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Summer School 95 Announcement
by Guenther Schmittner 14 Feb '95

14 Feb '95

Sorry for any cross-posting. Guenther ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Third International Summer School on Advanced Broadband Communications 26th-30th June 1995 After the success of the "First and Second International Summer Schools on Advanced Broadband Communications" distributed between Aveiro (Portugal) and Madrid (Spain) in July 93 and 94, RACE Project BRAIN is pleased to announce its Third International Summer School on Advanced Broadband Communications to take place from 26th to 30th June 1995. This year the School will be distributed to at least four different and geographically distant sites and will constitute a unique event joining a thorough presentation of ABC (Advanced Broadband Communications) with its real use and demonstration. It will include tutorials, in-depth lectures, panels and demonstration of results achieved within R&D projects. Among others the following issues will be addressed: * Cell based technologies * Access Networks * Evolution Scenarios * Management of ABC Systems. * Multimedia * Future Visions of ABC Most important, the 1995 Summer School itself will be a demonstration of ATM based broadband communications, applications and services where a number of results and achievements from different RACE projects will be shown in real operation. The first 3 days of ABC'95 will provide a technical view of ABC and the second 2 days the user view of applications, market and future trends. The 1995 Summer School will be a distributed event where a multimedia CSCW (Computer Supported Cooperative Work) tele-training application will join the lecture rooms of the different physical sites into a unique virtual lecture room such that lecturers and participants lose the sense of physical separation and work together with full interaction. At least, the following sites will join ABC'95: * Madrid, Spain ( ETSI Telecomunicacion, UPM ) * Aveiro, Portugal ( CET / University of Aveiro ) * Turin, Italy ( CSELT ) * Sophia-Antipolis, France ( Theseus Institute / AGORA ) Switzerland, The Netherlands and Austria will also join Summer School 95 as subsidiary sites. These will incorporate the full set of functionalities as the main sites and aimed to serve a (reduced) local audience. The pan-European ATM trial connecting the National Hosts from countries involved in this event will provide the necessary communication infrastructure for ABC'95. This will require a complex collaboration between several institutions and R&D projects within the framework of EU initiatives. Overall technical co-ordination is the responsibility of the IBER Project. ORGANISING COMMITTEE Eric Scharf, Queen Mary Westfield College, UK Finn Hansen, ASCOM, Switzerland George Williamson, British Telecom, UK Hans Melchior, Swiss Federal Institut of Technology, Switzerland I. Venieris, National Technical University of Athens, Greece James Callaghan, British Telecom, UK Joco Bastos, Portugal Telecom\CET, Portugal John Dobson, University of Newcastle, UK Jose Domingues, Portugal Telecom\CET, Portugal (BRAIN Project Manager) Josi Scarr, PTT Research, Netherlands Juan Quemada, Technical University of Madrid, Spain (ABC'95 Manager) Klaus Franke, Technical University of Chemnitz, Germany Manuel Duarte, University of Aveiro, Portugal (Aveiro site Manager) Pedro Chas, Telefonica, Spain (IBER Project Manager) Ronan O'Boyle, University of Limerick, Ireland Rui Aguiar, University of Aveiro, Portugal Silvana Ferreri, Institut Theseus, France (site manager ) Silvia Ruiz, Technical University of Catalunya, Spain Stefano Guido Coiro, CNR, Turin, Italy (site manager) Stephen Plagemann, SHP Systems Services, Ireland (BRAIN Technical Manager) Tomas de Miguel, Technical University of Madrid, Spain Vasco Lagarto, Portugal Telecom\CET, Portugal Wilfried Maschtera, University of Linz, Austria If you are interested in receiving direct information about ABC'95 please send the following questionnaire by mail, fax or e-mail to: Dept Ing. Telematica (ABC'95) ETSI Telecomunicacion E-28040 Madrid, Spain tel.: +34 1 3367332, fax: +34 1 3367333, email: ABC95(a)dit.upm.es Name: Company: Address: Telephone: Fax: Email:

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JENC6 Registration Form(s)
by kiers＠terena.nl 14 Feb '95

