IFIP and its Congresses The International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) is a multinational federation of professional and technical organisations or of national or regional groupings of such organisations representing almost 70 countries. Its mission is to be the leading, truly international apolitical organisation which encou- rages and assists the development, exploitation and application of information technology for the benefit of all people. Technical Work within IFIP is done in over 80 Technical Committees, Working Groups, Specialist Groups, Task Forces, etc. A major activity of IFIP is its Congress, held every two years in different place - 1962 was the last time the IFIP Congress was held in Germany. IFIP Congresses attract thousands of participants: managers and administrators, people engaged in research and development, in application and use, in education and training coming from all over the world. GI and its Silver Jubilee The Gesellschaft fuer Informatik e.V. (GI), the German association of informatics, was founded 1969 in Bonn in order to promote informatics in research, education, and application. GI has about 20.000 members and covers the whole range of informatics. It is a nonprofit organisation. Its official organ is the bimonthly professional journal Informatik-Spektrum. Technical work within GI is done by more than 100 Expert Committees, Special Interest Groups and Working Groups. The GI supports the Deutsche Informatik Akademie GmbH (DIA) which offers a high level program of continued education for professionals in informatics, as well as the International Conference and Research Center for Computer Science (IFBFI) in Dagstuhl Castle. As a scientific society with intensive international contacts GI is happy to celebrate its Silver Jubilee by the world informatics event, the IFIP Congress '94. Hamburg and its Congress Centrum Hamburg has many faces: the German centre of trade and industry, a large international port, university city, shopping paradise and leisure capital. Hamburg's international significance is underlined by the large number of diplomatic representations. No other city in the world, apart from New York, has more consulates. The CCH - Congress Centrum Hamburg, one of the most modern and largest convention venues in Europe, offers flexibility and state-of-the-art conference technology. With its city-centre site in a park landscape and leading hotels close by, it is just a short stroll away from the shopping arcades and the Alster, Hamburg's famous city-centre lake. Invitation The 13th IFIP World Computer Congress will provide a remarkable opportunity for members of the Computer and Communications Communities to be a part of influencing the future of these fields which have reshaped our world in so many ways. There will be opportunities to probe the technology, to explore the impacts of that technology, to meet personally with leaders and experts across a wide range of disciplines, and to participate in a landmark series of debates to generate action agendas for the Computer and Communications Communities. You are invited to participate in the Congress and to contribute to it. Congress Theme The theme of the Congress is Computer and Communications Evolution - The Driving Forces. Within this theme, the Congress will address such important questions as: are we developing the `right' technology and applications, what will be the impact of these developments, and what should we do differently? Research into the foundations of computer science continues to open up new possibilities for design and application of hardware and software, and some the most promising foundations topics will also be explored in this Congress. Congress Goal The Congress will focus on developments that will begin to have impact by the end of the 20th century, during the five years following the Congress. Strong emphasis will be placed on evaluating the whole field of computing and communication. The objective, when the congress is completed, is to have a good assessment of: - What should computer and communication systems be able to do in terms of performance, applications and social impacts (What is the goal)? - What will they be able to do by the end of the 20th century? - What should be changed in research and development to close the gap between what systems will be able to do and what they should do? - Is the cost of the changes worth the probable results? Congress Message Following the Congress, this assessment will be conveyed to the computer and communications community as a message to the community. Participants in the Congress will work together to reshape the future of computing and communications in the early part of the 21st century by participating directly in the development of the message. This will not be a meeting where people simply come to listen to papers and then go home. This will be a true `Congress' where the participants will actually develop a message. Three Phases of the Congress The Congress will proceed in three distinct phases: Phase 1 - Information Presentation to understand where we are today, and where we will go, given current