Program

Tutorials, Monday, 12 November 2001
(30-minute breaks at 10:30 and 15:30, 90-minute offsite lunch break at 12:30)

9:00-12:30 (morning)

1. Mobile Computing Middleware. Dr. W. Emmerich, Dr. C. Mascolo, Ms. L. Capra
   Abstract Biographies

2. The TAO of Distributed Systems - Pattern-Oriented Architecture for Component-Based Middleware. Michael Stal
   Abstract Biography

14:00-17:30 (afternoon)

3. CORBA Security: State of the Art. R. Schreiner, U. Lang
   Abstract Biographies

9:00-17:30 (all-day)

4. Pattern-Oriented Software Architecture: Patterns for Concurrent and Networked Objects. Douglas C. Schmidt
   Abstract Biography

Conference, Tuesday, 13 November 2001
(30-minute breaks at 10:00 and 15:00, 90-minute offsite lunch break at 12:00)

0830 Welcome: J. Sventek and R. Guerraoui

0900 Invited Talk: Autonomic Computing, T. Chandra, IBM Research

1030 Session 1: Java, chair: J. Bacon

• Automated Analysis of Java Message Service Providers (Abstract)
  Dean Kuo, CSIRO Mathematical and Information Sciences
  Doug Palmer, CSIRO Mathematical and Information Sciences

• Efficient Object Caching for Distributed Java RMI Applications (Abstract)
  John Eberhard, Department of Computer Science, University of Minnesota
  Anand Tripathi, Department of Computer Science, University of Minnesota

• Entity Bean A, B, C's: Enterprise Java Beans Commit Options and Caching (Abstract)
  Paul Brebner, CSIRO Mathematical and Information Sciences (CMIS)
  Shuping Ran, CSIRO Mathematical and Information Sciences (CMIS)

1330 Session 2: Mobility, chair: P. Honeyman

• A WAP-Based Session Layer Supporting Distributed Applications in Nomadic Environments (Abstract)
  Timm Reinstorf, Insitute of Telematics, University of Karlsruhe, Germany
  Rainer Ruggaber, Insitute of Telematics, University of Karlsruhe, Germany
  Jochen Seitz, Institute of Communications Technology and Measurement, TU Ilmenau, Germany
  Martina Zitterbart, Insitute of Telematics, University of Karlsruhe, Germany

• Middleware for Reactive Components: An Integrated Use of Context, Roles, and Event Based Coordination (Abstract)
  Jaga Indulska, University of Queensland
  Seng Wai Loke, RMIT University
  Arkady Zaslavsky, Monash University

• Experiments in Composing Proxy Audio Services for Mobile Users (Abstract)
  Philip McKinley, Michigan State University
  Udiyan Padmanabhan, Michigan State University
  Nandagopal Ancha, Michigan State University

1530 Session 3: Distributed Abstractions, chair: S. Vinoski

• Thread Transparency in Information Flow Middleware (Abstract)
  Rainer Koster, University of Kaiserslautern
  Andrew Black, Oregon Graduate Institute
  Jie Huang, Oregon Graduate Institute
  Jonathan Walpole, Oregon Graduate Institute
  Calton Pu, Georgia Institute of Technology

• Abstracting Services in a Heterogeneous Environment (Abstract)
  Salah Sadou, Valoria, Université de Bretagne Sud
  Gautier Koscielny, LIFL, U.S.T. de Lille
  Hafedh Mili, Computer Science Dpt. Université du Québec À Montréal.

