Forwarded message from [zahirt@cs.rmit.edu.au] sent originally on Mon, 31 Jan 2000 09:06:45 +0100 (MET): : C A L L F O R P A P E R S : ============================= : ___ __ __ __ __ : | | | | | | / | || | International Symposium on : | | | | |--| | || | DISTRIBUTED OBJECTS AND APPLICATIONS : _|_| |__| | | |__||__| Antwerp, Belgium, September 21-23, 2000 : http://www.cs.rmit.edu.au/conf/doa/2000/ : : Proceedings to be published by IEEE Press : : Are you building applications using distributed objects (DO)? : Are you doing research in fundamental technology, methodology or new : tools for DO? : Are you using some of the existing distributed object systems? : : Consider contributing a practice report or a research paper to this : innovative event, and to present, discuss and obtain feedback for your : ideas among other practitioners and researchers active in the same : area. : : There is increasing agreement among IT researchers and practitioners : about the importance and potential of distributed object systems and : the advances in this area made in recent years. These systems offer : many promises for use in various applications, including : telecommunications, banking applications and many other domains. DO : systems are starting to offer practical, real-life production solutions : to technical problems, including interoperability across different : software and database platforms. Distributed object systems are built : according to different paradigms and architectures, such as OMG's : CORBA, Microsoft's COM and other object request broker principles and : implementations, and contingent technologies such as SUN's Java-based : active objects, to provide a basis for building complex distributed : applications. : : The future success of DO systems will not only be dependent on how the : basic requirements (to develop open, reliable and scalable distributed : and heterogeneous applications and platforms) are met but also how the : underlying distributed object technology can be integrated with : existing complementary technologies and applications, such as WWW, : multimedia and databases. The reengineering of legacy systems may : substantially benefit from the use of DO, e.g. when turning them into : data warehouses. Further standardization of distributed object concepts : will very likely unlock many new areas of application still. : : TWO DIMENSIONS: Research & Practice : : As research in DO establishes new principles, enhancing our : understanding of the fundamental issues involved, and opening the way : to new tools and methodologies for DO, so conversely practical : experience in real-life DO projects drives the avenues of this same : research by exposing new ideas and posing new types of problems to be : solved. With the DOA Symposium we explicitly intend to provide a forum : to help this mutual interaction occur, and to trigger and foster it. : Submissions can be entered along both these dimensions: research : (theory, fundamentals, principles of DO) and practice (applications, : experience, pragmatics of DO). Contributions attempting to cross over : the gap between these two dimensions will, of course, be especially : welcome. : : As we are fully aware of the differences in environment for research : and development that exist in academia and industry, submissions from : each will be treated accordingly and judged by a peer review not only : for scientific rigor (in the case of "academic research" papers) but : for originality and generality of application (in the case of "case : studies" papers). Papers of each type will be presented in parallel : tracks at the Symposium, but with maximal opportunity for interaction : for researchers and developers working on related topics. : : To summarize, during the DOA'2000 Symposium we therefore want attendees : to be able to evaluate existing ORB middleware products; to analyze, : and propose solutions to major limitations of existing products; and to : indicate promising future research directions for distributed objects. : We are particularly interested in the evaluation of existing DO systems : and how they are used to design and to implement large scale industrial : distributed applications. We are seeking theoretical as well as : practical papers addressing innovative issues related to distributed : objects. : : TOPICS OF INTEREST : : The topics of this symposium include, but are not limited to: : : o Critique of the distributed object paradigm : o Distributed business objects : o Distributed and mobile agents : o Design patterns for distributed object design : o Database services, in particular persistency, transaction, query : and replication services : o Integration of distributed object and Web technologies : o Intelligent traders : o Interoperability-supporting environments : o Integration with database systems and interfaces : o Methodologies to develop distributed object applications : o Reintegration of legacy systems in DO environments : o Design of CORBA, COM- and Java-based broker applications : o Multimedia distributed objects : o Multicast protocols for distributed objects : o Object caching : o Reliability, fault-tolerance and recovery : o Real-time ORB middleware : o Reports on Best Practice : o Security : o Specification