-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS SUN USER GROUP CONFERENCE SunFLASH Vol 16 #4 April 1990 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DECEMBER 3-5, 1990 San Jose, CA The Sun User Group annual conference this year will again include a track of technical presentations from the USER community and will make available a conference proceedings. Authors are invited to submit papers describing advanced work using Sun technology. We have identified five major categories of papers each with its own chairperson: SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATION. These papers should be oriented toward systems, procedures, and experiences administering a network of computers involving Sun workstations and servers. Network management, configuration control, accounting, and user tracking are among appropriate areas of focus. SubChair: Peter Galvin, Brown University, 401/863-7623, pbg@cs.brown.edu. PERFORMANCE. These papers should relate experiments, results (positive and negative), and novel ideas for measuring or improving the performance of one or more workstations or servers. Load sharing, software optimization, system or network monitoring, or advanced displays are possibilities. SubChair: Barry Shein, Software Tool & Die, 617/739-0202, bzs@world.std.com. SCIENTIFIC APPLICATIONS. These papers should describe the use of Sun workstations and servers as the platform for scientific investigation. Visualization, remote instrument monitoring, laboratory automation, space systems, geological systems, and physical-world simulations are possible topics. SubChair: Dee Doyle, Research Institute for Advanced Computer Science, 415/604-4911, doyle@riacs.edu. COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS. These papers should focus on the application of workstation technology for commercial applications, such as banking, stock market, reservations systems, commercial database applications, and point-of-sale systems. SubChair: Peter Zadrozny, Electronic Data Systems, 313/645-4703, peter%edstip@eds.com. INSTRUCTIONAL. This is a new category for the conference. These sessions should focus on a particular aspect of Sun systems but are not limited to Sun-specific topics. The papers should be tutorial in nature, geared to a particular audience, depending on how advanced the topic is. Possibilities include the name domain system, yellow pages, UNIX text tools, TOPS & CAP, integrating PCs and Suns, and TCP/IP. Close coordination with the SubChairperson is requested. SubChair: William Lefebvre, Northwestern University, 708/491-8141, phil@eecs.nwu.edu. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Submission deadline for extended abstracts or papers is August 31, 1990. Notice of acceptance will be sent out by September 30, 1990. Full papers are due October 31, 1990. Conference registration fees will be waived for presenters (one per submission) of accepted papers. All papers will be reviewed by the program committee. Papers should be strong in technical content and oriented toward the Sun user community. Marketing presentations are not appropriate for these sessions. If you have questions or want more information, contact either the general chairperson or one of the subchairpeople listed above. We strongly recommend electronic submission in PostScript form. We intend to publish an electronic proceedings. If you need assistance in creating a PostScript form of your paper, please contact the program committee chairman. Submit papers to: Robert L. Brown RIACS Mail Stop 230-5 NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA 94035 brown@riacs.edu 415/604-6921 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sun User Group, Inc. Mail Stop PAL1-504 2550 Garcia Avenue Mountain View, CA 94043 415/336-4341 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Sunflash is an electronic mail news service from Sun Microsystems, Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Please address comments to John McLaughlin (sun!sunvice!johnj or johnj@sunvice.East.Sun.COM). (305) 776-7770.