From kelvin@cs.iastate.edu Mon Nov 28 09:59:05 EST 1994 Article: 7942 of comp.compilers Newsgroups: comp.compilers,comp.realtime,comp.lang.misc,comp.arch Path: cantaloupe.srv.cs.cmu.edu!das-news2.harvard.edu!spdcc!iecc!compilers-sender From: kelvin@cs.iastate.edu (Kelvin Nilsen) Subject: Experimental Research in Real-Time Computing (CFP) Message-ID: <94-11-136@comp.compilers> Keywords: conference, CFP Sender: compilers-sender@chico.iecc.com Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa Date: Mon, 21 Nov 1994 16:56:44 GMT Approved: compilers@chico.iecc.com Lines: 470 Xref: economic.mess.cs.cmu.edu comp.compilers:7942 comp.realtime:7663 comp.lang.misc:19283 comp.arch:54466 During the coming year, there will be several opportunities for discussion and presentation of experimental research on real-time systems. Attached are three calls for papers. I am personally involved with two of the three program committees. Though none of these conferences focuses exclusively on experimental research, all of them are intended to provide a forum that is more friendly to experimental researchers than has been typical of recent Real-Time System Symposiums. In my mind, it seems natural that during the coming years, the relationship between these conferences (or whichever one of these becomes the "strongest") and RTSS will be similar to the relationship that currently exists between ACM PLDI and POPL. One focuses primarily on experimental research, and the other more on theoretical contributions. It is difficult to achieve consensus on how exactly to define real-time computing. In my opinion, the most important distinguishing characteristic is that a software engineer must be able to exercise analysis and control of the system's real-time behavior prior to run time. This is necessary in order for the software engineer to claim that a developed program is correct in a real-time sense. Given this definition, papers that focus only on operating system "responsiveness" or "interrupt latency" or "context switching throughput", without discussing the analysis techniques or tools that would make possible the development of predictable real-time performance are not likely to be accepted (at least not by me...). If any potential authors would like to discuss their ideas prior to submission, please feel free to send me an email (I don't necessarily represent the views of the entire program committees, and I don't guarantee to be able to proofread entire papers for you, but I am sincerely interested in trying to help traditional experimentalists understand the "warped" mindsets of the real-time community in order to enable them to participate in what I believe are some very important and exciting research areas.) Good luck. ********************************************************************** CALL FOR PAPERS =============== IEEE Real-Time Technology and Application Symposium =================================================== May 15-17, 1995 Chicago, Illinois RTAS'94 is the successor to the 11th Workshop on Real-Time Operating Systems and Software. Since the early 80's, we have witnessed an increased interest in real-time technology because of the need for scientific solutions for time-constrained information processing in various applications such as avionics, multimedia, robotics, automated process control, and manufacturing. Founded in 1983, the IEEE Workshop on Real-Time Operating Systems and Software (RTOSS) has been an important annual forum for exchanging information of emerging principles and practices underlying real-time technology. Consequently, we are seeing a substantial number of new researchers tackling the many challenging problems that remain. Due to the interest shown in, and the success of, the RTOSS, the IEEE technical committee on real-time systems has decided to convert RTOSS into a full symposium, the real-Time Technology and Applications Symposium. The purpose of this symposium is to bring together developers and researchers from universities, industry, and government to advance real-time technology and its applications. Papers on all aspects of real-time computing are sought, including operating systems and scheduling, fault-tolerance, databases, programming languages, tools, communication networks, architectures, performance modeling, formal methods, case studies, and applications. Of particular interest are papers detailing experiments and implementations. This year we are planning special sessions in the areas such as Intelligent Vehicle Highway Systems and Multimedia. Papers on these topics are especially encouraged. Manuscripts should be limited to 20 double spaced pages. Papers submitted to the Symposium should not be submitted elsewhere. Six copies of the paper should reach the program chair no later than January 7, 1995. Authors will be notified of acceptance by Feb 28, 1995. Final camera-ready manuscripts will be due by March 31, 1995. Proposals for two-hour tutorials in technical areas of the conference are also solicited. Tutorial proposals should be submitted to the program chair by January 7, 1995. Important Dates =============== Paper submission: Jan 7, 1995 Tutorial proposal submission: Jan 7, 1995 Acceptance notification: Feb 28, 1995 Final camera-ready manuscript: Mar 31, 1995 ORGANIZING AND PROGRAM COMMITTEES General Chair: Ted Baker Department of Computer Science (4019) Florida State University Tallahassee, FL 32306-4019 phone: 904 644-5452 email: baker@cs.fsu.edu Program Chair: Wei Zhao Department of Computer Science Texas A&M University College Station, TX 77843-3112 phone: 409 845-5098 email: zhao@cs.tamu.edu Treasurer: Ted Giering, Florida State University Publicity Chair: Raj Rajkumar, Software Engineering Institute, CMU Local Arrangements Co-Chairs: Jeffrey Tsai, University of Illinois at Chicago Chengwen Liu, DePaul University Ex-Officio: (RTS-TC Chairs) John Stankovic, University of Massachusetts at Amherst Al Mok, University of Texas at Austin Program Committee: Yahya Y. Al-Salqan West Virginia University Sadler Bridge Texas Transportation Institute/TAMU Alan Burns University of York Richard Gerber University of Maryland Prabha Gopinath Honeywell Inc Steve Howell Navy Surface Warfare Center Jiandong Huang Honeywell Inc Arkady Kanevsky Mitre Corporation Doug Locke Loral Federal Systems David Luginbuh AFOSR Jane Liu University of Illinois at Urbana Steve Liu Texas A&M University Al Mok University of Texas at Austin Kelvin Nilsen Iowa State University Krithi Ramamritham University of Massachusetts at Amherst Lui Sha Software Engineering Institute/CMU Kang Shin University of Michigan John Stankovic University of Massachusetts at Amherst Alexander D. Stoyenko NJ Institute of Technology Lonnie R. Welch NJ Institute of Technology Victor Wolfe University of Rhode Island Hui Zhang Carnegie Mellon University RTAS'95 is sponsored by the IEEE Technical Committee on Real-Time Systems, with assistance from the Office of Naval Research.