Dear colleagues,
Below you will find the program of the 1997 LATSIS Symposium, which will
take place in Zurich, Switzerland, on the 22nd and 23rd of September. Thi=
s year
symposium will focus on the synergy between communication and
information systems. During the two days of the symposium, this topic wil=
l be
explored through a series of talks and panel discussions by leading =
researchers =
and scientists from the USA and Europe with the final objective of settin=
g the =
=
research and development agenda for the coming years. The =
Symposium is organized by the Competence Center Information and =
Communication Systems of ETH Zurich (CCIC) with funding from the Latsis =
Foundation and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH).
More details about the Symposium (location, registration, hotels, etc.) c=
an be
found in the web pages of CCIC "http: //www.ccic.ethz.ch/". The Symposium=
organizers can also be contacted via the following e-mail address:
"latsis@ccic.ethz.ch". There is a nominal registration fee of 100.- swiss=
=
francs =
which covers the participation in the Symposium and attendance to the =
Symposium's banquet.
We are looking forward to seeing you in Zurich.
Best regards,
Gustavo Alonso
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
Zurich, Switzerland
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Information and Communication Systems: =
State of the Art, Synergy and Future Directions =
LATSIS SYMPOSIUM 1997
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology =
Zurich, Switzerland, September 22-23, 1997
Competence Center Information and Communication Systems
Institute of Information Systems =
Computer Engineering and Networks Laboratory =
ETH Zurich, Switzerland =
The premise for the 1997 Latsis Symposium is that future technological ad=
vances
will be driven by the synergy between communication and information syste=
ms. =
Concepts such as Internet, Intranet, World Wide Web, electronic commerce,=
=
clusters of workstations, or network computers represent both challenging=
=
frameworks and new opportunities for future information and communication=
=
systems. To face the challenges and take advantage of the opportunities, =
the =
Symposium will establish a dialog between the two areas, a dialog that wi=
ll =
help to create the appropriate scenario for technological and social =
innovation. The Symposium will bring together reknown practicioners, =
researchers, and policy makers to survey the current state of the art, di=
scuss =
recent developments in information and communication systems, and provide=
a =
detailed analysis of future research directions in order to establish the=
=
research and development agenda for the coming years. The Symposium, spon=
sored =
by the Latsis Foundation, is organized by the Competence Center Informati=
on
and Communication Systems (CCIC), a center established by the Institutes =
of =
Information Systems and Communication Networks of ETH Zurich. =
DAY 1
=
8:30-9:15 Opening and welcome addresses:
=
- Albert K=FCndig and Hans-J=F6rg Schek, CCIC ETH Zurich (CH=
)
- Olaf K=FCbler, Vice-President for Research of ETH Zurich (=
CH)
- Dusan Sidjanski, Professor at the European Institute of
the U. of Geneva, Member of the Board of Latsis Foundation=
(CH)
9:15-10:00 Session 1: Perspectives I
- Dennis Tsichritzis, Board Chairman of GMD (Germany), Profe=
ssor =
of the U. of Geneva (CH)
The Dynamics of Research, Industrial, and Economic Innovat=
ion
10:00-10:30 Coffee break
10:30-12:00 Session 2: Perspectives II
- Robert Lucky, Vice-President of Bell Communications Resear=
ch
(USA) =
The Forces Driving the Evolution of the Telecommunications=
=
Infrastructure
- Peter Lockemann, Professor of the U. of Karlsruhe, Co-Dire=
ctor =
of FZI (Germany)
The next decade of information systems: Organizational or =
=
technological infrastructure? =
12:00-13:30 Lunch =
13:30-15:45 Session 3: Evolution of the Communication Infrastructure
- Aurel A. Lazar, Professor of Columbia University, Center f=
or =
Telecommunications Research (CTR), New York (USA) =
Programming Telecommunication Networks
- Paul J. K=FChn, Professor of the U. of Stuttgart (Germany)=
Challenges of Multimedia Applications to Information and =
=
Telecommunication Technology
- Albert K=FCndig, Professor of ETH Zurich, Co-Director of =
CCIC (CH) =
The Digital Era: Wired, Wireless or Weird? =
15:45-16:15 Coffee break
16:15-18:30 Session 4: Evolution of the Information Infrastructure
- Avi Silberschatz, Director Information Sciences Research
Center, Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies (USA)
Next Generation Information Systems
- Whitfield Diffie, Dr. h.c., Sun Microsystems Inc. (USA)
Cryptography, electronic commerce and privacy
- Hans-J=F6rg Schek, Professor of ETH Zurich, Co-Director of=
=
CCIC (CH) =
Higher Level Object Management - how databases break out o=
f
the box -
19:00 Symposium dinner/banquet =
DAY 2 =
8:30-10:45 Session 5: Evolution of Database Systems
- Mike Carey, IBM Almaden Research Center (USA) =
Of Objects and Databases: Revolution or Evolution?
- Marek Rusinkiewicz, Vice-President of MCC, Information
Technology Research, Professor of U. of Houston (USA)
Software Agents, Migrating Workflows and Advanced Applicat=
ions
- Tamer =D6zsu, Professor of the U. of Alberta (Canada) =
Distributed Object Management =3D Middleware? =
10:45-11:15 Coffee break
11:15-12:45 Session 6: Evolution of Multimedia and Medical Information S=
ystems
=
- Stavros Christodoulakis, Professor of the U. of Chania (Gr=
eece) =
Evolution of Multimedia Information Systems
- Jean-Raoul Scherrer, Director of the Medical Informatics
Division, Geneva University Hospital (CH) =
Medical Information Systems - Decades of Research and Prac=
tical =
Use, Perspectives for the Future =
12:45-14:00 Lunch =
14:00-15:30 Session 7:
Evolution of Information Retrieval Systems and Digital Libra=
ries
- Karen Sp=E4rck Jones, Dr., U. of Cambridge (UK) =
Information Retrieval - Paths into the Jungle
- Clifford Lynch, Director Library Automation, U. of Califor=
nia =
(USA) =
Digital Libraries: What is the Infrastructure? =
15:30-16:00 Coffee break
16:00-17:30 Panel: The Future of Communication and Information Systems
- Panel organizer: Hansj=FCrg Mey, Professor of the U. of Be=
rne,
Director of Ascom AG (CH) =
17:30-18:30 Conclusion:
- Fulvio Caccia, Member of the Swiss Parliament
- Words from the organizers: K=FCndig/Schek =
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