Distributed Algorithms and Fault-tolerance

        The International Summer School on Distributed Algorithms
is supported by University of Siena and Consiglio Nazionale delle
Ricerche of  Italy.   It  is  intended  primarily  for  graduated
students  and  researchers  interested  in  entering the research
field of Distributed Algorithms.
 Each course comprises of formal lectures periods and of directed
study-discussion  periods.  Upon  request, students may be graded
for proficency in any of the courses.

Lecturers

S. DOLEV,   Ben Gurion, Israel
C. DWORK,   IBM Almaden, U.S.A.
D. PELEG,   Weizmann Institute, Israel
S. ZAKS,    Technion, Israel

Topics

SELF-STABILIZATION
FAULT-TOLERANT DISTRIBUTED ALGORITHMS
LOCALITY  SENSITIVE  DISTRIBUTED  COMPUTING
DISTRIBUTED GRAPH ALGORITHMS

School Directors: Elena Lodi (Siena) and Nicola Santoro (Carleton)

                  The  school  will  take  place  at  Certosa  di
Pontignano,  10km  far  from  Siena,  a  beautiful medioeval town
between Rome and Florence, where the Chianti  wine  is  produced.
Participants will also be offered organized activities.

             Registration and full  board  accomodation   fee   is
Italian  Liras  1,570,000  or US 1,000 (Italian Liras 1,100,000 or
US 700 for full time students). Subject to funding availability, a
limited number of scholarships will be granted.
Attendance is limited to a maximum of 40 persons.

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: March 31, 1997


For further  information  and  application  forms  please contact:

Elena Lodi
Dipartimento  di  Matematica
ISS "Distributed Algorithms"
via  del Capitano  15
53100 SIENA
ITALY

e-mail:  lodi@unisi.it    fax: +39 577 263 701