Newsgroups: comp.parallel.pvm
From: hamdi@cs.ust.hk (Dr. Mounir Hamdi)
Subject: Advance Program: ICDCS '96
Organization: Computer Science Department, HKUST
Date: 28 Feb 1996 02:43:20 GMT
Message-ID: <4h0fg8$9nd@ustsu10.ust.hk>



                          ADVANCE PROGRAM

The 16th International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS '96)

              Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre
                  1 Harbour Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong

                          May 27-30, 1996

A WWW page is mounted at http://www.cs.ust.hk/ICDCS/ICDCS-Adv.html with 
up-to-date information on the conference and local arrangements details.


This conference brings together developers and researchers from
universities, industry and government to advance the science
and technology in distributed computing. Its three-day
technical program encompasses three parallel sessions covering
87 papers on a broad range of subjects, 2 keynote addresses
by distinguished speakers, and 2 panel sessions to stimulate
discussion and interaction.

TUTORIALS

Four full-day tutorials on Monday, May 27 precede the conference. They are:
Real-Time Systems, by K. Ramamrithm, University of Massachusetts, USA;
High-Speed Networks for Distributed Computing, by L. Ni, Michigan State
University and H.Xu, Cisco Systems, Inc., USA; Distributed
Multimedia Information Systems, by A. Ghafoor, Purdue University, USA;
and Wireless Mobile and Personal Communications, by J. Chuang, Hong
Kong University of Science & Technology, Hong Kong.

Conference Location

The conference will be held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition
Centre in down-town Hong Kong, overlooking the beautiful Hong Kong
Harbour. Hong Kong offers the sophistication of a cosmopolitan centre
and the exotic feel of the Orient all rolled into one. It is a 
vibrant, dynamic and safe city. Its free-port status means that
most imported goods are duty-free. Plan to stay a few extra days
and enjoy this unique world-class city serviced by more than 42
airlines.

TUTORIALS MAY 27

T1: REAL-TIME SYSTEMS

Real-time systems are deployed in many important applications
such as avionics, air traffic control, robotics, factory automation,
process control, autonomous navigation, intensive care monitoring,
stock market, telecommunications, and multimedia. This tutorial will
present academics, students, and practitioners, an integrated view
of the principles and practice underlying the development of such
systems. After introducing the special characteristics of real-time
systems, we will show that for building a real-time application,
all aspects in the development of the system must be time-cognizant:
the processor architecture, the system architecture, the operating
system, the communication protocols, the scheduling algorithms,
the programming languages, as well as the numerous other components
of a system design and development activity. Advances in these areas
will be discussed and open problems will be identified.

SPEAKER: Krithi Ramamrithm received the Ph.D. in Computer Science
from the University of Utah in 1981. Since then he has been with the
Department of Computer Science at the University of Massachusetts
where he is currently a Professor.  He is a co-director of the
Real-Time Laboratory at the University of Massachusetts.
He served as Program Chair for the Real-Time Systems Symposium
in 1994 and as General Chair in 1995. He is an editor of the
Real-Time Systems Journal and the Distributed Systems Engineering
Journal. He has co-authored three IEEE tutorial texts on real-time
systems.

T2: HIGH-SPEED NETWORKS FOR DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING

Recent rapid advances in high-speed network technologies
have made network-based computing a viable platform for
distributed and parallel applications. The objective of this
tutorial is to describe various high-speed network architectures and
high-performance network protocol designs that can assist
users in developing quality applications in such network
computing environments. The tutorial will begin with an introduction
to the models of network computing environments, including
workstation clusters and campus-wide meta-computing. A layer-structured
network computing framework will be described for better understanding
of critical issues in each design layer. Then, the tutorial will focus
on high-speed network architectures and high-performance protocol
designs. Network switch designs in influential network architectures,
such as ATM LANs and cut-through-switch-based LANs (e.g., Myrinet),
will be presented to show how to support low switching latency and
highly-adaptive routing. Novel host interface designs, including
low-overhead ATM interface implementation and direct memory channel,
will also be presented to demonstrate their efficiencies in forwarding
messages between hosts and networks. The tutorial will describe host
machine I/O features (e.g., DMA) as well as operating system features
(e.g., virtual shared memory) in supporting fast data communication.
Next, the tutorial will give a detailed presentation of low-latency and
high-throughput network protocol implementations. Finally, application
programming interfaces (e.g., PVM and MPI) to network computing
environments will be explained. By taking this tutorial, audience
are expected to have a better understanding of critical issues in
network computing and be able to explore what they learn in developing
high-quality distributed computing applications.