14 Feb '95

=========================================================================== REGISTRATION AND ACCOMMODATION FORMS =========================================================================== Please type or fill out in BLOCK letters and mail to: JENC6 - May 1995 c/o International Travel & Congresses Ltd. P.O. Box 29313, 61292 Tel Aviv, Israel Tel: + 972-3-5102538; Fax: + 972-3-5160604 E-mail: register(a)jenc6.ac.il Payments should be made in US Dollars only. All costs of bank transfers to be paid by the transmitter. Please state JENC6 and your name on all payments. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FEE(S): Early Registration (Before March 30) ECU 425 USD 520 USD _____ Late Registration (March 30 - May 11)ECU 475 USD 580 USD _____ Desk Registration (from May 14) ECU 525 USD 640 USD _____ Accompanying Person(s) (Includes Opening Reception, Gala Dinner and Jerusalem Tour) ECU 75 USD 92 USD _____ Tutorial (Pre/Desk) ECU 205/246 USD 250/300 USD _____ TOTAL AMOUNT TO BE CHARGED: USD _____ Name ___________________________________________________________________ Last First Middle Initial Title Full Mailing Address ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Country Telephone Fax E-mail ________________________________________________________________________ Jerusalem Tour (please select): Wednesday AM __ Thursday* PM __ * Would you require a lunch box (USD 12.-) please select: YES/NO Do you have a special meal request?_____________________________________ For Israeli participants: Payments to be made according to "Shaar Yatsig" on day of payment. METHOD OF PAYMENT: [] Visa [] AMEX [] Diners Club Date of Expiry ________________ Cardholder's name ______________________ Account no: 410977, Israel Discount Bank, Branch 100, 4 Rothschild Boulevard 66881 Tel Aviv, Israel Date ___________________________ Signature _____________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ACCOMMODATION & TOURS RESERVATION: Name ___________________________________________________________________ Last First Middle Initial Title Full Mailing Address ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Country Telephone Fax E-mail ________________________________________________________________________ I will share a room with _______________________________________________ Accommodation: A deposit of 1 night hotel accommodation is required in order to guarantee your reservation single double (p/p) Dan Panorama Tel Aviv (Deluxe) USD 134 USD 77 Dan Panorama Tel Aviv (Regular) USD 104 USD 62 Metropolitan USD 75 USD 46 City USD 69 USD 44 Arrival Date:_______ Departure Date:_______ No of nights:______________ Optional Pre/Post conference tours: USD 100.- deposit per person for post conference tours. Full pre-payment for pre-conference tour. USD 25.- deposit for Dinner/Entertainment single double p/p Pre-conference tour A Metropolitan USD 310 USD 241 Dan Panorama USD 339 USD 257 Post-conference tour B First Class hotel USD 383 USD 311 Deluxe hotel USD 510 USD 402 Post-conference tour C USD 235 USD 196 Tour D USD 22 (no hotel) Tour E USD 59 (no hotel) Tour F USD 53 (no hotel) Dinner/Entertainment USD 55 (no hotel) TOTAL Accommodation & Tours USD ____________ Deposit USD ____________ Balance Due USD ____________ Do you have a special accommodation/meal request?____________________ For Israeli participants: Payments to be made according to "Shaar Yatsig" on day of payment. METHOD OF PAYMENT: ____________________________________________________________________ [] Visa [] AMEX [] Diners Club Date of Expiry ________________ Cardholder's name __________________ Account no: 396699, Israel Discount Bank, Branch 100, 4 Rothschild Boulevard 66881 Tel Aviv, Israel Date _____________________________ Signature _______________________

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Prel. Programme JENC6 (2/2) May 15-18. 1995 Tel Aviv
by kiers＠terena.nl 14 Feb '95

