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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