SPEAKERS: Lionel Ni is a Professor of Computer Science and director
of Advanced Computer Systems Laboratory at Michigan State University.
He has published over 120 technical articles in the area of parallel
processing and distributed computing. Dr. Ni is an IEEE fellow and
is a member of the editorial boards of IEEE Transactions on
Computers and IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems.
Currently he is serving as the Program Director of the Microelectronic
Systems Architecture Program at the US National Science Foundation. 

          Hong Xu received the Ph.D degree in computer science from
Michigan State University. He is currently an engineer at Cisco
Systems, Inc.  Prior to that he was at the University of Southern California,
where he participated in the design and implementation of the 640-Mbps
switch-based ATOMIC LAN. His current research interests include high-speed 
network architecture and high-performance network protocol design.

T3: DISTRIBUTED MULTIMEDIA INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Advances in broadband networking and storage technologies
have made distributed multimedia applications a reality today.
A number of advanced applications require high speed networking
and distributed access to information sources. These applications
include telemedicine, digital libraries, entertainment,
distant-learning and consultation, distributed collaboration,
multimedia mail, video-conferencing, distributed collaboration,
distant-learning and consultation, etc. The objective of this
tutorial  is to present the current-state-of-the-art in distributed
multimedia information systems.  We discuss engineering challenges
in managing distributed information and providing multimedia services
over broadband and mobile communication systems. We elaborate on
the issues of: indexing and retrieval of distributed multimedia data,
synchronization of multimedia information in a distributed environment,
multimedia information quality management, and trade-offs between
quality and network resources requirements.  We will discuss several
approaches to meet these challenges and provide some case studies
from various existing systems.

SPEAKER: Arif Ghafoor received his PhD from Columbia University in 1985. In 
1991 he joined the School of Electrical Engineering at Purdue University, 
where he is an Associate Professor. Prior to that, he was a faculty at
Syracuse University. He has published over 100 technical papers in the
torial boards of ACM/Springer Multimedia Systems, the 
Journal of Multimedia Tools and Applications, and the Journal of Distributed
and Parallel Databases.


T4: WIRELESS MOBILE AND PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS

Information "superhighway" infrastructure will be largely wireline
based, which provides high bandwidth and reliability. On the other
hand, increasing demand for personal and terminal mobility renders
wireless access an essential element for future information networking.
Among many challenging tasks of wireless access, there exist two
fundamental limitations imposed by the radio channel: transmission
bandwidth limitation caused by multipath propagation and co-channel
interference caused by frequency reuse. These limitations create
incompatibility between wired and wireless networks, which makes a
pure wireless information superhighway unrealistic. However, wireless
"access" to the information superhighway is not impossible if these
physical-layer limitations were properly addressed by applying
communication techniques, signal processing methods and integrated
circuit technologies.  This tutorial will discuss new concepts,
systems and implementations of wireless mobile and personal
communications. The emphasis is on the wireless access links and
radio systems, but technology and networking issues will also be
introduced.  Students are expected to get an overview of the system
design concepts in this 6-hour tutorial. It consists of four parts.
In Part I, an introduction of wireless communications and cellular
concepts is given. Part II summarizes radio channel characteristics,
including path loss, large/small-scale fading and delay/Doppler spread.
Part III focuses on radio link techniques commonly employed to make
the radio channel reliable. Part IV emphasizes radio systems issues
including multiple access techniques and an introduction to some
wireless systems and standards.

SPEAKER: Justin Chuang received the PhD degree in Electrical Engineering
from Michigan State University in 1983. Since then, he worked
as a researcher at MSU, GE Corporate Research and Development,
and at Bellcore.  Since 1993, he has been a Reader at the Electrical
and Electronic Engineering Department of the Hong Kong University
of Science and Technology. Dr. Chuang is the editor of
Wireless Access Techniques for the IEEE Transactions on
Communications. He has guest-edited special issues on Wireless
Personal Communications for the IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in
Communications.