14 Feb '95

--------------------------------------------- JENC6 Preliminary Programme continued (2/2) --------------------------------------------- CONFERENCE ACTIVITIES TERENA Working Groups Prior to the conference TERENA Working Group meetings will take place. During these meetings the different Working Groups will introduce their current activities and discuss various high priority topics. The meetings are open to all those who are interested. IPng TUTORIAL During this one day tutorial, which is scheduled for Sunday, May 14, 09:00-17:00, IP New Generation will be discussed by Steve Deering from Xerox Park, USA. This tutorial aims to instruct those that already have a working knowledge of the subject material. The fee for the tutorial (including lunch) is USD 250.-, Desk registration is USD 300.-. Please note that this is not included in the conference registration fee. It is recommended that you pre-register as soon as possible for the tutorial as the number of places is limited. NETWORK TECHNOLOGY TRAINING WORKSHOP May 7 - 14, 1995 A workshop on the installation and use of networking technology is being planned for the week preceding the conference. The workshop will cover all aspects of dial-up & TCP/IP connectivity, and, thus, it is ideally suited for regions with little or no networking infrastructure. Participants will learn the fundamentals of establishing and maintaining a TCP/IP network and becoming part of the global Internet. Topics covered include IP addresses, routers, name servers, network security, monitoring, network management, and all aspects of networking over dial-up modems. The workshop is intended primarily for participants from the Middle East region, but applications from outside this area will be accepted if places are available. There will be a limit of approximately 30 participants. For more information, please contact David Sitman <david(a)ccsg.tau.ac.il>. DEMONSTRATIONS At the Conference there will be a demonstrations area where participants may visit a number of stands to see displays and demonstrations of various projects and applications of networking services for the academic community. NETWORKING FACILITIES A terminal room will be available to conference participants with computers and terminals connected to the Internet for electronic mail and other network services. CONFERENCE EVENTS All participants and accompanying persons are invited to attend the following events. We hope these events will provide an opportunity to renew old friendships and to create new ones with colleagues from all over the world. - OPENING RECEPTION Monday, May 15 from 18:30 - 19:30 You will be able to enjoy light refreshments and entertainment in an enchanting environment. - GALA DINNER Tuesday, May 16 from 20.00 - 23.00 An evening of fine dining, entertainment and Middle Eastern hospitality. - JERUSALEM TOUR Wednesday morning, May 17, 07:30-12:30 or Thursday afternoon, May 18, 12:30-17:30 (A lunchbox can be reserved.) All participants are invited to join in a visit to the holy city of Jerusalem. This tour includes the biblical and religious sites of old Jerusalem as well as the exotic sights, sounds and smells of its marketplace. The tour will focus on sites which are sacred to Christians, Muslims and Jews: The Western 'Wailing' Wall, Dome of the Rock and El Aksa Mosque, Via Dolorosa, Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the Jewish Quarter (Cardo) and the oriental market. Entrance fee to the Dome of the Rock (USD 7.-) to be paid by participants on site. CONFERENCE VENUE The conference will be held at the Dan Panorama Hotel, which is the largest convention hotel complex in Tel Aviv, overlooking the beachfront, only a short walk from Tel Aviv's new commercial centers and close to the city center. It distinguishes itself by a range of 5-star facilities and services such as bars and a choice of restaurants, swimming pool, sundeck and a fully equipped Health and Fitness Center. The Dan Panorama hotel is located approximately 25 kilometers from Ben Gurion International Airport. Dan Panorama Convention Center 10 Y. Kaufman Street TEL AVIV ISRAEL Tel. +972(3)519 0190 Fax. +972(3)517 1777 REGISTRATION INFORMATION CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FEE(S): Early Registration (Before March 30) ECU 425 USD 520 Late Registration (March 30 - May 11) ECU 475 USD 580 Desk Registration (from May 14) ECU 525 USD 640 Accompanying Person(s) (Includes Opening Reception, Gala Dinner and Jerusalem Tour) ECU 75 USD 92 Tutorial (pre/desk) ECU 205/247 USD 250/300 REGISTRATION FEE COVERS The registration fee covers attendance to all conference sessions, the Opening Reception, Gala Dinner, Jerusalem Tour as well as luncheons and coffee or tea. Of course also all conference materials, including the programme, full paper proceedings and other conference publications can be found in the conference bag. The accompanying person's fee includes the Opening Reception, the Gala Dinner and the Jerusalem Tour. Attendance at the sessions, drinks or meals during the day and conference materials are not included in this fee. CANCELLATION CONDITIONS FOR CONFERENCE FEE(S) on or before April 30 USD 40.- (handling fee) from April 30 to May 10 50% of registration fee from May 11 no refund CONFIRMATION OF REGISTRATION A letter confirming conference registration and hotel accommodation will be sent to each participant upon receipt of the completed registration form and accompanying payment. This letter should be presented upon registration for the conference. REGISTRATION DESK The registration desk will be open on Sunday, May 14 8:00-18:00 and Monday, May 15, from 08:00 to 20:00 and throughout the Conference from 8:00 to 18:00. HOTEL ACCOMMODATION The following hotels have rooms at specially reduced conference rates: Dan Panorama hotel (5-star) - Conference Venue, the Metropolitan Hotel (4 star) and City hotel (3 star) as follows: HOTEL SINGLE ROOM DOUBLE ROOM (1 person) (per person) DAN PANORAMA USD 134 USD 77 (Deluxe room) DAN PANORAMA USD 104 USD 62 (Regular room) METROPOLITAN* USD 75 USD 46 CITY* USD 69 USD 44 Hotel rates are in US dollars per night, and include full Israeli buffet breakfast and service charges. *Please note that the Metropolitan and City Hotel are at approximately 20 minutes walking distance from the Conference Center. HOTEL RESERVATIONS It is important to make hotel reservations early as rooms will be released on April 10, 1995. In order to benefit from these rates, reservations and payments for accommodation must be made through International Travel & Congresses Ltd., and not directly to the hotel. Reservations should be made as soon as possible on the enclosed Accommodation Form, accompanied by a 1 night accommodation per person. PAYMENT METHOD - By bankers draft, payable to: INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL & CONGRESSES LTD. - By bank transfer to INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL & CONGRESSES LTD. Account No. 410977 (Conference registration); No. 396699 (Accommodation and Tours), Israel Discount Bank, Branch 100, 4 Rothschild Boulevard, 66881 Tel Aviv, Israel - The following credit cards are accepted: Visa, Diners Club and American Express. On site, in addition to the above also MasterCard & EuroCard. CANCELLATION CONDITIONS FOR ACCOMMODATION / TOURS Refund of accommodation and tour payment will be made if written cancellation is received as follows: - Before April 1 - full refund less USD 40.