* 2nd Conference on Object-Oriented Technologies & Systems (COOTS)
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2nd Conference on Object-Oriented Technologies and Systems (COOTS)
Sponsored by the USENIX Association
June 17-21, 1996
Marriott Eaton Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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The COOTS conference showcases advanced R&D work in object-oriented
technologies and software systems. The conference focuses on
experimental research and experience that is gained by using
object-oriented techniques and languages to build sophisticated
software systems that meet real-world needs. Particular emphasis
will be on software architectures, tools, and programming
languages that support distributed object computing.
COOTS includes two days of in-depth tutorials on object-oriented
languages and systems. Register early for the best tutorial
selections. Two days of technical sessions covering original work
in the design, implementation, and use of object-oriented
technologies will follow.
On Friday, June 21 there will be a post-conference Advanced Topics
Workshop on Distributed Object Computing on the Internet. For
details on attending, refer to write-up following the preliminary
technical program.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
-How to build high-performance distributed object systems with CORBA
-How to write robust programs using C++ and Java
-How to develop fault tolerant object-oriented distributed systems
-How to write distributed applications with Java
-How to apply successful design patterns for communication software
systems
-How to use the ANSI C++ Standard Library effectively
CONFERENCE ORGANIZERS
Technical Sessions Program Chair
Douglas C. Schmidt, Washington University
Tutorial Program Chair
Doug Lea, SUNY Oswego
Program Committee
Don Box, DevelopMentor
Kraig Brockschmidt, Microsoft
David Chappell, Chappell and Associates
Andrew Chien, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
David Cohn, University of Notre Dame
Jim Coplien, Bell Laboratories
Murthy Devarokonda, IBM Watson Research Labs
Peter Druschel, Rice University
Daniel Edelson, IA Corporation
Nayeem Islam, IBM Watson Research Labs
Dennis Kafura, Virginia Tech University
Doug Lea, SUNY Oswego
Dmitry Lenkov, Hewlett-Packard
Mark Linton, Vitria Technology
Calton Pu, Oregon Graduate Institute
Vince Russo, Purdue University
Jerry Schwarz, Declarative Systems
Kevin Shank, Rochester Institute of Technology
Michael Stal, Siemens AG
Bjarne Stroustrup, AT&T Research
Steve Vinoski, Hewlett-Packard
Jim Waldo, Sun Microsystems Laboratories
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PROGRAM AT A GLANCE AND IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER
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Hotel Reservation Deadline: May 28, 1996
Pre-registration Deadline: May 31, 1996
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On-Site Registration Hours:
Sunday, June 16 6:00pm - 9:00pm (Welcome Reception)
Mon-Wed, June 17-19 7:30am - 5:00pm
Thursday, June 20 7:30am - 12:00pm
Tutorial Program:
Monday and Tuesday, June 17-18 9:00am - 5:00pm
Technical Sessions:
Wednesday, June 19 8:45 am - 5:30 pm
Thursday, June 20 9:00 am - 5:30 pm
Birds-of-a-Feather Sessions:
Tuesday, June 18 6:00pm - 10:00pm
Wednesday, June 19 8:00pm - 11:00pm
Conference Reception:
Wednesday, June 19 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Advanced Topics Workshop 9:00am - 5:00pm
Friday, June 21 (by invitation only)
See details following the Preliminary Technical Program schedule.
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TUTORIAL PROGRAM, Monday and Tuesday, June 17-18, 1996
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Java Overview
CORBA and CORBA Services
New ANSI C++ Features
Distributed Apps with CORBA and C++
Modeling and Design for Java
Standard Template Library (STL)
Network OLE and C++
Java Applets and the AWT
Pattern-Oriented Software Architecture
Inter-Domain Management
Introduction to Python
OO Design Patterns
USENIX tutorials are intensive, informative, practical, and
essential to your professional development. They are delivered by
experts with hands-on experience.
Attend these tutorials and benefit from the opportunity for
in-depth exploration and skill development in essential areas of
object-oriented technology.
Seating in limited, so register now to guarantee your first choice.
Tutorial fees include:
* Admission to the tutorials you select
* Lunch
* Printed and bound tutorial materials from your sessions
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MONDAY, JUNE 17
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M1am (9:00 am - 12:30 pm)
Introduction to CORBA and CORBA Services
Bruce Martin, SunSoft, Inc.