TECHNICAL PROGRAM  MAY 28 - MAY 30, 1996

TUESDAY, May 28

8:00 Registration

8:45 Welcome

9:00 KEYNOTE ADDRESS

  * Title: From HPCC to New Millennium Computing
  T.Y. Feng, National Science Foundation, USA

10:00 Morning Break

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Session 1A :   Fault-tolerant Applications & Frameworks 

* On Programming with View Synchrony, O. Babaoglu, A. Bartoli and G. Dini, 
Universita di Pisa, Italy

* Sentries for the Execution of Concurrent Programs, S. E. Chodrow  and M.
G. Gouda, Emory University, USA

* Fault-tolerant File Transmission by Information Dispersal Algorithm in
Rotator Graphs, Y. Igarashi, F. Bao, A. Mei and Y. Hamada, Gunma University,
Japan

* Atomic Recovery Units: Failure Atomicity for Logical Disks, R. Grimm, W.
C. Hsieh, W. d. Jonge, and M. F. Kaashoek, MIT Laboratory for Computer
Science, USA


Session 1B:     Real-Time Synchronization & Scheduling  

* Synchronization Protocols in Distributed Real-Time Systems, J. Sun and J.
W.S. Liu, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

* An Extended Network Scheduling Model, L. Ming, Swiss Federal Institute of
Technology, Switzerland

* Distributed Execution and Monotone Response Time Derivation of Rule-Based
Programs, R. H. Wang and A. K. Mok, University of Texas at Austin, USA

* Real-Time Scheduling Using Compact Task Graphs, R. Gupta and D. Mosse,
University of Pittsburgh, USA


Session 1C:    Distributed Shared Memory

* The Performance Value of Shared Network Caches in Clustered Multiprocessor
Workstations, J. K. Bennett and K. E. Fletcher, Rice University, USA

* Supporting a Flexible Parallel Programming Model on a Network of
Workstations, S. C. Huang and Z. M. Kedem, New York University, USA

* A Framework for Customizing Coherence Protocols of Distributed File
Caches, K. Uehara, H. Miyazawa, K. Yamamoto, S. Inohara and T. Masuda,
University of Tokyo, Japan

* The Relative Importance of Concurrent Writers and Weak Consistency Models,
P. Kelcher, University of Maryland, USA


12:30  Lunch

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2:00 Concurrent Sessions
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Session 2A:    Checkpointing & Recovering

* A Low Overhead Recovery Technique Using Quasi-Synchronous Checkpointing,
D. Manivannan and M. Singhal, Ohio State University, USA

* How to Recover Efficiently and Asynchronously when Optimism Fails, O. P.
Damani and V. K. Garg, University of Texas, USA

* Implementation of Recoverable Distributed Shared Memory by Logging Writes,
S. Kanthadai and J. L. Welch, Texas A&M University, USA


Session 2B:     Real-time Communications

* Meeting Delay Requirements in Computer Networks with Wormhole Routing, B.
Chen, H. Li and W. Zhao, Texas A&M University, USA

* Integrating Routing and Resource Reservation Mechanisms in Real-time
Multicast Protocols, S. Murata, A. Shionozaki and M. Tokoro, Sony
Corporation, Japan

* Multiplexing Statistical Real-time Channels in a Multiaccess Local-area
Network, C. C. Chou and K. G. Shin, University of Michigan, USA



Session 2C:   Routing in Direct Networks

* Combined Routing and Scheduling of Concurrent Communication Traffic in
Hypercube Multicomputers, B. R. Tsai and K. G. Shin, University of Michigan,
USA

* Parallel Simulation of Mesh Routing Algorithms, S. Rahman and C. R. Das,
The Pensylvania State University, USA

* A Fault-tolerant Distributed Unicasting for Cube-Based Multicomputers, J.
Wu, Florida Atlantic University, USA



3:30  Afternoon Break

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Session 3A:    Support for Distributed Applications

* Specializing Object-Oriented RPC for Performance and Functionality, M. J.
Zelesko and D. R. Cheriton, Stanford University, USA

* Communication Compilation for Unreliable Networks, N.Islam, A. Dave and R.
Campbell, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA

* Using Projection Aggregations to Support Scalability to Distributed
Simulation, S. K. Singhal and D. R. Cheriton, Stanford University, USA


Session 3B:    Scheduling

* Dynamic Scheduling Strategies for Shared-memory Multiprocessors, B.
Hamidzadeh and D. Lilja, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Hong
Kong

* On-Line Avoidance of the Intrusive Affects of Monitoring on Runtime
Scheduling Decisions, W. Wu, M. Spezialetti and R. Gupta, University of
Pittsburgh, USA

