ICDCS 2002 

      The 22th International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems 

                                 Vienna, Austria 
                                 July 2-5, 2002 
                           http://icdcs2002.di.fc.ul.pt 

  Sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on 
  Distributed Processing. In cooporation with Austrian Computer 
  Society and Information Processing Society of Japan (IPSJ). 

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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 Distributed agents and intelligent networks. 
     o Internet and web computing. 
     o Network protocols. 
     o Distributed operating systems. 
     o Distributed databases. 
     o Distributed real-time systems. 
     o Middleware and distributed platforms. 
     o Heterogeneous and mobile computing. 
     o Distributed multimedia systems. 
     o Computer appliance. 
     o Distributed algorithms. 
     o Fault-tolerant systems. 
     o Distributed systems security. 

WORKSHOPS 

  Workshops will be held during the conference. Workshop proposals 
  should be submitted to Workshops Chair Professor Roland Wargner 
  (rwagner@faw.uni-linz.ac.at) by June 30, 2001. Please see the 
  conference web page for details. 

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

PAPER SUBMISSION 
  Form of Manuscript: Not to exceed 25 double-spaced, 8.5 x 11-inch pages 
  (including figures, tables and references) in 10-12 point font. Number 
  each page. Include an abstract, five to ten keywords, the technical area(s) 
  most relevant to your paper, and the corresponding author's e-mail address. 

  Electronic Submission: 
         Submissions will be handled via the conference web page at 
         http://icdcs2002.di.fc.ul.pt. 

         Other forms of submissions are discouraged. If you do not 
         have web access, please send six copies of the manuscript to: 

         Luis Rodrigues 
         Depart. Informatica, 
         FCUL, Bloco C5, 
         Campo Grande, 
         1749-016 Lisboa, 
         PORTUGAL 
         Email: ler@di.fc.ul.pt 
         Phone: +351 217 500 613 
         Fax: +351 217 500 084 

IMPORTANT DATES 
     Paper Submission - October 26, 2001 
     Author Notification - January 31, 2002 
     Final Manuscript Due - March 29, 2002 

For Further Information, Please Contact: 
    ler@di.fc.ul.pt 

ICDCS 2002 - Organizing and Program Committee 
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General Co-chairs: 
    A Min Tjoa, Vienna University of Technology, Austria 
    Makoto Takizawa, Tokyo Denki University, Japan 

Program Co-chairs: 
    Michel Raynal, IRISA, France 
    Wen-Shyen Eric Chen, National Chung-Hsing University, Taiwan, ROC 

Vice program Chair 
    Luis E. T. Rodrigues, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal 

Program vice chairs: 
    Distributed agents and intelligent networks: 
    Yoshiaki Kakuda, Hitoshima City University, Japan 

    Internet and web computing: 
    Peter Fankhauser, GMD-IPSI, Germany 

    Network protocols: 
    Yair Amir, The John Hopkins University, USA. 

    Distributed operating systems: 
    Mustaque Ahamad, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA 

    Distributed databases: 
    Divy Agrawal, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA 

    Distributed real-time systems: 
    Jennifer Hou, The Ohio State University, USA. 

    Middleware and dist platforms : 
    Rachid Guerraoui, EPFL, Suisse 

    Heterogeneous and mobile computing: 
    Ravi Prakash, University of Texas at Dallas, USA. 

    Distributed multimedia systems: 
    Timothy Shih, Tamkang University, Taiwan, ROC. 

    Computer appliance: 
    Hideyuki Tokuda, Keio University, Japan 

    Distributed algorithms: 
    Emmanuelle Anceaume, IRISA-CNRS, France 

    Fault-tolerant systems: 
    Keith Marzullo, UC San Diego, USA 
    Lorenzo Alvisi, University of Texas, Austin 

    Distributed systems security: 
    Clifford Neuman, USC Information Sciences Institute, USA 

Workshop Chair: 
    Roland Wagner, University of Linz, Austria 

International Liaison Co-chairs: 
    Joe Urban, The Arizona State University, USA, 
    Wen-Tsuen Chen, National TsinHua University, Taiwan, ROC 
    Michael Papazoglou, University of Tilburg, The Netherland 

Publicity Co-chairs: 
    S. Misbah Deen, University of Keele, UK 
    Cho-Yu Janson Chiang, Telcordia Technologies, USA. 
    Bao Shuh (Paul) Lin, Philips Research, Taiwan, ROC. 

Publication Chair: 
    Paul A.G. Sivilotti, Ohio State University, USA 

Awards Co-chairs: 
    Erich Neuhold, GMD-IPSI, Germany 
    Ten H. (Steve) Lai, Ohio State University, USA 

Treasure Chair: 
    Werner Winiwarter, Software Computer Center, Hagenberg (SCCH), Austria 

Local Arrangements Chair: 
    Maria Schweikert, Vienna University of Technology, Austria 

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

IEEE CS TCDP Chair: 
    Nian Feng Tzen, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA