NetStore '99: Call for Participation

Network Storage Symposium (NetStore '99)
Seattle, WA
October 14 & 15, 1999

http://dsi.internet2.edu/netstore99
NetStore '99: The End of End-to-End?

The Network Storage Symposium (NetStore '99) is devoted to exploring technical issues in logistical networking: the use of storage resources as components of the network's communicative infrastructure. The most common examples of logistical networking in today's global Internet are caching and replication. NetStore '99 is targeting an expanded area of investigation which includes more general and innovative applications of storage resources in networking. Of particular interest are issues in the development of the Internet2 Distributed Storage Infrastructure Project (I2-DSI) and applications supported by it.

Symposium topics include but are not limited to:

- Network file system caching

- Replication of files and services

- Portable servers and object representation

- Network proximity and server load metrics

- Prediction of network resource performance

- Modeling of network services

- Network object caching

- Resolution of URIs and service requests

- Applications enabled by network storage

- Global information services infrastructure

- Remote buffer management

- Manipulation of massive data files

- Quality of service delivery of stored data

- Management of distributed sensor data

The symposium proceedings will include both submitted and invited papers. We are in the process of negotiating for publication of selected papers in a journal special issue.

Submissions

Extended abstracts up to five pages in length are encouraged, but due to the short notice, one page abstracts will be accepted. Abstracts will be accepted by e-mail only, and should be sent to Jim Plank (plank@cs.utk.edu) in text, PostScript, or PDF format.

Deadlines

Paper abstracts due	July 1
Notification of acceptance	August 1
Final paper due	September 15

General Chair


Micah Beck	mbeck@cs.utk.edu	University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Vice Chair


Terry Moore	tmoore@cs.utk.edu	University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Program Co-Chairs


James S. Plank	plank@cs.utk.edu	University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Bert Dempsey	bert@ils.unc.edu	University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Program Committee


Guy Almes	UCAID / Internet2
Pei Cao	University of Wisconsin, Madison
Prasun Dewan	University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Ian Foster	Argonne National Laboratory
Clifford Lynch	Coalition for Networked Information
Gary Marchionini	University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Reagan Moore	San Diego Supercomputer Center
Joe Touch	University of Southern California / ISI
Rich Wolski	University of Tennessee, Knoxville