and enforcement of quality of service : o Standardization of distributed objects : o Wrapper libraries and wrapper implementation strategies : : IMPORTANT DATES : : Electronic submission: May 1st, 2000 : Notification of : acceptance: June 10th, 2000 : Camera-ready copies: June 30th, 2000 : Symposium: September 21-23, 2000 : : SUBMISSION DETAILS : : All submitted papers will be carefully evaluated based on : originality, significance, technical soundness, and clarity of : expression. Submissions should be clearly labeled "Research", : "Practice" or "PC discretion". All papers will be refereed by at : least three members of the program committee, and at least two : will be experts from industry in the case of practice reports. : All submissions must be in English. Research submissions must not : exceed 8,000 words. Practice reports must not exceed 5,000 words. : Submissions can either be in Postscript or HTML format and should : be sent to zahirt@cs.rmit.edu.au. All submissions must be : accompanied by a separate email message with the following : information on the paper: : : title : author(s) : affiliation(s) : e-mail and address of the contact author : optional list of (key)words to appear in the index : classification as research, practice or at : discretion of PC formal commitment, if paper is : accepted, to register for DOA'2000 and present the : paper : : Please make sure that your PostScript file can be previewed with : GhostScript and is printable on a standard PostScript printer. We : also accept Microsoft Word submissions. If electronic submission : is not possible, please contact : : A/Prof. Zahir Tari : Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology : Department of Computer Sience : GPO Box 2476 V : Melbourne, VIC 3001 : Australia : (phone) +61-3-9925-3782 : (fax) +61-3-9662-1617 : : to make special arrangements, at least two weeks before the submission : deadline. The final proceedings will be published by IEEE Press. : Failure to commit presentation at the conference automatically excludes : a paper from the proceedings. : : ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE : : General chair : : Robert Meersman : STARLab : Free University of Brussel (VUB) : Building F-G 10, Pleinlaan 2 : B-1050 Brussels : Belgium : meersman@vub.ac.be : (fax) ++32 (2) 629-3525 : : Program committee co-chairs : : Pamela Drew : The Boeing Company : P.O. Box 3707, M/S: 7L-20 : Seattle, WA 98124-2207 : USA : pamela.a.drew@boeing.com : (phone) +1 425 865 3610 : (fax)+1 425 865 2966 : : Zahir Tari : Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology : Department of Computer Science : GPO Box 2476V : Melbourne, VIC 3001 : Australia : zahirt@cs.rmit.edu.au : (phone) ++61-3-9660-3782 : (fax) ++61-3-9662-1617 : : Roberto Zicari : Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University : Department of Computer Science : Kettenhofweg 135, PO box 11 19 32 : D-60325 Frankfurt/Main : Germany : (phone) ++49.69.798.28212 : (fax) ++49.69.798.25123 : zicari@informatik.uni-frankfurt.de : : Industrial Liaison : : Pranab Baruah : The Boeing Company : P.O. Box 3707, M/S: 6H-WT : Seattle, WA 98124-2207 : USA : Pranab.Baruah@PSS.Boeing.com : : Organising chair : : Liselore Berghman : University of Antwerp - UFSIA : Prinsstraat 13 : B 2000 Antwerp : Belgium : lberghman@ufsia.ac.be : : Publicity Chair : : Liz Ungar : The Boeing Company : P.O. Box 3707, M/S: 7L-20 : Seattle, WA 98124-2207 : USA : liz.ungar@boeing.com : : Program committee : : Gustavo Alonso (ETH, Zurich) : Bill Appelbe (RMIT, Australia) : Sean Baker (IONA, Ireland) : Carlos De Backer (University of Antwerp, Belgium) : Jose Blakeley (Microsoft, USA) : Gordon Blair (Lancaster University, UK) : Anthony Bloesch (Visio Corp., USA) : Omran Bukhres (Purdue University, USA) : Akmal B. Chaudhri (Computer Associates, UK) : Asuman Dogac (Middle East Technical University, Turkey) : Chris Gokey (NASA, USA) : Rachid Guerraoui (EPFL, Switzerland) : Arno Jacobsen (Humboldt University, Germany) : Dimitris Karagiannis (University of Vienna and B.O.C. GmbH, Austria) : Roger King (University of Colorado, USA) : Sacha Krakowiak (University of Grenoble, France) : Bernd Kramer (FernUniversitat Hagen, Germany) : Hong Va Leong (Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China) : Ling Liu (Oregon Graduate Institute, USA) : Frank Manola (USA) : Sophie Monties (EPFL, Switzerland) : Jishnu Mukerji (HP New Jersey Labs, USA) : Tom Northcutt (NASA, USA) : Kunio Ohno (INS Engineering Corporation, Japan) : Tamer Ozsu (University of Alberta, Canada) : Mike P. Papazoglou (Tilburg University, The Netherlands) : Kerry Raymond (DSTC, Australia) : Arnie Rosenthal (Mitre, USA) : Richard Soley (OMG, USA) : Marc H. Scholl (Universitat Konstanz, Germany) : Jean-Bernard Stefani (France Telecom, France) : Doug Schmidt (Washington Univ. at St. Louis, USA) : Makoto Takizawa (Tokyo Denki University, Japan) : Hakki Toroslu (Middle East Technical University, Turkey) : Yu-Chee Tseng (National Central University, Taiwan) : Wilfried Verachtert (MediaGenix, Belgium) : Andreas Vogel (In Prise, USA) : Guijun Wang (Boeing, USA) : Andrew Watson (OMG, USA) : Albert Zamoya (University of Western Australia, Australia)

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