The Fifth IDEA Workshop

Introduction

Programme

Saturday, 7 February

Session 1 - Java

• 1:15-1:30pm Chris Barter (Adelaide University)
  Introduction
• 1:30-2:00pm Nick Falkner & Michael Oudshoorn (Adelaide University)
  "Smarter Compilation: Automated Distribution"
• 2:00-2:30pm Steve Blackburn, Luke Kirby & David Walsh (Australian National University)
  "High Performance Orthogonal Persistence: Is Persistent Java a Contender?"
• 2:30-3:00pm John Zigman & Steve Blackburn (Australian National University)
  "And Finally"

Afternoon Tea & Coffee

• 3:30-5:00pm
  Research Theme & Discussion
  Steve Blackburn (Australian National University)
  "Distribution, Persistence and Java"

6:00-9:00pm Pool-side Barbeque

Sunday, 8 February

Session 2 - DISCWorld

• 9:00-9:10am Ken Hawick, Fred Brown, Paul Coddington, James Hercus, Heath James, Katrina Kerry, K.J. Maciunas, Jesudas Mathew, Craig Patten, Andrew Silis & Francis Vaughan (Adelaide University)
  "DISCWorld: An Integrated Data Environment for Distributed High-Performance Computing"
• 9:10-9:30am Andrew Silis & Ken Hawick (Adelaide University)
  "The DISCWorld Peer to Peer Architecture"
• 9:30-9:50am Katrina Kerry & Ken Hawick (Adelaide University)
  "Service Management in DISCWorld using CORBA and Java"
• 9:50-10:10am Craig Patten, Francis Vaughan , Ken Hawick & Fred Brown (Adelaide University)
  "DWorFS: File System Support for Legacy Applications in DISCWorld"
• 10:10-10:30am James Hercus & Ken Hawick (Adelaide University)
  "Compression of Image Data and Performance Tradeoffs for Client/Server Systems"
• 10:30-10:50am Jesudas Mathew & Ken Hawick (Adelaide University)
  "Querying and Auxiliary Data in the DISCWorld"

Morning Tea & Coffee

• 11:30-1:00pm
  Research Theme & Discussion
  Francis Vaughan (Adelaide University)
  "Open Questions in Distributed High Performance Computing?"

Monday, 9 February

Session 3 - - Programming Languages I

• 9:00-9:30am Dag Sjoberg (University of Oslo)
  "Software Consistency in Integrated Data Environments"
• 9:30-10:00am Giuseppe Amato, Fausto Rabitti, Pasquale Savino & Pavel Zezula (CNUCE Institute, Pisa)
  "Issues in processing similarity queries for multimedia databases"
• 10:00-10:30am J. Eliot B. Moss (University of Massachusetts at Amherst)
  "Using Reflection to Transform a PPL into a DBPL"
• 10:30-11:00am Giorgio Ghelli (Pisa University)
  "A minimal model of objects with roles"

Morning Tea & Coffee

• 11:30-12:30pm
  Research Theme & Discussion
  Graham Kirby, Ron Morrison (St.Andrews University) "Linguistic Reflection in Java: A Quantitive Assessment"

12:30-2:00pm Lunch: Atrium Garden Restaurant

Session 4 - Implementation and Performance

• 2:00-2:30pm Sam Taylor & Chris Johnson (Australian National University)
  "Architectures for Distributed, Interactive Systems"
• 2:30-3:00pm Dave Munro, Ron Morrison (St.Andrews University), J. Eliot B. Moss (University of Massachusetts at Amherst) & Stephan Scheuerl (D.E.C.)
  "Why would I believe that your store is better than mine?"
• 3:00-3:30pm Dave Hulse & Alan Dearle (Stirling University)
  "Trends in Operating System Design: Towards a Customisable Persistent Micro-Kernel"
• 3:30-4:00pm David Walsh (Australian National University)
  "Building the Persistent Store Interface Using the Shore Storage Manager"

Afternoon Tea & Coffee

• 4:30-6:00pm Research Theme & Discussion
  J. Eliot B. Moss (University of Massachusetts at Amherst)
  "Are Virtual Memory Primitives a Good Way to Implement a Persistent Programming Language?"

Tuesday, 10 February

Session 5 - Programming Languages II

• 9:00-9:30am John Hurst & Hung-Ta Lin (Monash University)
  "Ambiguities in Napier88"
• 9:30-10:00am Frans Henskens (Newcastle University) & Maurice Ashton (Sydney University)
  "Congeries, Mappings and Grasshopper"
• 10:00-10:30am Michael Hollins (Sydney University)
  "What I did on My Holidays ... Mozzie, Mozzie, Mozzie"

Morning Tea & Coffee

11:00-11:30am Rapporteurs
Workshop appraisal: Next steps for IDEA

Invited Participants

• List of participants

Editor

• Fred Brown