directions Phase 2 - Assessment of Key Issues to develop the message Phase 3 - Feedback delivery of the message to the community Information Presentation will take place through presentations in four parallel tracks plus a special track concerned with Developing Countries: - Computer and Communications Hardware and Software Technology (Track 1) - Computer and Communications Applications (Track 2) - Societal Impacts of Computers and Communications (Track 3) - Theoretical Foundations of Computing (Track 4) - Computers and Communications and Developing Countries (Special Track) Call for Contributions Significant new developments will be presented in these areas. During the Information Presentation phase, as well as the Assessment of Key Issues phase, the Congress will offer a full program of traditional invited and submitted papers, panels, and informal presentation sessions, and much more. Submitted papers are solicited for both the information presentation phase and the assessent of key issues phase, as discussed below. Six copies of an extended abstract or full paper (no longer than six pages) should be submitted to the person responsible for the Track or Link for which the paper is submitted. Deadline is January 14, 1994. Please see Where and When to Submit Papers, below, for names and addresses. In addition to regular submitted papers, posters, video presentations (12 minutes maximum), and non-commercial demonstrations are invited for the Information Presentation sessions on the first three days of the Congress. Deadline is April 22, 1994. Information Presentation - Phase 1 The first three days will be the Information Presentation Phase of the Congress. The first day - Experts Day - will include the Keynote Session followed by a series of presentations by experts in Computing and Communications. This will be followed by more detailed specialist presentations in each track on the second and third days of the Congress, which have been designated Specialist Days. Track 1 Hardware and Software Technology The goal of track 1 is to examine and assess the state of both the hardware and software technologies with respect to computer and communication systems. To achieve this goal, the track is divided into two streams. The first stream deals with examination of the limits of the technology, while the second stream examines how far current systems are from these limits. Stream A - Limits - Theoretical/Physical Limits - Hardware/Software Synergy - Software Evolution Limits Stream B - How Close Are We To The Limits? - Interaction Technologies - Implementation Technologies - State of the Art of Communication Technology - State of the Art of Computing Technology. Expert speakers on day 1 will give presentations on the topics listed above. The track will continue on day 2 with presentations by invited speakers on Computer and Communications Integration: How Does Industry Cope, Personal Computer and Communications Environments, Design Techniques, Network Management, Dependability, and Distributed Computing in Media and the Arts. Thereafter, day 2 and day 3 are open for submitted papers and informal presentations on limits and/or how close are we to the limits. Papers are solicited in the topic areas listed above plus Optical and Bio Computing, High Speed Networks, Massively Parallel Systems, VLSI, and Distributed Computing in Media and the Arts. Submitted papers must fit to the function of the track, that is, they must cover limits and/or how close are we to the limits? Selection of papers will be made according to these criteria. Some of the distinguished experts who have already accepted invitations to speak on Computer and Communication Technology include Desmond Hudson, Abe Peled, Ian Sugarbroad, R. C. Williams, and Gerard Holzmann. Track 2 Computer and Communications Applications This track focuses on two streams: New and Important Applications, and Application Design Methods. The function of this track within the congress is to provide the most up-to-date and future-oriented information on computer and communications applications and their design, implementation and management methods. Although these topics can not be covered in depth, the invited speakers and the solicited contributions will be selected in such a way that they provide the necessary basis for assessment of issues like Why Should We Build It? and Who Is In Control - Users or Applications Systems? which will be taken up on Issues Day. The track will be introduced on Experts Day with: Stream A - New and Important Applications - Integrated Traffic Management - Drug Design With High Speed Computers - Personal Assistance Computers Stream B - Application Design Methods - Vendor Independent Platforms for Application Design - Experience with Participative Application Development - Integration of Applications Under User Control into a Single Consistent User Interface. The track will continue on day 2 with invited papers on The Virtual Factory, The Mobile Office, Intelligent Buildings, Application Programming on the Knowledge Level, and Object Oriented Application Management. Thereafter, day 2 and day 3 are open for submitted papers and informal