The 13th Occam user group technical meeting revolved around the use of Occam and the transputer in real-time (distributed) systems. A few of the papers are not directly related to the real-time environment, however.
In lieu of listing each of the papers, I have chosen to give a general categorization of the topics covered by this collection:
Experimental operating systems--their design, associated problems, and solutions to some of the problems
Process migration, integrity, and fault tolerance
Performance and scheduling issues in distributed or real-time systems
Message passing and communication
Hardware issues--interfaces, process control, and network configurations
The Occam language and applications
Transputer applications
Underlying concepts associated with the above topics
Many of the papers span several of these topics. A few subtle issues may have been omitted from this list, but it summarizes most of the topics represented in this collection. The prerequisites for understanding these papers vary, but a general understanding of hardware systems, real-time environments, performance issues, and related concepts is a must. The papers vary in length and complexity, with some papers requiring additional background in specific areas. In summary, this proceedings is a valuable collection of interesting and well-written papers. I would recommend it to researchers interested in the above areas, especially those working in the transputer and related environments.
