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[David Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

At 10:05 AM 8/5/97 -0400, you wrote:
> Conference Sessions
> Tuesday-Thursday, August 26-28 =20
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> Tuesday, August 26
> Wednesday, August 27
> Thursday, August 28=20
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> Tuesday, August 26=20
> 7:30 -
> 8:30  Registration and Continental Breakfast=20
> 8:30 -
> 9:00  Chairman's Opening Remarks:
> Most of us are nomads, and we are faced with a lack of serious systems
> support for our activities. We are mobile in a number of dimensions:
> geography, context, application, device. We need support for location
> transparency and for device transparency. We must be liberated from failed
> system operation in our nomadic moves, including such annoyances as loss of
> session, need to reconfigure devices, unrecognizable TCP addresses,
> inconsistency among replicated files, and intermittent connectivity. In
> this session, we will lay out the landscape of nomadic computing and point
> to the solutions to these problems. The rest of the conference will
> elaborate on the issues, solutions and directions of nomadic computing.=20
>
> Leonard Kleinrock, Computer Science Dept., UCLA
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> 9:00 -
> 9:45   Keynote Address
> Edward Kozel
> CTO and Sr. Vice President, Business Development
> Cisco Systems, Inc.
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> 9:45 -
> 10:15  Break=20
> 10:15 -
> 11:45  Nomadic Network Support Nomadic Application Support=20
> =A0 =A0 Wireless Internet Access
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> Much of the focus of the wireless data industry lately has been on
> untethered access to the Internet. Is the wireless data industry just
> trying to grab onto the Internet's coattails (like everyone else), or is
> there something compelling about this marriage? This session will look at a
> selection of wireless Internet access solutions. What can you do with it,
> how much performance is enough, and what will be the preferred subscriber
> device -- the portable computer or wireless phone? More specifically, what
> is being done to adapt portable devices to the Internet, and what do early
> market results tell us? Will wireless access change the way people use the
> Internet and intranets? Is wireless Internet access just for people, or
> will "things" (e.g., automobiles) go online as well? There are many
> interesting questions, and our panel promises some interesting answers.
>
> Ira Brodsky, President
> Datacomm Research Company=20
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> Jay Sheth, Director of Strategic Planning, GTE
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> Alan Saldich, Director of New Business Opportunities, Metricom
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> Dennis Abremski, Qualcomm, Inc.
> Information Replication for Nomadic Users
> Mobile computer users often have poor connectivity to their home network
> environment, and so must have local copies of the necessary relevant
> information; files, databases, web pages, etc. Without the right
> information, one can't work; the power of the mobile machine is in large
> measure lost. Since manual management of replication is awkward at best, a
> number of products and a variety of research efforts provide potentially
> powerful tools and solutions. There are a number of choices in each of the
> areas of database replication, long term web caching, and mobile file
> replication, with different levels of aspiration regarding transparent use
> and synchronization of independent updates. This session will focus on the
> nature of mobile replication problems, available shareware and commercial
> solutions, and likely developments in the near future.
>
> Jerry Popek, Chief Technical Officer, PLATINUM Technology, Inc.
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> Corey M. Smith, President, Xcellenet
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> David Yach, Vice President Technology, Sybase, Inc.
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> 11:45 -
> 12:45  Lunch=20
> 12:45 -
> 2:15   Nomadic Network Support Nomadic Application Support=20
> =A0 =A0 Satellite Communications in the Global Internet
> Recent advancement and deployment of commercial products in satellite
> communication networks demonstrate the promise of ubiquitous access to
> Internet. By virtue of simultaneously reaching large geographical areas,
> satellite systems are natural platforms for broadcast and multicast
> applications. Moreover, satellite systems provides the mechanisms for
> seamlessly connecting field workers to the enormous information and
> computing resources of the Global Information Infrastructure (GII). To
> fully utilize the capabilities of next-generation satellites, several
> research and development issues need to be addressed such as "seamless
> integration" of satellite communications into existing standard Internet
> transmission links.
>
> Son K. Dao, Head of Networking and Information Exploitation Research Dept.
> Hughes Research Laboratories, Inc.
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> Kanwar Chadha, Founder and Vice President of Marketing and Sales
> SiRF Technology, Inc.
> Pre-fetching and Web Caching
> Nomadic users are faced with varying degrees of bandwidth availability and
> often find themselves completely disconnected. The nomadic user should be
> able to continue to operate transparently even when disconnected from the
> Internet! In order to continue to operate efficiently in a low bandwidth or
> disconnected fashion, files or web pages can be replicated, cached, or
> stored on the local machine to allow the user to continue to operate. This
> session describes the various techniques and solutions which provide
> pre-fetching, web caching, and disconnected operation.