Intended Audience: Developers who want an introduction to applying
basic object-oriented techniques to distributed applications using
CORBA technology.
The Object Management Group's (OMG) Common Object Request Broker
Architecture (CORBA) defines a standard architecture for
distributed object-oriented communication. This course will
describe the CORBA technology. Topics will include:
* the interface definition language
* the object request broker
* the interface repository
Additionally, the CORBA Services standard defines a set of
distributed object services that integrate distributed objects
into distributed applications. CORBA Services to be covered
include:
* Events
* Naming
* Relationships
* Life cycle
* Transactions
Use of the distributed object technology will be illustrated using
a simple distributed stock-trading application. The application
is constructed by integrating re-usable distributed objects using
CORBA and CORBA Services technology.
Dr. Bruce Martin is a senior staff engineer at SunSoft where he
works on distributed object services and distributed application
models for SunSoft's NEO system. He was the primary author of
several of the OMG's CORBA Services specifications and has
authored several papers in the areas of distributed
object-oriented systems, interface languages, and transaction
models.
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M2am (9:00 am - 12:30 pm)
Java: A Language for Providing Content on the World Wide Web
Jim Waldo, Sun Microsystems Labs and JavaSoft
Intended Audience: Experienced programmers and technical
contributors. Participants should be familiar with the C and C++
programming languages, the basics of object-oriented programming,
and the basics of how the World Wide Web operates and is
organized.
The first part of this course will introduce Java, an
object-oriented language designed to enable live content on the
Internet. This "live content" consists of full programs that can
be placed into HTML documents. When such a document is loaded
into a Java-enabled HTML viewer such as HotJava, the program is
run, creating a page with active or even interactive elements.
While designed for creating interactive web content, Java is a
general purpose, object-oriented language with such features as
garbage collection, exceptions, strong typing, and a clean
separation between classes and interfaces. Built around a C-style
syntax, Java allows the writing of secure, robust programs that
can be relied upon to run in a finite amount of space without
crashing into a pile of bits. Language, as well as the set of
class and interface libraries which are defined as part of any
compliant Java implementation, will be discussed.
How one uses Java to create "applets", programs that can be
included as part of a standard HTML document, will be discussed,
as well as how to write such applets, what resources are available
to these applets, and what features of the language and runtime
environment allow these applets to be run securely by anyone on
the Internet.
If time permits, the day will end in wild speculation and
discussion of the possible technological and social impacts of the
kind of computing that Java allows.
After this course, attendees will understand the structure and
features of Java and should be able to write programs in it.
Attendees should understand how to write applets, how to include
those applets in an HTML page, and understand the security
features of the language and runtime environment that allow such
applets to be run with confidence over the Internet.
Jim Waldo is a senior staff engineer with Sun Microsystems
Laboratories where he does research in the area of reliable
distributed computing. A long-time advocate of object-oriented
programming and the architect of one of the first distributed
object request brokers, he has written and spoken extensively on
object-oriented programming techniques, distributed computing
concepts, and techniques for building robust, reusable software.
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M3am (9:00 am - 12:30 pm)
New ANSI C++ Features
Josee Lajoie, IBM Canada Laboratory
Intended Audience: Individuals familiar with C++, but not with
the C++ standards committee's work.
The C++ draft standard is based on the C++ Annotated Reference
Manual (ARM) by Margaret Ellis and Bjarne Stroustrup. The C++
standards committee has adopted two major language extensions that
were not described in the ARM: namespaces and runtime type
identification (RTTI). The committee also clarified the template
chapter which appeared as a commentary chapter in the ARM. This
course will introduce namespaces and RTTI language features, and
present the clarifications affecting templates.
Topics will include:
o Namespaces
-- Namespaces and class libraries
*How are namespaces defined?
*How do they resolve the global name space pollution problem?
*How can they be used to package class libraries?
-- Using directives and using declarations
o Templates--An overview of the template compilation model
-- Instantiations
*How, when, and where do template instantiations take place?
*How can users take control over the template instantiation
mechanism if performance is a priority?
--Template Specializations
*How can users provide their own template specializations for
template classes or functions?
--Templates and Namespaces
*How do template instantiations interact with namespaces?
o RTTI
-- The type_info class and the typeid operator
*What functionality do they provide?
*How are they used for object persistence?
--The dynamic_cast operator
* Why and how are they used for navigating class hierarchies?
