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From: r...@hcr.UUCP (Ron Gomes)
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Subject: Toronto USENIX Conference Schedule (tentative)
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Date: Thu, 9-Jun-83 11:59:01 EDT
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Wednesday, July 13
Schedule/ Author(s) Title
Length
8:45-11:45 SESSION A/B - Opening Session Chair: Michael Tilson
8:45- 9:30 Opening Remarks, Usenix
9:30-10:15 /45 Lesk Keynote address: Technology
Driven Software vs. Psychology
of Users: An Irresistible
Force Meets an Immovable Object
10:15-10:45 BREAK
10:45-11:45 /60 AT&T UNIX Licensing and New
Product Offerings
11:45- 1:30 LUNCH
1:30- 3:00 SESSION A - Programming Tools 1 Chair: Joseph Yao
1:30- 1:55 /25 Baecker, On Enhancing the Presentation
Breslin & of C Source Code
Sturgess
1:55- 2:15 /20 Nakamura & On-Line Manual System for
Murai Software Development on UNIX
2:15- 2:35 /20 Kendall Bcc: Runtime Checking for C
Programs
2:35- 2:55 /20 Farley, CDB - a C Source Language
Kunkel & Debugger
Thompson
1:30- 3:00 SESSION B - UNIX Implementation 1 Chair: Michael Blake-Knox
1:30- 1:55 /25 Holt, Mendell Tunis: A Portable, Unix
& Perelgut Compatible Kernel Written
in Concurrent Euclid
1:55- 2:20 /25 Gien The SOL Operating System
2:20- 2:40 /20 Barrett An Implementation of UNIX for
the Intel iAPX 286
2:40- 3:00 /20 Whistler UNIX a la Data General
3:00- 3:30 BREAK
3:30- 5:00 SESSION A - Programming Tools 2 Chair: Ian Darwin
3:30- 3:55 /25 Bryan VCHK -- A program for Updating
and Maintaining Software
Distributions
3:55- 4:15 /20 Hirgelt Enhancing MAKE or Re-inventing
a Rounder Wheel
4:15- 4:35 /20 McGowan, Mm4 -- Make with M4 Tools
Anderson & for Maintaining Makefiles
Brumm
4:35- 5:00 /25 Novak Using Make Effectively
3:30- 5:00 SESSION B - UNIX Implementation 2 Chair: Phyllis Eve Bregman
3:30- 3:55 /25 Patriquin File System Considerations in
a Multiple Process UNIX
Environment
3:55- 4:15 /20 Wilens A High Performance Implementa-
tion of UNIX for the IBM
Series/1
4:15- 4:35 /20 Dunietz & The Use of the Z80 I/O Processor
Powell by the TRS-XENIX Operating
System
4:35- 4:55 /20 Neff Virtual memory Management in
GENIX
Thursday, July 14
Schedule/ Author(s) Title
Length
8:45-10:00 SESSION A - User Interface 1 Chair: Barbara Arlow
8:45- 9:10 /25 Perlman The Interface Arsenal
9:10- 9:40 /30 Buxton, Lamb, A User Interface Management
Sherman, Smith System
9:40-10:00 /20 Tuori Talking to UNIX -- Some
Experience with Speech Input
8:45-10:00 SESSION B - UNIX Implementation 3 Chair: David Martindale
8:45- 9:00 /15 Lucas & A General-Purpose Object-File
Lycklama Format
9:00- 9:15 /15 Hoover A User Information Data Base
for UNIX (What to do when
/etc/passwd just isn't enough)
9:15- 9:35 /20 Cole Attaching an Array Processor
in the UNIX Environment
9:35-10:00 /25 Daniel Z -- A High Performance Raster
Graphics Package for UNIX
Operating Systems
10:00-10:30 BREAK
10:30-11:45 SESSION A - User Interface 2 Chair: Robert Pike
10:30-10:50 /20 Steffen & Veach The Edit Shell - Combining
Screen Editing with the History
List
10:50-11:15 /25 Korn KSH - A Shell Programming
Language
11:15-11:40 /25 Mankins & A Simple Window Management
Franklin Facility for the UNIX Time-
sharing System
10:30-11:45 SESSION B - Compilers and Languages 1 Chair: Jean Wood
