Workshop on Nomadic Computing
Geneva (Switzerland) April 5, 1997


PROGRAM AND ON-LINE PROCEEDINGS


8.30: Opening Remarks

8.45-10.15: Session I : Software Tools

8.45: R. De Nicola, G.L. Ferrari, R. Pugliese Universita di Firenze, Universita di Pisa (Italy) Locality Based Linda: programming with explicit localities

Coordinating Mobile Agents via Blackboards and Access Rights

9.15: G. Kortuem, S. Fickas, Z. Segall University of Oregon (USA) "On-Demand Delivery of Software in Mobile Environments"

9.45: F. Bergadano, A. Puliafito, S. Riccobene, G. Ruffo, L. Vita Universita di Torino, Universita di Catania, Universita di Messina (Italy) "A Java-based Architecture of Mobile Agents for Information Retrieval in Distributed Systems"

10.15-10.30: Coffee Break

10.30-12: Session II: Performance Evaluation

10.30: M J Kumar, S Venkatesh Curtin University of Technology (Australia) "Perforamance Analysis of Information Access in Mobile Computing Environments"

11.00: G. Anastasi, E. De Stefano, L. LenziniUniversita di Pisa (Italy) "QoS Provided by the IEEE 802.11 Wireless LAN to Advanced Data Applications: a Simulative Analysis"

11.30: D. Cypher, S. Wakid Nat. Inst. of Standards and Techn. (USA) "Error Characteristics of CDMA and Impacts on Voice, E-mail, and Web Pages"

12-14: Lunch

14-15.30: Session III: Protocols

14.00: R. PrakashUniversity of Rochester (USA) "Distributed Wireless Channel Allocation in Cellular Systems with Mobile Base Stations"

14.30: M. Ajmone Marsan, A. Bianco, C.F. Chiasserini, A. Fumagalli, R. Lo Cigno, M.Munafo`Politecnico di Torino (Italy) "Local and Global Handover Based on In-Band Signaling in Wireless ATM Networks"

15.00: S.K. Das, S.K.Sen, R. JayaramUniversity of North Texas (USA) "A Quality-of-Service Control and Provisioning Strategy for the Third Generation Multi-media Wireless Networks"

15.30-15.45: Break

15.45-17.15 Session IV: Architecture

15.45:Y. Tajika, K. Iwamura, M. NakamuraToshiba Kansai Res. Lab. (Japan) "Wireless Desk Area Network: Autonomous Nomadic Network for Portable Computers"

16.15:S. Palazzo, A. Puliafito, M. ScarpaUniversita di Catania (Italy) "Evaluation of the Access Delay in a Replicated Database for Mobile Systems"

16.45:V. De Nitto Persone', V. Grassi, A. MorlupiUniversita di Roma Tor Vergata (Italy) "MOBIUS: an Architecture for Context- Dependent Information Systems"


17.15: Conclusions