2nd Workshop on Quality of Service in Distributed Object Systems
Workshop Web Site
The suitability of the object model for the modeling and
implementation of distributed systems has lead to middleware
platforms, such as e.g. CORBA, DCOM, Java/RMI, and recently
.Net and SOAP. Originally, these middleware systems aim at
distribution transparency for application programmers.
However, distributed systems are exposed to system issues, like dynamic
performance changes or partial errors, that prevent a complete
distribution transparency. Quality of Service (QoS) management
addresses these issues. The goal is to add QoS management to the
interactions between clients and services.
Support for QoS management in distributed object systems is a hot
topic of current research which poses a number of open questions: How
is QoS integrated with the object model that emphasizes encapsulation
and information hiding? Can one build generic support frameworks for
multiple QoS categories, in contrast to specialized, single category
systems, such as TAO, Electra, Eternal, DOORS among others. Can QoS
be viewed as an aspect in the sense of Aspect Oriented Programming
(AOP) or are other classifications more appropriate?
Based on nowadays object-oriented middleware platforms component
based systems emerge. The necessity for QoS provision upholds
for components as well. The integration of QoS specifications
in component models as well as the mapping to underlying
QoS provision of object systems is a challenge of the near
future.
The proposed ECOOP-workshop will discuss the open questions and will
summarize the state of the art in the field. It is expected that the
workshop will stimulate discussions about how next generation QoS
management facilities can be built into object infrastructures. We
expect the workshop to attract researchers from several groups which
have working prototypes for this infrastructure. Reports on
prototype systems are welcome as well as theoretical aspects,
modeling techniques, and application scenarios.
The workshop addresses the state of the art and the future of Quality of
Service management in distributed object systems.
The objective is to provide presentations and discussions about
the influence of QoS provision on the object model.
An additional focus is put on component based systems and the influence
of QoS provision on the component specification and proper mapping to
the underlying distribution infrastructure.
Topics include, but are not restricted to
- Modeling QoS: suitability of object oriented modeling techniques,
influences of QoS provision on the object model, e.g. type systems
- Structure and implementation issues: AOP, open implementations or
design patterns, contract aware components
- Scope of QoS-integration: generic integration, multi-category support,
impact on architecture and underlying object-model
- Management integration of QoS management and network and
application management
- Experiences of QoS integration in OO-Middleware platforms
- Specialized QoS platforms vs. extending existing platforms
- Bind-time QoS integration: Naming, Trading, and Negotiation of QoS in
open distributed systems
- Accounting and Pricing of QoS
A one page extended abstract describing your research is required and
will be distributed to the other participants. Participants should
also be prepared to give a 15 minute presentation on their research.
The success of the last year's workshop confirms our feeling that
there is a distinct community interested in the workshop topic.
ECOOP had so far only one workshop that addressed the general issues how to
extend distributed objects to include Quality of Service issues. These
issues are addressed in specific contexts, such as multi-media, real
time, and mobile. We fell it is time to synthesis the lessons learned
in these specific contexts into general framework.
We expect this workshop to attract researchers who would normally
attend Middlewar, IWQOS, or OOPSLA.
- Name:
- Christian Becker
- Email:
- becker@vsb.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de
- Company:
- FB Informatik, Verteilte Systeme und Betriebssysteme
- Name:
- John Zinky
- Email:
- jzinky@bbn.com
- Company:
- BBN Technologies, Part of Verizon