From: Squish <squish@hitl.washington.edu>
Subject: CONF: Adv. program & Registration/IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium '93

Thought this might be of some relevances or interest.

- squish

The advance program for the 14th IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium is below.
It is followed by the symposium registration form and the hotel reservation
form.



                        14th IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium
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                                December 1-3, 1993
                        Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina


                  Sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society and
                 the Technical Committee on Real-Time Systems


  GENERAL CO-CHAIRS                 PROGRAM COMMITTEE MEMBERS
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  Susan Davidson & Insup Lee        Rajiv Alur       John Lehoczky
  University of Pennsylvania        Thomas Bihari    Joseph Leung
                                    Ken Birman       Jane Liu
  PROGRAM CHAIR                     Alan Burns       Doug Locke
  -------------                     Flaviu Cristian  Nancy Lynch
  Farnam Jahanian                   Richard Gerber   Miroslaw Malek
  IBM T J Watson Research Center    Connie Heitmeyer Sang Son
                                    Steve Howell     Jack Stankovic
  TREASURER                         Kevin Jeffay     Satish Tripathi
  ---------                         Dilip Kandlur    Victor Wolfe
  Walter Heimerdinger               Hermann Kopetz
  Honeywell

  PUBLICITY CHAIR                   EX-OFFICIO       REGISTRATION CHAIR
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  Ragunathan Rajkumar               Kang Shin        Linda Buss
  Software Engineering Institute    RTS-TC Chair


  Workshop on the Role of Real-Time in Multimedia/Interactive Computing Systems
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  The conference will be preceded by the Workshop on the Role of Real-Time in
  Multimedia/Interactive Computing Systems, to be held November 30, 1993 at the
  Omni Durham.  Contact Jay Strosnider (jks@ece.cmu.edu) for details.  A
  demo/video session held in the evening will be open to conference attendees.



                        A D V A N C E    P R O G R A M
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DECEMBER 1, 1993
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Registration                                                8:00 - 8:45

Introduction (General Co-Chairs, PC chair)                  8:45 - 9:00

Session I. Formal Methods and Tools                         9:00 - 10:30

 "Automatic Symbolic Verification of Embedded Systems"
 Rajeev Alur, AT&T Bell Labs;
 Thomas A. Henzinger, Pei-Hsin Ho, Cornell University

 "MT: A Toolset for Specifying and Analyzing Real-Time Systems"
 P. Clements, C. Heitmeyer, B. Labaw, A. Rose - NRL

 "Symbolic Model Checking for Event-Driven Real-Time Systems"
 Jin Yang, Aloysius K. Mok, Farn Wang - University of Texas

Break                                                      10:30 - 11:00

Session II. Communication                                  11:00 - 12:00

 "The Probability of Guaranteeing Synchronous Real-Time
       Messages with Arbitrary Deadlines in an FDDI Network"
 Sanjay Kamat, Nicholas Malcolm, Wei Zhao - Texas A&M University

 "A Bandwidth Allocation Scheme for Time Constrained
       Message Transmission on a Slotted Ring LAN"
 Sarit Mukherjee, Debanjan Saha, Manas C. Saksena,
         Satish K. Tripathi - Univ. of Maryland

Lunch                                                      12:00 - 1:30pm

Session III. Databases and Information Processing           1:30 - 3:30pm

 "How to get serializability for real time transactions
       without having to pay for it"
 Marc H. Graham - Software Engineering Institute, CMU

 "Using Dynamic Adjustment of Serialization Order for
       Real-Time Database Systems
 Juhnyoung Lee, Sang H. Son - University of Virginia

 "SSP: A Semantics-Based Protocol for Real-Time Data Access"
 Tei-Wei Kuo, Al Mok - University of Texas

 "Object-based Semantic Real-Time Concurrency Control"
 Victor F. Wolfe, Lisa B. Cingiser - Univ. of Rhode Island

Break                                                       3:30 - 4:00pm

Session IV. Architecture and Implementation                 4:00 - 4:30pm

 "A Dual-Mode Instruction Prefetch Scheme for Improved Worst
       Case and Average Case Program Execution Times"
 M.Lee, S.L. Min, C.Y. Park, Y.H. Bae, H. Shin, C.S. Kim -
         Seoul National University

 "The Spring Scheduling Co-Processor: Desing, Use,
       and Performance"
 'Douglas Niehaus, Krithi Ramamritham, John A. Stankovic
 authors2 'Gary Wallace, Charles Weems, W. Burleson, Jason Ko - U. Mass

