by 2ND USENIX MOBILE AND LOCATION-INDEPENDENT COMPUTING SYMPOSIUM
APRIL 10-11, 1995
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
Michigan League Conference & Meeting Facilities
Ann Arbor, MI
Dramatic improvements in size, cost, and power requirements have
made mobile computing one of the hottest growth areas of the
computer industry. This growth raises many technical issues
which will be discussed and debated at the Second USENIX
Symposium on Mobile and Location-Independent Computing.
With these advances in wireless networking technology making
equipment more mobile, how should the system as a whole adapt?
How can existing applications, file systems, and network software
be made to work when the characteristics of the underlying
hardware are constantly changing? Should the operating system
hide mobility from the applications, or should the applications
be aware of, and make use of, their mobility?
The Second USENIX Symposium on Mobile and Location-Independent
Computing provides a major opportunity for researchers and
practitioners in this rapidly growing field to exchange ideas and
present results of their work. It is a single-track symposium
offering two days of refereed presentations, panel discussions,
Work-in-Progress reports, and a Keynote speaker. Formally
reviewed papers, presented during the symposium, will be
published in the Symposium proceedings.
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Jim Rees, Program Chair University of Michigan
Dan Duchamp Columbia University
Dan Geer OpenVision Technologies
Phil Karn Qualcomm
Jim Kempf Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Jay Kistler Digital Equipment Corporation
IMPORTANT SYMPOSIUM DATES & SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
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Hotel Reservation Deadline: March 17, 1995
Pre-Registration Deadline: March 29, 1995
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Sunday, April 9: 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm Registration
Monday, April 10: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm Technical Sessions
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Reception
Tuesday, April 11: 9:00 am - 5:30 pm Technical Sessions
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
MONDAY, APRIL 10, 1995
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9:00AM OPENING REMARKS: Jim Rees, University of Michigan
9:15-10:30 KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Barry M. Leiner
Dr. Leiner is a Senior Scientist with the Universities Space
Research Association. He is currently on loan to the Advanced
Research Projects Agency, where he is Deputy Director of the
Computing Systems Technology Office, responsible for the area of
Enterprise Technologies. This area is developing the information
technologies required to support widely distributed operation.
Particular areas of focus are the technologies required to
facilitate distributed applications that exploit the emerging
ubiqitous network environment, mobile information systems, high
performance networking, and information security.
Prior positions included Director of Research with Advanced
Decision Systems (1990-1992), Assistant Director of the Research
Institute for Advanced Computer Science (1985-1990), and
Assistant Director, Information Processing Techniques Office,
ARPA (1980-1985). Dr. Leiner has spent the last 15 years working
in the area of packet switched networking technology and its
applications.
Dr. Leiner is a graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
(B.E.E.E. 1967) and Stanford University (M.S.E.E. 1969, Ph.D.
1973). He is a member of Eta Kappa Nu, Tau Beta Pi, ACM, and the
Internet Society, and a senior member of the IEEE.
11:00-12:30 CONNECTIVITY Session Chair: Phil Karn
Routing in Mobile Wireless Networks
P. Krishna, M. Chatterjee, N.H. Vaidya, D.K. Pradhan, Texas A&M
University
Handoff and Systems Support for Indirect TCP/IP
Ajay Bakre, B.R. Badrinath, Rutgers University
A Wireless Adapter Architecture for Mobile Computing
John Trotter, Mark Cravatts, AT&T Bell Laboratories
2:00-3:30 SIMULATION, EMULATION, AND ADAPTATION
Session Chair: Dan Geer
MCE: An Integrated Mobile Computing Environment and Simulation
Testbed
Ramki Rajagopalan, Sridhar Alagar, S. Venkatesan, University of
Texas, Dallas
A Network Emulator to Support the Development of Adaptive
Applications
Nigel Davies, Gordon S. Blair, Keith Cheverst, Adrian Friday,
University of Lancaster
A Programming Interface for Application-Aware Adaptation in Mobile
Computing
Brian Noble, M. Satyanarayanan, Morgan Price, Carnegie Mellon
University
4:00-5:00 PANEL DISCUSSION - Mobile Routing and Networks
Panelists: David Johnson, Carnegie Mellon Univ.
Ramon Caceres, AT&T Bell Laboratories
Ajay Bakre, Rutgers University
6:00pm-8:00pm Reception at the Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum
TUESDAY, APRIL 11, 1995
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9:00AM-10:30 WORK-IN-PROGRESS REPORTS
Session Chair: William A. (Andy) Adamson
Work-in-Progress (WIP) Reports introduce interesting, new or
ongoing work. If you have interesting work to share or a cool
idea that is not ready to be published, then a WIP Report is for
you! Your fellow attendees will give you insightful feedback.
We are especially interested in the presentation of student
work.
To reserve your presentation slot, direct your email to:
mobile-w...@usenix.org.
11:00-12:30 DISCONNECTIVITY Session Chair: Dan Duchamp
System Isolation and Network Fast Fail Capability in Solaris
Gabriel Montenegro, Steve Drach, Sun Microsystems Inc.
A Generic Multicast Transport Service to Support Disconnected
Operation
Silvano Maffeis, University of Zurich and Cornell University,
Walter Bischofberger and Kai-Uwe Maetzel, Union Bank of
Switzerland
Partially Connected Operation
L.B. Huston, P. Honeyman, CITI, University of Michigan
2:00-3:30 ENERGY AND MOBILITY Session Chair: Jim Kempf
A Distributed Software Architecture for GPS-Driven Mobile
Applications
Thomas G. Dennehy, Environmental Research Institute of
Michigan
Energy Efficient Data Filtering and Communication
Tomasz Imielinski, Monish Gupta, Sarma Peyyeti, Rutgers
University
Adaptive Disk Spin-down Policies for Mobile Computers
Fred Douglis, AT&T Bell Laboratories, P. Krishnan,Brown
University, Brian Bershad, University of Washington
4:00-5:30 PANEL DISCUSSION - What do Applications Need to
Know About Mobility?
Panelists: To be announced
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HOTEL INFORMATION
ROOM RATES
Campus Inn
615 E. Huron $75.00 Single Occupancy
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104 $87.00 Double Occupancy
Telephone: 313 769 2200 (plus room tax currently at 8%)
Toll free in US 800 666 8693
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6pm on the date of your scheduled arrival. Requests for
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MEETING LOCATION
The meeting will be held on the campus of the University of
Michigan only three blocks walking distance from the Campus Inn.
The Michigan League Conference & Meeting Facilities
Second Floor Meeting Rooms
911 North University
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
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LOCAL POINTS OF INTEREST
Ann Arbor offers excellent and varied restaurants with
fascinating shops, museums, and art galleries. You can visit the
Dexter Cider Mill, the historical Kempf House, take a stroll
through the Matthaei Botanical Gardens, explore natural history
at the Ruthven Exhibit Museum, or tour the University of
Michigan's Medical Center. For further information refer to the
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available in your hotel room or at the USENIX Registration desk.
SYMPOSIUM RECEPTION
Join the fun at the Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum on Monday, April
10th at 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm. Explore the fascinating world of
science, where more than 200 hands-on exhibits on four floors,
invite you to push, pull and experiment for yourself. The museum
is within walking distance of the meeting facilities and the
Campus Inn. Hors d'oeuvres and beverages will be served.
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