15. SRDS 1996: Ontario, Canada

Novel Architectures

• Anh Nguyen-Tuong, Andrew S. Grimshaw, Mark Hyett: Exploiting Data-Flow for Fault-Tolerance in a Wide-Area Parallel System. 2-11
• I-Ling Yen: Specialized N-Modular Redundant Processors in Large-Scale Distributed Systems. 12-21
• H. Kuefner, H. Baehring: Dynamic Fault Tolerance in DCMA - A Dynamically Configurable Multicomputer Architecture. 22-31

Evaluation & Testing

• Jian Chiu, Joanne Bechta Dugan: Analysis of a Multistage Interconnection Network using Binary Decision Diagrams. 34-43
• Ing-Ray Chen, Ding-Chau Wang: Analyzing Dynamic Voting Using Petri Nets. 44-53
• Eiji Nishijima, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Katsumi Kawano, Kazunori Fujiwara, Keiji Oshima: On-line Testing for Application Software of Widely Distributed System. 54-63

Checkpointing and Stable Storage

• Sean W. Smith, David B. Johnson: Minimizing Timestamp Size for Completely Asynchronous Optimistic Recovery with Minimal Rollback. 66-75
• James S. Plank: Improving the Performance of Coordinated Checkpointers on Networks of Workstations using RAID Techniques. 76-85
• Flaviu Cristian, Shivakant Mishra, Young S. Hyun: Implementation and Performance of a Stable-Storage Service in Unix. 86-95

Diagnosis

• Elias Procópio Duarte Jr., Takashi Nanya: Hierarchical Adaptive Distributed System-Level Diagnosis Applied for SNMP-based Network Fault Management. 98-107
• William Hurwood: Ongoing Fault Diagnosis. 108-117
• Chunming Qiao: Diagnosing Crosstalk-Faulty Switches in Photonic Networks. 118-127

Group Communication

• Luís Rodrigues, Katherine Guo, Antonio Sargento, Robbert van Renesse, Bradford B. Glade, Paulo Veríssimo, Kenneth P. Birman: A Transparent Light-Weight Group Service. 130-139
• Roy Friedman, Robbert van Renesse: Strong and Weak Virtual Synchrony in Horus. 140-149
• Pascal Felber, Benoît Garbinato, Rachid Guerraoui: The Design of a CORBA Group Communication Service. 150-159

Panel: Industry Perspective on Reliable Distributed Systems

• Paul A. Green Jr.: Observations from 16 Years at a Fault-Tolerant Computer Company. 162-164
• Yennun Huang: Developing reliable applications on cluster systems. 165-166

Replication Issues

• Ada Wai-Chee Fu, Siu-Cheung Chau: Locating More Corruptions in a Replicated File. 168-177
• Arkady B. Zaslavsky, Mohamed Faiz, Bala Srinivasan, Aamir Rasheed, Simon J. Lai: Primary Copy Method and its Modifications for Database Replication in Distributed Mobile Computing Environment. 178-187
• Silvano Maffeis: A Fault-Tolerant CORBA Name Server. 188-197

Time Constraints

• Christof Fetzer, Flaviu Cristian: Fail-Aware Failure Detectors. 200-209
• Khawar M. Zuberi, Kang G. Shin: A Causal Message Ordering Scheme for Distributed Embedded Real-Time Systems. 210-219
• Manuel Billot, Valérie Issarny, Isabelle Puaut, Michel Banâtre: A proposal for Ensuring High Availability of Distributed Multimedia Applications. 220-227