From: carolyn@usenix (Carolyn Carr)
Newsgroups: news.announce.conferences
Subject: USENIX Workshop on Micro-Kernels and Other Kernel Artchitecture
Keywords: USENIX Association
Date: 8 Apr 92 17:33:32 GMT
Expires: Tue, 28 Apr 1992 07:00:00 GMT
Organization: Usenix Association Office, Berkeley


	Microkernels and Other Kernel Architectures Workshop
		Sponsored by the USENIX Association

		     April 27 - 28, 1992
		Sheraton Seattle Hotel and Towers
		     Seattle, Washington


  The USENIX workshop on MicroKernels and other Kernel Architectures
  is aimed at comparing and contrasting existing micro-kernels and
  their macro-kernel counterparts.  Industry pundits are claiming
  that microkernel technology is the next step in kernel design.
  This workshop intends to make a detailed technical investigation
  of the microkernel technology to discover whether the claims have
  merit or are just this year's buzz word. The intent of the workshop
  is to identify micro-kernels strengths and weakness in comparison
  to each other and to the macro-kernels that they hope to replace.
  The comparisons will include functionality, modularity, ease of
  extension, maintainability, and performance.

IMPORTANT WORKSHOP DATES & SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

SUNDAY, APRIL 26	6:00pm - 9:00pm		Registration/no host
						reception
MONDAY, APRIL 27	8:30am - 6:00pm		Workshop
			6:30pm - 8:30pm		Workshop Reception

TUESDAY, April 28	8:30am - 6:00pm		Workshop

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Register in advance to receiving the lowest registration rates.

			REGISTRATION FEES
	*Member Fee			$225
	 Non-member Fee			$290
	 Full-time Student Fee		$ 75
    (must provide copy of student ID)

*The member rate applies to current individual members of the USENIX
 Association, Sun User Group, EurOpen and AUUG.

Enjoy the Benefits of Becoming a USENIX Member - If you are not a
current USENIX member and wish to join, pay the non-member fee on the
registration form and check the special box requesting membership.
$65 of your non-member fee will be designated as dues in full for a
one-year individual USENIX Association membership.

Full-time students please note: A limited number of scholarships are
available for full-time students.  Contact the Conference Office for
details.

		PRE-REGISTRATION DEADLINE: APRIL 17, 1992
	  REGISTRATION FEES AFTER THAT DATE WILL BE $50 HIGHER!

>>>>NOTE: THE REGISTRATION FORM IS NOT INCLUDED WITH THIS BULLETIN.<<<<

IF YOU WISH TO REGISTER:
PLEASE TELEPHONE THE USENIX CONFERENCE OFFICE DIRECTLY AT (714) 588-8649
AND REQUEST THAT A COPY THE REGISTRATION FORM BE FAXED TO YOU.

You may pay by check (MAKE CHECK PAYABLE TO USENIX CONFERENCE) or use
your VISA, MasterCardX or American Express charge card.  Payment MUST
accompany registration form.  Purchase orders and vouchers are NOT
accepted.

NOTE: You may FAX your registration form if paying by VISA, MasterCard
or American Express.  (to avoid duplicate billing when faxing your
registration, do not mail an additional copy to the Conference Office.
You may telephone our office to confirm receipt of your fax.)

REFUND/CANCELLATION POLICY:  If you must CANCEL, all refund requests
must be in writing and postmarked no later than April 17, 1992.  Direct
your letter to the USENIX Conference Office.

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS: One copy of the proceedings is included with
your registration fee.  If you wish to order additional copies, you may
contact the USENIX Association at Telephone (510) 528-8649, or direct
you email to: office@usenix.org.

			HOTEL INFORMATION
		The Workshop headquarters will be:

Sheraton Seattle				     ROOM RATES
 Hotel and Towers
1400 Sixth Avenue				$105 Single Occupancy
Seattle, Washington 98101 			$125 Double Occupancy
Telephone # (206) 621-9000			   (plus room tax)

To Make Your Reservation: Call the Hotel directly and ask for the
Reservations Desk.  Tell reservations that you are a USENIX Attendee to
take advantage of our group rate.  A one night's deposit is required
for all reservations. Should you desire to cancel your reservation, you
must notify the hotel at least 48 hours prior to your scheduled arrival.

IMPORATANT: Room reservation deadline is April 1, 1992.  Requests for
reservations received after the deadline will be handled on a space and
RATE available basis.

SEATTLE-TACOMA AIRPORT: Transportation from the airport to the Sheraton
Hotel & Towers is simple.  Go to the passenger loading/unloading area
outside the baggage claim area and look for the Seattle Airporter Bus
sign.  This bus runs every 1/2 hour and makes stops at each of the major
hotels.  Fare is $7.00 one way and takes approximately 30 minutes.
Taxi service is also available at an approximate cost of $25.00 one way.

FOR FURTHER WORKSHOP INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
	USENIX Conference Office
	22672 Lambert Street, Suite 613
	El Toro, CA  92630
	Telephone # (714) 588-8649
	FAX # (714) 588-9706
	Email address:  conference@usenix.org

PRELIMINARY TECHNICAL PROGRAM

MONDAY, APRIL 27
The first day of the workshop will be largely devoted to talks of a
tutorial nature on currently important microkernels and other kernels.