Josee Lajoie is a staff development analyst in the VisualAge C++
compiler group at IBM. She is vice-chair of the ANSI/ISO C++
standards committee and the chair of the Core Language Working
Group for the committee. She writes the C++ Standard columns for
C++ Report.
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M4pm (1:30 pm - 5:00 pm)
Building Distributed Applications With CORBA and C++
Steve Vinoski, Hewlett-Packard
Intended audience: Designers and implementors of distributed
systems interested in developing CORBA-based applications in
C++. Participants should be comfortable programming in C++, and
have some knowledge of basic distributed computing issues.
Attendees will benefit from the presentation of actual, working
C++ code that illustrates how Object Request Brokers (ORBs) and
CORBA services can be used to deploy working distributed systems.
Version 2.0 of the Common Object Request Broker Architecture
(CORBA) Specification provides a standard base on which
distributed object computing systems and applications can be
built. Part of CORBA 2.0 describes the C++ language mapping which
details how applications can be developed and implemented using
the Object Management Group (OMG) Interface Definition Language
(IDL) and the standard CORBA interfaces with C++.
This course will show how CORBA applications can be written using
the standard OMG IDL C++ Language Mapping. In the first half, the
basics of CORBA will be presented. Then, examples will show:
* how IDL constructs (such as interfaces, operations, object
references, and sequences) can be used to describe and implement
CORBA objects, and
* how C++ applications can use client-side stubs and the Dynamic
Invocation Interface to request services from such objects.
The second half will show how standard OMG CORBA services such as
Naming, Events, and Lifecycle can be used to support distributed
applications.
Steve Vinoski is a software architect in Hewlett-Packard's
Chelmsford System Software Laboratory. He is currently the
technical leader for the development of HP ORB Plus 2.0, HP's
CORBA-conformant ORB product. He chaired the OMG C++ Mapping
Revision Task Force and currently represents Hewlett-Packard on
the OMG Architectural Board. Together with Doug Schmidt he writes
the "Object Interconnections" column for the C++ Report .
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M5pm (1:30 pm - 5:00 pm)
Advanced Modeling and Design for Java Systems
Desmond F. D'Souza and Petter Graff, Icon Computing, Inc.
Intended audience: Attendees should be knowledgeable about object
design and have some familiarity with Java.
This course will present selected advanced modeling techniques
that exploit Java as the implementation vehicle.
The course will cover:
Collaborations and Mutual Models
* Developing a consistent vocabulary
* Uncovering any serious misconceptions and interface
deficiencies early
* Clear understanding of assumptions, guarantees, and
exceptions
Refinement
* Maintaining traceability from problem domain model to Java code
* Utilizing an incremental and compositional approach to model
development
* Managing complex problems more readily
* Safely defering details when necessary
* Handling development with mixed levels of detail and completeness
Views and Pattern Composition
* Achieving early reuse by composing existing patterns and components
* Dividing and conquer complex problems
* Understanding more complex models
* Exploiting framework techniques from specs to implementations
Separation of Concerns
* Separating decisions of "what, who, and how"
* Mapping to Java
Other topics will include:
* Type and Interface vs. Class
* Composing collaborations
* Modeling and understanding frameworks
* Describing exceptions
Desmond D'Souza is the president of ICON Computing, Inc. and a
faculty member at the Software Quality Institute at the University
of Texas at Austin. He is the author of the Education and
Training column in the Journal of Object-Oriented Programming and
in Report on Object Analysis and Design.
Petter Graff is the director of technology and applications at
ICON Computing. He has worked with object technology since 1989.
Petter has presented tutorials on advanced modeling and design
techniques at conferences, and has published articles on model
integration.
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M6pm (1:30 pm - 5:00 pm)
STL In Action
Graham Glass, ObjectSpace, Inc.
Intended audience: C++ programmers
This course focuses on the new ANSI C++ Standard Template
Library (STL), a set of reusable containers and algorithms.
The STL design is different from that of traditional container
libraries, and maintains a clean separation between algorithms and
containers. This philosophy can be applied to many other library
domains, and may change the way that C++ libraries are designed
and implemented.
STL users in the C++ community seem to enjoy their new-found
power, but some programmers are concerned that STL can be
accidentally misused and cannot be used effectively in a
multi-threaded environment. The course addresses these issues and
also shows how STL can be enhanced in a non-intrusive way.