>
> Steve Cappo, Product Manager - Weblicator, Lotus Development
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> Murray Mazer, Open Group Research Institute
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> Bill Schilit, FX Palo Alto Laboratory
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> Eric Brewer, EECS Dept., University of California Berkeley=20
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> 2:15 -
> 2:40  Break=20
> 2:40 -
> 4:10  Nomadic Network Support Nomadic Application Support=20
> =A0 =A0 Wireless ATM
> This session will cover the synergies between ATM and radio and the
> implications to users of portable and wearable devices inherent in the
> convergence of ATM and IP. The advantages of Wireless ATM are not limited
> to the extension of ATM networks over radio links, but rather allow the
> introduction of a wide varitey of new techniques that enhance the network,
> applications, and usability. Session participants will explore these areas
> and their interactions.
>
> Tom Freeburg, VP & Officer of the Technical Staff, Motorola
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> Bernard Herscovich, Asst. VP of Wireless Networks, Newbridge Networks Corp.
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> Arup Acharya, Systems Architecture Group, C&C Research Labs, NEC USA
> Mobile Application Protocols: LDAP, IMAP, and ROAMOPS
> Nomadic users are faced with different computing environments, different
> network services, and different communication alternatives. In order to be
> able to deal with such nomadic communication and computing challenges,
> protocols which provide mobile application support need to be developed. In
> this session, we will be addressing how applications can be developed and
> protocols utilized to provide a manageable environment for the nomad. For
> example, ROAMOPS enables Internet Roaming, the Lightweight Directory Access
> Protocol (LDAP) provides directory service standards, and the Internet
> Message Access Protocol (IMAP) provides support for multiple e-mail users
> to access their e-mail as though they were local.
>
> Tim Howes, Directory Service Architect, Netscape
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> Dave Crocker, Brandenburg Consulting=20
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> Glenn Zorn, Microsoft Corporation
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> 4:10 -
> 4:20  Break=20
> 4:20 -
> 4:50  Special Update of the Mobile Network Computer Reference Specification
> (MNCRS)
> Gabriel Montenegro, Sun Microsystems
> Jackson Wong, Sun Microsystems
> Henry Chang, IBM
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> 4:50 -
> 7:00  Reception and Exhibits=20
> Wednesday , August 27=20
> 7:30 -
> 8:30  Continental Breakfast=20
> 8:30 -
> 9:30  Nomadic Devices and How They Live in Cyberspace
> This session will address the wide range of devices proposed to allow users
> to be nomadic while utilizing the internet. It will explore the devies
> themselves and how they can communicate with the rest of the Internet. We
> will examine some application senarios that range from those currently
> being tried to "Snow Crash" like systems with virtual worlds and people. A
> range of technical and societal issues such as security, addressing, costs
> and privacy will be examined as to how they effect Nomadic computing now
> and in the future .
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> David Farber, University of Pennsylvania
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> 10:15   Industry Outlook
> This session will provide an overview of the mobile data sector,
> delineating the factors that will drive market acceptance and offering some
> projections as to what applications will be demanded by the various
> segments: corporate, mobile professional, and consumer.=20
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> James (Seamus) McAteer, Consultant, Business Intelligence Center, SRI
> Consulting
> John Zahurancik, Wireless Internet Analyst, The Strategis Group
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> 10:15 -
> 10:45  Break=20
> 10:45 -
> 12:45  The Mobile-Aware Internet: IPv6 and Mobile IP
> Mobile IP opens the doors towards seamless roaming and application
> transparency for nomadic users. In this session, the base protocol and some
> associated technologies are covered. Charles Perkins, closely involved with
> the IETF working group effort that produced the Mobile IP Proposed Standard
> protocol, first gives an overview of the base protocol, and some aspects of
> route optimization that will eventually augment the network efficiency of
> the base protocol. Gabriel Montenegro, who is also involved with the mobile
> IP working group, then describes some of the current security challenges
> and solutions for the use of Mobile IP in the face of enterprise protection
> by firewalls and ingress filtering at the border routers.=20
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> David Johnson, one of the early researchers involved with mobile IP and
> co-author of the current IETF draft for IPv6 mobility, describes the
> proposed mechanisms to support mobility, and the natural way that IPv6 is
> suited for the task.
>
> The Service Location Protocol (SLP) has been developed to support the
> establishment of connections between network client and service, and James
> Kempf will present his perspective on the way that Java clients can expect
> to make use of SLP to satisfy their service needs automatically.