8:30 - 8:35 Opening Remarks (Lori Grob)

8:35 - 9:35 	Amoeba
		Robbert van Renesse,Vrije University/Cornell University

9:35 - 10:35 	Mach
		Richard Draves, Carnegie Mellon University

10:35 - 11:05	Break

11:05 - 12:05	Plan 9
		David Presotto, AT&T Bell Laboratories

12:05 - 1:30 	Lunch

1:30 - 2:30	Chorus
		Marc Rozier, Chorus systemes

2:30 - 3:30	NT
		David Cutler, Microsoft Corp.

3:30 - 4:00	Break

4:00 - 5:00	Microkernels Panel Session
		Moderator: Peter Honeyman (CITI University of Michigan)
		What is a microkernel? Are there really any differences?

5:00 - 6:00     New Architectures
                -----------------
		Chair: TBA

                Modularity and Interfaces in Microkernel Design and
		Implementation:

		A Case Study of Chorus on the HP PA-Risc
			Jonathan Walpole, Jon Inouye, Ravindranath
		Konuru
			Department of Computer Science and Engineering
			Oregon Graduate Institute of Science and
			Technology

		A Micro Kernel Architecture for Next Generation
		Processor
			Toshio Okamoto, Hideo Segawa, Sung Ho Shin,
			Hiroshi Nozue, Ken-ichi Maeda, Mitsuo Saito
			Toshiba Corporation Research and Developmen
			Center Information Systems Lab.


TUESDAY, APRIL 28
---------------
8:30 - 10:30	New Systems

		--------------
		Chair: 	Robbert van Renesse

		The KeyKOS(R)  Nanokernel Architecture
			Allen C. Bomberger, William S. Frantz,
			Ann C. Hardy, Norman Hardy, Charles  R. Landau,
		        Jonathan S. Shapiro, Key Logic Corp

		An Architectural Overview of QNX
			Dan Hildebrand, Quantum

		An Architectural Overview of Alpha: A Real-Time,
		Distributed Kernel
			Franklin Reynolds, Open Software Foundation

		The BirLix Operating System and Its Performance
			P. Schuller, H. Hartig, W.E. Kunhauser
			German National Research Center For Computer
			Science (GMD)


10:30 - 11:00 	Break

11:00 - 12:30	Lessons Learned
		--------------------
		Chair: Edward Lazowska

		Multimedia/Realtime Extensions for Mach 3.0
			Jun Nakajima, Masatomo Yazaki, Hitoshi Matsumoto
			Human Interface Laboratory #1 Fujitsu
			Laboratories Ltd.

		Reimplementing the Synthesis Kernel
			Henry Massalin, Calton Pu
			Department of Computer Science
			Columbia University

		A Model and Prototype of VMS Using the Mach 3.0 Kernel
			Cheryl A. Wiecek
			Digital Equipment Corporation


12:30 - 2:00	Lunch

2:00 - 3:30 	Experience and Observations I
		--------------------------------
		Chair: Lori S. Grob

		The Increasing Irrelevance of IPC Performance for
		Microkernel-Based Operating Systems
			Brian Bershad
			School of Computer Science
			Carnegie Mellon University

		Fast Thread Management and Communication Without
		Continuations
			Jochen Liedtke
			German National Research Center for Computer
			Science (GMD)

		Experience with SVR4 Over Chorus
			Nariman Batlivala, Barry Gleeson, Jim Hamrick,
			Scott Lurndal, Darren Price, James Soddy
			Unisys Corporation, San Jose, California
			Vadim Abrossimov Chorus Systemes, Paris, France


3:30 - 4:00	Break

4:00 - 6:00	Experience and Observations II
		--------------------------------
		Chair: Avadis Tevanian


		Data Movement in Kernelized Systems
		Randall W. Dean, Francois Armand
		CMU, Chorus systemes

		Distributed Abstractions, Lightweight References
			Marc Shapiro, Mesaac Makpangou
			INRIA

		Reliable Multicast between Micro-Kernels
			Robbert van Renesse,  Ken Birman, Robert Cooper,
			Bradford Glade,  Patrick Stephenson
			Cornell University

		Clustering Micro-Kernels for Scalability
				Michael Stumm, Ronald Unrau, and Orran
				Krieger
				Department of Electrical Engineering
				University of Toronto


  Program Committee:

        Program Chair
        Lori S. Grob
        Chorus systemes
        grob@chorus.fr/grob@usenix.org

        Edward D. Lazowska
        University of Washington
        lazowska@cs.washington.edu

        Robbert van Renesse
        Cornell University/Vrije Universiteit
        rvr@cs.cornell.edu

        Avadis Tevanian, Jr.
        NeXT Computer, Inc.
        avie@next.com



To receive additional information on registration and hotels,
please contact:

                        USENIX Conference Office
                        22672 Lambert St., Suite 613
                        El Toro, CA  92630
                        Telephone # (714) 588-8649
                        FAX # (714) 588-9706
                        email address:  conference@usenix.org