- handling fee - After April 1 - the cost of one night's accommodation and 25% of the tour payments will be deducted. GENERAL INFORMATION OFFICIAL CARRIER EL-AL is the official carrier for this conference. FLIGHT RECONFIRMATION Most airlines require reconfirmations for flights out of Israel 72 hours before flight time. The Registration Desk will gladly reconfirm your reservation for you if you bring them a copy of your ticket. VISAS Residents of most countries do not need entry visas to Israel, but we suggest that you check with your local travel agent. CURRENCY / CREDIT CARDS The unit of currency is the Israeli Shekel (IS). International credit cards are accepted for payment in most hotels, restaurants and shops. The exchange rate (December 1994): USD 1.- is approximately IS 3.- VOLTAGE The electricity supply in Israel is 220 V AC. WEATHER AND CLOTHING May is pleasantly warm and dry. Average temperatures are 16-28 C (59-76 F). Dress will be informal for most occasions. A light coat may be necessary for the evenings. Comfortable walking shoes, head coverings and bathing suits are also recommended. THE CITY OF TEL AVIV - JAFFA Tel Aviv is the commercial and entertainment capital of Israel. It lies along the Mediterranean Sea. Tel Aviv houses many institutions of culture, art and entertainment such as museums, theaters, the Philharmonic Orchestra, and Tel Aviv University. Jaffa, now a neigbourhood of Tel Aviv, is on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea, south of Tel Aviv. According to tradition it was named after Jepheth son of Noah, who built the town. Jaffa served as an ancient Israeli port during the reign of King Solomon, and later as a Hellenistic and Roman port. The ancient city of Jaffa has been partially restored and today is an artists' colony and entertainment center. LOCAL TRANSFER Transportation from Ben Gurion International Airport to Tel Aviv (approx. 30 minutes) is available as follows: - Taxi: approx USD 15.- per ride (night supplement of 25% after 18:00 hours). To prevent problems please use the official taxi dispatcher at the airport. - Airport Bus No. 222 (every hour on the hour) From Ben Gurion Airport to Tel Aviv. Approx. USD 4.- per person Sunday - Friday 04:00 - 24:00 hours Saturday 13:00 - 24:00 hours CONFERENCE REGISTRATION, ACCOMMODATION AND TOURS INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL & CONGRESSES LTD P.O.Box 29313 9 Rothschild Blvd. 61292 Tel Aviv Israel Tel: +972 3 5102538 Fax: +972 3 5160604 Telex: 371767 INTVL IL. E-mail: info(a)jenc6.ac.il - for tourist information register(a)jenc6.ac.il - to register for the Conference GENERAL ENQUIRIES TERENA Secretariat Singel 466-468 NL-1017 AW AMSTERDAM The Netherlands Tel: +31 20 639 1131 Fax: +31 20 639 3289 E-mail: jenc6-sec(a)terena.nl - general information conference jenc6-request(a)terena.nl - distribution list conference TOURS INFORMATION PRE-CONFERENCE TOUR TOUR A - 2 DAYS GALILEE, MAY 11 - 13, 1995 Thursday, May 11 Overnight in Metropolitan or Dan Panorama Hotel in Tel Aviv. Friday, May 12 Drive northwards along the Mediterranean coast to Caesarea (antiquities of Roman and Crusader periods). Arrive in Haifa, Israel's main port city. Continue to Akko and the subterranean Crusader city. Drive through the Galilean Hills to Safed, ancient city of the Kabbala and artists colony. Dinner and overnight Kibbutz Guest House Saturday, May 13 Boat ride on the Sea of Galilee (Lake Kinnereth). Visit Tabgha - traditional site of the Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes: Capernaum - ancient synagogue. Drive southward along the Rift Valley to view the archaeological excavations at Beit Shean, which include a Byzantine city and 1st century theater. Return to Tel Aviv. End of tour. Price: For a minimum of 15 participants Metropolitan - USD 241 per person sharing a twin room - USD 310 per person in a single room Dan Panorama - USD 257 per person sharing a twin room - USD 339 per person in a single room Price Includes: 1 nights' accommodation in first class hotel in Tel Aviv and 1 night in kibbutz guest house. Entrance fees, porterage, 1 dinner, 2 full touring days with a licensed English-speaking guide in a modern air-conditioned bus. POST CONFERENCE TOURS TOUR B - EILAT, May 19 - 21 Price of package includes flight to Eilat from Tel Aviv and return to Tel Aviv; 2 nights accommodation on a bed and breakfast basis; one day yacht cruise including lunch. Price:First class hotel - USD 311 per person sharing a twin room USD 383 per person in a single room Deluxe hotel - USD 402 per person sharing a twin room USD 510 per person in a single room TOUR C - 2 DAYS GALILEE AND GOLAN HEIGHTS, May 19 - 21 Friday, May 19 Pick up from your hotel and drive northwards to the ancient ruins of Megiddo. Visit King Solomon's stables and the famous water tunnel. On to Nazereth to visit the Church of the Annunciation. Visit the mystical city of Safed, with its ancient synagogues and artists's quarter. Dinner and overnight at Kibbutz Guest House Saturday, May 20 Tour the Golan Heights and visit the new city of Katzrin, capital of the Golan. Enjoy a boat ride on the Sea of Galilee. Travel to Beit Shean to tour the archaeological excavations, which include a Byzantine city and 1st century theater. Return to Tel Aviv. Price: For a minimum of 15 participants - USD 196 per person sharing a twin room. - USD 235 per person in a single room. Price includes: 1 night accommodation in a Kibbutz Guest House, entrance fees, porterage, 1 dinner, 2 full touring days with an English-speaking licensed guide and a modern air-conditioned bus. Not included are: tips, lunch en route, drinks, or any personal items. (Additional accommodation for the last overnight in Tel Aviv may be reserved at the specified conference rates.) TOUR D - HALF DAY TOUR TEL AVIV CITY (Monday, May 15) Drive through the modern city of Tel Aviv. Visit the ancient port city of Jaffa, with its cobblestone alleyways. On to the Tel Aviv University campus to visit the Museum of the Diaspora. Price: USD 22 per person TOUR E - FULL DAY TOUR TO MASSADA & THE DEAD SEA (Tuesday, May 16) Drive through the Judean Wilderness to the Dead Sea, lowest spot on earth. Ascend by cable car to the Herodian fortress of Massada. See the ancient water supply system, synagogue, Herod's palace, Roman camp, and more. Descend by cable car and visit the Ein Gedi spa for a swim in the Dead Sea. Return to Tel Aviv. Price: USD 59 per person TOUR F - FULL DAY TOUR TO CAESAREA, AKKO, HAIFA & ROSH HANIKRA (Wednesday, May 17) The tour includes Caesarea (Roman and Crusader ruins); Haifa, Mt. Carmel and the Bahai Shrine; Akko, Crusader buildings and crypts; the grotto at Rosh Hanikra. Return to Tel Aviv. Price: USD 53 per person OPTIONAL DINNER & ENTERTAINMENT (Wednesday-evening, May 17) Dinner at a restaurant in Jaffa's Ancient Port proceeding on to one of Israel's unique clubs in the Artist's Quarter of old Jaffa for an evening of music and comedy. Price: USD 55 per person. Price includes: Transfers by deluxe bus from/to Dan Panorama Hotel accompanied by a hostess, Dinner and Entertainment. (In order to secure the reservation a deposit of USD 25.- is required in advance.) - All Tours (unless stated differently) are based on minimum of 25 participants per tour. - Tours do not include: Tips, extra meals, drinks or any other personal items. - Deposit :- USD 100 per person per tour for tour B and C - Full pre-payment for pre-conference tour A - USD 25 per person for Optional Dinner & Entertainment