* An Adaptive Job Allocation Method for Directly-Connected Multicomputer
Systems, C. Y. Chang and P. Mohapatra, Iowa State University, USA


Session 3C:    Communication & Synchronization          

* Efficient Hardware Supports for Barrier Synchronization on 2-D Mesh
Networks, C. T. King and J. S. Yang, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan

* Multi-Dimensional Locks with Online Allocation, D. Scheerer, E. Schenfeld
and M. A. Viredas, NEC Research Lab, Princeton, USA

* Fault-Tolerant Clock Synchronization of Large Multicomputers via Multistep
Interactive Convergence, M. M. d. Azevedo and D. M. Blough, University
of California - Irvine, USA

  

6:30  Reception (held in conjunction with the Presidents' Reception
      in celebrating the 50th Anniversary of IEEE Computer Society)



WEDNESDAY, MAY 29

8:30  Registration

9:00  KEYNOTE ADDRESS

  * Title: Distributed Computing in the Organization of the Future

  Bob Johansen, Institute for the Future, U.S.A. 


10:00 Morning Break

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 10:30  Concurrent Sessions
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Session 4A:    Electronic Commerce, Protection & Verification

* Verifiable Transaction Atomicity for Electronic Payment Protocols, L.
Tang, Carnegie Mellon University, USA

* Making Trust Explicit in Distributed Commerce Transactions, S. P. Ketchpel
and H. Garcia-Molina, Stanford University, USA

* Hidden Software Capabilities, D. Hagimont, J. Mossiere, X. R. d. Pina and
F. Saunier, Bull-IMAG / Systemes, France

* A Semi-automated Verification Method for Communication Protocols Modeled
as 2-ECSFMs, M. Higuchi, J. Sano, K. Hara and M. Fujii, Osaka University,
Japan


Session 4B:     Mobile Computing I

* Network Architecture for Mobile and Wireless ATM, P. Agrawal, P. P. Mishra
and M. B. Srivastava, AT&T Bell Laboratories, USA

* General Connection Rerouting Method for Various Connection-oriented Mobile
Communication Networks, M. Song, Y. H. Choi and C. S. Kim, Seoul National
University, Korea

* Route Optimization and Location Updates for Mobile Hosts, W. D. Chen and
E. Lin, Southern Methodist University, USA

* To Send or not to Send:  Implementing Deferred Transmissions in Mobile
Hosts, B.R. Badrinath and P. Sudame, Rutgers University, USA



Session 4C:    Routing & Protocols

* A Lightweight Protocol for Multipoint Connections under Link-State
Routing, Y. Huang and P. K. McKinley, Michigan State University, USA

* Group Routing without Group Routing Tables, J. A. Cobb and M. Gouda,
University of Houston, USA

* Distance Routing on Series Parallel Networks, P. Flocchini and F. L. 
Luccio, Dipartimento di Scienze dell'Informazione, Italy

* Structured Design of Multifunction Protocols, G. Singh and Z. Mao, Kansas
State University, USA


12:30  Lunch

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Session 5A:    Distributed Objects I

* A Scalable Technique for Implementing Multiple Consistency Levels for
Distributed Objects, R. Kordale and M. Ahamad, Georgia Institute of 
Technology, USA

* Method Induced Partitioning Schemes for Object-oriented Databases, K.     
Karlapalem, Q. Li and S. Vieweg, Hong Kong University of Science  &
Technology, Hong Hong

* Efficient Data Mining for Path Traversal Patterns in Distributed Systems,
M. S. Chen, J. S. Park and P. S. Yu, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA


Session 5B:    Persistence

* Larchant: Persistence by Reachability in Distributed Shared Memory Through
Garbage Collection, P. Ferreira and M. Shapiro, INRIA Rocquencourt, France

* Conservative Garbage Collection on DSM Systems, W. M. Yu and A. L. Cox,
Rice University, USA

* Semantics for Parameter Passing in a Type-complete Persistent RPS, M. M.
d. Silva, M.P. Atkinson and A.P. Black, University of Glasgow, Scotland


Session 5C:    Group Communications

* Group Communication for Upgrading Distributed Programs, H. Higaki and Y.
Hirakawa, NTT Software Laboratories, Japan

* Portable Message Passing Algorithms for Irregular All-to-all
Communication, V. K. Prasanna, W.H. Liu and C. L. Wang, University of
Southern California, USA

* An Evaluation of the Amoeba Group Communication System, M. F. Kaashoek and
A. S. Tanenbaum, MIT Laboratory for Computer Science, USA



