The Fourth IEEE Conference on
Open Architectures and
Network Programming

Conference Program

OPENARCH is single-track format providing researchers, developers, and service providers with a focused, highly interactive opportunity to present, discuss, and absorb current work and future directions in active and programmable networks

Advanced Program Brochure


Thursday April 26

7.30-9.00 PM IEEE OPENARCH 2001 Welcome Reception
 
in the Aleutian Room on the second floor of the Hilton Anchorage Hotel


Friday April 27

8.00 AM Light Breakfast
 

8.45-9.00 AM Opening Address
 
Raj Yavatkar, Intel Corp.

9.00-10.00 AM Keynote Address
Chair: Raj Yavatkar, Intel Corp.

  • Building Better Networks
    Jonathan S. Turner, Washington University in Saint Louis

10.00-10.30 AM Coffee Break
 

10.30-12.00 AM Programmable Router Architectures
Chair: Andrew T. Campbell, Columbia University

12.00 AM-1.30 PM Lunch Break
 

Panel: 1.30-3.00 PM Network Architectures in the Optical Age
 
Organizer: Aurel A. Lazar, Xbind Inc. and Columbia University
Panelists: Dirceu Cavendish, NEC Labs Princeton, Gunnar Karlsson, KTH Stockholm, Dimitrios E. Pendarakis, Tellium, Dan Rubenstein, Columbia University, Jennifer Yates, AT&T Labs.

3.00 AM-3.30 PM Coffee Break
 

3.30-4.30 PM Active Multicast Services
Chair: David Hutchinson, Lancaster University

4.30-5.30 PM Security Issues in Active Networks
Chair: Peter Steenkiste, Carnegie Mellon University

7.00 PM Social Event

Cocktails and Dinner at the 4th Avenue Theater


Saturday April 28

8.00 AM Light Breakfast
 

9.00-10.00 AM Keynote Address
Chair: David Wetherall, Asta Networks

  • The NGN: Fact or Fantasy
    Jeff Lawrence, CTO, Network Communications Group, Intel

10.00-10.30 AM Coffee Break
 

10.30-12.00 AM Programmable Networks
Chair: John Vicente, Intel Corp.

12.00 AM-1.00 PM Lunch Break
 

1.00-2.30 PM Panel: Peer-to-Peer Overlays: Active Network Prospect or Challenger?
 
Organizer: David Wetherall, Asta Networks and University of Washington
Panelists: Larry Peterson, Princeton University, Joe Touch and Bob Braden, USC ISI, and Jay Lepreau, University of Utah

2.30-3.00 PM Conference Invited Talk
Chair: Andrew T. Campbell, Columbia University

  • Reflective Middleware
    Geoff Coulson, Lancaster University and Columbia University

3.00-3.30 PM Coffee Break

3.30-5.00 PM Constructing Services
Chair: Franko Travostino, Nortel Networks

5.00-5.30 PM Coffee Break

5.30-6.30 PM Short Papers Session: Ghosts on the Net
Organizer and Chair: Christian Tschudin, Uppsala University


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The best papers from the conference will be published as a special issue of Computer Networks on Programmable Networks.

OPENARCH 2001 is sponsored by the IEEE Communications Society and with support from Intel Corporation and Nortel Networks