New Advances in Distributed Computer Systems

Inhaltsverzeichnis

• 1. Network Development.
• Introductory Survey.
• Data Communication in Israel — Present and Future.
• Datanet 1 of the Netherlands’ PTT.
• of Radio-based Air/Ground Data Links into the SITA Network.
• Presentation of the NADIR Pilot-Project.
• AUTOFLOOD — A Flexible Test System for Packet Switched Networks.
• Integrated Non-voice Services in the Electronic Office.
• 2. Network Design.
• Open System Interconnection and the Integrated Services Digital Network.
• Design Issues for High Speed Local Network Protocols.
• Directory Systems for Computer Mail in Internetworking Environments.
• Modeling and Verification of End-to-End Protocols.
• Why Usual Transmission Protocols are not appropriate for High Speed Satellite Transmission.
• 3. Local Area Networks.
• RESER, A Local Area Network Using a Fiber-Optic Ring.
• SESNET — Local Area Networks for Software Engineering Development.
• The Interconnection of Local Area Networks via a Satellite Network.
• Report on the Local Area Networks FFM-MCS and MICON.
• The Cambridge Ring.
• Distributed System Activities at the Institute of Cybernetics of the University of Milan.
• 4. Mathematical Development.
• An Introduction to a Calculus of Communicating Systems.
• Modelling of Distributed Computing Systems.
• 5. Security and Encryption.
• Data Security in Distributed Computing Systems.
• The Data Encryption Standard and its Modes of Use.
• Standardisation and Implementation of Data Encryption.
• Public Key Cryptosystems, Authentication and Signatures.
• 6. Parallel Computing Architecture.
• Synchronization of Concurrent Processes without Globality Assumptions.
• Parallel Processing Architecture and Parallel Algorithms.
• Parallel Non-Linear Algorithms.
• Microcomputer Networks for Process Control.
• List of Participants.