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You may have already seen this announcement.  This is an update to
confirm that the afternoon round table will indeed happen, with some
interesting topics to be discussed... See below.



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         |               Seminar and Round Table on             |
         |          Open Distributed Systems Management         |
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	               Thursday, February the 15th, 1996
	     PTT-Telecom Research Center, Main Conference Room
                           Ostermundigen (Bern)



Seminar (morning)
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The Swiss Telecom-PTT, the company AEG-ATM (Konstanz, Germany) and the 
Industrial Computing Laboratory of EPFL will present the results of their
work in 

   + the ESPRIT III project # 7026 (Open Distributed Systems Management
     - "SysMan")
   
   + and the F+E project #286 (Architecture of Distributed Systems
     for the Management of Networks and Systems).


Keywords: OSI Systems Management Architecture, SNMP, CORBA, ODP, ODMA,
          CMIS, GDMO, Object Models, Protocol and Specification Translation, 
          Monitoring, Domains and Policies, Configuration, Security.



Round Table (afternoon, subject to participation)
===========

The afternoon will be dedicated to a round table on systems management
in Switzerland.  The aim of this mini-workshop is to find out who is doing
what in network and systems management in Switzerland, and to discuss the 
problems and solutions adopted. The main focus will be on protocols and 
modelling notations for management (CMIP, GDMO, CORBA, IDL, OIDL, SNMP).
Participants will be invited to make a small presentation (~10-15 minutes).

Interested people from academia or industry should contact Guy Genilloud
(guy.genilloud@litsun.epfl.ch, tel. 021 693 46 57) to register to this 
round table, and to discuss their interest and possible contribution.  


Program
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9:30H  - Welcome, Introduction to the seminar
         Andre Prim, Marc Zweiacker, Telecom PTT

9:40H  - An overview of the SysMan project (AEG)
         Dr. Andrzej Debski
         Ekkehard Janas

             + Effective management integrates network, system and
               application management

             + The OSI management architecture, and CORBA, constitute
               together a modern framework for the implementation
               of an affordable management toolset

             + The Monitoring Service is the architectural key 
               component of the SysMan management toolset


10:20H - Introduction to EPFL's work in SysMan (EPFL)
         Guy Genilloud, EPFL-LIT
 
             + Enabling the management of ANSA (CORBA) applications

             + Enabling the implementation of dedicated management 
               programs  -- these programs are ANSA (CORBA) based
               and can easily be distributed 

10:40H - Presentations of demos (EPFL + AEG)

10:50H - Long break (including demonstrations)

11:20H - Questions about the SysMan platform

11:30H - Systems Management: CMIP vs CORBA
         Guy Genilloud, EPFL-LIT

             + Overview of standard activities in this area

             + Translation of Object Specifications

             + Translation of Interactions (protocol adapters)

12:15H - Overview of the future project
         Gregoire Jaunin, EPFL-LIT

12:30H - Questions

Demontrations (continued, if necessary)

Lunch


14:15H -  Round table on Systems Management
          Focus on current protocols and modelling notations
          (CMIP, GDMO, CORBA, IDL, OIDL, SNMP)

          The program will consist of short presentations and discussions. 
          Short presentations will include:

  ==>     "Towards An Object-Oriented Framework For Multi-Domain Management" 
          Bela Ban, IBM Zurich Research Laboratory

          The CORBA architecture can be enhanced to allow transparent 
          access to other systems (e.g. OSI). The approach chosen is based 
          on a generic object model that encapsulates Corba's Dynamic 
          Invocation Interface (DII) with a high-level and more abstract 
          (and easier-to-use) API.  Other important components are special
          object adapters and an extended interface repository (EIR). 
          The originality of our proposal is that it focuses on a dynamic, 
          runtime-based approach. 

  ==>     "Surfin' Network Resources across the Web"
          Luca Deri, IBM Zurich Research Laboratory
 
          The power of the world-wide-web can be applied to reduce the 
          complexity of network management. The presentation will outline the 
          architecture and implementation of two new network management 
          applications which are accessible through the web.

  ==>     "Network Management at Ascom Hasler AG"
          Hanspeter Lutz, Ascom Hasler AG
 
          - Development of Information Models using GDMO/ASN.1
          - Development of generic and reusable OO-manager/agent software.


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     For participating to this round table, contact immediately Guy Genilloud 
           (guy.genilloud@litsun.epfl.ch, tel. 021 693 46 57).
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Travel Directions
=================

It is a good idea to come to the PTT-Telecom research center by train and bus.
From the train station in Bern, take bus no. 15 (there is only one direction).
Leave the bus at the WALDECK bus stop. The bus trip will take between 10 and 
15 minutes.

If you come by car, leave the highway at the WANKDORF exit (direction THUN).
Then follow the signs Ostermundigen. The PTT-Telecom research center is the
tallest building around - you can't miss it. Try to come early as parking 
space is very limited near the research center.


Participation is free
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Registration
============

Registration is necessary for the afternoon round-table. 
Please contact Guy Genilloud, EPFL-LIT, mentionning your interest and 
possible contribution (guy.genilloud@litsun.epfl.ch, 
tel. 021 693 46 57, fax. 021 693 47 01)

Registration to the seminar is not necessary but welcome. Send an email
message or a fax to Guy Genilloud.


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Guy Genilloud
Computer Engineering Department
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
CH-1015 Lausanne, SWITZERLAND 

internet: guy.genilloud@di.epfl.ch
X.400:    C=CH; A=ARCOM; P=SWITCH; O=EPFL; OU=DI; S=GENILLOUD; G=GUY
tel = (+41 21) 693 46 57   fax = (+41 21) 693 47 01
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