Salt Lake USENIX Conf Technical Program Schedule

[Jay Lepreau]

Sorry about the separate postings, but our news feed has been down for a bit
so I thought I better get it out via Arpanet unix-wizards, too.

Track A schedule is definite (we hope!), but Track B is a bit tentative.  In
particular, a session or two may still be added to Track B.  STUG in Track B
is definite.  Order of data here is: Track A Usenix, Track B Usenix, Track B
STUG.

	   Preliminary Technical Program Schedules
	Summer 84 USENIX Conference, Salt Lake City
			  and
		Software Tools Users' Group


		Track A - Wednesday, June 13


Wed-1A	9:00 - 10:30 a.m.		UNIX Directions

Opening Remarks
    Conference Organizers and USENIX board

KEYNOTE ADDRESS: An Architecture History of the UNIX System
    Stuart I. Feldman, Bell Communications Research

UNIX Standards: UNIX Meets Godzilla, or How I Learned to Love the Bomb?
    Michael Tilson, Human Computing Resources Corporation


		10:30 - 11:00 a.m.		Coffee Break


Wed-2A	11:00 - 12:30 a.m.		Mail and News

ACSNET - The Australian Alternative to UUCP
    Piers Dick-Lauder & R.J. Kummerfeld (University of Sydney), Robert Elz
    (University of Melbourne)

Broadcasting of Netnews and Network Mail via Satellite
    Lauren Weinstein

The Berkeley Internet Name Domain Server
    Douglas B. Terry, Mark Painter, David W. Riggle, and Songnian Zhou,
    U.C. Berkeley

MMDF II: A Technical Review
    Douglas P. Kingston III, Ballistic Research Laboratory

DRAGONMAIL: A Prototype Conversation-Based Mail System
    Douglas E. Comer and Larry L. Peterson, Purdue University


		12:30 - 2:00 p.m.		LUNCH


Wed-3A	2:00 - 3:30 p.m.		Networks and Distributed Processing

Converting the BBN TCP/IP to 4.2BSD
    Robert Walsh and Robert Gurwitz, BBN Laboratories

Network Tasking in the LOCUS Distributed Unix System
    David Butterfield and Gerald Popek, Locus Computing Corporation

Project Athena
    James Gettys, Digital Equipment Corporation - MIT/Project Athena

TEMPO - A Network Time Controller for a Distributed Berkeley UNIX System
    Riccardo Gusella and Stefano Zatti, U.C. Berkeley


		3:30 - 4:00 p.m.		Coffee Break


Wed-4A	4:00 - 5:30 p.m.		Distributed File Systems

The Version 8 Network File System
    Peter J. Weinberger, AT&T Bell Laboratories

Towards a Distributed File System
    Walter F. Tichy and Zuwang Ruan, Purdue University

The Livermore Interactive Network Communication System
    Alex Phillips, Lawrence Livermore National Labs

Panel on Distributed File Systems
    Session speakers and others




		Track A - Thursday, June 14


Thu-1A	9:00 - 10:30 a.m.		Programming Languages

An Optimizing Portable C Compiler for the New CDC CYBER 180
    Kok-Weng Lee and Mario D. Ruggiero, Human Computing Resources Corporation

A Simple Simulation Toolkit in "C"
    Robert P. Warnock III and Bakul Shah, Fortune Systems Corporation

An Adaptable Object Code Optimizer for UNIX Systems
    Bill Appelbe and Bob Querido,
     U.C. San Diego & NCR Corporation

Using Modula-2 for System Programming with Unix
    Michael L. Powell, Digital Equipment Corporation

The FP-Shell
    Manton Matthews and Yogeesh Kamath, University of South Carolina


		10:30 - 11:00 a.m.		Coffee Break


Thu-2A	11:00 - 12:30 a.m.	Programming Environments and Window Systems

SYSTANT: An Integrated Programming Environment for Modular C under UNIX
    Stowe Boyd, AZREX, Inc.

LIPs: Knowledge Base Development System
    Kiyoki Ohkubo, PANAFACOM Limited

WINDX - Windows for the UNIX Environment
    Peter E. Collins, Ithaca Intersystems, Inc.

The Maryland Window System
    Chris Torek and Mark Weiser, University of Maryland

A Text-Oriented Terminal Multiplexor for Blits
    Rob Pike, AT&T Bell Laboratories


		12:30 - 2:00 p.m.		LUNCH


Thu-3A	2:00 - 3:30 p.m.		Kernel I

A Multiprocessor UNIX System
    Maurice J. Bach and Steven J. Buroff, AT&T Bell Laboratories

A Demand-paging Virtual Memory Manager for System V
    Richard Miller, Human Computing Resources Corporation

Resource Controls, Privileges, and other MUSH
    Robert Elz, University Of Melbourne

A Dynamic Bad-Block Forwarding Algorithm
    Bakul Shah and Robert P. Warnock III (Fortune Systems Corporation)

An Expandable Object-Based UNIX Kernel
    Erik Reeh Nielsen, NCR Systems Engineering Copenhagen


		3:30 - 4:00 p.m.		Coffee Break


Thu-4A	4:00 - 5:30 p.m.		Kernel II

Processes as Files
    Thomas J. Killian, AT&T Bell Laboratories

Memory Management Units and the UNIX Kernel
    Clara S. Lai and Chris Peer Johnson, UniSoft Systems

