The objective of this tutorial is to illustrate via real-time use-cases and examples, how to apply patterns and framework components to design and optimize (1) middleware QoS programming models, (2) middleware architectures that minimize priority inversion and non-determinism, associate client requests with servants in constant time, and implement standard middleware protocols, such as GIOP/IIOP, using small memory footprints, (3) middleware scheduling and events services for adaptive QoS and static/dynamic real-time scheduling, and (4) middleware services that control and manage multimedia streaming applications and real-time embedded systems.

Attendee Background: The tutorial is intended for software developers who are familiar with general OO design and programming techniques (such as design patterns, modularity, and information hiding), fundamental OO programming language features (such as classes, inheritance, dynamic binding, and parameterized types), basic systems programming concepts (such as process/thread management, synchronization, and interprocess communication), and networking terminology (such as client/server architectures and TCP/IP).

Dr. Schmidt is Director of the Center for Distributed Object Computing and an Associate Professor of Department of Computer Science and the Department of Radiology at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. Dr. Schmidt is an internationally recognized expert on distributed object computing middleware, patterns, and communication frameworks and has published widely in top IEEE, ACM, IFIP, and USENIX technical conferences and journals.