presentations, from the following topics: Personal and Home Applications, Business and Government Applications, Laboratory Applications, Public Service Applications, System Simulation, and Service Management. Submitted papers must fit to the function of the track, that is, they must cover either new and important applications or promising application design methods. Selection of papers will be made according to these criteria. Track 3 Role of Computers and Communications in Solving Major World Problems Track 3 deals with impacts, and more specifically how Computers and Communications can help to solve problems such as famine, recession, mismanagement, professional conduct, literacy, and health. Stream A - Impacts on National Strategies, will deal with issues normally addressed on a national strategy level, while Stream B - Impacts on International Cooperation, will deal with issues which must be approached through international cooperation. Expert speakers on day 1 will introduce this track with presentations on Changes in Political Processes, Changes in Health Care, Changes in Education, Changes in International Development, Changes in Business Practices, and Professional Conduct. The track will continue on day 2 with invited papers on International Property Protection and Patenting, Harmonization of Computer and Communication Laws, Reducing Vulnerability of Organizations, Individuals and Society, National Projects on Disability, Power Shifts in Networks, Economic Activity, Computers and The Arts, and Pioneers in Computers and Communications. Thereafter, day 2 and day 3 are open for submitted papers and informal presentations concerning Impacts on National Strategies and/or Impacts on International Cooperation. Papers are solicited in the topic areas listed above plus Impact of Computers and Communications on the humanities, and Information Technology Assessment. Submitted papers must fit to the function of the track, that is, they must cover impacts on national strategies and/or impacts on international cooperation. Selection of papers will be made according to these criteria. Some of the distinguished experts who have already accepted invitations to speak on Impacts of Computers and Communication include Jacques Berleur, Geoff Busby, Girard Giroud, George Glaser, Rob Kling(?), Ken Kraemer(?), Tod Machover, Salah Mandil(?), Nicholas Negroponte(?), Susan Nycum, Donn Parker(?), Ina Wagner, Heinz Zemanek, and Konrad Zuse. Track 4 Foundations of Computer Science Track 4 deals with fundamental research into all the disciplines which are the foundations of the computer and communications sciences. On days 1-3, expert and invited speakers will present the state of the art and trends in the following key areas: - Algorithms and Data Structures - Automata and Formal Languages - Computability and Complexity - Computational Geometry - Cryptography - Logics of Programs - Machine Learning - Parallel and Distributed Computation - Semantics Submitted papers and informal presentations are solicited for any of the topics described above. Because of the nature of the Congress, authors are encouraged to include at least a short discussion of one or more likely applications or impacts of the theory. Some of the distinguished theoreticians who have already accepted invitations to speak include Leonidas Guibas, Juris Hartmanis, David Johnson, Charles Leiserson, Kurt Mehlhorn, Robin Milner, Wolfgang Paul, Adi Shamir, Leslie Valiant, and Avi Wigderson. Special Track Developing Countries Computers and Communications for Developing Countries will be addressed in several sessions on days 1-3 of the Congress, prior to the issue session on day 4 dealing specifically with Technology Transfer (see Issues Day, Question 9 below). Specific topics to be addressed through both invited and contributed papers include: - Technology Transfer and Building a Local Software Industry for a Country's Domestic Needs - Technology Transfer and Building a Local Software Industry for Exporting Global Software to Other Countries - Technology Transfer and Building a Local Hardware Industry for both Domestic Needs and Global Export - Computing Hardware for Developing Countries - Communications Hardware for Developing Countries - Shared Technology from the South-South Dialogue - Transfer and Trade and National Policy Issues - Human Resource Issues (management, hardware and software designers, etc.) Submitted papers and informal presentations are solicited for these topics. Some of the distinguished experts who have already accepted invitations to speak on developing country topics at include Farouk Kamoun, Robert Tom Price, and Dines Bjo/rner. Chairpersons Program Committee: Dr. Ronald Uhlig, Northern Telecom, USA Organizing Committee: Prof. Dr. Karl Kaiser, Universitaet Hamburg General Chairman: Prof. Dr. Wilfried Brauer, Technische Universitaet Muenchen Conference Secretariat IFIP '94 c/o Congress Centrum Hamburg Congress Organisation P.O. Box 30 24 80 W-2000 Hamburg 36 Germany Tel.: +49 40 / 35 69 - 22 42 FAX : +49 40 / 35 69 - 23 43 Telex: +212 609 Assessment of Key Issues - Phase 2 Assessment of Key Issues will take place through a