8. FTDCS 2001: Bologna, Italy
8th IEEE Workshop on Future Trends of Distributed Computer Systems (FTDCS 2001), 31 October, 2 November 2001, Bologna, Italy, Proceedings. IEEE Computer Society 2001 ISBN 0-7695-1384-0
Collaborative and Cooperative Software Engineering I
A. de Farias, Luís Ferreira Pires, Marten van Sinderen, Dick A. C. Quartel: A Combined Component-Based Approach for the Design of Distributed Software Systems. 2-8
Mónica Pinto, Lidia Fuentes, José M. Troya, Mohamed Fayad: Towards an Aspect-Oriented Framework in the Design of Collaborative Virtual Environments. 9-17
Distributed Multimedia Computing - Chair: Maarten Boasson
Randy Chow, Chung-wei Lee, Jonathan C. L. Liu: Traffic Dispersion Strategies for Multimedia Streaming. 18-24
Sandeep K. S. Gupta, Martin Reisslein, A. Se: Towards Information Quality Based Distribution of Multimedia Streams in Mobile Environments. 25-33
Ubiquitous Computing and Web-Based Computing
Stephen S. Yau, Fariaz Karim: Context-Sensitive Object Request Broker for Ubiquitous Computing Environments. 34-40
Yanlong Zhang, Hong Zhu, Sue Greenwood, Qingning Huo: Quality Modelling for Web-Based Information Systems. 41-47
Antonio Ruiz Cortés, Miguel Toro, Rafael Corchuelo, Amador Durán: Automated Support for Quality Requirements in Web-Service-Based Systems. 48-55
Intranet and Internet Technologies for Distributed Systems
Flavio De Paoli: Toward an Open and Collaborative Internet. 56-61
Z. Zhang, Tse-Yun Feng: Multifunctional Optical Switches for Multistage Interconnection Networks. 62-66
KyungOh Ohn, Raechan Hwang, Haengrae Cho: Prototyping PHLOX, A High Performance Transaction Processing System on a Workstation Cluster with Shared Disks. 67-75
Distributed Agents and Applications of Distributed Systems
Irineu Sotoma, Edmundo R. M. Madeira: DPCP (Discard Past Consider Present) -- A Novel Approach to Adaptive Fault Detection in Distributed Systems. 76-82
Hua Zhou, Hongji Yang: A Distributed Application-Oriented Development Framework Based on Resource Management. 83-88
Java-Based Network Computing and ATM Networks

Roberto Baldoni, Roberto Beraldi: Low Cost Routing in Mobile Ad-hoc Networks: Is It Achievable? 105-111
Network Infrastructure for High-Performance Computing I
D. Ressmann, A. Platt, S. Rumsby: Architecture to Support Performance Monitoring in Object Based Distributed Systems. 120-125
Paolo Bellavista, Antonio Corradi, Rebecca Montanari, Cesare Stefanelli: An Active Middleware to Control QoS Level in Multimedia Services. 126-132
Roberto Baldoni, Carlo Marchetti: Software Replication in Three-Tiers Architectures: Is It A Real Challenge? 133-141
Mobile Computing and Communications - Chair: Francis Lau

Licia Capra, Cecilia Mascolo, Stefanos Zachariadis, Wolfgang Emmerich: Towards A Mobile Computing Middleware: A Synergy of Reflection and Mobile Code Techniques. 148-154
Jean-Paul Arcangeli, Christine Maurel, Frédéric Migeon: An API for High-Level Software Engineering of Distributed and Mobil Applications. 155-163
Security, Safety and Assurance of Distributed System
Peter Henderson, B. Walters, Stephen Crouch: Inconsistency Tolerance across Enterprise Solutions. 164-169
Masayuki Matsumoto, S. Shimagaki, Dai Watanabe, Kinji Mori: Assurance Technologies for Autonomous Train on-Board Computer System. 170-177
Collaborative and Cooperative Software Engineering II
Sartaj Sahni, Kun Suk Kim: Efficient Construction of Fixed-Stride Multibit Tries for IP Lookup. 178-184
Carl K. Chang, Jia Zhang, Tsang Ming Jiang: Formalization of Computer Supported Cooperative Work Applications. 185-193
Network Infrastructure for High-Performance Computing II

Fernando Sánchez, Miguel Toro, José Luis Herrero: Fault Tolerance as an Aspect Using Jreplica. 201-209
Distributed Object Computing
Giacomo Cabri: Role-Based Infrastructure for Agents. 210-214
J.-M. Lin, Z.-W. Hong, H. J. Jiau, W. Chu: A Design Pattern for Reengineering Windows Software Applications into Reusable CORBA Objects. 215-221
K. H. (Kane) Kim, Juqiang Liu: QoS-Driven Resource Management in Real-Time Object Based Distributed Computing System. 222-231