10:30-10:50 /20 Ryan, Spiller A New Portable Compiler for
& Weil Xenix
10:50-11:20 /30 Cox Objective C Compiler:
Programming Smalltalk-80
Methods in C
11:20-11:40 /20 Zelitzky & Compilers on the NS16000
Srivastava
11:45- 1:30 LUNCH
1:30- 3:00 SESSION A - UNIX Implementation 4 Chair: A.R. White
1:30- 1:55 /25 Ross & Taylor Unix Support for Guaranteed
Real-Time Processing
1:55- 2:20 /25 Teixeira High Speed Laboratory Data
Acquisition on the MC-500
2:20- 2:40 /20 Kridle Performance Effects of Disk
Subsystem Choices for VAX
Systems Running 4.2BSD UNIX
2:40- 3:00 /20 Lutz & Shon Running the UNIX Kernel in User
Mode
1:30- 3:00 SESSION B - Compilers and Languages 2 Chair: Jean Wood
1:30- 1:55 /25 Isaacson QL: A General Purpose Program-
ming Language with an Embedded
Data Base Interface
1:55- 2:25 /30 Cordy & Holt Turing: A New General Purpose
Language Under Unix
2:25- 2:55 /30 Tanenbaum, A Unix Tool Kit for Making
Staveren & Portable Compilers
Keizer
3:00- 3:30 BREAK
3:30- 5:15 SESSION A - UNIX Directions Chair: Michael Tilson
3:30- 4:00 /30 Pike UNIX Style, or "cat -v"
Considered Harmful
4:00- 4:15 /15 Balter Everything You Wanted to Know
About System V, and Then Some
4:15- 4:30 /15 Chambers, A Practical Comparision of
Quarterman 4.2BSD and System V
4:30- 4:55 /25 O'Dell Berkeley UNIX after 4.2BSD -
Where is it Going and Why Do
We Want to Get There?
4:55- 5:15 /20 PANEL Panel Discussion: Where is UNIX
Going, and Should It Go There?
3:30- 5:00 SESSION B - Not allocated.
(This time is open to allow daytime
scheduling of birds-of-a-feather
sessions.)
Friday, July 15
Schedule/ Author(s) Title
Length
8:45-10:00 SESSION A - Networking Chair: Michael O'Dell
8:45- 9:10 /25 Gafke & Bergan Local Network with Virtual
Ports
9:10- 9:35 /25 Wambecq NETIX: A UNIX-based network-
using operating system
9:35-10:00 /25 Foster EtherTIP - A Virtual Terminal
Interface to Ethernet
8:45-10:00 SESSION B - Applications Chair: Barbara Arlow
8:45- 9:05 /20 Haenlin A Data Base Frontend, Driven
by Tables Generated from a Data
Dictionary
9:05- 9:30 /25 Wolfe, A Powerful Accounting Package
Hustler for UNIX-Based Systems
9:30-10:00 /30 Smith Writer's Workbench Software
at Colorado State University
10:00-10:30 BREAK
10:30-11:45 SESSION A - UNIX Mail Chair: Michael O'Dell
10:30-10:50 /20 McKie Where is Europe?
10:50-11:20 /30 O'Dell Unix and Electronic Mail:
Trials, Tribulations, and
Proposals
11:20-11:45 /25 PANEL Panel Discussion: Whither
network mail and news?
10:30-11:45 SESSION B - Standards, Validation, and Portability
Chair: Michael Tilson
10:30-10:55 /25 Fostel & Naylor Developing a UNIX Validation
Suite
10:55-11:15 /20 Franke & Early Experiences with UNIX on
Truscott the Gould Sel Concept Computer
11:15-11:30 /15 Scheulen Unix Version 7 compatability
under Systems 3/5
11:30-11:45 /15 Lycklama Status Report from the
/usr/group Standards Committee
11:45- 1:30 LUNCH
1:30- 3:00 SESSION A - Open session: Applications Chair: Ian Darwin
1:30- 3:00 SESSION B - Open session: Systems Chair: Henry Spencer
These talks will be scheduled first-come, first-serve.
Speakers may sign up to give talks starting Wed. morning.
10 minutes/speaker, any topic allowed. Titles and author
addresses only will be printed in the conference proceedings.
Scheduling closes Wed. night to allow printing of a
schedule. Sessions may extend to 5:00 if there is sufficient
interest.