The course is comprised of the following sections:
- the background, philosophy, and operation of STL
- making STL easier to use
- using STL in a multi-threaded environment
- adding persistence to STL
Graham Glass is the president and co-founder of ObjectSpace, Inc,
specialists in object technology, where he heads up the product
division. His goal is to predict the next paradigm shift and to
create the technology that supports it.
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TUESDAY, JUNE 18
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T1am (9:00 am - 12:30 pm)
Java Applets and the AWT
Nataraj Nagaratnam, Syracuse University
Intended audience: Developers interested in developing
interactive, animated GUI Java applications by exploiting the
capabilities of the Java Abstract Window Toolkit (AWT).
Participants should be familiar with Java.
This course will describe the applet construction using the Java AWT.
Topics include:
* Applet construction
* Structure of the AWT package
* Principal AWT classes and methods
* Designing and implementing Java GUIs.
This course will include in-depth treatment of:
*Developing platform-independent GUIs
*Laying out windowing components using layout managers
*Enhancing the applets by using the graphical classes
*Event handling
*Hierachical event propagation through containment and inheritance.
*Using classes and methods for manipulating images
Participants will be able to start developing applets, and design
and implement their graphical user interface applets using the AWT
package.
Nataraj Nagaratnam is a PhD candidate in Computer Engineering at
Syracuse University. He is the lead author of the upcoming book
"Waite Group's Java Networking and Windowing API SuperBible".. He
is a part of the Diamonds research group, working in the areas of
object-oriented languages and systems.
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T2am (9:00 am - 12:30 pm)
Programming Distributed Components Using Network OLE
and C++
Don Box, DevelopMentor
Intended audience: Developers and system architects who are
considering using OLE and COM as an object model for building
distributed applications. The course assumes a working knowledge
of C++.
Network OLE (formerly known as Distributed COM or DCOM) is a
lightweight object model that allows objects to be transparently
distributed across heterogeneous platforms and networks. While the
initial release is bundled with Windows NT, support for most major
platforms, including most UNIX variants, is currently in
development.
This course gives a detailed look at the programming techniques
used to implement COM objects that support transparent
distribution and language-independent interoperability. The
topics covered are:
COM as a Binary Standard
-Interfaces as binary firewalls
-The C++ Binding for COM
-IUnknown and the Laws of COM
Packaging and Advertising COM Servers
-Class Objects and Servers
-The Service Control Manager (SCM)
COM Interface Definition Language (IDL)
-IDL Basics
-Building type libraries using IDL
Standard Marshaling Architecture
-The Standard Marshaler
-Building Proxy/Stub pairs in IDL
Custom Marshaling
-Marshaling via private subcontracts
-Marshaling by value
-Implementing Smart Proxies
Network OLE Specifics
-OXIDs/OIDs/IPIDs - Identifying Servers, Objects, and
Interfaces
-Object References on the Wire
-OLE on UNIX
COM Threading and Concurrency Models
-Apartment Model Threading - Why and How
-Freethreaded COM - Performance and Constraints
Connection Points
-Bi-directional Contracts
-Exposing and discovering Outbound Interfaces
Don Box has been working in networking and distributed object
systems since 1989. He is currently chronicling the COM lifestyle
in book form and writes a regular column on OLE in both the C++
Report and Microsoft Systems Journal. He is active as a
consultant on COM-related projects and regularly gives seminars
on OLE and COM.
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T3am (9:00 am - 12:30 pm)
Pattern-Oriented Software Architecture
Hans Rohnert, Siemens AG
Intended Audience: Software developers and technical managers.
The level of this course is intermediate to advanced; no previous
exposure to patterns is necessary.
A pattern gives a solution schema to a recurring design problem in
software development. While patterns have been gaining
considerable attention during the last few years, previous efforts
concentrated on low-level patterns (idioms) and mid-level patterns
(design patterns).
The course will discuss patterns at the level of overall software
architectures. It will present a system of patterns for software
architecture that combines the high level patterns with an
enriched set of lower-level patterns, and organizes them into a
cross-referenced catalog.
The course will provide in-depth explanation of the notion of patterns,
presenting several patterns at different levels of granularity.
Example patterns are:
*Broker
*Layers
*Blackboard,
*Model-View-Controller
*Publisher-Subscriber
*Client-Dispatcher-Server
*Counted Pointer
Participants will be provided with preprints of full pattern
descriptions using a system of interrelated patterns in a
practical example.
