpretable by Ghostscript. The Postscript must use standard fonts, or include the necessary fonts, and must be prepared for USLetter (8.5"x11") or A4 page sizes. Authors who cannot meet these requirements should submit hardcopy by post instead. * Postal submissions must be sent to the workshop co-chair Frank Mueller by airmail and must be received on or before February 20, 1998; 14 copies (printed double-sided if possible) must be provided. These are firm constraints; submissions not meeting the criteria described above will not be considered. CO-CHAIRS: Frank Mueller Azer Bestavros Humboldt University Berlin Boston University Institut fuer Informatik Department of Computer Science Unter den Linden 6 111 Cummington Street 10099 Berlin, Germany Boston, MA 02215 (USA) phone: (+49) (30) 20181-276, fax: -280 phone: 617-353-9726, fax: -6457 mueller@informatik.hu-berlin.de best@bu.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Message 10; Postmarked Mon Jan 12 15:16:42 1998 Subject: COMPSAC 98: CFP From: thura@mail11.mitre.org (Dr. Bhavani Thuraisingham) Content-Length: 1923 Call for Papers and Panel Session Proposals COMPSAC 98 The Twenty-Second Annual International Computer Software and Application Conference Conference: August 19-21, 1998 Professional Development Seminars: August 17-18, 1997 Vienna, Austria Call for Papers and panel Session Proposals COMPSAC is the major international forum for researchers, practitioners, managers, and policy makers interested in computer software and applications. Experts and leaders from academia, software and computer industries, and governments will participate in the program. The conference welcomes original research or practice papers and panel discussion session proposals on relevant topics. The emphases of the conference will include, but not limited to, the following topics: Software Architecture Evolutionary Software Development Life Cycle and Processes High-Assurance Software: Reliability, Timing, Security and Safety Software Re-engineering, Maintenance, and Customization Object-oriented Analysis and Development Distributed Object Technology and Computing Environments Design Patterns and Reusability Software and Systems Testing and Evaluation Visual Programming and Graphical User Interface Formal Methods and their Applications to Large Projects Industrial Practices in Software Engineering Parallel and Distributed Software Engineering Network Engineering for Distributed Software Data and Knowledge Engineering Collaborative Software Development, Concurrent Engineering Client-Server Computing, Internet and World Wide Web Multimedia Systems and Virtual Reality Internet-based Software Engineering Modeling and Simulation Software Applications: Government Services, Telecommunications, Manufacturing, Banking, Health Care, Entertainment, and Consumer Electronics Legal and Social Issues Further information can be found in the COMPSAC 98 home page: http://compsac98.ifi.uni-klu.ac.at/compsac98/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Message 11; Postmarked Wed Jan 21 14:22:55 1998 From: Mike Jones Subject: NOSSDAV '98 CFP Content-Length: 3302 > http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/Research/SRG/nossdav98/cfp.html > > The 8th International Workshop on Network and Operating Systems > Support for Digital Audio and Video (NOSSDAV 98) > > 8-10 July, 1998 > Hosted By: > The Systems Research Group > Computer Laboratory > University of Cambridge > > and > > Microsoft Research Limited > Cambridge > > CALL FOR PAPERS > > Objectives > > The 8th International Workshop on Network and Operating Systems > Support for Digital Audio and Video (NOSSDAV 98) is the international > workshop concerned with state of the art technology in networking and > operating system support for multimedia systems. For seven years, > NOSSDAV has proven to be an outstanding forum for researchers involved > in building innovative multimedia systems, networks and applications > in both industry and academia. > > A key aspect of the workshop is that it provides extensive discussion > periods during which attendees can informally discuss their current > work and future research directions. Traditionally, NOSSDAV has > emphasized high quality experimental research based on prototype or > real systems. NOSSDAV98 will continue this tradition. > > Submissions > > Submissions are sought in any area related to Network and Operating > Systems Support for Digital Audio and Video. Two types of submissions > are solicited: short papers and full papers. These will be reviewed in > entirely different ways and have different deadlines > > Full papers