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Call for Papers:
Symposium on Mobile & Location-Independent Computing 
Cambridge, Massachusetts
August 2-3, 1993 

Much of the growth of UNIX has been due to its support for casual
communications, thus fostering cooperative work within a location-
independent framework.  The latest incarnation of location independence
is "Mobile Computing."  Distributed computing, now fashionable in other
circles, was pioneered by the UNIX community.  Support for Mobile
Computing is the next logical step in assuring the role of UNIX as the
operating system that offers a rich and complete feature set.

Progress in Mobile Computing is everywhere evident both in academic and
non-academic circles.  We intend to concentrate on it in a true
state-of-the-art symposium and technical free-for-all on what it takes
to make Mobile Computing work and work right.  The workshop will address
many issues and ongoing developments, including, but not limited to:

-Naming (e.g. Prospero or OSF/DCE DNS)

-Wide area information distribution (e.g. WAIS and archie)

-Security (e.g. authentication based on devices and digital
 signature services)

-User locatability (e.g. paging systems and active badges)

-Rendevous (e.g. videoconferencing over the internet and
 various groupware efforts)

-Networking and Connectability (e.g. the new IETF routing
 work, movement of ``sockets'' from site to site, and the
 rumored advent of IP connections from airplanes)

-Portable tiny devices (e.g. the various palmtops and
 personal information assistants)

As is usual for a USENIX symposium, we are looking for new and
arresting developments in systems that directly contribute to a
technical understanding of Mobile Computing.  UNIX will be the lingua
franca of discussion, but we are eager for progress from other world
views to be presented as well.  This symposium will have limited
attendance.

Extended abstracts of 1500-2500 words (9000-1500 bytes or 3-5 pages)
should be sent to Dan Geer at the address below (those submitting
hardcopy abstracts must send five copies).  Shorter abstracts run a
significant risk of rejection as there will be little on which the
program committee can base an opinion.

Dates For Refereed Paper Submissions 

April 19, 1993	Extended abstracts due 
May 3, 1993	Notification to authors 
June 14,1993	Camera-ready copy due 

Program Chair: 
Dan Geer, Geer Zolot Associates 

Vice-Program Chair: 
Clement Cole, Locus Computing Corporation 

Information:
For further information about the symposium, 
contact the Program Chair: 

		Daniel E. Geer
 		Geer Zolot Associates 
		200 Portland Street 		
		Boston, MA 02114 		
		Email: geer@world.std.com 		
		Telephone: +1 617 367 2010 		
		FAX: +1 617 367 6131