Dr. Hans Rohnert works for the Siemens Corporate R&D labs in
Munich, Germany. He is co-author of an upcoming book,
Pattern-Oriented Software-Architecture - A System of Patterns. He
studied at the University of Saarland and the International
Computer Science Institute at UC Berkeley. His research interests
include patterns, object-oriented programming, combinatorial
algorithms, and data structures.
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T4pm (1:30 pm - 5:00 pm)
Inter-Domain Management: CORBA, OSI, SNMP
Subrata Mazumdar, Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies
Intended Audience: System analysts, architects, and programmers
involved in management of networks, systems, and services.
Participants should know either CMIP or SNMP. Knowledge about
CORBA architecture and OMG Interface Definition Language (IDL)
will be helpful.
After this course, participants will be able to apply CORBA and object
services for network and system management applications.
This course is based on current draft specification of Joint
Inter-Domain Management Task Force (XoJIDM) sponspored by X/Open
and Network Management Forum. The Inter-Domain Management
specification is divided into two parts: specification
translation and interaction translation.
This course will cover:
--Overview and Status of XoJIDM Activities
--Overview of CORBA and IDL
--Issues in Inter-Domain Management
-- Specification Translation Schemes
o Mapping of ASN.1 Types to CORBA-IDL Types
o Mapping of GDMO Templates to CORBA-IDL Interfaces and
Operations
o Mapping of SNMPv2 MIB to CORBA-IDL Types and Interfaces
--Issues related to Interaction Translation in OSI System Management
o Mapping of Names
o Mapping of LifeCycle Service
o Mapping of Events and support for Filtering
--Gateway between ORB and CMIP/SNMP network Management Agent
--Summary and Discussion
After this course, participants will be able to apply CORBA and
object services for network and system management applications.
Subrata Mazumdar currently works at Bell Laboratories, Lucent
Techonologies. Previously, he was with IBM T.J. Watson Research
Center where he developed the architecture and prototype of a
protocol-independent network management agent, a CORBA-based OSI
system management agent, and designed and implemented the
prototype of a CORBA-based TINA-C Distributed Processing
Environment for multi-media services.
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T5pm (1:30 pm - 5:00 pm)
Introduction to the Python Programming Language
Jim Fulton, Consultant
Intended Audience: Participants with some programming experience
who would benefit from a powerful, easy-to-use, very high level
object-oriented programming language.
Python is an interpreted high level object-oriented programming
language, combining remarkable power with very clear syntax. It
has modules, classes, exceptions, very high level dynamic data
types, and dynamic typing.
A large collection of existing modules is available for system
programming, GUI development, database management, scientific
computing, building WWW applications, distributed computing, and
more. New modules are easily written in Python, C, C++, or other
languages that can interface with C. Python may also be used as
an extension language for applications that need a programmable
interface. Python is highly portable: it runs on UNIX, DOS,
Windows, Macintosh, OS/2, Amiga, and other platforms.
This course will provide a basic introduction to Python, including:
o Python Basics
- Using the Python interpreter interactively,
- Python expressions and control statements,
- Using Python modules and high-level data types,
- Creating Python scripts,
- Standard Python object protocols,
- Writing Python functions,
- Creating Python Modules,
- Using documentation strings to make objects self-documenting,
- Overview of pre-existing modules
o Object-Oriented Programming in Python
- Class definition,
- Special methods for implementing standard protocols:
o Numeric types,
o Sequence types,
o Mapping types,
o Callable objects,
o Overriding standard method attribute lookup,
- Overview of defining new object types using C or C++ extension
modules.
Jim Fulton is a consultant and software engineer with several
years experience building systems using a variety of
object-oriented languages. He has served on the ANSI Smalltalk
committee and is currently a member of the Python Software
Activity steering committee. Mr. Fulton holds a BS and MS from
Case Western Reserve University, and an MS from George Mason
University.
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T6pm (1:30 pm - 5:00 pm)
OO Design Patterns for Concurrent, Parallel, and Distributed Systems
Douglas C. Schmidt, Washington University, Missouri
Intended audience: Software developers familiar with general
object-oriented design and programming techniques (design
patterns, modularity, and information hiding), fundamental OO
programming language features (classes, inheritance, dynamic
binding, and parameterized types), basic systems programming
concepts (process/thread management, synchronization, and
interprocess communication), and networking terminology
(client/server architectures and TCP/IP).