series of sessions featuring in depth exploration of specific issues at the interface between pairs of these four tracks as follows: Link 1 - Technology <--> Applications Link 2 - Technology <--> Impacts Link 3 - Foundations <--> Technology Link 4 - Applications <--> Impacts The tracks are closely linked. Discoveries in foundations make possible radical new developments in hardware and software. These developments enable applications that were previously impossible. Understanding the real and potential impacts of Computer and Communication Systems leads to further improvements in technology and applications to enhance the positive impacts and minimize negative impacts. The Assessment of Key Issues will be focused through nine specific issues/questions. Eight of the issues are related to the links - two issues for each link. The ninth issue is concerned with Developing Countries. Submitted papers and posters are solicited for the following nine issues/questions. Issue/Question Linkage or Area 1. What Should We Build? Technology / Application What new applications are enabled by terabit per second networks, terabit memories, and/or teraflop computers? What new people opportunities are created by pocket sized personal computers and communicators? How can/should systems complexity be hidden from applications and end users? Will mass market applications prevent individual solutions? 2. How Much Application Knowledge Technology / Application Should a Technologist Have? Is it really possible for users to configure and integrate their applications from off-the-shelf building blocks. How can the language gap between technologists and application builders be bridged? How does present hardware and software limit participative design? How can users become more involved in the design of new applications? 3. When Virtual Reality Technology / Impact Becomes Real... What technology will emerge from current research into 'virtual realities'? What are some likely impacts of this technology? What should be done to maximize the benefits? 4. Utopia? or Chaos? How Should We Technology / Impact Control Technology Development? The life cycles of current computer and communications technology is typically 4 years today, and continuing to decrease. How far can the life cycle be reduced? Does the introduction of all this new technology really benefit society? Or, has it produced permanent instabilities in people and organizations? How many new ideas can be handled each year? How should we foster the `right' concepts and products? Can we control the development? 5. How Much Is Safety Worth? Foundations / Technology Large investments have been made or are being made in control technology to ensure safety in such areas as transport, nuclear power production, and others. Given our current knowledge, how safe could it be made? How much does it cost to reduce hazards by an order of magnitude? Is it worth the cost? 6. Should We Invest in Intellectual Foundations / Technology Elegance or Computer Power? It has been said that $1 spent in research drives $10 in development costs, which in turn drives $100 in applications costs of computer and communication systems. If this is true, how should we decide whether to invest in fundamental research or technology development? Are there known, but untapped areas of research with high potential value in technology development and application? How are developers made aware of new discoveries in foundations. Are researchers and developers communicating? 7. Who is in Control? Application / Impact User or Application System? Designers of application systems approach design based on their understanding of the way the system will be used. A good design can free users from drudgery, allowing them to bring real human creativity to their job, while a bad design can virtually eliminate creativity, and may even restrict the user's ability to do the job. What should be done to maximize the former and minimize the latter? 8. Is Application Development Application / Impact Focused on Real Problems? Education and training comprise a socially significant arena where much technology has been introduced, but with little impact. Have computer and communications applications been developed for the wrong problems? What are the real contemporary issues in education and training? How should we refocus application development on these real problems? Much medical knowledge is not used in practice. Much of the world does not have access to modern health care. The technology is proliferating with little control. Health care is information intensive, but highly complex, making it a formidable challenge for computer and communication application developers. Significant applications to date have been only on the business side of health care. What are the real problems inhibiting the realization of computer and communications potential in health care? How can computer and communications help? How can/should application development be refocused on the real problems? 