WCW'99: Program

WCW'99: Program

Workshop Program

NOTE, this is a very preliminary schedule. It is provided at this time only to give you an approximate idea of what will happen. Times and locations are subject to change!

Wednesday, March 31, 1999

On Wednesday, we will have a ``dual-track'' program with work-in-progress reports being presented in the large IOA auditorium and BOF sesssions in the smaller SDSC conference room.

Time Work-In-Progress
IOA Auditorium BOF
SDSC 362

08:30 - 10:00 WIP 1: Caching and Prefetching BOF #1: OPEN

Web Prefetching Using Partial Match Prediction
by Palpanas and Mendelzon
status: confirmed

Enhancement and Validation of the Squid Cache Replacement Policy (postscript, PDF)
by Dilley, Arlitt, and Perret
status: confirmed

Suitability of Signature Indexing Over the World Wide Web
by Yang, Soundarajan, and Singhal
status: invited

10:00 - 10:30 Break

10:30 - 12:00 WIP 2: Tuning the Cache BOF #2: Facing out and facing in; proxies and surrogates as caching peers.
This BOF is intended to explore the possibility of deploying cache systems which act primarily on behalf of content providers.

Optimizing Object Freshness Controls in Web Caches (postscript)
by Nottingham
status: confirmed

Towards a Fine-Grained Adaptivity in Web Caches
by Aubert and Beugnard
status: confirmed

An evolutionary scheme for Web Replication and Caching
by Vakali
status: invited

12:00 - 13:00 Lunch

13:00 - 14:30 WIP 3: Measuring Performance BOF #3: I2-DSI: We will describe the current state of I2-DSI development and deployment, emerging international collaborations, and will review the applications presented at the recent workshop.

Measuring Network Cache Performance
by Saraiya and Vasudevan
status: confirmed

Behavior of WWW Proxy Servers in Low Bandwidth Conditions
by Hada, Chinen, Yamaguchi, and Oie
status: confirmed

Workload Requirements for a Very High-Capacity Proxy Cache Design
by Lee and Tomlinson
status: confirmed

14:30 - 15:00 Break

15:00 - 17:30 WIP 4: New Schemes BOF #4: Benchmarking Proxy Caches with Polygraph. Alex shares insights, secrets, and tips for a successful benchmark.

Increasing the Performance of Transparent Caching with Content-aware Cache Bypass
by Johnson
status: confirmed

A New Approach to Scalable Network Storage System for Large Objects
by Jung and Chon
status: confirmed

Transparent en route caching in WANs
by Krishnan, Raz, and Shavitt
status: confirmed

Time	Work-In-Progress IOA Auditorium	BOF SDSC 362
08:30 - 10:00	WIP 1: Caching and Prefetching	BOF #1: OPEN
Web Prefetching Using Partial Match Prediction by Palpanas and Mendelzon status: confirmed
Enhancement and Validation of the Squid Cache Replacement Policy (postscript, PDF) by Dilley, Arlitt, and Perret status: confirmed
Suitability of Signature Indexing Over the World Wide Web by Yang, Soundarajan, and Singhal status: invited
10:00 - 10:30	Break
10:30 - 12:00	WIP 2: Tuning the Cache	BOF #2: Facing out and facing in; proxies and surrogates as caching peers. This BOF is intended to explore the possibility of deploying cache systems which act primarily on behalf of content providers.
Optimizing Object Freshness Controls in Web Caches (postscript) by Nottingham status: confirmed
Towards a Fine-Grained Adaptivity in Web Caches by Aubert and Beugnard status: confirmed
An evolutionary scheme for Web Replication and Caching by Vakali status: invited
12:00 - 13:00	Lunch
13:00 - 14:30	WIP 3: Measuring Performance	BOF #3: I2-DSI: We will describe the current state of I2-DSI development and deployment, emerging international collaborations, and will review the applications presented at the recent workshop.
Measuring Network Cache Performance by Saraiya and Vasudevan status: confirmed
Behavior of WWW Proxy Servers in Low Bandwidth Conditions by Hada, Chinen, Yamaguchi, and Oie status: confirmed
Workload Requirements for a Very High-Capacity Proxy Cache Design by Lee and Tomlinson status: confirmed
14:30 - 15:00	Break
15:00 - 17:30	WIP 4: New Schemes	BOF #4: Benchmarking Proxy Caches with Polygraph. Alex shares insights, secrets, and tips for a successful benchmark.
Increasing the Performance of Transparent Caching with Content-aware Cache Bypass by Johnson status: confirmed
A New Approach to Scalable Network Storage System for Large Objects by Jung and Chon status: confirmed
Transparent en route caching in WANs by Krishnan, Raz, and Shavitt status: confirmed

Thursday, April 1, 1999

Technical Paper Presentations and Vendor Exhibits.

