[[ -- Apologies for multiple copies of this message -- \vs ]] First Announcement Foundations of Wide Area Network Programming ============================================ 13th International School for Computer Science Researchers Lipari Island, July 1-14, 2001 The 13th School for Computer Science Researchers addresses Ph.D. students and young researchers who want to get exposed to the forefront of research activity in the field of Wide Area Network Programming, with particular reference to the future of the World Wide Web and to issues of distributed architectures, software engineering, object oriented design, security, mobility, coordination, collaborative work and retrieval/handling of semistructured data. The school will be held in the beautiful surroundings of the island of Lipari. Participants will be arranged in a comfortable hotel at very special rates. The conference room (in the same hotel) is air conditioned and equipped with all conference materials. Special areas are reserved to students for the afternoon coursework and study. A proficiency final exam at the end of each chosen course is mandatory for students. A social tour to Stromboli with spectacular vulcano fireworks will be held on Sunday, July 8. The official language is English. The island of Lipari can be easily reached from Milazzo, Palermo, Naples, Messina and Reggio Calabria by ferry or hydrofoil (50 minutes from Milazzo). The organization provides a round-trip bus from Catania airport (the third most important airport in Italy) to Milazzo hydrofoil terminal and viceversa. Lipari International School Web Pages ===================================== http://lipari.dmi.unict.it/Lipari/index.asp Courses (incomplete list) ======================== * Security Protocols and Formal Methods. Martin Abadi Bell Labs Research, Palo Alto abadi@research.bell-labs.com http://pa.bell-labs.com/~abadi/home.html * Principles of Wide Area Programming. Luca Cardelli Microsoft Research, Cambridge, UK luca@microsoft.com http://www.luca.demon.co.uk/ * The Coordination Paradigm. Paolo Ciancarini Universit� degli Studi, Bologna ciancarini@cs.unibo.it http://www.cs.unibo.it/~cianca/ * Concurrent Object-Oriented Programming. Doug Lea State University of New York at Oswego dl@cs.oswego.edu http://gee.cs.oswego.edu/dl/ * Mobility, Security and Proof-Carrying Code. Peter Lee Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh petel@cs.cmu.edu http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~petel/ * Java, Jini and Related Technologies. Jim Waldo Sun Microsystems, Burlington, Mass. and Harvard University jim.waldo@sun.com Directors ========= Alfredo Ferro (University of Catania), Co-chair Ugo Montanari (University of Pisa), Co-chair Vladimiro Sassone (University of Catania), Co-chair Advanced Seminars ================= A few talks will be given by auditors or by experts visiting the School for short periods. Application =========== Two kinds of partecipants are welcome. Students: Partecipants who are expected to do afternoon courseworks and take a final exam. Auditors: Partecipants who are not interested in taking the final exam. Up to 60 students and a limited number of additional auditors will be admitted. Deadline for application is March 31, 2001. Applicants must include a short curriculum vitae and specify two professors whom letters of recommendation will be asked to, if deemed necessary. Applicants will be notified about admission by April 14, 2001. Registration fee is 400 U.S. dollars (includes bus+hydrofoil Catania airport-Lipari-Catania airport, social tour to Stromboli, approx. 1000 pages of xeroxed course material). While electronic application is preferred, applications by mail to the following address will also be accepted: School Director: Prof. Alfredo Ferro Dipartimento di Matematica e Informatica Universit� degli Studi di Catania - Citt� Universitaria Viale A.Doria, 6 - 95125 Catania - ITALY Tel: +39 095 221012 / +39 095 7383071 Fax: +39 095 7337032 E-mail: ferro@dmi.unict.it Important dates =============== Deadline for application: March 31, 2001. Notification of admission: April 14, 2001. Lipari School: July 1-14,2001