3:30  Afternoon Break

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Session 6A:  Interoperable Databases

* Scaling Heterogeneous Databases and the Design of Disco, A. Tomasic, L.
Raschid and P. Valduriez, UMIACS, USA

* Differential Evaluation of Continual Queries, L. Liu, C. Pu, R. Barga and
T. Zhou, University of Alberta, Canada

* Query Execution Strategies for Missing Data in Distributed Heterogeneous
Object Databases, A.L.P. Chen and J. L. Koh, National Tsing Hua University,
Taiwan


Session 6B:    Algorithms for Linguistic Support

* Strong Interaction Fairness via Randomization, Y. J. Joung and S. A. 
Smolka, SUNY at Stony Brook, USA

* Wait-free Algorithm for Optimistic Programming: HOPE Realized, C. Cowan
and H. L. Lutfiyya, Oregon Graduate Institute, USA

* Evaluation of a Distributed Single Address Space Operating System, T. 
Wilkinson and K. Murray, City University, England


Session 6C:    Multicast Protocols

* Totally Ordered Multicast in Large-Scale Systems, L. Rodrigues, H. Fonseca
and P. Verissimo, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal

* Reservation-Based Totally Ordered Multicasting, X. Chen, L. Moser and P.M.
Melliar-Smith, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA

* Energy Efficient Filtering of Nonuniform Broadcast, K. L. Tan and J. X.
Yu, National University of Singapore, Singapore



6:30   Boat Cruise and Banquet



THURSDAY,  MAY 30


8:30  Registration

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9:00  Concurrent Sessions
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Session 7A:    Distributed Objects II

* Object Migration in Non-Monolithic Distributed Applications, O. Ciupke,
D.A. Kottmann and H. D. Walter, Universitat Karlsruhe, Germany

* Theoretical and Empirical Results on Dynamic Load Balancing in an Object-
Based Distributed Environment, W. Golubski, D. Lammers and W. M. Lippe,
Westfalische Wilhelms-Universitat Munster, Germany

* Exception Handling and Resolution in Distributed Object-oriented Systems,
J. Xu, A. Romanovsky and B. Randell, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK


Session 7B:     Performance Analysis                      

* Performance Comparison of Process Migration with Remote Process Creation
and Execution in RHODOS, A. M. Goscinski, D. D. Paoli, P. Joyce and M.
Hobbs, Deakin University, Australia

* A Simulation-based Evaluation of a Disk I/O Subsystem for a Massively
Parallel Computer: JUMP-1, H. Nakajo, S. Ohtani and Y. Kaneda, Kobe
University, Japan

* A Multi-level Explicit Rate Control Scheme for ABR Traffic with
Heterogeneous Service Requirements, J. Liebeherr, I. F. Akyildiz and A. Tai,
University of Virginia, USA


Session 7C:     Configuration Languages

* Distributed Application Configuration, L. Bellissard, S. BenAtallah, F. 
Boyer and M. Riveill, Bull-Imag/Systemes, France

* Aster: A Framework for Sound Customization of Distributed Runtime Systems,
V. Issarny and C. Bidan, IRISA / INRIA, France

* An Embeddable and Extendable Language for Large-scale Programming on the
Internet, P. Becker, Universitat Tubingen, Germany



10:30  Morning Break

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11:00 Concurrent Sessions
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Session 8A:     Distributed Deadlock & Data Structures

* Deadlock Detection by Pair Reachability Analysis: From Cyclic to
Multi-cyclic Protocols (and beyond?), R. E. Miller, H. Liu, H.v.d. Schoot
and H. Ural, University of Maryland at College Park, USA

* Optimal Deadlock Detection in Distributed Systems Based on Locally
Constructed Wait-for Graphs, S. Chen, Y. Deng, P. C. Attie and W. Sun, 
Florida International University, USA

* Distributed Priority Queues on Hypercube Architectures, S. K. Das, M. C.
Pinotti and F. Sarkar, University of North Texas, USA


Session 8B:     Migration Strategies

* An Adaptive Load Balancing Algorithm for Heterogeneous Distributed Systems
with Multiple Task Classes, C. Lu and S. M. Lau, Chinese University of Hong
Kong, Hong Kong

* Fast Dynamic Process Migration, E. T. Rousch and R. H. Campbell,
University of Illinois, USA

* Dynamic Resource Allocation Migration for Multiparty Real-Time
Communications, R. Bettati and A. Gupta, Texas A&M University, USA


