_______________________________________________________________________

                    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
   
Sponsoring Organizations
    
   
   UCAID / Internet2 
   Innovative Computing Laboratory
   
Sponsors
    
   
   Cisco Systems          StorageTek
   Ellemtel               Starburst Software
   IBM                    Sun Microsystems
   Novell