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Prel. Programme JENC6 (1/2) May 15-18, 1995 Tel Aviv
by kiers＠terena.nl 14 Feb '95

14 Feb '95

(Apologies if you receive this more than once!) ------------------------------------------------ PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME AND INVITATION - JENC6 - 6th Joint European Networking Conference Tel Aviv, Israel, May 15-18, 1995 Organised by TERENA Trans-European Research and Education Networking Association (Established by the merger of RARE and EARN) PROGRAMME COMMITTEE Jose Barbera, Fundesco, Spain Chairman Judith Kiers, TERENA Secretariat, The Netherlands Programme Support Marieke Dekker, TERENA Secretariat, The Netherlands Conference Support Steve Druck, Weizmann Institute, Israel Local Organisation Luis Rodriguez Rosello, EU, Belgium European Union Liaison Tony Rutkowski, ISOC Reston VA, USA Internet Society Liaison Bernhard Plattner, ETH Zurich, Switzerland TERENA VP Conferences John Dyer, UKERNA, United Kingdom Track I Jeroen Houttuin, TERENA Secretariat, The Netherlands Track I Manfred Bogen, GMD St. Augustin, Germany Track II Hannes Lubich, SWITCH, Switzerland Track II Ruediger Grimm, GMD Darmstadt, Germany Track III Rogelio Montanana, University of Valencia, Spain Track IV David Sitman, Tel Aviv University, Israel Track IV & VI Glenn Kowack, EUnet, The Netherlands Track IV, V & VI Lajos Balint, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary Track V & VI Antoine Barthel, RESTENA, Luxembourg Track V & VI LOCAL ORGANISATION: Steve Druck, Weizmann Institute, Israel Chairman Avi Cohen, Tel Aviv University, Israel IIUC Liaison Moshe Gotlieb, Bar Ilan University, Israel IIUC Liaison Motti Dinar, Weizmann Institute, Israel Local Area Network Hank Nussbacher, IIUC, Israel Metropolitan & Wide Area Network Morty Taragin, Weizmann Institute, Israel MBONE David Sitman, Tel Aviv University, Israel Demonstration Chair CONFERENCE CONTRIBUTORS Digital Equipment Corporation, IBM, MCI, NETCOM & Novell SESSION DESCRIPTIONS and OUTLINE The programme is divided into six subject tracks, with two or three sessions per track. There will be two or three parallel streams of sessions. - TRACK I: NETWORKING TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING - TRACK II: COMPUTER SUPPORT FOR COOPERATIVE WORK - TRACK III: SECURITY AND PRIVACY - TRACK IV: PROVIDING AND ACCESSING INFORMATION - TRACK V: POLICY RELATED ISSUES - TRACK VI: REGIONAL ISSUES - 'Towards networked communities' MONDAY, May 15 01. 14:00-15:30 Opening Plenary Welcome Addresses Chair: Jose Barbera, Fundesco, Spain Keynote-Speaker: - Walter De Backer, Chief Advisor DG XIII, European Commission 02. 16:00-17:30 Parallel Sessions Session I-1: Mobile computing and intermittent connectivity Chair: Jeroen Houttuin, TERENA Secretariat, The Netherlands This session examines the technology needed for home working and working whilst on the move. It also looks at the technological requirements for small sites that do not require permanent connectivity via leased lines. 111 - Mobile computing via portability. Yakov Rekhter, T.J. Watson Research Center (IBM Corp.), United States 112 - The Pico Terminal Network: Portable communications via satellite. F.J. Ruiz, J. Aracil, A. Ruiz, J. Perez, J. Carral, C. Garcia, A. Fernandez, C. Miguel, L. Vidaller and A. Martinez, Technical University of Madrid, Spain 113 - The SURF-it project: Access to SURFnet Internet services through ISDN. Peter Jurg and Roel Rexwinkel, SURFnet BV, The Netherlands Session III-1: Security architectures and infrastructures Chair: Ruediger Grimm, GMD Darmstadt, Germany This session presents papers on requirements for service, technical design and structure of security systems and public key certification authorities. 311 - A security platform for future telecommunication applications and services. Michael Gehrke, DeTeBerkom GmbH, Germany 312 - Reference models and procedures for security infrastructures. Denis Trcek and Borka Jerman-Blazic, Jozef Stefan Institute, Slovenia 313 - Improving the security infrastructure without extending X.509 base certificate. F. Jordan and M. Medina, Technical University of Catalonia, Spain TUESDAY, May 16 03. 09:00-10:30 Parallel Sessions Session II-1: Enabling technologies for Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) Chair: Prof. Sylvia Wilbur, Queen Mary and Westfield College, United Kingdom This session deals with underlying software technologies necessary to design effective CSCW applications. 211 - Aleph: A large scale CSCW environment. Leandro Navarro and Gerard Rodriguez, Technical University of Catalonia, Spain 212 - Protocols for efficient multiparty multimedia applications. I. Miloucheva and T. Kerschat, Technical University of Berlin, Germany 213 - E-mail quality as a prerequisite for CSCW applications. J. Altmayer-Pizzorno, M. Bogen and C. Wermelskirchen, GMD St. Augustin, Germany Session V-2: Views and visions of European service providers Chair: Francois Fluckiger, CERN, Switzerland Pan-European service providers have been asked to express their views and visions on how the requirements of the research and academic community may be met today and in the future. DANTE: Howard Davies, Managing Director Ebone: Frode Greisen, President EUnet: Glenn Kowack, Chief Executive PIPEX: Peter Dawe, Chief Executive UNISOURCE: Toon Vrins, Unit Manager UBN P&S DEC: David Probert, European Business Development Manager 04. 