Session 8C:     Web & Internet

* A Tool for Massively Replicating Internet Archives: Design,
Implementation, and Experience, P. Danzig, D. DeLucia, K. Obraczka and E. Y.
Tsai, USC Information Science Institute, USA

* A Distributed Scalable Web Server and Its Program Visualization in
. Dantzig, C. E. Wu and L. M. Ni, T.J.
Watson Research Center, USA

* The DBC: Processing Scientific Data Over the Internet, C. Chen, K. Salem
and M. Livny, University of Waterloo, Canada


12:30  Lunch

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PANEL SESSION 9A: Impact of Technologies on Distributed Computing
      
       Chair: Domenico Ferrari, Universita` Cattolica, Piacenza, Italy



PANEL SESSION 9B: How Will Distributed Object Standards Impact the
                  Distributed Computing Systems of the Future ?

       Chair: Richard Soley, Object Management Group, USA
	



3:30  Afternoon Break

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4:00  Concurrent Sessions
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Session 10A:    Transactions

* Context Management and its Applications to Distributed Transactions, 
G. Samaras, A. Citron, and A. D. Kshemkayani, IBM Corporation, USA

* Reducing the Cost for Non-Blocking in Atomic Commitment, R. Guerraoui, M.
Larrea and A. Schiper, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanno, Switzerland

* Language Support for Long-lived Concurrent Activities, M. Papazoglou, A.
Delis and M. Haghjoo, Queensland University of Technology, Australia


Session 10B:    Mutual Exclusion

* Robust Distributed Mutual Exclusion, M. H. Choy, Hong Kong University of
Science  & Technology, Hong Kong

* Lock Based Self-Stabilizing Distributed Mutual Exclusion Algorithms, M.
Mizuno, M. Nesterenko and H. Kakugawa, Kansas State University, USA

* A New Token Passing Distributed Mutual Exclusion Algorithm, S. Banerjee
and P. K. Chrysanthis, University of Pittsburgh, USA


Session 10C:     Mobile Computing II

* An Approach for Constructing Mobile Applications using Service Proxies, T.
Nakajima, A. Hokimoto and K. Kurihara, Japan Advanced Institute of Science
and Technology, Japan

* A Snapshot Algorithm for Distributed Mobile Systems, Y. Sato, M.Inoue,
T. Masuzawa and H. Fujiwara, Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST),
Japan

* An Efficient Causal Ordering Algorithm for Mobile Computing Environments,
R. Prakash, M. Raynal and M. Singhal, Ohio State University, USA



5:30  Conference Adjourns



ORGANIZING AND PROGRAM COMMITTEES
 
General co-chairs
Mario Barbacci, Software Engineering Institute, CMU, USA
Vincent Shen, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Hong Kong
 
Program Co-chairs
Bill Buckles, Tulane University, USA
Samuel Chanson, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Hong Kong
 
Distributed Operating Systems Vice Chair
Mukesh Singhal, Ohio State University, USA
 
Distributed Databases and Information Systems Vice Chair
Tamer Ozsu, University of Alberta, Canada
 
Communication Protocols Vice Chair
Teruo Higashino, Osaka University, Japan
 
Distributed Real-Time Systems Vice Chair
Farnam Jahanian, University of Michigan, USA
 
Languages, Tools and Software Engineering Vice Chair
Jeffrey Kramer, Imperial College, UK
 
Computer Architecture and Interconnection Vice Chair
Lionel Ni, Michigan State University, USA
 
Fault Tolerance, Availability and Security Vice Chair
Graham D. Parrington, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
 
Distributed Resource Management and Scheduling Vice Chair
Richard D. Schlichting, University of Arizona, USA
 
Performance of Distributed Systems Vice Chair
Erol Gelenbe, Duke University, USA
 
Mobile Computing Vice Chair
Hamid Ahmadi, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA
 
Distributed Algorithms and Applications Vice Chair
Nicola Santoro, Carleton University, Canada
 
Tutorial Chair
Babak Hamidzadeh, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Hong Kong
 
Awards Chair
Benjamin Wah, University of Illinois, USA
 
International Liaison Chair
Mounir Hamdi, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Hong Kong
 
Local Arrangement Chair
Francis Lau, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
 
Exhibitions Chair
Chin Lu, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
 
Treasurer
N.V. Balasubramanian, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
 
TC on Distributed Processing Chair
Joseph E. Urban, Arizona State University, USA
 
Steering Committee Chair
Ming T. (Mike) Liu, Ohio State University, USA




The Third International Workshop on
Services in Distributed and Networked Environments (SDNE'96)

June 3-4 1996, Macau.

Sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society 
Technical Committee on Distributed Processing
In cooperation with the Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Macau.

SDNE'96 will be held in Macau immediately after ICDCS-16. SDNE workshops augment
ICDCS by focusing on global, network-based services and middleware. The program
will include refereed papers on these topics and will provide ample time for 
discussion in an informal and constructive atmosphere.

Further information, including registration details, are available from the 
General Chair: Dr. Nigel Davies, Lancaster University, U.K. 
Email: nigel@comp.lancs.ac.uk, Telephone: +44 1524 594337, Fax: +44 1524 593608.




ICDCS-16 Registration Form

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  T3: Distributed Multimedia Information Sytems
  T4: Wireless Mobile and Personal Communications

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-----		 ----			    -------
Grand Hyatt	 US$276 (Single Rm)         Tel: (852) 2588 1234
1 Harbour Rd,	 US$314 (Twin Rm)	    Fax: (852) 2802 0677
Wan Chai, HK     (Garden View only)

Omni The  	 US$222 (Single Rm)	    Tel: (852) 2736 0088
Hongkong Hotel	 US$243 (Twin Rm)	    Fax: (852) 2736 0011
Harbour City,    (incl. American breakfast)
Kowloon, HK

Holiday Inn 	 US$175 (Single/Twin Rm)    Tel: (852) 2369 3111
Golden Mile				    Fax: (852) 2369 8016
46-52 Nath Rd,
Tsimshatsui, HK

Wharney Hotel  	 US$149 (Single/Twin Rm)    Tel: (852) 2861 1000
57-73 					    Fax: (852) 2865 6023
Lockhart Rd,
Wan Chai, HK

Newton Hotel HK	 US$131 (Single/Twin Rm)    Tel: (852) 2807 2333
218 Electric Rd,			    Fax: (852) 2807 1221
HK

City Garden	 US$123 (Single/Twin Rm)    Tel: (852) 2887 2888
231 Electric Rd,			    Fax: (852) 2887 1111
North Point, HK

One night's deposit is required before April 10. Send reservation
and cheque, money order or travelers' cheque (payable to Morning
Star Travel Service Ltd) to Morning Star Travel Service Ltd -
Designation Management  Division, Tsim Sha Tsui Centre, 66 Mody
Road, Tsimshatsui East, Kowloon, Hong Kong. Tel: (852) 2732-2268;
Fax: (852) 2723-8033 (Mr. Michael Mou). Note that the travel agent
does not accept credit cards for the deposit but you may pay by
credit card when you check out from the hotel.

Reservations made after April 10 are subject to availability of rooms.


Transportation information:

Hotel		  Airport->Hotel		   Hotel->Conference Site
-----		  --------------		   ----------------------
Grant Hyatt	  Taxi: HK$100			   On foot: 5 minutes

Omni The 	  Taxi: HK$60         		   Star Ferry: 15 minutes
Hongkong Hotel	  Airbus A1: HK$12/person          Subway: 20 minutes

Holiday Inn	  Taxi: HK$70			   Taxi: HK$80
Golden Mile	  Airbus A1: HK$12/person	   Subway: 20 minutes

Wharney Hotel HK  Taxi: HK$110			   On foot: 15 minutes
		  Airbus A2: HK$17/person          Shuttle bus: HK$60/person

Newton Hotel	  Taxi: HK$100         		   Taxi: HK$25
		  Airbus A5: HK$17/person	   Subway: 20 minutes

City Garden	  Taxi: HK$110			   Taxi: HK$25
		  Airbus A5: HK$17/person	   Subway: 20 minutes


Note: It is difficult to find car rental (and not advisable) in
      Hong Kong. Public transportation and taxi services are
      very convenient and not expensive.


HOTEL RESERVATION FORM

Name: __________________________________________________

Firm: ___________________________________________________

Address:______________________ Phone:_______  Fax:________

Sharing room with: _______________________________________

Hotel 1st Choice: _______________________________________

Hotel 2nd Choice: _______________________________________

  |_| single	|_| double

Date of Arrival:______________ Date of Departure: _____________

Number of nights: ____________

Signature________________________________ Date______________


Please include one night's deposit with form.




