DIMACS Workshop on Networks in Distributed Computing: Program


Monday, October 27, 1997

 

08:45 -- 09:15 : Registration

09:15 -- 09:30 : Welcome

Session 1:  Chair: Marios Mavronicolas

09:30 -- 10:00 : Practical Specs for Practical Network Services,
                 Nancy Lynch, MIT 

10:00 -- 10:30 : Networked Resource Management and Distributed
                 System Building Blocks,
                 Alex Shvartsman, University of Connecticut

10:30 -- 11:00 : Break

Session 2:  Chair: Michael Merritt

11:00 -- 11:30 : On-line Algorithms for Mobile Computing,
                 Paul Spirakis, University of Patras & CTI

11:30 -- 12:00 : The Impact of Mobility on Distributed Computing,
                 Badri R. Badrinath, Rutgers University

12:00 -- 12:30 : Infostations and Resource Allocation Problems
                 in Mobile Computing,
                 Christopher Rose, Rutgers University

12:30 -- 14:30 : Lunch

Session 3:  Chair: Nir Shavit

14:30 -- 15:00 : Lessons in Wrangling a Large Herd of Internet
                 Clocks Using Engineered Algorithms,
                 David B. Mills, University of Delaware

15:00 -- 15:30 : Timing-Based Connection Management,
                 Marios Mavronicolas, University of Cyprus

15:30 -- 16:00 : Break

Session 4: Chair: Marios Mavronicolas

16:00 -- 16:30 : Two Algorithms for Resource Sharing in High-Speed
                 Networks,
                 Yehuda Afek, Tel-Aviv University

16:30 -- 17:00 : Routing and Resource Allocation in Application-
                 Aware Networks,
                 Allan Fisher, Carnegie-Mellon University

18:00 -- 20:00 : Reception

Tuesday, October 28, 1997

Session 5: Chair: Michael Merritt 09:00 -- 09:30 : Parallel Job Scheduling Strategies and their Interaction with Communication Networks, Larry Rudolph, Hebrew University & MIT 09:30 -- 10:00 : Multicast and Group Communication in Modern Networks, Danny Dolev, Hebrew University & IBM Almaden 10:00 -- 10:30 : The Paris Metro Proposal for Pricing and Congestion Control on the Internet, Andrew Odlyzko, AT&T Labs-Research 10:30 -- 11:00 : Break Session 6: Chair: Nir Shavit 11:00 -- 11:30 : Path Layout in ATM Networks, Shmuel Zaks, The Technion 11:30 -- 12:00 : UNITE -- An Architecture for Lightweight Signaling in ATM Networks, K. K. Ramakrishnan, AT&T Labs-Research 12:00 -- 12:30 : Performance of ATM Circuit Emulation with Asynchronous Clocks and Random Clock Frequencies, Kerry Fendick, AT&T Labs-Research 12:30 -- 14:30 : Lunch Session 7: Chair: Nir Shavit 14:30 -- 15:00 : Global Area Networks (GANs): Technical Issues for Multimedia Applications, Andres Albanese, ICSI 15:00 -- 15:30 : Optical Transport Layer Technologies for the Evolving Network, Bob Tkach, AT&T Labs-Research 15:30 -- 16:00 : Break Session 8: Chair: Michael Merritt 16:00 -- 16:30 : Local Control Packet Switching Algorithms, Rafail Ostrovsky, Bellcore 16:30 -- 17:00 : Towards a Distributed Realization of Dynamic Virtual Locality in the NOW Setting, Pilar de la Torre, University of New Hampshire

Wednesday, October 29, 1997

Session 9: Chair: Marios Mavronicolas 09:00 -- 09:30 : Distributed Control Algorithms for WDM Optical Networks, Ezhan Karasan, AT&T Labs-Research 09:30 -- 10:00 : Deterministic Models and Algorithms for Wavelength Routing in Optical Networks, Ori Gerstel, Telllabs 10:00 -- 10:30 : Wavelength Assignment Algorithms and the Benefits of Wavelength Changers in WDM Ring Networks, Rick Barry, MIT 10:30 -- 11:00 : Break Session 10: Chair: Marios Mavronicolas 11:00 -- 11:30 : Network-Layer Security -- Structure and Challenges, Steve Bellovin, AT&T Labs-Research 11:30 -- 12:00 : Towards Distributed Protocol Checking, Juan Garay, IBM Yorktown Heights 12:00 -- 12:30 : Formal Verification of T/TCP, Mark Smith , AT&T Labs-Research 12:30 -- 14:30 : Lunch

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