Time Technical Program
IOA Auditorium

08:30 - 10:00 TP 1: Caching Policies

Biased Replacement Policies for Web Caches: Differential Quality-of-Service and Aggregate User Value (postscript)
by Kelly, Chan, Jamin, and Mackie-Mason

CacheL: Language Support for Customizable Caching Policies (postscript)
by Barnes and Pandey

WebCASE: A simulation environment for web caching study (postscript)
by Zhang, Izmailov, Reninger, and Ott

10:00 - 10:30 Break

10:30 - 12:00 TP 2: Caching Architectures

WWW Cache Modelling Toolbox (postscript)
by Bilchev, Roadknight, Marshall, and Olafsson

Web Caching Architectures: Hierarchical and Distributed Caching (postscript)
by Rodriguez, Spanner, and Biersack

Proxy caching based on object location considering semantic usage (postscript, PDF)
by Rochat and Thompson

12:00 - 13:00 Lunch
(sponsored by InfoLibria)

13:00 - 14:30 TP 3: Proxy Evaluation

An Initial Statistical Analysis of the Performance of the UK National JANET Cache (postscript, HTML)
by Sparks, Neisser, and Hanby

A Survey of Proxy Cache Evaluation Techniques (postscript, HTML)
by Davison

Examining the Cacheability of User-Requested Web Resources (postscript)
by Wills and Mikhailov

14:30 - 15:00 Break

15:00 - 16:30 TP 4: Extending Capabilities of the Cache

On Bandwidth Smoothing (postscript)
Maltzahn, Richardson, Grunwald, and Martin

Proxy Caching Mechanism for Multimedia Playback Streams in the Internet (postscript, HTML)
by Rejaie, Handley, Yu, and Estrin

Ad insertion at proxies to improve cache hit rates (postscript)
by Gupta and Baehr

19:00 - 22:00 Evening Reception -- Radisson Hotel

Time	Technical Program IOA Auditorium
08:30 - 10:00	TP 1: Caching Policies
Biased Replacement Policies for Web Caches: Differential Quality-of-Service and Aggregate User Value (postscript) by Kelly, Chan, Jamin, and Mackie-Mason
CacheL: Language Support for Customizable Caching Policies (postscript) by Barnes and Pandey
WebCASE: A simulation environment for web caching study (postscript) by Zhang, Izmailov, Reninger, and Ott
10:00 - 10:30	Break
10:30 - 12:00	TP 2: Caching Architectures
WWW Cache Modelling Toolbox (postscript) by Bilchev, Roadknight, Marshall, and Olafsson
Web Caching Architectures: Hierarchical and Distributed Caching (postscript) by Rodriguez, Spanner, and Biersack
Proxy caching based on object location considering semantic usage (postscript, PDF) by Rochat and Thompson
12:00 - 13:00	Lunch (sponsored by InfoLibria)
13:00 - 14:30	TP 3: Proxy Evaluation
An Initial Statistical Analysis of the Performance of the UK National JANET Cache (postscript, HTML) by Sparks, Neisser, and Hanby
A Survey of Proxy Cache Evaluation Techniques (postscript, HTML) by Davison
Examining the Cacheability of User-Requested Web Resources (postscript) by Wills and Mikhailov
14:30 - 15:00	Break
15:00 - 16:30	TP 4: Extending Capabilities of the Cache
On Bandwidth Smoothing (postscript) Maltzahn, Richardson, Grunwald, and Martin
Proxy Caching Mechanism for Multimedia Playback Streams in the Internet (postscript, HTML) by Rejaie, Handley, Yu, and Estrin
Ad insertion at proxies to improve cache hit rates (postscript) by Gupta and Baehr
19:00 - 22:00	Evening Reception -- Radisson Hotel

Friday, April 2, 1999

Technical Paper Presentations and Vendor Exhibits.

Time Technical Program
IOA Auditorium

08:30 - 10:00 TP 5: New Caching Paradigms

Portable Representation of Internet Content Channels in I2-DSI (postscript)
by Beck, Moore, Dempsey, and Chawla

Wormhole Caching with HTTP PUSH method for a Satellite-Based Global Multicast Replication System (postscript, HTML)
by Chen, Mathur, Anwar, Abrams, Johnson, and Stevenson

Locating Copies of Objects Using the Domain Name System (postscript, HTML)
by Kangasharju, Ross, and Roberts

10:00 - 10:30 Break

10:30 - 12:00 TP 6: Building the Cache

Supporting Transparent Caching with Standard Proxy Caches (postscript)
by Cohen, Rangarajan, and Singh

Achieving Load Balance and Effective Caching in Clustered Web Servers (postscript)
by Bunt, Eager, Oster, and Williamson

Simultaneous Proxy Evaluation (postscript, HTML)
by Davison

12:00 - 13:00 Lunch

13:00 - 14:30 IRCache Benchmarking Results

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14:30 - 15:00 Break

15:00 - 16:30 Closing Remarks and Discussion

Time	Technical Program IOA Auditorium
08:30 - 10:00	TP 5: New Caching Paradigms
Portable Representation of Internet Content Channels in I2-DSI (postscript) by Beck, Moore, Dempsey, and Chawla
Wormhole Caching with HTTP PUSH method for a Satellite-Based Global Multicast Replication System (postscript, HTML) by Chen, Mathur, Anwar, Abrams, Johnson, and Stevenson
Locating Copies of Objects Using the Domain Name System (postscript, HTML) by Kangasharju, Ross, and Roberts
10:00 - 10:30	Break
10:30 - 12:00	TP 6: Building the Cache
Supporting Transparent Caching with Standard Proxy Caches (postscript) by Cohen, Rangarajan, and Singh
Achieving Load Balance and Effective Caching in Clustered Web Servers (postscript) by Bunt, Eager, Oster, and Williamson
Simultaneous Proxy Evaluation (postscript, HTML) by Davison
12:00 - 13:00	Lunch
13:00 - 14:30	IRCache Benchmarking Results
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14:30 - 15:00	Break
15:00 - 16:30	Closing Remarks and Discussion

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