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This is the fourth IEEE Computer Society symposium dealing with the rapidly expanding field of object-oriented real-time distributed computing
(ORC) technology. The increased interest in this area means that the symposium has outgrown the capacity of an attendance-limited workshop. ISORC was created with the goal of becoming an exemplary symposium series
characterized by a spirit of openness, where diverse views and new approaches can be freely discussed. The principal theme of ISORC is the use of the object-oriented computing paradigm--which has prevailed in many
non-real-time applications in the past decade--in a wide variety of real-time applications. Papers pertaining to all aspects of ORC are sought, including but not limited to the following:
- programming: ORC paradigms, object models, RT Java, etc.
- distributed systems: real-time communication, middleware platforms (RT Corba, RT DCOM, RT RMI, etc.),
- inter-operability, security, fault tolerance
- operating systems: real-time kernels, extensibility, synchronization, resource allocation, scheduling
- software engineering: specification, design, verification, validation, testing
- applications: embedded systems (automotive, avionics, consumer electronics), multimedia processing
- system evaluation: output accuracy, timeliness, dependability
Papers dealing with other issues that are related to the specification, design, implementation, and evaluation of ORC systems are also welcome. To promote dialogue between researchers and users of ORC, contributions
from industry are particularly welcome. The Program Committee will use the following guidelines in evaluating the submitted papers and composing the technical program:
- Papers must be relevant, directly or indirectly, to the central themes of real time and object orientation.
- Papers presenting practical techniques, ideas, or evaluations will be favored.
- Experience reports or experimental developments are particularly welcome. Originality will not be interpreted too narrowly.
- Papers that are based on extremely unrealistic assumptions will not be accepted however mathematically or logically sophisticated the discussion may be.
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