[dbjapan] CFP: ICDCS 2009

[Ashvin Goel <ashvin [at] eecg.toronto.edu>]

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                              ICDCS 2009
    The 29th International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems

                          Montreal, Canada
                          June 22-26, 2009

         <http://www.cse.ohio-state.edu/icdcs2009/ICDCS_2009.html>

                            Sponsored by
The IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Distributed Processing
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The conference provides a forum for engineers and scientists in
academia, industry and government to present their latest research
findings in any aspects of distributed and parallel computing. Topics of
particular interest include, but are not limited to:

   o Data Management and Data Centers
   o Distributed Algorithms
   o Distributed Operating Systems and Middleware
   o Reliability and Dependability
   o Security and Privacy
   o Network and Internet Support for Distributed Applications
   o Multimedia Systems
   o Wireless and Sensor Networks


WORKSHOPS

Workshops will be held in conjunction with the conference. Workshop
proposals should be submitted to Workshops Co-Chair Paul Sivilotti
(<mailto:paolo [at] cse.ohio-state.edu>) by August 15, 2008. Notification of
acceptance will be made by October 1, 2008. Please see the conference
web page for details.


PAPER SUBMISSION

Format of Manuscript: All paper submissions should follow the IEEE 8.5"
x 11" Two-Column Format with 11 point font. The submissions should be in
PDF Format. Each submission can have 8 pages plus up to 2 over-length
pages. If the paper is accepted for publication, an over-length fee will
be charged to each of the over-length pages in the final camera-ready
version.

Electronic Submission: Submissions will be handled via the conference
web page.

The proceedings of the conference and the workshops will be published by
the IEEE Computer Society Press.

IMPORTANT  DATES
   Paper Submission     -  November 15, 2008
   Author Notification  -  February 5, 2009
   Final Manuscript Due -  March 20,   2009

For further information, please contact the program chair, Professor
Xiaodong Zhang at <mailto:zhang [at] cse.ohio-state.edu>.


ICDCS 2009 - Organizing and Program Committees
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General Chair:
       Tarek S. Abdelrahman, University of Toronto, Canada

Program Chair:
       Xiaodong Zhang, Ohio State University, USA

Program Vice Chairs:

  Distributed Algorithms
       Vijay Garg, IBM India Research Lab, India

  Data Management and Data Centers
       Cristiana Amza, University of Toronto, Canada

  Operating Systems and Middleware
       John Douceur, Microsoft Research, USA

  Reliability and Dependability
       Roberto Baldoni, University of Rome, Italy

  Security and Privacy
       Peng Ning, North Carolina State University, USA

  Networking and Internet Support for Distributed Computing
       Guohong Cao, Pennsylvania State University, USA

  Wireless and Mobile Computing in Distributed Systems
       Tarek Abdelzaher, University of Illinois, USA

Workshops Co-Chairs:
       Paul A. G. Sivilotti, Ohio State University, USA
       Dong Xuan, Ohio State University, USA

Award Co-Chairs:
       Ben Wah, Univeristy of Illinois, USA
       Wei Zhao, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA

Local Arrangements Co-Chairs:
       Bettina Kemme, McGill University, Canada
       Xue Liu, McGill University, Canada

Publication Chair:
       Baochun Li, University of Toronto, Canada

Publicity Co-Chairs:
       Ashvin Goel, University of Toronto, Canada
       Antonio Casimiro, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

Registration Chair:
       Dongyu Qiu, Concordia University, Canada

Webmaster:
       Feng Qin, Ohio State University, USA

International Liaison Co-Chairs:
       Ten H. Lai, Ohio State University, USA
       Makoto Takizawa, Seikei University, Japan
       Michel Raynal, IRISA-IFSIC, France

Finance Chair:
       Dong Xuan, Ohio State University, USA

TCDP Chair:
       Jie Wu, National Science Foundation, USA

Steering Committee Chair:
       Ming T. (Mike) Liu, Ohio State University, USA