First Day of Workshop  --  Saturday, January 4 (afternoon)

Session 1  --  Middleware Systems and Projects
Moderator: Walt Heimerdinger, Honeywell Laboratories, Minneapolis, MN, USA

David Bakken, Washington State University, Pullman, USA
Middleware: What it is, and How it Enables Adaptivity and Dependability

O. Sami Saydjari, SRI, Wisconsin Rapids, WI, USA
HARD-RoCS Middleware - Goals and Approaches
 

Second Day of Workshop  --  Sunday, January 5

Session 2  --  Computational Models and System Properties
Moderator: Jean-Claude Laprie, LAAS-CNRS, Toulouse, France

Matti Hiltunen, AT&T Labs Research, Florham Park, NJ, USA
Dependability and Adaptivity in Cactus, Self*, and iMobile: Challenges and Solutions

Paulo Veríssimo, University of Lisbon, Portugal
Uncertainty and Predictability: Can they be Reconciled? A Vision and a Concrete Model

Gérard Le Lann
Asynchronous Middleware for Achieving Adaptivity and Dependability

Session 3  --  Abstractions and Algorithmic Solutions
Moderator: Luca Simoncini, University of Pisa, Italy

Rachid Guerraoui, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, Switzerland
Abstractions for Indulgent Distributed Computing

Roberto Baldoni, University of Rome (La Sapienza), Italy
Three-Tier Software Replication
 

Third Day of Workshop  --  Tuesday,  January 7 (morning)

Session 4  --  Abstractions and Frameworks for Reflective Middleware
Moderator: Hermann Kopetz, Vienna University of Technology, Austria

Gul A. Agha, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
Adaptive Middleware for Embedded Systems:
Developing a Formal Model,Language Abstractions and ImplementationTechniques

Roy Campbell, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
Dependable Pervasive Computing

Marc-Olivier Killijian, LAAS-CNRS, Toulouse, France
Adaptive Fault Tolerant Systems: Reflective Design and Validation

Session 5  --  Synthesis and Conclusion

Gérard Le Lann
Some Key Issues and Challenges