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            Short papers for presentation: deadline is May 19th

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			   CALL FOR PAPERS
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	         ECOOP95 one day workshop (August 8)

		  Use of Object-Oriented technology
		  for Network Design and Management

		  Aarhus, Denmark, August 7-11, 1995



Telecommunication networks are complex, constantly changing structures
which have to satisfy quite diverse demands. The design,
implementation and management of these networks, and of the services they
support, require advanced software development methods and
techniques. In this, they have a high potential to benefit from
object-oriented (OO) technology. A good example is the area of
telecommunication management network (TMN), where the evolving
standards are based on OO concepts from the very beginning.

The purpose of this workshop is to enable the presentation and
discussion of advanced applications of OO in the area of network
design, implementation, and management. By this we want to gain a
representative survey of existing experiments and real applications of
OO, and to identify benefits, problems and still open issues.

Since many topics may be relevant to this workshop, the following list
just gives a first indication of them and is in no way exhaustive:

    o  Object-based knowledge representation (reflection, constraints,
       relations, viewpoints, classification, ...);
    o  Advanced OO aspects in network management standards and recommendations
       (TMN, OSI, ...);
    o  OO approaches for traffic management;
    o  OO approaches for service design, implementation and management;
    o  OO and performance evaluation (system representation, simulation, ...);
    o  OO analysis, specification and design (benefits over traditional
       methods);
    o  Concurrent and/or distributed OO implementations (eg. of databases);
    o  OO implementation of time and space critical algorithms (feasibility,
       maintainability in view of changing the algorithm, ...);
    o  OO interactive and graphical user interfaces (front ends for network
       visualisation, manipulation, animation, analysis, ...);
    o  OO integration of separate tools (e.g. for unified access,
       interworking, and harmonised user interfaces).


PARTICIPATION

Participants will be selected on the basis of either a short position
paper (1 or 2 pages, that may serve as a startpoint for discussion
after a short presentation), or of a long paper (up to 10 pages, for
presentation at the workshop). Long papers must describe significant
research studies or applications, and should discuss benefits,
drawbacks and limits of the use of object-oriented technology in the
given context.

SUBMISSION

Long paper submissions should be sent to the chairman, preferably by
electronic mail (LaTeX, Postscript, MIF, and RTF formats will be
accepted). If sent by surface mail, 4 paper copies are needed. The
deadline for submitting long papers is May 5, 1995. An
acknowledgement of reception will be sent by e-mail or by fax to the
author. The first page of the paper should include name, address,
telephone number, fax number, and e-mail address of the author.

Short papers for presentations should be sent to the chairman, by
electronic mail ONLY, before May 19, 1995.

Notification of acceptance will be mailed or faxed by June 9,
1995. Minor modifications to the long papers may be asked at that
stage, and in that case a revised paper should be sent before June 23,
1995.

PROGRAM AND ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Pier Giorgio Bosco, CSELT - Italy
Michel Dao, CNET - France
Brigitte Delosme, CNET - France
Heinz Dibold, FTZ - Germany
Noriyuki Ikeuchi, NTT - Japan
Birger Moller-Pedersen, NR - Norway
Jean-Philippe Richard, ITMI APTOR - France


PROGRAM CHAIR AND CONTACT

All enquiries and paper submissions must be sent to:

Michel Dao
CNET PAA/ATR
38-40, rue de ge'ne'ral Leclerc
92131 - Issy-les-Moulineaux
France

phone:  +33 1 45 29 46 10
fax:    +33 1 45 29 60 69
e-mail: michel.dao@issy.cnet.fr

IMPORTANT DATES

Long paper submission: May 5, 1995
Notification: June 9, 1995
Camera-ready papers due: June 23, 1995

ECOOP95 INFORMATION

Workshops are open to ECOOP conference attendees, but 
as something new for 1995, it will also be possible to register for
workshops only.

ECOOP95 early registration deadline: June 5 1995 (15% deduction) 

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