>
> Charles E. Perkins, Technology Development Group, Sun Microsystems
> David B. Johnson, School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University
> James Kempf is with the Technology Development Group, Sun Microsystems
> Gabriel Montenegro, Advanced Development Group - Nomadics, Sun Microsystems
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> 12:45 -
> 1:45  Lunch=20
> 1:45 -
> 3:15   Nomadic Network Support Nomadic Application Support=20
> =A0 =A0 Integrating Wireless LAN Technologies
> "Why has wireless data been so promising, yet so far been so unsuccessful?"
> The panelists will review the state-of-the-art in wireless data, and
> evaluate why the technology has had limited success to date. They will also
> describe challenges faced by wireless data systems, such as coverage,
> interoperability, and performance, and will suggest solutions to these
> challenges based on developments from their own leading research
laboratories.
> R. H. Katz, Panel Chair, University of California, Berkeley
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> B. R. Badrinath, Rutgers University
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> M. G. Baker, Stanford University
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> J. J. Garcia-Luna, University of California, Santa Cruz=20
> IP Security=20
> For companies interested in establishing an Internet presence, security is
> a major concern. To address the problem, several security proposals have
> emerged including IPSEC (IP Security), SOCKS, SSL (Secure Session Layer),
> PEM (Privacy Enhanced Mail), etc. These mechanisms offer different
> trade-offs in terms of transparency to applications, traffic overhead, and
> ease of implementation (some require changes to the operating system while
> others can be layered on top of the transport layer without altering the
> operating system). This session will provide an overview of Internet
> security technologies and compare their relative advantages and
disadvantages.
> Vipul Gupta, Sun Microsystems and State University of New York
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> John Zao, Advanced Networking Dept., BBN
>
> Evan Kaplan, President & CEO
> Aventail Corporation
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> 3:15 -
> 3:45  Break=20
> 3:45 -
> 4:30  XIWT Nomadicity Working Team UpdateNomadicity's fluid technological
> underpinnings are kept in turmoil as much by government and industry
> dynamics as by technological innovation. The Nomadicity Working Group of
> the Cross Industry Working Team (XIWT), housed within the Center for
> National Research Initiates (CNRI), has worked for several years to
> understand, clarify, and communicate the concepts which define nomadicity.
> The group is now actively engaged in production of a nomadicity reference
> model which architects nomadicity-specific structures and relates them to
> existing technologies. This presentation is a report on the state of that
> effort.=20
> Frank Prince, Hewlett Packard=20
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> Thursday, August 28=20
> 7:30 -
> 8:30  Registration and Continental Breakfast=20
> 8:30 -
> 10:00  Nomadic Network Support Nomadic Application Support=20
> =A0 =A0 Ad Hoc Networks: Creating a Network on the Fly
> Ad Hoc Networks enable communications among mobile users without requiring
> a fixed backbone or infrastructure. These dynamically created networks,
> usually connected by wireless links, adapt to topology change when mobile
> hosts and even mobile routers move. Ad hoc networks can operate in a
> standalone fashion, part of an intranet or part of an integrated internet
> providing mobile nodes to be more than one hop away from the fixed network.
> Issues discussed in this session include various adaptive routing protocols
> and techniques, resource discovery, and resource reservation for ad hoc
> networks.
>
> Joel Short, VP & CTO, Nomadix LLC
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> M. Scott Corson, Institute for Systems Research, University of Maryland
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> Bob O'Hara, President
> Informed Technology, Inc.
> QoS and Mobile Multimedia
> Allowing users to roam with their computers while continuing to access
> services on the wired network introduces problems due to highly variable
> connectivity and changing service environments. Many traditional
> applications can try to mask these effects, for example, by hoarding files
> or deferring communication or retransmission operations. The real-time
> nature of multimedia services renders many such options unattractive. This
> session will discuss issues of providing QoS for mobile multimedia
> services, including the design of packet telephony services and an
> application program interface (API) that allows applications to be kept
> aware of current network performance metrics, and by having the
> applications adapt their behavior to the current characteristics of the
> connection available to them.
>
> Thomas Kunz, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waterloo
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> Cormac Sreenan, AT&T Labs Research
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> Andrew Lippman, MIT Media Lab
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> 10:20  Break=20
> 10:20 -
> 11:20   Executive Plenary: Integrating the Protocol Stack
> This session will discuss bridges between the two tracks of this
> conference, namely, Nomadic Network Support and Nomadic Application
> Support. One of the key problems facing the nomad today is the lack of
> interoperability of the "piece parts" that are rolling out from the
> vendors. Only through an integrated view, such as this session provides,
> can the technology provide effective solutions to the nomad's needs.
>
> Prof. Leonard Kleinrock, Computer Science Dept., UCLA
> George Abe, Global Alliances Staff, Cisco Systems
> A.J. Dennis, Corporate Strategist, Novell
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