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Date:         Mon, 5 Oct 1992 14:32:52 GMT
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From:         "(Mike Schwartz 436-3850)" <SCHWART@ECC8.ATENG.AZ.HONEYWELL.COM>
Subject:      PDS in Phoenix Nov 7 on OPEN SYSTEMS, Distributed Systems,
              UNIX Systems, etc.

Announcement

      Professional Development Seminar
      Saturday November 7, 1992 8:30 am - 4:30 pm

      OPEN SYSTEMS, Distributed Systems, UNIX Systems, etc.

      Sponsors:  Phoenix Chapter ACM     ((email: schwartz@acm.org))
                 and Phoenix Section IEEE Computer Society
                                         ((email: willey@kroy.com))

      Instructor: Partha DasGupta
                  Associate Professor of Computer Science
                  Arizona State University

      Seminar Location:   Wallace Classroom Bldg.
                  Grand Canyon University
                  3300 W Camelback Road
                  Phoenix, Arizona

Course Description:
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An overview, including present trends, of Open Systems, Distributed Systems,
and the UNIX/Mach operating systems will be covered. The Open Systems component
includes a discussion of the properties and facilities of multi-vendor and
multi-platform configurations.

Many organizations have had problems managing multiple autonomous networked
computers, especially when their network(s) include a mix of PCs, workstations,
file-servers and back-end mainframes/minicomputers.  The problems become
manageable by using the technology of distributed operating systems.  The
user interface should be integrated and provide uniformity across the
network(s).  The extent to which present day Open Systems meet this requirement
will be discussed.  The concepts and techniques needed for the future
development of Open Systems will be presented.  Results of the 12th
International Conference on Distributed Systems in Yokohama, Japan are included.


About the Instructor:
---------------------
Dr. DasGupta has extensive experience in teaching operating systems (OSs),
distributed OSs, database systems and diverse aspects of Unix.  He has 10 years
experience in Unix and has been an active researcher in Distributed OSs for
seven years. Dr. DasGupta is the designer of the Clouds Distributed OS which is
one of the well-known object-based Distributed OSs in current use.


Course Outline:
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1.  Open Systems / Terminology:
    Definitions, properties, history, standards;  Present trends.

2.  Distributed Systems and Concepts:
    Distributed OSs concepts;  Networked systems;  Message based systems;
    The client server approach;  Object based systems;  Fault tolerance.

3.  Unix and Mach, the basis of open systems:
    Background, history, features & variants of Unix;  Programmers and Unix.
    Mach, its history, features and relationships with Unix;  What is OSF-1?

4.  Programmer facilities in Unix and Mach:
    Shells, Tools, Windowing Systems, Programming

5.  Networking and Distribution Facilities:
    TCP-IP;  The Internet Domain;  Networked File Systems;
    The NIS information system;  Mach & networking;
    The OSF-DCE Environment.

6.  The future:
    The integration of Unix/Mach and Distributed Computing;
    The Future of Open Systems.

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Registration Fees:
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   _____  ACM or IEEE-CS Local Members ............ $ 90.00
   _____  Non-Members .............................  100.00
   _____  Full-Time Student Members ...............   65.00
   _____  Full-Time Student Non-Members ...........   75.00

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