• An Efficient Component Model for the Construction of Adaptive Middleware (Abstract)
  Michael Clarke, Lancaster University
  Gordon Blair, University of Tromso
  Geoff Coulson, Lancaster University
  Nikos Parlavantzas, Lancaster University

1700 Poster Session, chair: M. van Steen

1800 Reception at Kongresshaus

Conference, Wednesday, 14 November 2001
(30-minute breaks at 10:00 and 15:00, 90-minute offsite lunch break at 12:00)

0900 Invited Talk: The work of the OMG, Past, Present and Future, R. Zicari (University of Frankfurt)

1030 Session 4: Reliability, chair: W. Vogels

• Rule-Based Transactional Object Migration over a Reflective Middleware (Abstract)
  Damian Arregui, Xerox Research Centre Europe
  Francois Pacull, Xerox Research Centre Europe
  Jutta Willamowski, Xerox Research Centre Europe

• The CORBA Activity Service Framework for Supporting Extended Transactions (Abstract)
  Iain Houston, IBM Hursley Laboratories
  Mark Little, HP-Arjuna laboratories
  Ian Robinson, IBM Hursley Laboratories
  Santosh Shrivastava, Newcastle University
  Stuart Wheater, HP-Arjuna laboratories

• Failure Mode Analysis of CORBA Service Implementations (Abstract)
  Eric Marsden, LAAS-CNRS
  Jean-Charles Fabre, LAAS-CNRS

1330 Session 5: Home & Office, chair: S. Vinoski

• ROOM-BRIDGE: A Vertically Configurable Network Architecture and Real-Time Middleware for Interoperability between Ubiquitous Consumer Devices in Home (Abstract)
  Soon Ju Kang, Kyungpook National University
  Sung Ho Park, Kyungpook National University
  Joon Ho Park, Kyungpook National University

• Reducing the Energy Usage of Office Applications (Abstract)
  Jason Flinn, Carnegie Mellon University
  Eyal de Lara, Rice University
  Mahadev Satyanarayanan, Carnegie Mellon University
  Dan Wallach, Rice University
  Willy Zwaenepoel, Rice University

• System Software for Audio and Visual Networked Home Appliances on Commodity Operating Systems (Abstract)
  Tatsuo Nakajima, Waseda University

1530 Work-in-Progress Session, chair: M. van Steen

1700 Panel: Peer-to-peer, fade or future?, moderator: W. Vogels

1900 Conference dinner at Heidelberg Castle

Conference, Thursday, 15 November 2001
(30-minute break at 10:00)

0830 Session 6: Scalability, chair: L. Rodrigues

• Access Control and Trust in the use of Widely Distributed Services (Abstract)
  Jean Bacon, University of Cambridge
  Ken Moody, University of Cambridge
  Walt Yao, University of Cambridge

• Preserving Causality in a Scalable Message-Oriented Middleware (Abstract)
  Philippe Laumay, INRIA Rhône-Alpes
  Eric Bruneton, INRIA Rhône-Alpes
  Noël De Palma, INRIA Rhône-Alpes
  Sacha Krakowiak, INRIA Rhône-Alpes

• Pastry: Scalable, decentralised object location and routing for large-scale peer-to-peer systems (Abstract)
  Antony Rowstron, Microsoft Research, Cambridge
  Peter Druschel, Rice University

1030 Session 7: Quality of Service, chair: I. Rouvellou

• Providing QoS Customization in Distributed Object Systems (Abstract)
  Jun He, The University of Arizona
  Matti Hiltunen, AT&T Labs-Research
  Mohan Rajagopalan, The University of Arizona
  Richard Schlichting, AT&T Labs-Research

• 2KQ+: An Integrated Approach of QoS Compilation and Reconfigurable, Component-Based Run-Time Middleware for the Unified QoS Management Framework (Abstract)
  Duangdao Wichadakul, Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  Klara Nahrstedt, Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  Xiaohui Gu, Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  Dongyan Xu, Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

1130 Panel: Web services, anything new under the sun?, moderator: S. Vinoski

Workshops, Friday, 16 November 2001
(30-minute breaks at 10:30 and 15:30, 90-minute offsite lunch break at 12:30)

9:00-17:30 (all-day)

1. Middleware for Mobile Computing
2. International Workshop on Electronic Commerce (day 1)

Workshop, Saturday, 17 November 2001
(30-minute breaks at 10:30 and 15:30, 90-minute offsite lunch break at 12:30)

9:00-17:30 (all-day)

1. International Workshop on Electronic Commerce (day 2)