5th International Summer School on Distributed Computing

	         ADVANCED DISTRIBUTED ALGORITHMS 

	               June 21-27, 1999
                     University of Siena
              Certosa di Pontignano, Pontignano
		        SIENA, ITALY


        The International Summer School on Distributed Computing is
supported  by  University  of Siena  and  Consiglio Nazionale delle
Ricerche of  Italy. It is intended primarily for graduated students
and researchers interested in specializing in the research field of
Distributed Algorithms, as weel as for professionals interested  in 
learning the current research directions and problems.
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 
N. SANTORO, Carleton University, Canada

Topics

SELF-STABILIZATION
CRYPTOGRAPHIC PROTOCOLS
LOCALITY  SENSITIVE  DISTRIBUTED  COMPUTING
TIMED DISTRIBUTED COMPUTATIONS

School Directors: Elena Lodi (University of Siena)

                  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  1,800,000  or US 1,000 (Italian Liras 1,260,000 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: April 23, 1999


For further  information  and  application  forms  please contact the local organizer:

Michele Pinna
Dipartimento  di  Matematica  
ISS "Distributed Algorithms"
via  del Capitano  15
53100 SIENA
ITALY

e-mail:  lodi@miele.mat.unisi.it    fax: +39 0577 263 701