From: chas@casey.columbiasc.NCR.COM (Charles.Gimarc)
Newsgroups: news.announce.conferences
Subject: Call for Papers, I/O Mini Track, HICSS-26
Summary: Contact coordinators for info.
Keywords: HICSS, IO
Date: 27 Jul 92 18:22:38 GMT
Expires: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 07:00:00 GMT
Organization: NCR Corp


                       CALL  FOR  PAPERS  AND  REFEREES


                                 HICSS - 26

         I/O Bottlenecks II  Mini-Track  of  the   Architecture Track


    "Breaking the I/O Bottleneck:  Implications to Computer Architecture"


                     Kauai, Hawaii      January 5-8, 1993

Issues related to the I/O BOTTLENECK will again (for the second year in a
row) be an important focus of the Architecture Track at the 26th Hawaii
International Conference on Systems Sciences (HICSS-26).

As we are all well aware, during the past decade there have been tremendous
advances in the rate at which CPUs manipulate data.  But the parts of
computer systems responsible for supplying and accepting data have not seen
comparable performance increases.

This minitrack deals with prediction, identification, and elimination of
system bottlenecks due to the inability of the I/O system to supply or accept
data quickly enough.  I/O system bottlenecks may be due to: storage capacity
requirements, remote system access, continuous and burst data rates, and
guaranteed response times.

   This mini-track will explore the following topics:

       *  Methodologies for detection and characterization of I/O
          system performance bottlenecks.

       *  Developments in I/O subsystems that increase system performance.

       *  Developments in system architecture that can mitigate effects of
          I/O rates on system performance.

       *  Emerging hardware and software technologies that may widen or
          narrow the bottleneck.

       *  New application requirements that will widen or narrow the bottleneck.

   The I/O Bottlenecks II mini-track will feature both paper sessions and
panel discussions.  Authors are invited to submit papers describing promising
original research, research in progress, results of theoretical or
experimental projects, or panel discussion topics dealing with any of the
issues listed above.

   Referees are also welcome to participate by reviewing submitted papers.

   HICSS-26 is an annual conference sponsored by the University of Hawaii in
cooperation with ACM, IEEE Computer Society, and the Pacific Research
Institute for Information Systems and Management (PRIISM).  A conference
proceedings, containing all accepted papers is published.

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Authors wishing to submit papers to this minitrack should contact one of the
minitrack co-ordinators to discuss deadlines, focus of the paper, etc.  All
authors of accepted papers will be notified by August 31.  Camera ready copy
of accepted papers must be in the hands of the editors by October 1, 1992.

Author Information:
      *  Typed manuscript of 22-25 double spaced pages, including figures.
      *  Papers cannot have been previously presented, published, or
         currently submitted for publication.
      *  Submit 6 copies of the manuscript.
      *  Title page includes:  Author names
                               Author affiliations
                               Author address, surface and e-mail, phone, fax
                               Abstract of <300 words

Send Submissions, Questions, and Referee Volunteer information to either:

    Chas Gimarc                      or      Yale Patt
    NCR Corporation                          University of Michigan
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    charles.gimarc@columbiasc.ncr.com        patt@eecs.umich.edu
    (803) 791-6668                           (313) 763-4921
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