Call For Papers -- IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium 1998

Call For Papers -- IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium 1998

[Richard Gerber]

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                           CALL FOR PAPERS
              The 19th IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium
                            Madrid, Spain
                          December 2-4, 1998
                                      
    Sponsored by The IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on
                          Real-Time Systems
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                       SCOPE OF THE CONFERENCE

RTSS '98 will bring together a wide body of researchers and
developers, to advance the science and practice of real-time
computing. Papers on all aspects of real-time systems are welcome,
including (but not limited to) modeling and design methods, operating
systems, scheduling algorithms, databases, file systems, networks and
communications, programming languages, formal methods, architecture,
middleware and APIs, instrumentation, fault tolerance, software
engineering, performance analysis, embedded systems,
signal-processing, multimedia applications, process control, tool
support -- and a lot more. Of particular interest are case-study
reports on experimental results, from any core application area in
real-time systems.

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                        SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Papers should describe original research (i.e., not published
elsewhere), and should not exceed 20 double-spaced pages (or
approximately 5000 words). All accepted submissions will appear in the
proceedings published by IEEE, with the committee recommending a
selection of the best papers for publication in a journal.

If possible, submissions should be made electronically, either in
postscript or PDF format. Additional details on submission guidelines
will be posted at the RTSS'98 Home Page:
   
               http://www.cs.umd.edu/~rich/rtss98/

Electronic submissions are preferred; however postal submissions will 
be accepted for review, provided they arrive by the Submission Deadline
of May 1, 1998. All authors taking this option should mail eight (8)
copies of their submitted papers to the Program Chair:

     Richard Gerber                       Email: rich@cs.umd.edu
     Department of Computer Science         URL: www.cs.umd.edu/~rich
     University of Maryland               Phone: +1-301-405-2710
     College Park, MD  20742 USA            Fax: +1-301-405-6707

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                           IMPORTANT DATES

       * May 1, 1998 -- Deadline for paper submissions
       * July 25, 1998 -- Notification of acceptance
       * September 1, 1998 -- Final paper due
       * December 2-4, 1998 -- RTSS '98, Madrid, Spain
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          EXHIBITION, WORKSHOP AND WORK-IN-PROGRESS SESSIONS

Exhibition and Show: RTSS '98 will include an industrial exhibition in
a centrally located space, for vendors to demonstrate state-of-the-art
systems, development tools and applications; where RTSS attendees can
engage in technical discussions with product engineers and developers;
and where company representatives meet (and potentially recruit) young
researchers specializing in real-time and embedded systems. To reserve
space for the exhibition, please contact the RTSS '98 Industrial
Chair, Dr. Alan Burns (burns@minster.cs.york.ac.uk).

Workshop: RTSS '98 will co-host a workshop on December 1, 1998,
directly before the conference. The focus of the workshop will be a
"hot topic" of special interest to researchers and developers of
real-time systems. Recent RTSS workshops were on topics such as
Middleware/APIs (1997) and Multimedia Systems (1996). More information
on the 1998 workshop topic will be announced shortly, and publicized
on the conference home page.

Work-in-Progress Session: As in previous years, RTSS '98 will include
a Work-In-Progress (WIP) session, featuring short presentations on new
and evolving work. Accepted WIP papers will be included in a special
proceedings, and distributed to RTSS'98 conference participants. The
proceedings will then be published electronically on the IEEE-CS
TC-RTS Home Page. WIP papers will be due approximately one month
before the Symposium.

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                         ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
   
General Chair: Kwei-Jay Lin, University of California, Irvine

Program Chair: Richard Gerber, University of Maryland

Finance Chair: Walt Heimerdinger, Honeywell Technology Center
   
Registration Chair: Linda Buss
   
Local Arrangements Chair: Angel Alvarez, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid
   
Local Treasurer: Juan A. de la Puente, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid
   
Publicity Co-Chairs:
   Alejandro Alonso, Universidad Politicnica de Madrid (Europe)
   Chao-Ju Jennifer Hou, Ohio State University (Americas)
   Joseph Ng, Hong Kong Baptist University (Asia/Pacific)
   
Industrial Chair: Alan Burns, University of York
   
Ex-Officio: (RTS-TC Chair) Doug Locke, Lockheed Martin Corporation
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                          PROGRAM COMMITTEE

	    James Anderson (University of North Carolina)
		  Azer Bestavros (Boston University)
		Sanjoy Baruah (University of Vermont)
	   Giorgio Butazzio (Scuola Superiore e Sant'Anna)
		Gerhard Fohler (Malardalen University)
	   Michael Gonzalez Harbour (Universidad Cantabria)
	    Jeffrey Hollingsworth (University of Maryland)
	      Seongsoo Hong (Seoul National University)
	       Farnam Jahanian (University of Michigan)
	     Kevin Jeffay (University of North Carolina)
	   Hermann Kopetz (Vienna University of Technology)
		  Kim G. Larsen (Aalborg University)
		Insup Lee (University of Pennsylvania)
		Jane W.S. Liu (University of Illinois)
	Keith Marzullo (University of California at San Diego)
	      Sang Lyul Min (Seoul National University)
		Al Mok (University of Texas at Austin)
	   Ragunathan Rajkumar (Carnegie Mellon University)
		   Jennifer Rexford (AT&T Research)
		 Manas Saksena (Concordia University)
		    Bran Selic (ObjectTime, Ltd.)
		  Andy Wellings (University of York)
		  David Wilner (Wind River Systems)
		     Sergio Yovine (CNRS/VERIMAG)
		Hui Zhang (Carnegie Mellon University)
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