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			   Call for Papers

			  One day Workshop:

		  USE OF OBJECT-ORIENTED TECHNOLOGY
		  FOR NETWORK DESIGN AND MANAGEMENT

		    in conjunction with ECOOP'94,
			     4-8 july, 1994
			    Bologna, Italy





Telecommunications networks are complex dynamic structures whose
design and management require advanced software development methods
and techniques, very likely to benefit from OO technology.  Concerning
network design, some interesting experiments have been carried out in
that direction.  Furthermore, OO recommendations and standards are
currently under discussion for telecommunications management networks (TMN).

The purpose of this workshop is therefore to bring together people who
have carried out _advanced_ OO applications in that domain, in order to
have a survey of the existing realisations or experiments, and try to
give an insight into future research.

The workshop is also intended to be a challenge to evaluate the
advantages and disadvantages of OO technology for the areas of network
design and management, and more precisely its ability to bridge the
gap between different activities of a same domain (e.g. for
telecommunications networks: network modelling vs. algorithms
implementation, network design vs. network management, ...).

Telecommunications networks are more particularly concerned, but
practitioners and researchers from other areas (electricity,
transport, ...) are welcomed, as long as their work is not specific
their domain.

Many OO topics may be relevant to networks, we give below
a list that is not limitative:

    o  object-based knowledge representation (reflection, constraints,
       relations, viewpoints, classification, ...);
    o  OO recommendations for network management (TMN, OSI, ...);
    o  OO analysis, specification and design;
    o  OO implementation of design algorithms (network sizing, configuration,
       graph theory, ...);
    o  concurrent and/or distributed OO implementations;
    o  OO and distributed databases;
    o  OO interactive and graphical interfaces (network manipulation,
       animation, visualisation, ...);
    o  OO simulation.


PARTICIPATION

Participants will be selected on the basis of either a short position
paper (1 or 2 pages for regular participation without 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 the benefit of the use of
object-oriented technology.

Submissions should be made preferably by electronic mail (LaTeX,
Postscript, and MIF formats will be accepted) to the chairman; by
surface mail 4 paper copies should be sent. The deadline for
submitting papers is April 14th, 1994.  An acknowledgement of
reception will be sent by e-mail or by fax to the author.  The first
page of the paper should include the name, address, telephone and fax
number, and e-mail address of the author.  Notification of acceptance
will be mailed or faxed by June 3rd, 1994.  Minor modifications to the
papers may be asked at that stage, and in that case a definitive paper
should be sent before June 17th, 1994.


PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Chairman : Michel Dao - CNET - Issy-les-moulineaux - France

Yves Caseau - Bellcore - USA
Jean-Francois Cloarec - CNET - France
Heinz Dibold - FTZ  - Germany
Roland Ducournau - SEMA GROUP  - France
Michel Habib - LIRMM  - France
Noriyuki Ikeuchi - NTT - Japan
Jean-Philippe Richard - ITMI - France


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


ECOOP REGISTRATION POLICY

Please note that the participation to the workshop is free, but each
workshop attendee must have registered for the main ECOOP conference.


IMPORTANT DATES

Submissions due:	April 21st, 1994
Notification:		June   3rd, 1994
Definitive papers due:	June  17th, 1994
Workshop date:		July   5th, 1994

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 Michel Dao                       \   E-mail    : michel.dao@issy.cnet.fr
 CNET PAA/ATR                      \   Telephone : +33 1 45 29 46 10
 38-40, rue du General Leclerc      \   Telefax   : +33 1 45 29 60 69
 92131 Issy-les-Moulineaux - FRANCE  \   Telex     : 631844F
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