1. Network Development.- Introductory Survey.- Data Communication in Israel - Present and Future.- Datanet 1 of the Netherlands' PTT.- of Radio-based Air/Ground Data Links into the SITA Network.- Presentation of the NADIR Pilot-Project.- AUTOFLOOD - A Flexible Test System for Packet Switched Networks.- Integrated Non-voice Services in the Electronic Office.- 2. Network Design.- Open System Interconnection and the Integrated Services Digital Network.- Design Issues for High Speed Local Network Protocols.- Directory Systems for Computer Mail in Internetworking Environments.- Modeling and Verification of End-to-End Protocols.- Why Usual Transmission Protocols are not appropriate for High Speed Satellite Transmission.- 3. Local Area Networks.- RESER, A Local Area Network Using a Fiber-Optic Ring.- SESNET - Local Area Networks for Software Engineering Development.- The Interconnection of Local Area Networks via a Satellite Network.- Report on the Local Area Networks FFM-MCS and MICON.- The Cambridge Ring.- Distributed System Activities at the Institute of Cybernetics of the University of Milan.- 4. Mathematical Development.- An Introduction to a Calculus of Communicating Systems.- Modelling of Distributed Computing Systems.- 5. Security and Encryption.- Data Security in Distributed Computing Systems.- The Data Encryption Standard and its Modes of Use.- Standardisation and Implementation of Data Encryption.- Public Key Cryptosystems, Authentication and Signatures.- 6. Parallel Computing Architecture.- Synchronization of Concurrent Processes without Globality Assumptions.- Parallel Processing Architecture and Parallel Algorithms.- Parallel Non-Linear Algorithms.- Microcomputer Networks for Process Control.- List of Participants.