This course examines and evaluates a suite of OO design patterns
that help to alleviate the complexity of developing concurrrent,
parallel, and distributed object-oriented software. These
patterns (and the framework components that implement them) have
been used successfully on major OO communication software projects
to build telecommunication switch management applications, network
management for large-scale global personal communication systems,
and electronic medical imaging systems.
The course illustrates by example how to significantly simplify and
enhance the development of software that effectively utilizes
concurrency and network services via the use of:
* Object-oriented design techniques - design patterns, layered
modularity, and information hiding
* C++ language features - abstract classes, inheritance, dynamic
binding, and parameterized types
* Tools - object-oriented communication frameworks (such as ACE)
and object request brokers (ORBs)
* Advanced operating system mechanisms - event demultiplexing,
multi-threading, multi-processing, and explicit dynamic linking
* Emerging standards for distributed object computing - OMG CORBA
and Network OLE/COM
The course examines patterns and C++ code abstracted from
production distributed electronic medical imaging and
telecommunication systems to illustrate key points in the
examples.
Doug Schmidt is an assistant professor of Computer Science at
Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. His research
focuses on design patterns, implementation, and experimental
analysis of object-oriented techniques for developing
high-performance, distributed communication systems on parallel
processing platforms that run over high-speed networks.
CONTINUING EDUCATION UNITS (CEUs)
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USENIX provides CEUs for a small administrative fee. Established
by the International Association for Continuing Education and
Training, the CEU is a nationally recognized standard unit of
measure for continuing education and training, and is used by
thousands of organizations across the United States.
Completion of one full day of the tutorial program qualifies for
0.6 CEUs. You can request CEU credit by checking the appropriate
box on the registration form. USENIX provides a certificate and
maintains transcripts for each attendee who chooses CEU credits.
CEUs are not the same as college credits. Consult your employer
or school to determine their applicability.
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PRELIMINARY TECHNICAL PROGRAM, Wednesday & Thursday, June 19-20
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19
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8:45 - 9:00 OPENING REMARKS
Douglas C. Schmidt, Washington University
9:00 -10:00 KEYNOTE ADDRESS:
Experiences on the Road to Object Utopia: An Industrial Research and
Development Perspective
Dave Thomas, Object Technology International
Mr.Thomas will offer a critical look at where we have been and
where we are going with object technology research and practices.
Dave Thomas is founder and CEO of Object Technology International,
Inc. (OTI), an advanced software technology company and leader in
object- oriented technology, specializing in joint product
development and technology licensing.
10:30-12:00 C++ Session Chair: Daniel Edelson, IA Corporation
Compiler Optimization of C++ Virtual Function Calls
David Bernstein, Yaroslav Fedorov, Sara Porat, Joseph
Rodrigue, and Eran Yahav, IBM Haifa Research Lab.
Composing Special Memory Allocators in C++
Keith Loepere, Open Software Foundation
Building Independent Black Box Components in C++
Mark Addesso, Software AG
1:30 - 3:30 CORBA AND DISTRIBUTED OBJECTS
Session Chair: Steve Vinoski, Hewlett-Packard
Interlanguage Object Sharing with SOM
Jennifer Hamilton, IBM
Extending a Traditional OS Using Object-Oriented Techniques
Jose Bernabeu, Vlada Matena, and Yousef Khalidi, Sun
Microsystems, Inc.
Object Caching in a CORBA Compliant System
R. Kordale and M. Ahamad, Georgia Tech; M. Devarakonda, IBM T.J.
Watson Research
Asynchonrous Notifications Among Distributed Objects
Yeturu Aahlad, Bruce E. Martin, Mod Marathe, and Chung Lee, SunSoft, Inc.