will be subject to a normal review process and are > restricted to fifteen pages. Accepted papers will be presented at the > Workshop and will appear in the published proceedings. > > Short papers, of no more than three pages, will be reviewed by the > program committee only. These can be in the form of a position paper > or simply report work in progress. Papers will be chosen on the basis > of their potential to provoke discussion. Half of the workshop > presentations will be allocated to short papers. Submissions, should > be sent by electronic mail to nossdav98@cl.cam.ac.uk. Please include > > 1. The paper in PostScript or Word for Windows form > > 2. The title of the paper, the list of authors with complete contact > information in the form of email address and phone number, > and, in the case of full papers, an abstract summarizing the > paper in PLAIN TEXT. > > The paper abstracts will be circulated among the NOSSDAV program > committee members to solicit reveiwers. > > Please note that the proceedings of the workshop will be published as > a book and the best papers will be forwarded to selected journals for > publication. > > Important Dates > > Submission Deadline for Full Papers: 1 March 1998 > Acceptance Notification for Full Papers: 30 April 1998 > Final Full Papers Due: 30 May 1998 > Short Papers Due: 30 March 1998 > Acceptance Notification for Short Papers: 30 April 1998 > Workshop: 8-10 July 1998 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Message 12; Postmarked Thu Jan 22 17:06:50 1998 From: Krithi Ramamritham Subject: ECAI-98 WORKSHOP Content-Type: text Content-Length: 2808 > > > ECAI-98 WORKSHOP > MONITORING AND CONTROL OF REAL-TIME INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS > > > European Conference on Artificial Intelligence > August 25, 1998 > Brighton Centre, Brighton, UK > > http//anytime.cs.umass.edu/ecai98ws/ > > > CALL FOR PARTICIPATION > > This workshop is concerned with the design of single- and multi-agent > systems that can operate robustly in dynamic environments characterized > by rapid change and high level of uncertainty. In such environments, > computing the optimal answer is infeasible or economically undesirable. > To address this chalenge, researchers have developed a variety of > resource-bounded reasoning techniques that offer a trade-off between > solution quality and computational resources such as time or memory. > The workshop will present an opportunity for researchers to share recently > developed techniques for exploiting computational tradeoffs by static or > dynamic monitoring of resource-bounded reasoning and applications in such > areas as heuristic search, planning, data transmission, and information > gathering. We are particularly interested in applications related to > information services over the internet. > > The workshop will cover empirical results, case studies, and evaluation > of systems, prototypes or algorithms. Topics of interest include: > > > o Time- and space-bounded problem-solving algorithms. > o Modeling dynamic environments and assessing time pressure. > o Agent architectures for real-time deliberation and action. > o Handling uncertainty and rapid change. > o Scheduling resource-bounded reasoning components. > o Meta-reasoning and control of computation. > o Reasource-bounded reasoning in multi-agent systems. > o Negotiation approaches to computational resource allocation. > o Utility-based and multi-criteria performance evaluation. > > > SUBMISSIONS > > The workshop will include an invited talk, paper presentations, and > open discussion. A demonstrations of resource-bounded techniques and > systems may also be included. > > Prospective participants should submit a research paper or a brief > position paper describing their interests in the topics listed above. > Demonstration proposals should specify the hardware and > software requirements for the demonstration. Papers should be > submitted electronically to: mouaddib@cril.univ-artois.fr. > > > Submission deadline: March 30, 1998 > Notification: April 27, 1998 > Camera-ready: May 30, 1998 > > For additional information or inquiries contact: > Mouaddib@cril.univ-artois.fr or Zilberstein@cs.umass.edu or > check our internet page at http://anytime.cs.umass.edu/ecai98ws/ Postmarked Mon Feb 2 18:42:33 1998 From: Krithi Ramamritham Subject: CFP: Special Issue on ``Dependable Real-Time Systems'' Content-Length: 3196 _____________________________________________________________ | CFP: Special Issue on ``Dependable Real-Time Systems'' | | _____________________________________________________ | | IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems | |_____________________________________________________________| This special issue on dependable real-time systems endeavors to develop the area of systems with composite attributes of real-time and dependability within a common framework. The thrust is on understanding system models, identifying issues and concepts used in both communities for design and analysis, and elucidating the context and relevance of concepts synergistically across the areas of dependability and real time. The flavor of this special issue is both theoretical and experimental in scope to expand the underlying principles of the areas of both dependability and real-time. ___________________________________________________________________ Original research papers are solicited for this special issue on Dependable Real-Time Systems in which we will focus on all composite aspects of dependability and real-time. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: A. Models & Specification - Novel system, fault and communication models, and addressing conflicting and complementary aspects over assumptions and models for composite dependable and RT systems. - Issues in specification of composite dependable RT services (techniques, types, viability and completeness of specifications) B. Design Principles (Algorithmic, Support & Systems) - Novel issues in composite provision of dependable RT services: modeling, specification and algorithmic issues: new paradigms, new concepts and techniques for redundancy and resource management, novel scheduling and QoS paradigms. - Issues of languages, tools, system and OS support, and new paradigms. - Conceptual and experimental hardware and software studies for the design of composite provision of dependability and RT. C. Evaluation (Analysis, Verification, and Validation) - Metrics for dependability, RT and composite metrics - Evaluation techniques: analytical, simulation, formal and experimental Guest Editors: ------------- Neeraj Suri Krithi Ramamritham Dept. of CS Dept. of Computer Science GITC 4310 Campus Box 34610 NJIT, Univ. Heights Univ. of Massachusetts Newark, NJ 07102 Amherst, MA 01002-4610 suri@cis.njit.edu krithi@cs.umass.edu Submissions: ----------- The preferred mode of submission is via e-mail (postscript files ONLY!) to: tpds-si@cs.umass.edu -------------------- For hard copy submissions, 5 copies need to be sent to Prof. Ramamritham. Deadlines: --------- 1) Submission deadline: 6/15/98 2) Acceptance notice: 1/15/99 3) Publication date: 6/99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Message 13; Postmarked Thu Feb 5 16:55:27 1998 From: Gerhard Fohler Subject: 10th Euromicro Workshop On Real Time Systems: WIP CFP Content-Length: 1463 10th EUROMICRO WORKSHOP ON REAL TIME SYSTEMS Work-In-Progress Session Call for Contributions Contributions are sought for a Work-in-Progress (WiP) session of the 10th Euromicro workshop on Real-time Systems. For the first time, a WiP session will be held to reflect the rapidly evolving research in real-time. Dedicated to the presentation and discussion of novel and on-going research, it will facilitate the advance of new ideas by exposure to the research community and stimulating feedback. The work-in-progress session will consist of presentations of 10 minutes length each and be included in the workshop so as to provide time for discussions and feedback immediately afterwards. All accepted submissions will be included in a special WiP proceedings which will be handed out to all workshop participants. An electronic version of the proceedings will be available via the Euromicro WWW page. Submissions should describe original on-going work in the real-time area and are limited to 2000 words. Important dates: Submission deadline: April 27, 1998 Notification of acceptance: May 11, 1998 Workshop: June 17-19, 1998 More information about the Euromicro workshop on Real-time Systems can be found at http://pdv.cs.tu-berlin.de/RTS98/. Please send submisions via email to the WiP chair: Gerhard Fohler gerhard.fohler@mdh.se Department of Computer Engineering +46 21 10 31 58 Malardalen University Vasteras, Sweden ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<* END OF THE IEEE-CS TC-RTS NEWSLETTER *>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The TC-RTS repository is maintained by Azer Bestavros at Boston University WWW Home Page of the TC-RTS is at: http://cs-www.bu.edu/pub/ieee-rts/Home.html Internet address for anonymous FTP to the TC-RTS repository is: cs-ftp.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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------