21st International Symposium on
Distributed Computing (DISC 2007)
September 24-26, 2007
Lemesos, Cyprus
DATES:
Submission deadline: May 4, 2007 at
23:59 EDT (Eastern Daylight Time)
Acceptance notification: July 6,
2007
Camera-ready copy due: July 18, 2007
SCOPE:
Original contributions to the
theory, design, analysis, implementation,
or application of distributed systems and
networks are solicited.
Topics of interest include, but are
not limited to:
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distributed algorithms and their
complexity
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fault-tolerance of distributed
systems
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multiprocessor/cluster architectures
and algorithms
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communication networks - protocols
and architectures
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cryptographic and security protocols
for distributed systems
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concurrent programming and
synchronization
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self-stabilization
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sensor, mobile, ad-hoc, peer-to-peer
networks
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specification, semantics, and
verification in distributed systems
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distributed computing issues in the
Internet and the world-wide web
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distributed operating systems and
databases
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distributed programming languages
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distributed systems management
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distributed object-oriented computing
Conference presentations will have
two formats:
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Regular presentations of 25
minutes accompanied by papers of
up to 15 pages in the proceedings. This form is intended for contributions
reporting on original research. The
same contribution cannot have been published
or currently submitted to another journal or conference.
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Brief announcements of 5 to
10 minutes accompanied by two-page
abstracts in the proceedings. This
format is a forum for brief communications, whose expanded version
may be later published in other conferences.
The symposium proceedings will be
published by Springer in its
Lecture Notes in Computer Science
series. Extended and revised versions
of selected papers will be
considered for a special issue of Distributed
Computing, a leading journal in the
domain.
SUBMISSION FORMAT
Every submission, regular or brief,
should be in English, in .ps or .pdf format,
and begin with a cover page (not a
cover letter) including
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the title
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the names of all authors and their
affiliations
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contact author's postal address,
email address, and telephone number
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a brief, one paragraph abstract of
the paper
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information whether the paper is a
regular submission, or a brief announcement submission; in the first case
information whether the paper can be considered for the brief
announcement track.
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information whether the submission
should be considered for the best student paper award
A regular submission should be
no longer than 4500 words and
not exceed 10
pages using at least 11 point font
and reasonable margins.
(The page limit includes all
figures, tables, graphs, and references.)
Additional necessary details may be
included in a clearly marked appendix that will be read at the discretion of
the program committee.
A brief announcement submission
should not exceed 3 pages using at
least 11
point font and reasonable margins.
Submissions deviating from these
guidelines will be rejected
without
consideration of their merits.
It is recommended that a regular
submission begin with a succinct statement
of the problem or the issue
being addressed, a summary of the main results or
conclusions, a brief explanation of
their significance, a brief statement of the
key ideas, and a comparison with
related work, all tailored to a non-specialist.
Technical development of the work,
directed to the specialist, should follow.
Papers outside of the conference
scope will be rejected without review.
If requested by the authors on the
cover page, a regular submission that is not selected for a regular
presentation can also be considered for the brief announcement format. Such a
request will not affect consideration of the paper for a regular presentation.
HOW TO SUBMIT
Authors are strongly encouraged to
submit their papers electronically.
Information about how to submit
papers will be available on
Authors unable to submit
electronically should contact Andrzej Pelc,
the DISC 2007 Program Chair, e-mailpelc@uqo.ca,
to receive instructions.
BEST STUDENT
PAPER AWARD
A prize will be given to the best
student paper. A paper is eligible if at
least one of its authors is a
full-time student at the time of submission
and the student's contribution is
significant. This must be indicated in
the cover page.
The Program Committee may decline to
offer the award or may split it.
ORGANIZATION CHAIR
Chryssis Georgiou, Univerisity of
Cyprus, Cyprus
PROGRAM COMMITTEE CHAIR
Andrzej Pelc, University of Quebec,
Canada
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
James Aspnes, Yale University, USA
Reuven Cohen, Technion, Israel
Sajal Das, University of Texas at
Arlington, USA
Paola Flocchini, University of
Ottawa, Canada
Eli Gafni, UCLA, USA
Leszek Gasieniec, University of
Liverpool, UK
Cyril Gavoille, University of
Bordeaux, France
Chryssis Georgiou, University of
Cyprus, Cyprus
Amir Herzberg, Bar Ilan University,
Israel
Alex Kesselman, Intel, Israel
Rastislav Kralovic, Comenius
University, Slovakia
Zvi Lotker, Ben Gurion University,
Israel
Marios Mavronicolas, University of
Cyprus, Cyprus
Michael Merritt, AT&T Research,
USA
Thomas Moscibroda, Microsoft
Research at Redmond, USA
Achour Mostefaoui, IRISA, France
Andrzej Pelc, University of Quebec,
Canada (Chair)
Michael Reiter, Carnegie Mellon
University, USA
Eric Ruppert, York University,
Canada
Arun Somani, Iowa State University,
USA
Paul Spirakis, Computer Technology
Institute, Greece
Sam Toueg, University of Toronto,
Canada
Jennifer Welch, Texas A&M
University, USA
Udi Wieder, Microsoft Research at
Silicon Valley, USA
Masafumi Yamashita, Kyushu
University, Japan