11:00-12:30 Parallel Sessions Session IV-1: World-Wide Web applications: the cutting edge Chair: Rogelio Montanana, University of Valencia, Spain New developments in the use and management of the World-Wide Web. 411 - From World-Wide Web to information super-highways. Francois Fluckiger, CERN, Switzerland 412 - The Webscape in Germany. Thomas Baker, Lothar Klein, Inke Kolb and Michael Lenz, GMD St. Augustin, Germany 413 - Management of a WWW server using SNMP. Carlos Picoto and Pedro Veiga, University of Lisbon, Portugal Session V-1: Networking for Europe Chair: Tomaz Kalin, TERENA Secretariat, The Netherlands Building a high speed networking infrastructure for the European research and academic community is a key activity in the mid-90's. The selection of presentations will disseminate information about the latest results and plans. 511 - Strategic steps in advancing Europe's research and education computer networking capabilities. Alistair Chalmers, University of Sussex, United Kingdom and Chris Duxbury, SYSTEC, Belgium 512 - Setting up a high speed network infrastructure for the European research community: The commercial challenge. Dai Davies, DANTE, United Kingdom 513 - Technical options for a high speed backbone. Michael Behringer, DANTE, United Kingdom 12:30-14:00 LUNCH 05. 14:00-15:30 Parallel Sessions Session II-2: CSCW integration Chair: Manfred Bogen, GMD St. Augustin, Germany The combination of existing communication services with cooperation and coordination tools is presented in this session. 221 - Hotline and consulting in a metropolitan area network - The HotCon approach to integrated services. Lutz Nentwig, Sonia Manhart and Kurt Sandkuhl, Fraunhofer Institute for software engineering and systems engineering (ISST), Germany 222 - Cooperative Learning over broadband networks. Encarna Pastor, David Fernandez and Luis Bellido, Technical University of Madrid, Spain 223 - Cooperative design: Requirements on network technology and document architecture. Stephan Jacobs and Oliver Hermanns, Technical University of Aachen, Germany Session I-2: Network performance issues Chair: Victor Reijs, SURFnet BV, The Netherlands Examines the performance of ATM and IP networks with a view to the requirements of group and multimedia working, including the specialist requirements of video. 121 - Performance investigations of the IP multicast architecture. Oliver Hermanns and Marko Schuba, Technical University of Aachen, Germany 122 - Hierarchical network management: A concept and its prototype in SNMPv2. Manfred Siegl and George Trausmuth, Vienna University of Technology, Austria 123 - A flexible traffic shaper with adjustable burstiness for high speed networks. S. Radhakrishnan and S.V. Radhavan, Indian Institute of Technology, India and Ashok Agrawala, University of Maryland, United States Session VI-1: Building the national infrastructure Chair: Peter Bakonyi, HUNGARNET, Hungary Session VI-1 provides a forum for a number of brief presentations as well as a discussion about emerging activities toward the establishment of solid national and/or regional networking infrastructures and information services in developing areas. The expected short introductory talks, prepared by the authors listed below, will be delivered by participants coming from or speaking about the following academic and research communities: 611 - Albanian academic and research community G.Beqiraj and N.Frasheri, Tirana Institute of Informatics and Applied Mathematics 612 - Algerian academic and research community D.Hammal, D.E.Legheraba and M.Diboun, USTHB-I.C.I. 613 - Azerbaijan academic and research community A.M.Abbasov, R.M.Alguliev and F.F.Farmanov, Azerbaijan Academy of Sciences 614 - Croatian academic and research community M.Vedris, B.Ljubas and D.Meter, Zagreb University Computing Centre 615 - Estonian academic and research community M.Kurm, National Library of Estonia 616 - Lithuanian academic and research community J.Strom, Manchester Metropolitan University 617 - Palestinian academic and research community S.G.Zougbi, Bethlehem University and Palestinian Academic Network 618 - Romanian academic and research community V.Dadarlat, K.Pusztai and M.Joldos, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca 619 - Russian academic and research community A.M.Robachevsky, V.N.Vasilyev, Yu.V.Gugel and Yu.G.Kirchin, RUNNet Following the sequence of these concise presentations, the discussion will be open to all participants of the session. Speakers and attendants will have the opportunity of raising and answering questions, formulating and reflecting comments as well as bringing up ideas and suggestions. The aim is to exchange as much information as possible, to the benefit of the rapid and efficient development of communication networks and information services for academic and research communities in the related developing regions. 06. 16:00-17:30 Interactive Plenary: Bringing the world to the desktop Moderator: Erik Huizer, SURFnet BV, The Netherlands WEDNESDAY, May 17 12:30-14:00 LUNCH 07. 14:00-15:30 Parallel Sessions Session IV-2: Advances in directory services Chair: Vasco Freitas, University of Minho, Portugal New ways of manipulating X.500. 