 "Acquisition and Service of Temporal Data for Real-Time
       Plant Monitoring"
 H. Shimakawa, Hideji Ohnishi, I. Mizunuma, M. Takegaki -
         Mitsubishi Electric Corporation


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Session V. Operating Systems                                8:30 - 10:30

 "Integrated Management of Priority Inversion in
       Real-Time Mach"
 Tatsuo Nakajima, Takuro Kitayama, Hiroshi Arakawa
         Hideyuki Tokuda - Japan Advanced Institute of Sience and Technology
         and CMU

 "The Non-Blocking Write Protocol NBW: A Solution to a
       Real-Time Synchronization Problem"
 Hermann Kopetz, Johannes Reisinger - Technical University of Vienna

 "Architectural Considerations in the Design of
       Real-Time Kernels"
 Siu Ling Ann Lo, Norman C. Hutchinson, Samuel T. Chanson -
       University of British Columbia

 "Queuing Spin Lock Algorithms to Support Timing
       Predictability
 Travis S. Craig - University of Washington

Break                                                      10:30 - 11:00

Session VI. Scheduling I                                   11:00 - 12:00

 "On-Line Scheduling of Hard Deadline Aperiodic Tasks in
       Fixed-Priority Systems"
 Sandra Ramos-Thuel and John P. Lehoczky, Carnegie Mellon University

 "Competitive On-Line Scheduling for Multiprocessor
       Real-Time Systems"
 Gilad Koren and Dennis Shasha, New York University

Lunch                                                      12:00 - 1:30pm

Panel: "Real-Time Communications: New Challenges"           1:30 - 3:00pm
Chair: Doug Reeves

 A panel of industry, goverment and universities representatives
 to discuss real-time issues in communication networks.

Break                                                       3:00 - 3:30pm

Synopsis Session VII. Software Implementation and Tools     3:30 - 5:30pm

 "PERTS: A Prototyping Environment for Real-Time Systems"
 J.W.S. Liu, J.L. Redondo, Z. Deng, T.S. Tia, R. Bettati
         A. Silberman, M. Storch, R. Ha, W.K. Shih - Univ. of IIlinois

 "The implementation of a Synchronous Execution Machine
       on Chorus Micro-Kernel"
 Raphael Bernhard, Laurent Hazard, Francois Horn,
         Jean-Bernard Stefani - CNET/France Telecom

 "The Honeywell Aerospace Compiled Kernel"
 Steve Vestal - Honeywell Systems and Research Center

 "Hartik:  A Real Time Kernel for Robotics Applications"
 G. C. Buttazzo - Scuola Superiore S. Anna

 "Reliability and Performance of Event-Triggered Task
       Activation for Hard Real-Time Systems"
 Stefan Poledna - BOSCH AG


Dec. 3, 1993
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Session VIII. Scheduling II                                 8:30 - 10:00

 "Accounting for Interrupt Handling Costs in
       Dynamic Priority Task Systems"
 Kevin Jeffay, Donald L. Stone - Univ. of North Carolina

 "Scheduling Slack Time in Fixed Priority Preemptive Systems"
 R.I. Davis, K.W. Tindell, A. Burns - University of York

 "Semantics-Based Compiler Transformations for Enhanced
       Schedulability"
 Richard Gerber and Seongsoo Hong - Univ. of Maryland

Break                                                      10:00 - 10:30

Synopsis Session IX. Experimental Systems and Applications 10:30 - 12:00

 "Validation of Design for Space Launch Vehicles"
 'Bruno J. Jambor, George W. Eger, Steven D. Layton
    Martin Marietta Launch Systems

 "Highly Multi-Tasking Real-Time Systems and their Evaluation"
 Terunnao Soneoka, Ayaru Oizumi, Koichi Suda
    Nippon Telegraph & Telephone

 "The Use of Preemptive Priority-Based Scheduling for
       Space Applications"
 C.M. Bailey, E.Fyfe (British Aerospace), T. Vardanega (ESTEC) and
    A.J. Wellings (University of York)

 "Real-Time Issues In Computer Music"
 Roger B. Dannenberg (CMU), David H. Jameson (IBM T.J. Watson Research)

Lunch                                                      12:00 - 1:30pm

Session X. Specification and Verification                   1:30 - 3:30pm

 "Really Visual Temporal Reasoning"
 Y.S. Ramakrishna, P.M. Melliar-Smith, L.E. Moser,
         L.K. Dillon, G. Kutty - Univ. of California at Santa Barbara