4:00 - 5:30 TOOLS Session Chair: Doug Lea, SUNY Oswego
Preliminary Design of ADL/C++ -- A Specification Language for C++
Sreenivasa Rao Viswanadha, SUNY Albany
Software Composition with Extended Entity-Relationship Diagrams
Pornsiri Muenchaisri and Toshimi Minoura, Oregon State University
Testing Process Metrics
John McGregor and S. Srinivas, Clemson University
THURSDAY, JUNE 20
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9:00 -10:30: PATTERNS
Session Chair: Doug Schmidt, Washington University
Design Patterns for Dealing with Dual Inheritance Hierarchies in C++
Robert Martin, Object Mentor
The Object Group Design Pattern
Silvano Maffeis, Olsen & Associates, Zurich
Cornell University
Pattern Languages for Handing C++ Resources in an Exception-Safe Way
Harald Mueller, SIEMENS
11:00 - 12:30 OBJECT-ORIENTED FRAMEWORKS AND COMPONENTS
Session Chair: Jim Waldo, Sun Microsystems Labs and JavaSoft
A Pragmatic Approach to Flexibility
Kai-Uwe Maetzel and Walter Bischofberger, UBILAB
Design and Performance of an Object-Oriented Framework for High-
Performance Electronic Medical Imaging
I. Pyarali, T. Harrison, and D. Schmidt, Washington University
Class Relationships and User Extensibility in Solid Geometric Modeling
James R. Miller, University of Kansas
2:00 - 4:00 DISTRIBUTION LANGUAGES
Session Chair: Vince Russo, Purdue University
A Distributed Object Model for the Java(tm) System
Ann Wollrath, Roger Riggs, and Jim Waldo, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Smart Messages: An Object-Oriented Communication Mechanism
Eshrat Arjomani, William O'Farrell, Greg Wilson, IBM
Pickling State in the Java(tm) System
Roger Riggs, Jim Waldo, and Ann Wollrath, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Highly Concurrent Distributed Knowledge Objects
K.L. Clark and T.I. Wang, Imperial College
4:30 - 5:30 WRITER'S WORKSHOP
This session will focus on three to four of the technical papers
presented in "writer's workshop" form. The goal is to focus on
the papers selected for the USENIX Computing Systems Journal
special issue on Distributed Objects in order to make them more
solid before publication.
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ADVANCED TOPICS WORKSHOP, Friday, June 21
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9:00 - 5:00 Distributed Object Computing on the Internet
This one-day post-conference workshop will focus on the
development of methods, tools, and services supporting distributed
object computing on the Internet. The topics include, but are not
limited to, the performance, scalability, reliability, management
and security issues surrounding:
*Java and content-oriented languages for the WWW
*CORBA and Network OLE in large-scale distributed applications
Attendence is limited and based on acceptance of a position paper.
Potential workshop attendees are invited to submit a position
paper of at most three (3) pages (ASCII) via electronic mail to
David Cohn (dlc@cse.nd.edu) no later than May 1st, 1996.
Acceptance notices to all participants will be issued by May 20th,
1996. Position papers should briefly describe experiences,
interests, works in progress, and/or ongoing research and
development. A representative subset of authors of position
papers will be invited to make informal presentations at the
workshop.
USENIX CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS: One copy of the proceedings is
included with your Technical Sessions registration fee. To order
additional copies, contact the USENIX Association at 510.528.8649,
or send your email to: office@usenix.org
BIRDS-OF-A-FEATHER SESSIONS (BoFs) - Tuesday & Wednesday Evenings
Do you have a topic that you'd like to discuss with others? Our
Birds-of-a-Feather Sessions may be perfect for you. BoFs are very
interactive and informal gatherings for attendees interested in a
particular topic. Schedule your BoF in advance by telephoning the
USENIX Conference Office at 714.588.8649, or email to:
conference@usenix.org
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HOTEL INFORMATION
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The Conference headquarters will be:
Toronto Marriott Eaton Centre
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can fluctuate.
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deposit is required. To cancel your reservation, you must notify
the hotel at least 24 hours prior to your scheduled arrival.
IMPORTANT: The room reservation deadline is May 28, 1996.
Requests for reservations received after the deadline will be
handled on a space-available basis.
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JNR, Inc. Toll Free 800.343.4546 (USA)
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hotel transportation. Reservations are not needed. The bus runs
every 20 minutes on the hour and takes approximately 1 hour to get
to the hotel. Service from the airport runs from 6:50 am to 12:20
am. The cost for round trip is $19.70, one way is $11.50,
Canadian. (You may pay in American dollars at the current exchange
rate). To catch the bus after claiming your baggage, proceed
outside and look for the Airport Express Bus post at curb side.
A Taxi cab takes approximately 35 minutes to the hotel and costs
approximately $35 Canadian, one way.
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WELCOME TO CANADA
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in Canada. For more detailed information, please refer to the
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hotel.
The Goods and Services Tax is a seven percent tax charged on most
goods and services sold or provided in Canada. In Canada you will
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Program, you may get a refund of the tax you paid on goods you
take home and on hotel accommodations in Canada, provided your
stay for less than one month per lodging establishment.