9. Is Technology Transfer Developing Countries the Answer? Many governments have imposed technology transfer requirements for local production of computer and communication hardware and software. Equipment suppliers cannot manufacture in every country. Such requirements may create vital manufacturing jobs through technology transfer, or they may impede the creation of information sector jobs which would flow from importing information and communications technology. What is the experience? What are the trade offs? Is there a `right' balance? Feedback - Phase 3 Feedback will be based on messages developed on the fourth day of the Congress in a series of interactive sessions. This feedback will include flow of information in both directions, for example, for Link 1 the message will include feedback from application developers to hardware and software developers, as well as feedback from hardware and software developers to application developers. The message will be developed through creation of action agendas addressing each of the 9 issues. The action agendas will be presented at the end of the Congress, but will then be combined and published as the Message to the Computer and Communication Community from the 13th World Computer Congress. During the afternoon of Issues Day, nine discussion groups will develop and propose the Action Agendas for the nine key issues. Featured programs for those not participating in the feedback Action Agenda process will also be presented Thursday afternoon. During the morning of Message Day, the nine issue groups will present their Action Agendas in a plenary session. The Closing Session will feature the Congress' Message to the Computer and Communication Community, based on the Action Agendas. Where and When to Submit Papers The deadline for submission of all papers will be January 14, 1994. Successful authors will receive notification by mid March 1994. Final manuscripts will be due no later than April 22, 1994. Depending on the topic(s) covered, papers should be submitted to the following persons: Track 1 Prof. Bjo/rn Pehrson Link 1 Royal Institute of Technology Link 2 Distributed Systems Laboratory Link 3 Swedish Institute of Computer Science (SICS) Box 1263 S-164 28 Kista Sweden e-mail: bjorn@sics.se Track 2 Prof. Dr. Eckart Raubold Link 1 Institut fur Tele-Kooperationstechnik Link 4 GMD, Rheinstr. 75 D-6100, Darmstadt Germany e-mail: raubold@darmstadt.gmd.de Track 3 Prof. Dr. Klaus Brunnstein Link 2 Fachbereich Informatik Link 4 Universitat Hamburg Vogt-Koelln-Str. 30 D-2000 Hamburg 54 (ab 1.Juli 1993: 22527 Hamburg) Germany e-mail: brunnstein@rz.informatik.uni-hamburg.dbp.de Track 4 Prof. Zvi Galil Link 3 Department of Computer Science Columbia University New York, NY 10027 e-mail: galil@ground.cs.columbia.edu Develop Prof. Dr. Liane Tarouco ing National Supercomputer Center Coun- University Federal of Rio Grande do Sul tries Av Osvaldo Aranha 99 90035-190 Porto Alegre - RS Brazil e-mail: liane@penta.cesup.ufrgs.br Exhibition An important meeting point and local centre of the Congress' activities will be the exhibition. This is the forum where internationally well-known computer companies as well as system and software houses can present and discuss the latest products in the motto of the congress. For further information please contact IFIP '94 Conference Secretariat. Members of the Program Committee Ronald P. Uhlig, Northern Telecom, USA, Chairman Janis Barzdins, University of Latvia, Latvia Klaus Brunnstein, University of Hamburg, Germany Roger Clarke, Australian National University, Australia Karen Duncan, Health Information Systems, USA Atilla Elci, UNDP-ITU, China/Turkey David J. Farber, University of Pennsylvania, USA Rusins Freivalds, University of Latvia, Latvia Zvi Galil, Columbia University/Tel Aviv University, USA/Israel Yuri Gurevich, University of Michigan, USA Chris Guy, ISM, South Africa Hiromichi Hashizumi, NACSIS, Japan Kuen-Tsae Huang, IBM, Singapore Karl Krueger, World Bank, USA/Australia Jean-Claude Laprie, LAAS-CNRS, France Bill McCall, Oxford University, U.K. Hanafy Meleis, DEC, U.K. Bernd Neumann, University of Hamburg, Germany Seishi Nishikawa, NTT, Japan Leszek Pacholski, University of Wroclaw, Poland Bj\orn Pehrson, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden Dominique Perrin, University of Paris, France Riccardo Petrella, CEC, Belgium Eckart Raubold, GMD, Germany Andrzej Salwicki, University de Pau, France Heinz Schwaertzel, Siemens, Germany Imre Simon, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil Yuzuru Tanaka, Hokkaido University, Japan Liane Tarouco, University Fed. of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Roland Traunmueller, University of Linz, Austria Edwin Vogt, IBM, Germany Gerd Wechsung, University of Jena, Germany Karl Kaiser, University of Hamburg, Germany, OC Chairman Wilfried Brauer, TU Muenchen, Germany, Past Chairman Invitation and Call for Contributions 13th World Computer Congress IFIP Congress '94 Computer and Communications Evolution -The Driving Forces- International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) Gesellschaft fuer Informatik e.V. (GI) on the Occasion of its 25th Anniversary Co-sponsored by CEPIS, DPG, GAMM, GMDS, GME, ITG Hamburg, Germany August 28 - September 2, 1994 CCH Congress Centrum Hamburg