 "RTSL: A Formal Language for Real-Time Schedulability
       Analysis"
  Andre N. Fredette,Rance Cleveland - NC State

 "Specification and Verification of a Distributed Real-Time
        Arbitration Protocol"
 Josef Hooman - Eindhoven University of Technology

 "A New Petri Net Based Formalism for Specification,
       Design and Analysis of Real-Time Systems"
 G. Bruno, A. Castella, I. Pavesio, M.P. Pescarmona
  Politecnico di Torino


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         RTSS 1993                     Conference Registration Form

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Mail to:        Linda Buss                       Phone: (715) 235-0487
                RTSS '93 Registration            Fax:   (715) 232-6244
                Rt. 1 Box 187B                   Email: rtss93@cis.upenn.edu
                Menomonie, WI 54751

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Name:  ............................   Affiliation:  ........................

Address:  .........................   Phone:  ..............................

...................................   Fax:  ................................

...................................   Email:  ..............................

...................................   IEEE Membership No:  .................

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Workshop Fees:                         Symposium Fees:

Category  Before Nov 20  After Nov 20  Category  Before Nov 20  After Nov 20
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IEEE Members    $60          $70       IEEE Members      $275      $340
Non-Members     $80          $90       Non-Members       $360      $440
(No student rates available.)          Full-time Students $75       $95


Workshop Fee: $ ........   Symposium Fee: $ ........  Total Due: $ ........

This year, registrations can also be done through email (rtss93@cis.upenn.edu).
Conference registration includes admission to conference, copy of proceedings,
continental breakfasts, coffee breaks, and the welcoming reception on
Wednesday night.  The workshop fees include continental breakfast, coffee
breaks and a copy of the workshop proceedings.  The student fee includes
all the events.  To receive student rate, students are required to have
advisor's name and signature at the time of registration.

Advisor name: ....................    Signature: ............................

Written requests for refunds must be postmarked no later than November 20,
1993.  Refunds are subject to a $50 processing fee.  All no-show registrations
will be billed in full.  Registrations after 11/20/93 will be accepted on-site
only.  NOTE: To save on postage, receipts will be given out at the conference.

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Please notify us of any special meal requirements:  Kosher ___  Vegetarian ___

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Payment can be made by check, money order, or credit card.  Please make checks
or money orders payable, in US currency, to RTSS '93.

Credit Card:   VISA  ____   MasterCard  ____   American Express  ____

Credit Card Number:  ................... Cardholder Name: .....................

Credit Card Expiration Date: ........... Total Charges Authorized: ............

Signature: ....................................................................



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                                 RTSS 1993
                          Hotel Reservation Form
                        Deadline:  November 9, 1993
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Mail to:        Omni Durham Hotel               Phone: (800) THE-OMNI
                Attn:  Reservation Department   or:    (919) 683-6664
                201 Foster Street
                Durham, NC 27701                Fax:   (919) 683-2046

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Please complete all the information (type or print), and mail directly to the
hotel.  If faxing or phoning reservation, please mention RTSS '93.

RTSS '93 rates for each room for single or double occupancy are $65, plus 11%
sales and occupancy tax. There is a $10 charge per additional person.

Accommodation desired:  Single $65 ____   Double $65 ____

Name:                                   Phone:

Address:                                Arrival Date:

                                        Departure Date:

                                        Share Room With:



Check-in is after 3:00pm, check-out is 12:00 noon.

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A block of rooms has been reserved until November 9th, 1993.  After this date,
room reservations will be accepted on a space available basis.  The above
special rates will also apply at least three days prior to and three days after
the meeting dates based on availability to those who wish to extend their
visit.  One night's deposit is required with each reservation.  A valid major
credit card guarantee is acceptable in lieu of a cash deposit.

Please check the form of payment:

          VISA  ____    MASTERCARD  ____     AMERICAN EXPRESS  ____

   DINERS CLUB  ____      DISCOVER  ____    Check/Money Order  ____


Credit Card Number:

Credit Card Expiration Date:

Total Amount Enclosed:

Signature:

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Ragunathan (Raj) Rajkumar                                Phone: (412) 268-8707
Software Engineering Institute                           Fax:   (412) 268-5758
Carnegie Mellon University                               Email: rr@sei.cmu.edu