421 - X.500 index DSAs. Paul Barker, University College London, United Kingdom 422 - ORQ: A tool for including corporate databases into the directory. Diego Lopez, CICA, Spain 423 - Providing multiple external views on directory user interfaces. Rui Jose, Antonio Costa, Joaquim Macedo and Vasco Freitas, University of Minho, Portugal Session VI-2: High performance networking and services in regional and metropolitan areas Chair: Antoine Barthel, RESTENA, Luxembourg The papers presented in this session aim to give an overview of those different activities devoted to upgrading, expanding and enhancing regional and metropolitan area networking infrastructures and information services. 621 - Lessons learned from a MAN. Hank Nussbacher, Tel Aviv University, Israel 622 - G-Ming: A high performance multi-service telecommunications infrastructure for the greater Manchester educational community. Peter Mills and Jim Strom, University of Manchester, United Kingdom 623 - Novosibirsk Akademgorodok Internet project overview. Serge Belov, Sergey Bredikhin, Semen Musher, George Piskunov, Siberian Divison of Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia and Rob Blokzijl, NIKHEF, The Netherlands 624 - Prague academic network migration towards high speed technologies. Zbynek Linhart, Charles University, Czech Republic Session V-3: European Commission actions and policies on research networking Chair: Luis R.Rosello, EU DG-XIII/C, Belgium The session will address how the Commission has and will support the development of the network services needed for research in Europe, how research networks are viewed as a building block in the transformation of society in Eastern and Central Europe and beyond, and how the results of the research networks are applied in other areas. The European Union is placing great emphasis on the use of technology to serve the needs of society. Research programmes aim at deepening and broadening the use of technology to improve the quality of life of the citizen, both directly through improvements in the delivery of education, health care, etc., and indirectly by strengthening the competitiveness of European industry so ensuring future prosperity. Research networks are recognised as a motor force in developing and testing the use of technology which will become central in the achievement of the global information society. 531 - A user's view of the EU research programmes. Peter Kirstein, University College London, United Kingdom 532 - The role of research networking in other EU research programmes. Simon Bensasson, EU DG-III, Belgium 533 - Using research networks to support international cooperation. Hans-Peter Axmann, Ministry of Research, Austria 08. 16:00-17:30 Parallel Sessions Session II-3: Information aspects of CSCW Chair: Hannes Lubich, SWITCH, Switzerland In this session, aspects of generic representation of information required for CSCW applications and environments are discussed. 231 - New ways with video: Creative approaches to multimedia collaboration. Sylvia Wilbur and Sarom Ing, Queen Mary and Westfield College, United Kingdom 232 - Providing integrated enterprise information in CSCW. Hugh Smith, Nottingham University and Paul Harvey, NEXOR, United Kingdom 233 - Handling and interchange of structured multimedia documents containing application specific information. Jose J. Acebron and Jaime Delgado, Technical University of Catalonia, Spain Session I-3: ATM implementations Chair: John Dyer, UKERNA, United Kingdom Practical issues from networking groups that have implemented ATM networks. 131 - Adaptive routing of video traffic in ATM networks. Anastasios Economides, University of Macedonia, Greece 132 - SURFnet4: ATM and its applications in the Netherlands. Victor Reijs, SURFnet BV, The Netherlands 133 - ATM switch design and the impact of ABR services. David Drury, FORE Systems Inc., United Kingdom THURSDAY, May 18 09. 09:00-10:30 Parallel Sessions Session IV-3: Electronic publishing and information retrieval Chair: David Sitman, Tel Aviv University, Israel The changing face of publishing and retrieving information over the net. 431 - A framework for broadcasting and management of URIs. Miguel Rio, Antonio Costa, Joaquim Macedo and Vasco Freitas, University of Minho, Portugal 432 - Publishing in the Internet environment. Alan Emtage, Bunyip Information Systems Inc., Canada 433 - The information footprint. K. Jonas, H. Jungblut, J. Kaeber, M. Kaul, I. Muller, H. Santo, J. Schafer and Ralf Wegner, GMD St. Augustin, Germany Session III-2: Security applications Chair: Manel Medina, Technical University of Catalonia, Spain This session presents papers on experiences with the implementation of secure commmunication applications, in particular network management and document exchange. 321 - Security policies in OSI-management: Experiences from DeTeBerkom project BMSec. Ruediger Grimm and Thomas Hetschold, GMD Darmstadt, Germany 322 - Some experiences with secure management. Graham Knight and Saleem Bhatti, University College London, United Kingdom 323 - Securing document interchange - A secure document user agent. Yoshiki Sameshima, Hitachi Software, Japan and Peter Kirstein, University College London, United Kingdom 10. 11:00-12:30 Closing Plenary Closing Addresses Chair: Jose Barbera, Fundesco, Spain

