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An invited collection of peer-reviewed papers surveying key areas of Roger Needham's distinguished research career at Cambridge University and Microsoft Research. From operating systems to distributed computing, many of the world's leading researchers provide insight into the latest concepts and theoretical insights--many of which are based upon Needham's pioneering research work. A critical collection of edited-survey research papers spanning the entire range of Roger Needham's distinguished scientific career, from operating systems to distributed computing and security. Many of the world's leading researchers survey their topics' latest developments and acknowledge the theoretical foundations of Needham's work. Introduction to book written by Rick Rashid, Director of Microsoft Research Worldwide.

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Contents Preface Roger Needham: 50 + 5 Meeting Programme Contributors Introduction: Roger Needham Rick Rashid 1 On Access Control, Data Integration, and Their Languages Mart?n Abadi 2 Protocol Analysis, Composability and Computation Ross Anderson, Michael Bond 3 Access Control in Distributed Systems Jean Bacon, Ken Moody 4 Implementing Condition Variables with Semaphores Andrew D. Birrell 5 Clumps, Clusters and Classification Christopher M. Bishop 6 How to Implement Unnecessary Mutexes Mike Burrows 7 Bioware Languages Luca Cardelli 8 The Economics of Open Systems David D. Clark 9 From Universe to Global Internet Jon Crowcroft 10 Needham-Schroeder Goes to Court Dorothy E. Denning 11 The Design of Reliable Operating Systems Peter Denning 12 An Historical Connection between Time-Sharing and Virtual Circuits Sandy Fraser 13 On Cross-Platform Security Li Gong 14 Distributed Computing Economics Jim Gray 15 The Titan Influence David Hartley 16 Middleware? Muddleware? Andrew Herbert 17 Grand Challenges for Computing Research Tony Hoare 18 Sentient Computing Andy Hopper 19 Cyber Security in Open Systems Anita Jones 20 Software Components: Only the Giants Survive Butler W. Lampson 21 Security Protocols: Who Knows What Exactly? Peter Landrock 22 Volume Rendering by Ray-Casting in Shear-Image Order Hugh C. Lauer, Yin Wu, Vishal Bhatia, Larry Seiler 23 A Conceptual Authorization Model for Web Services Paul J. Leach, Chris Kaler, Blair Dillaway, Praerit Garg, Brian LaMacchia, Butler Lampson, John Manferdelli, Rick Rashid, John Shewchuk, Dan Simon, Richard Ward 24 The Trouble with Standards E. Stewart Lee 25 Novelty in the Nemesis Operating System Ian Leslie 26 A Technology Transfer Retrospective Roy Levin 27 An Optical LAN Derek McAuley 28 What's in a Name? Robin Milner 29 The Cryptographic Role of the Cleaning Lady Bob Morris 30 Real Time in a Real Operating System Sape J. Mullender, Pierre G. Jansen 31 Zen and the Art of Research Management John Naughton, Robert W. Taylor 32 The Descent of BAN Lawrence C. Paulson 33 Brief Encounters Brian Randell 34 Retrieval System Models: What's New? Stephen Robertson, Karen SpÄrck Jones 35 Slammer: An Urgent Wake-Up Call Jerome H. Saltzer 36 Caching Trust Rather Than Content M. Satyanarayanan 37 Least Privilege and More Fred B. Schneider 38 Using Sharing to Simplify System Management Michael D. Schroeder 39 An RSA-Related Number-Theoretic Surprise Gustavus J. Simmons 40 Application-Private Networks Jonathan M. Smith 41 Using the CORAL System to Discover Attacks on Security Protocols Graham Steel, Alan Bundy, Ewen Denney 42 On the Role of Binding and Rate Adaptation in Packet Networks David Tennenhouse 43 Technologies for Portable Computing Chuck Thacker 44 Multiple Alternative Voting David Wheeler 45 The Semiotics of Umbrellas John Wilkes 46 Computers for Specialized Application Areas Maurice Wilkes 47 Computer Security? Roger Needham Roger Needham: Publications Karen SpÄrck Jones