Open Architectures and Network Programming
New York, NY, USA, March 26-27, 1999 

Program: First Day (Friday, March 26)

8:45 - 9:00 AM

Welcome Session

Steve Weinstein, General Chair, NEC USA
Ken Calvert, Program Chair, University of Kentucky
 

9:00 - 10:00 AM

Paper Session - Virtual Networks

Chair: Amit Gupta, Sun Microsystems.
 

Implementing Virtual Networks in the Internet,
J-P Redlich, M. Suzuki and S. Weinstein, NEC Research Laboratories, USA.
 
The Genesis Kernel: A Virtual Network Operating System for Spawning Network Architectures,
A. T. Campbell, M. E. Kounavis, D. A. Villela, Columbia University, USA;
H. G. De Meer, University of Hamburg, Germany;
K. Miki, Hitachi Limited, Japan;
J. Vicente, Intel Corporation, USA.


10:00 - 10:30 AM

Coffee Break

10:30-12:30 noon

Panel Session - Security Issues in Programmable Networks

Chair: Hilarie Orman, Novell Corp.

 
Security Issues for Stateless Programmable Networks,
Alden W. Jackson, BBN Technologies, USA.

Design Issues Affecting Security for Active Networks,
Sandra Murphy, TIS Labs, Network Associates, USA.

Programmable Network Security,
Livio Ricciulli, SRI International, USA.

Reflections on Active Network Trust,
Jonathan Smith, University of Pennsylvania, USA.

 
12:30 - 14:00

Lunch

 

14:00 - 15:30

Paper Session - Telephony and the Internet

Chair: James Sterbenz, GTE Lab; Giovanni Pacifici, IBM T.J.Watson Research Center
 

Active Networks in Telephony,
N. F. Maxemchuk, AT&T Labs Research, USA.
 
An Architecture for the Integration of Internet and TelecommunicationServices,
C. Gbaguidi, J-P Hubaux, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland;
G. Pacifici and A. Tantawi, IBM, USA.

ChaiTime: A System for Rapid Creation of Portable Next-Generation Telephony Services Using Third-Party Software Components,

F. Anjum, F. Caruso, R. Jain, P. Missier and A. Zordan, Bellcore, USA.

15:30 - 16:00

Coffee Break

16:00 - 17:00

Demonstration Overviews

Chair: Steve Weinstein, NEC USA

ABLE - Active Bell Labs Engine for Network Management,
Y. Shavitt and D. Raz, Lucent.

Making Network Services Easier to Use,
S. Narain and V. Vecchio, Bellcore.

A Multiservice Middleware Platform Using Network Programmable Interfaces,
N. Mihai, AT&T West Labs;
A. A. Lazar, Xbind, Inc.

Programming Mobile Networks using the Mobiware Toolkit,
A. Campbell, Gen Ito (NEC), M. Kounavis, R. Liao and D. Villela, Columbia Uiversity

17:00-19:00

Demonstrations

Conference Reception

Program: Second Day (Saturday, March  27)

9:00 - 10:15 AM

Keynote Speech

Dado Vrsalovic, AT&T Geoplex

10:15 - 10:45 AM

Coffee Break

10:45 - 12:15 noon

Paper Session - Active Networks

Chair: Hilarie Orman, Novell Corp.

PAN: A High-Performance Active Network Node Supporting MultipleMobile Code Systems,
E. Nygren, S. Garland and M. F. Kaashoek, MIT Laboratory for Computer Science, USA

Smart Packets for Active Networks,
B. Schwartz, A. Jackson, T. Strayer, W. Zhou, R. Rockwell and C. Partridge, BBN Technologies, USA

AMNet: Heterogeneous Multicast Services Based on Active Networking,
B. Metzler, Technical University Berlin, Germany;
T. Harbaum, R. Wittmann and M. Zitterbart, Technical University Braunschweig, Germany.

12:15 - 13:45

Lunch Break

13:45 - 15:45

Paper Session - Programmable Resource Management

Chair: Andrew Campbell, Columbia University, USA.

A Programming Interface for Network Resource Management,
E. Takahashi, P. Steenkiste, J. Gao and A. Fisher, Carnegie Mellon University, USA.

Implementation and Performance Evaluation of an Open ControlArchitecture for Wireless ATM Networks,
R. Pillai, W. Wang, L. Seng, B. Jose, H. Sha, R. Agrawal and M. Ranganath, Kent Ridge Digital Labs, Singapore.

An Active Network Bandwidth Reservation Scheme,
D. Williams, C. Nguyen, A. Fekete, M. Hitchens and B. Kummerfeld, University of Sydney, Australia.

Meta-Signalling for Open Network Control,
C. Edwards, D. Waddington and D. Hutchison, Lancaster University, UK.

15:45 - 17:00

Special Session: "Ten-Minute Madness"

This session will consist of 10-minute presentations of new ideas,
revolutionary viewpoints, and outrageous opinions.
Contributions are solicited!
Please contact the program chair (calvert@dcs.uky.edu) to participate.

Introduction to IEEE P1520: Application Programming Interfaces for Networks,
Jit Biswas, Kent Ridge Digital Labs, Singapore.

Overview of the CORSICA Project,
Christian Wipliez, Technopole ANTICIPA.

Thoughts on Programmable Networks,
Pierre Lin, Bell Atlantic, USA.


 

For further information please send email to calvert@cs.uky.edu