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RIPE DNS Hostcount January 1995
by Mirjam Kuehne 03 Feb '95

03 Feb '95

Dear all, Because Marten left the RIPE NCC :-( I will provide you with the hostcount in the future. I hope I got all information correct. If you see any mistakes please let me know. Here is my first one: the hostcount for January 1995! All output is again available from: ftp://ftp.ripe.net/ripe/hostcount Best regards, Mirjam RIPE DNS Hostcount Previous Count : Sat Dec 31 1994 This Count : Tue Jan 31 1995 CY SOA COUNTED DUPL REAL CHANGE ============================================================ al 3 0 0 0 0 at 552 29225 287 28928 + 1624 az 3 16 0 16 + 7 be 310 19383 318 19065 + 1642 bg 20 190 24 166 + 30 by 1 2 0 2 + 1 ch 359 52599 363 52236 + 2417 cy 8 87 0 87 + 87 cz 195 11854 180 11674 + 1277 de 2779 215460 6192 209268 +10417 dk 299 27698 350 27348 + 8942 dz 2 10 0 10 0 ee 67 1425 9 1416 + 262 eg 6 170 2 168 + 15 es 477 27268 228 27040 - 538 fi 618 73645 2006 71639 + 3377 fo 1 2 0 2 + 2 fr 1181 95548 1436 94112 +10752 gb 1 27 0 27 + 1 ge 1 0 0 0 0 gr 193 4240 210 4030 + 514 hr 84 1652 196 1456 + 412 hu 116 8707 46 8661 + 1835 ie 96 6413 86 6327 + 841 il 244 13984 342 13642 + 1006 is 82 4795 38 4757 + 230 it 936 33461 1127 32334 + 3964 li 4 30 3 0 - 27 lt 17 158 3 155 + 28 lu 41 620 5 615 + 109 lv 29 626 8 618 + 94 ma 1 0 0 0 0 mk 1 0 0 0 0 mt 1 0 0 0 0 nl 741 91753 2474 89279 + 3336 no 831 51701 1439 50262 + 1898 pl 453 12290 937 11353 + 587 pt 130 5589 68 5521 + 467 ro 41 538 40 498 - 24 ru 224 2308 208 2100 + 368 se 1024 81893 2235 79658 + 5594 si 109 1893 60 1833 + 206 sk 84 1594 31 1563 + 147 su 268 5429 297 5132 + 327 tn 3 64 7 57 + 3 tr 70 2168 47 2121 + 238 ua 78 702 100 602 + 73 uk 2846 263574 23275 240299 +14239 va 0 0 0 0 0 yu 3 0 0 0 0 ============================================================ 15633 1150791 44677 1106077 +76780 This is an overview of the History of the RIPE hostcounts. It only contains the totals. The totals for 1990-1991 should be considered rather unstable and unreliable because the program used then was not really tuned, plus the count was not done as regularly as it is now. Count : total hostcount for all European top level domains Delta : delta since previous count Delta % : delta as percentage of previous count Q Delta : delta over the past quarter Q Delta%: delta over last quarter as percentage of end of last quarter count For the Q Deltas I have not calculated those back before 1992, because the figures for 1990-1991 are not too reliable. *) Dec 1991 hostcount estimated at 135,000. Count Delta Delta % Q Delta Q Delta % ------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 1990 31724 Nov 1990 33665 + 1941 + 6.1% Dec 1990 29230 - 4435 - 13.2% Jan 1991 43832 + 14602 + 50.0% Feb 1991 - Mar 1991 44506 + 674 + 1.5% Apr 1991 46948 + 2442 + 5.5% May 1991 - Jun 1991 63267 + 16319 + 34.8% Jul 1991 - Aug 1991 73069 + 9802 + 15.5% Sep 1991 92834 + 19765 + 27.0% Oct 1991 104824 + 11990 + 12.9% Nov 1991 129652 + 24828 + 23.7% Dec 1991 - Jan 1992 141308 + 11656 + 9.0% Feb 1992 161434 + 20126 + 14.2% Mar 1992 167939 + 6505 + 4.0% + 32939 *) + 24.4% *) Apr 1992 170050 + 2111 + 1.3% May 1992 182528 + 12478 + 7.3% Jun 1992 196758 + 14230 + 7.8% + 28819 + 17.2% Jul 1992 213017 + 16259 + 8.3% Aug 1992 221951 + 8934 + 4.2% Sep 1992 232522 + 10571 + 4.8% + 35764 + 18.2% Oct 1992 254585 + 22063 + 9.5% Nov 1992 271795 + 17210 + 6.8% Dec 1992 284374 + 12579 + 4.6% + 51852 + 22.3% Jan 1993 303828 + 19454 + 6.8% Feb 1993 322902 + 19074 + 6.3% Mar 1993 355140 + 32238 + 10.0% + 70766 + 24.9% Apr 1993 366164 + 11024 + 3.1% May 1993 385522 + 19358 + 5.3% Jun 1993 404930 + 19408 + 5.0% + 49790 + 14.0% Jul 1993 426827 + 21897 + 5.4% Aug 1993 451116 + 24289 + 5.7% Sep 1993 469356 + 18240 + 4.0% + 64424 + 15.9% Oct 1993 500018 + 30662 + 6.5% Nov 1993 533701 + 33683 + 6.7% Dec 1993 553357 + 19656 + 3.7% + 84001 + 17.9% Jan 1994 587135 + 33778 + 6.1% Feb 1994 623158 + 36023 + 6.1% Mar 1994 655164 + 32006 + 5.1% +101807 + 18.4% Apr 1994 693346 + 38182 + 5.8% May 1994 735317 + 41971 + 6.1% Jun 1994 760385 + 25076 + 3.4% +105221 + 16.1% Jul 1994 789747 + 29362 + 3.8% Aug 1994 834945 + 45198 + 5.7% Sep 1994 888398 + 53453 + 6.4% +128013 + 16.8% Oct 1994 924679 + 36281 + 4.1% Nov 1994 973100 + 48421 + 5.2% Dec 1994 1029270 + 56170 + 5.8% +140872 + 15.9% Jan 1995 1106077 + 76780 + 7.5%

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