Center for Advanced TeleSysMatics (CAT):
Next Generation Network Centric Systems

Workshop
On

Next Generation Network Centric Systems:
Research Challenges and Opportunities

January 18- 19, 2001
Raytheon Missile Systems
1151 Hermans Road
Tucson, Arizona

Sponsored by


The 3rd Annual
C.A.T. Workshop

Next Generation Network-Centric Systems:
Research Challenges and Opportunities

This workshop is intended to bring together decision makers and researchers from industry, government agencies and academic researchers to discuss research challenges, education needs, and technology transfer in the area of network-centric systems.


This is a one and half day workshop to be held on Thursday, January 18, and Friday, January 19, 2001 at The Raytheon Missile Systems Building # 807 (1151 East Hermans Road), Tucson, Arizona. Transportation to the workshop site at Raytheon will be provided upon request.


The objectives of the workshop are two fold: 1) facilitate the discussion between academia, government research agencies and industry to define the research problems in network centric systems, education issues, and technology transfer; with the hope that follow up discussions and meetings can lead to joint collaborative research projects; and
2) Identify effective means to establish strategic alliance and collaboration between industry, government research labs and academia.
TENTATIVE AGENDA

Thursday, January 18, 2001
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SABINO Conference Room
 

1:00pm - 3:00pm    Industry/Government Perspectives on Research Challenges and
                               Opportunities in Network Centric Systems

                               Agent-based Modeling and Simulation of Systems of Systems,
                                    Mike Kamrowski, Raytheon

                               Intel Internet Exchange Architecture – Technology Challenges
                                    David Dannenberg, Intel

                               Internet Reliability - A Consumer Perspective: Addressing internet
                                    reliability issues using a practical approach,  John Raymond, AOL

                               Evolution of Internet Technology and Infrastructure,
                                    Steve Wolf, CISCO

                               Thin Server Solution to Distributed Data and Remote applications Systems,
                                     James A Secan, Northwest Research Associates, Inc.
 

3:30 pm - 5:00pm   Academic Research Projects

                                CATALINA: A Smart Application Control and Management,
                                    Salim Hariri, University of Arizona

                                The DEVS Real-Time Distributed Execution Environment:
                                    Programming by Modeling, Bernie Zeigler, University of Arizona

                                Flexibility in the Design of Network and Transport Protocols
                                    Stephen Pink, University of Arizona.

6:00 pm                   Reception at the Doubletree Reid Hotel

6:30 pm                   Dinner Banquet at the Doubletree Reid Hotel
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 Friday, January 19, 2001
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Morning Activities:

9:00am 10:30 am     Keynote Speech:  Strategic Communications for the State of Arizona
                                 Susan Patrick, Manager, Government Information Technology
                                 Agency (GITA)

                               Aprisma Approach for Network Management – Technology Challenges
                                    Lundy Lewis, Aprisma

                              TBD, Shlomo Pri-Tal, Motorola

                               InfoTeleSysMatics, Alfred N Sorensen, Aerospace Corporation

                               DataBlitz Toolkit – A High Performance Main-Memory Storage Manager
                                    Scott L. Speicher, Lucent

11:00am - Noon    The Open Bit Mine:  A Testbed for Interactive Models
                                    Suvrajeet Sen, University of Arizona

                               TBD, Sumit Gosh, Arizona State University

                               Women Virtual Development Center
                                    Ray Umashankar, University of Arizona

For further information about the workshop, please contact
Dr. Salim Hariri at (520) 621-4378 or by email hariri@ece.arizona.edu
Hank Embleton, Raytheon at (520) 794-4987 or by email hwembleton@west.raytheon.com
 

Registration Form (PDF)
Registration Form (word)

THE CENTER FOR ADVANCED TELESYSMATICS (CAT):
NEXT-GENERATION NETWORK CENTRIC SYSTEMS

Salim Hariri, Director
The University of Arizona
1230 E. Speedway Blvd.
Tucson, Arizona 85721
Tele: (520) 621-4378, Fax: (520) 621-8076
Email: hariri@ece.arizona.edu
http://www.ece.arizona.edu/~hpdc/cat

With the exponential growth of the Internet and the use of the World Wide Web, an information revolution is taking place with the industry experiencing an explosive growth and innovations in network-centric systems.  The vision for the CAT is to create a unique multidisciplinary culture to
a) Train a new breed of network-engineering leaders;
b) Establish theoretical foundations for the practical understanding of network-centric systems; and
c) Develop enabling technologies (software and hardware) to design, optimize, and manage Next-generation Network-centric Systems (NNS).  The NNS systems will include electronic and commerce networks, smart community networks, network-centric medical information systems, and intelligent traffic control systems.

The research and educational goals of CAT are:
1) Establish a comprehensive and useful network-centric system engineering theory that will enable us to
a. Quantify & characterize the information services & system requirements,
b. Design and analyze NNS, and
c. Achieve automatic control and management of systems.
2) Develop enabling technologies including
a. Software tools to assist in the design and analysis of NNS and their services;
b. Active agent technologies that can be dynamically programmed to implement any desired control and management functions
c. Hardware and software subsystems to allow real-time monitoring and management of NNS operating at very high transmission rates (Terabit/Gigabit per second);
d. Mobile, global, wireless Internet access, and
e. Network resource management through bandwidth brokers.
3) Demonstrate the usefulness of the theoretical foundation and technology solutions for revolutionary information services, such as, smart active community networks, advanced healthcare systems, and digital battlefield of the future.
4) Integrate the Center's activities with established academic programs to provide effective learning opportunities for both undergraduate and graduate students. The Center will also develop short courses and training workshops to help established professionals develop understanding and competence in the new approach.
5) The Center will be a technical forum through which researchers and users from industry, research institutions, and government organizations exchange ideas and information about network system engineering field. The Center will develop innovative partnerships with existing industry and provide incubators and startup companies facilities to help speed up and bring the technologies resulting from this center into the marketplace.

ACCOMMODATIONS - There are a number of hotels in the vicinity of the Tucson International Airport and Raytheon.  See the enclosed map for information.
 

Directions to Workshop Site at Raytheon

From the Airport, Go NORTH on Tucson Boulevard and turn left on VALENCIA; go to the Fourth traffic light (across the RR tracks) and turn Left (South) on NOGALES HWY; go to the Third traffic light and turn Left on HERMANS Road. At the Guard Kiosk tell them you are going to Building 807 and they will give you further directions.