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You qualify for a tax refund if:
* you are not a resident of Canada
* you spend $100 (Canadian) or more on qualifying goods and/or
accommodationsanywhere in Canada.
* you have original receipts
* you apply for the refund within one year of purchasing the
qualifying goods and
accommodations.
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hotel accommodations. There is no refund for tax paid on meals,
wine, liquor, beer, and other alcoholic beverages. For a more
complete list of what qualifies, see the "Tax Refund for Visitors
Pamphlet."
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Visitors Pamphlet". You must send your original sales receipts.
Credit card slips and photocopies are not acceptable! (Your
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refund will take approximately 8-10 weeks. If you wish to file
your claim while in Canada, you may do so at a participating
Canadian Duty Free Shop. A list of these shops can be found in the
above mentioned pamphlet.
DRIVING IN CANADA U.S. drivers licenses are valid in Canada for
varying periods of time as legislated by the individual provinces
and territories.
TORONTO FACTS:
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Fahrenheit and a low of 57 Degrees Fahrenheit.
Electricity: Electrical current is 115 volts; 60Hz
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cents. Because of current exchange rates, there will
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Attendees are advised to change some of their currency
before coming to Canada if they expect to arrive late
in the evening or on the weekend. Of course,
traveler's cheques, ideally in Canadian funds and
credit cards are readily accepted.
POINTS OF INTEREST
CN Tower - The tallest freestanding structure in the world which
includes spectacular observation decks, revolving restaurant, Putt
Putt Golf and Q-Zar, the futuristic laser game.
Royal Ontario Museum - Canada's largest museum offering
collections in art, archeology and natural history. Favorite
galleries include Dinosaurs, Ancient Egypt, world renowned Chinese
collections and a Canadian Heritage Floor.
Ontario Science Centre - Over 650 exhibits and programs to get
your hands on and bodies into. Make discoveries about the sports
you play, the foods you eat, the ways you communicate and the
technology you use.
Ford Centre for the Performing Arts - Metropolitan Toronto's
newest performing arts centre. Its spectacular 1,850 seat Main
Stage Theatre is home to one of the hottest tickets in town.
Skydome - The World's Greatest Entertainment Centre, under the
world's largest retractable roof. Over 250 events a year
including baseball games, indoor carnivals, concerts, circuses and
consumer shows.
Casa Loma - Experience Toronto's majestic castle estate. Explore
elegantly furnished rooms, secret passages, towers, and 800 foot
tunnel and stables.
Art Gallery of Ontario - The AGO is one of the largest and finest
art museums in North America, with 50 new and renovated galleries
celebrating 600 years of creativity.
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ABOUT THE USENIX ASSOCIATION
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Since 1975, the USENIX Association has provided a forum where the
community of engineers, scientists, and technicians working on the
cutting edge of the computing world come together to communicate
the results of innovation and research in UNIX and modern open
systems. USENIX is well known for its technical conferences,
tutorial programs, and the wide variety of publications it has
sponsored over the years.
USENIX is the original, not-for-profit membership organization for
individuals and institutions interested in UNIX and related
technologies. Evolving with technology, USENIX has broadened its
activities to include open systems and the globally interconnected
and interoperable computing environment.
The USENIX Association and its members are dedicated to:
* problem-solving with a practical bias,
* fostering innovation and research that works,
* rapidly communicating the results of both research and
innovation, and
* providing a neutral forum for the exercise of critical
thought and the airing of technical issues.
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REGISTRATION FORM
2nd Conference on Object-Oriented Technologies (COOTS)
June 17-21, 1996 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Monday, June 17, 1996
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[ ] M1am: CORBA and CORBA Services
[ ] M2am: Java Overview
[ ] M3am: New ANSI C++ Features
[ ] M4pm: Distributed Apps with CORBA and C++
[ ] M5pm: Modeling and Design for Java
[ ] M6pm: Standard Template Library (STL)
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Tuesday, June 18, 1996
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[ ] T1am: Java Applets and the AWT
[ ] T2am: Network OLE and C++
[ ] T3am: Pattern-Oriented Software Architecture
[ ] T4pm: Inter-Domain Management
[ ] T5pm: Introduction to Python
[ ] T6pm: OO Design Patterns
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CEU credit (optional)..................$ 30 $_________
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