sunflash-Distributed to mailing list sunflash@suntri sunflash-Send requests and problem reports to owner-sunflash@suntri.east.sun.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Florida SunFlash Call For Papers - December 1993 Sun User Group Conference SunFLASH Vol 54 #19 June 1993 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 54.19 Call For Papers - December 1993 Sun User Group Conference SUG will host the 11th Annual Conference in December. Technical papers and presentations concerning the use of Suns in education research, and business are invited. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Newsgroups: comp.org.sug From: pbg@cs.brown.edu (Peter Galvin) CALL FOR PAPERS SUN USER GROUP Eleventh Annual Conference December 7-9, 1993 San Jose, California Theme: The Metamorphosis of SunOS: from classroom to boardroom Suns in the corporate environment Migrating from mainframes to Suns Conversion to Solaris 2: a global issue The Sun User Group is pleased to host its Eleventh Annual Conference and Exhibit, which will address the use of Suns in education, research, and business. Technical papers and presentations concerning this topic, as well as other topics of interest to the Sun/SPARC community, are invited. Manufacturers of computer equipment and software based on SPARC/Solaris technology are encouraged to participate in this conference with presentations, and participation in the conference exhibition. SUG conferences are attended by members from all over the world. The 1992 conference and exhibit was attended by over 4000 people from 24 countries and 43 states. SUG also provides tutories and technical sessions at other exhibitions and conferences around the world. With the economy picking up and the explosive growth of computing on the desktop, we expect 1993's conference to be the biggest and best yet! Submission Guidelines: Submissions should be in the form of extended abstracts (750 to 1000 words) and be sufficiently complete to allow the committee to understand and evaluate the submission. Abstracts should include: 1. Author name(s), postal and e-mail address(es), and telephone number(s). 2. Presenter name(s), postal and e-mail address(es), and telephone number(s). 3. Title of the paper 4. Time needed for presentation/questions. (30,45,60,90 Min. spots) 5. Audio-visual requirements. 6. Student paper entry (Full time students only) Authors whose submissions are accepted will receive instructions for the preparation of final papers which will be published in the conference proceedings. The Presenter will receive one free registration for the conference. Any tutorial attendance must be purchased. IMPORTANT! All presentations will require a paper submission for inclusion in the conference proceedings. Deadlines: Abstracts Due: August 7, 1993 Notifications to Authors: September 4, 1993 Final Papers Due: October 12, 1993 Student Papers: There will be an award for the best student paper. Be sure to indicate with your submission if you are a full time student. A cash prize and free registration will be awarded by the Conference Program Committee. Submit one hardcopy and one electronic copy to the program chair: Peter Galvin Systems Manager Brown University Computer Science Department P.O. Box 1910 Providence, RI 10912 Email: pbg@cs.brown.edu Phone: (401) 863-7623 Fax: (401) 863-7719 The Program Committee will select presentations from among those submitted. The Committee consists of experts from many areas of the Sun/Solaris arena, including: Pete Cottrell University of Maryland Casper Dik University of Amsterdam Dinah McNutt Tivoli Systems Steven Miller University of Illinois Ruth Milner National Radio Astronomy Observatory Gene Rackow Argonne National Lab Joel Shandelman JP Morgan Securities, Inc. Hal Stern SMCC Leonardo Topa MIT It will be aided by: S. Lee Henry SUG board liaison Johns Hopkins University Alex Newman SUG liason Sun User Group Michael Pearlman SUG board liason Rice University Possible themes and topics are listed below. These are only for reference, however, and all submitted papers will be considered for presentation at the conference. Thematic Track Topics directly related to the theme of the program: Migrating from mainframes to Sun systems, UNIX in the corporate environment, Suns and mission-critical work, Solaris 2 migration issues, ideas, and roadmap. Beginning Unix/ Beginning System Administration Practical information for new users and system administrators. Presentations which will allow a new Sun user to be able to install workstations and keep them running. They could include file system layout, basic security, NIS, DNS, the boot process, script programming, user dot files, admininstration files, day to day operations, keeping a system log, using the resources available on the Internet, and so on. Mini-Tutorials and Q&A These sessions should be designed to directly address Sun users' needs. They could include step-by-step guides to administration, networking, programming in various tools, and understanding aspects of system operation such as performance and utilities. Q&A sessions are important and interesting to attendees because of their interactive, problem solving and question-resolving nature. Previous talks in this vein have included "securing your environment" and "system administration tips and tricks". System Adminstration, System Security Talks in this area should address the interests of those who have been SunOS users for a year or more. Some of the more in-depth topics: mixed environments, backups, PPP/Slip, automounter, perl, tools for problem troubleshooting, and remote off-site adminstration. Programming and Development Environments These presentations concern Sun's programming languages and those offered by third-parties. With Sun's C compiler no longer bundled with the operating system there are opportunities for third party compilers. Also of interest are tools and techniques for program development. Technical Product Information This topic provides a chance for vendors to beat their own (technical) drums and describe the compelling technical advantages of their products. Panels of competitive products will be assembled when it seems appropriate to do so. No sales-oriented or non-technical talks will be accepted. Suns In The Office/Home How do you integrate Sun computers into the office? Topics can include PC type products on the Sun, how well they emulate, communicate, or convert information and how well they are received, the interface to IBM PC and Apple networks, mail and printer access, home hardware maintenance, links to the office (PPP/Slip), product licensing, and Solaris on the Intel platform. Research, Real time computing, Image Processing, Scientific Although there are other conferences that deal solely with the technical issues of research, this topic deals with how a Sun system facilitates research, and tools which can help the scientist. Topics include Suns and real time computing, cross compiling (i.e. vxworks, os9, vrtx etc..), and data aquisition, among others. --Peter ------------------------------------------ -------------------------------- Peter Baer Galvin (401) 863-7623 Systems Manager, Brown U. CS Department pbg@cs.brown.edu Box 1910 (115 Waterman Street) uunet!brunix!pbg Providence, RI 02912 (02906) pbg@browncs.bitnet ********************************************************************** For information about SunFlash send mail to info-sunflash@Sun.COM. Subscription requests should be sent to sunflash-request@Sun.COM. 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