Techniques for Debugging XENIX Device Drivers
    Paresh K. Vaish and Jean Marie McNamara, Intel Corporation

User-Mode Development of Hardware and Kernel Software
    Robert P. Warnock III, Fortune Systems Corporation




		 Track A - Friday, June 15


Fri-1A	9:00 - 10:30 a.m.		Performance Analysis and Comparisons

Relating Benchmarks to Performance Projections, or
What Do You Do With 20 Pounds of Benchmark Data?
    Gene Dronek, Aim Technology

UNIX System V and 4BSD Performance
    Jeffrey P. Lankford, AT&T Bell Laboratories

Measuring and Improving the Performance of 4.2BSD
    Sam Leffler (Lucasfilm, Ltd), Mike Karels, and M. Kirk Mckusick
    (U.C. Berkeley)


		10:30 - 11:00 a.m.		Coffee Break


Fri-2A	11:00 - 12:30 a.m.	      Applications, Text Processing, Graphics

The UNIX System HELP Facility
    Thomas W. Butler and Lisa A. Kennedy, AT&T Bell Laboratories

Adventures with Typesetter (Device) Independent Troff
    Mark Kahrs and Lee Moore, University of Rochester

The Readers Workbench - A System for Computer Assisted Reading
    Evan L. Ivie, Brigham Young University

Circuit Design Aids - CDA: A Printed Circuit Board Manufacturing System
    Terry Slattery and Willie McCool, U.S. Naval Academy

A Transition Diagram Editor
    Charles C. Mills (U.C. Berkeley) and Anthony I. Wasserman
    (U.C. San Francisco)


		12:30 - 2:00 p.m.		LUNCH


Fri-3A	2:00 - 3:30 p.m.		System Management and Porting

Optical Storage Management Under the Unix Operating System
    Perry S. Kivolowitz, SUNY Stony Brook

Automatic Software Distribution
    Andrew Koenig, AT&T Bell Laboratories

4bsd UNIX TCP/IP and VMS DECNET:
Experience in Negotiating a Peacful Coexistence
    Van Jacobson, Craig Leres, Joseph Sventek, and Wayne Graves,
    Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory

Experiences with a Large Mixed-Language System Running Under the
UNIX Operating System
    Richard A. Becker, AT&T Bell Laboratories

The Dynamics of a Semi-Large Software Project with Specific Reference to a
UNIX System Port
    Brian Pawlowski and Alan Filipski, Motorola, Inc.


		3:30 - 4:00 p.m.		Coffee Break


Fri-4A	4:00 - 5:00 p.m.		Open Session

Random Talks
    These talks will be scheduled first-come, first-served, with signup
    beginning Wednesday morning.  Ten minutes/speaker, any topic allowed.




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	    Track B: Workshops, Projects, Panels


Wed-3B	2:00 - 3:30 p.m.		Workshop: How to Teach UNIX
    Bubbette McLeod, chair (Informatics General Corp.), Jay Hosler
    (User Training Corp.), Stan Kelly-Bootle (author of "The Devil's
    DP Dictionary"), Bob Nystrum (Momentum Compter Systems), and
    Jim Joyce (International Technical Seminars)



Thu-1B	9:00 - 10:30 a.m.		Workshop: TCP/IP and Networking
    Michael Muuss, chair (Ballistic Research Lab), and others



Fri-1B	9:00 - 10:30 a.m.		UUCP Mapping Project

What is a Domain?
    Mark R. Horton, AT&T Bell Laboratories

Proposal for a UUCP/Usenet Registry Host
    Mark R. Horton, Karen Summers-Horton, and Berry Kercheval, UUCP Project

Map Gathering Description and Progress Report
    Scott Bradner, Harvard University

A Reliable Mail Service for the UUCP Net: Implementation Status Report
    Berry Kercheval, Zehntel, Inc.

Panel and Q&A on the UUCP Mapping Project
    UUCP Project members



Fri-2B	11:00 - 12:30 a.m.		4.2BSD Panel and Q & A
    Kirk Mckusick, moderator (U.C. Berkeley).  Panelists include
    Mike Karels (U.C. Berkeley), Sam Leffler (Lucasfilms), Robert Elz
    (University of Melbourne), Bill Joy & Bill Shannon (Sun Microsystems).



We may be adding additional sessions in Track B



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       Software Tools User Group - Thursday, June 14


Thu-3B	2:00 - 3:30 p.m.		STUG Session I

Avionics SimuLation Package: A large System Application in Ratfor
    Dave Martin, Hughes Aircraft Company

An Update on the Software Tools Standards Effort
    Bill Meine, Sun Microsystems

Ada?  Yet Another VOS?
    Neil Groundwater, Analytic Disciplines, Inc.

A LEX Tool for the VOS
    Vern Paxson, Real Time Systems Group, Lawrence Berkeley Labs


		3:30 - 4:00 p.m.		Coffee Break


Thu-4B	4:00 - 5:30 p.m.		STUG Session II

A Portable TOPS-20-like Command Parser
    Nelson Beebe, Univ. of Utah, Dept. of Physics

Mine Planning Applications in Ratfor
    Mike Norred, MINESoft

A Ratfor Implementation of KERMIT
    Allan Cole, Univ. of Utah Computer Center

Future Directions for STUG (open discussion)
    Dave Martin, moderator, Hughes Aircraft Company