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* CALL FOR PAPERS *
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* ICDCS 2003 *
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* THE 23rd INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING SYSTEMS *
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* http://www.cse.msu.edu/icdcs *
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* May 19-22, 2003 *
* Providence, Rhode Island, USA *
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* Sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society *
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PURPOSE AND SCOPE
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ICDCS provides a forum for engineers and scientists in academia,
industry, and government to present and discuss their latest research
findings on a broad array of topics in distributed computing. Topics
of particular interest include, but are not limited to:
- Agents and Mobile Code - Distributed Data Management
- Distributed Algorithms - Distributed Operating Systems
- Middleware - Fault Tolerant and Dependable Systems
- Multimedia Systems - Mobile Computing and Communication
- Network Protocols - Real-time and Embedded Systems
- Security - Software Engineering and Formal Methods
ICDCS WORKSHOPS
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Six to eight workshops will be held in conjunction with the
conference. Workshop proposals should be submitted to Workshops
Chair, Prof. Jie Wu (jie@cse.fau.edu). For more information, please
see http://www.cse.msu.edu/icdcs/workshops. The proceedings of the
conference and the workshops will be published by the IEEE Computer
Society Press.
PAPER SUBMISSION
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Papers are not to exceed 5000 words (25 double-spaced pages, including
figures, tables, and references). Accepted papers will be allotted 8
pages in the conference proceedings. Please number each page and
include an abstract, 5-10 keywords, and the technical area(s) most
relevant to your paper.
Submissions will be handled via the conference web site:
http://www.cse.msu.edu/icdcs.
If you do not have adequate web access and require an alternative
method to submit your paper, please contact:
Philip K. McKinley
Dept. of Computer Science and Engr.
Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan 48824 U.S.A.
Tel: +1-517-353-4396
Email: mckinley@cse.msu.edu.
IMPORTANT DATES
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Workshop Proposals......July 15, 2002
PAPER SUBMISSION........September 13, 2002
Author Notification.....December 20, 2002
Final Manuscript Due....February 15, 2003
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
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Program Co-Chairs....... Philip McKinley - Michigan State University
Sol Shatz - University of Illinois, Chicago
Program Vice Chairs:
Agents and Mobile Code.. Gruia-Catalin Roman - Wash. U. St. Louis
Distributed Algorithms.. Anish Arora - Ohio State University
Distributed Data Mgmt... Calton Pu - Georgia Tech
Distributed OS.......... Partha Dasgupta - Arizona State University
FT and Dependable Sys... Idit Keidar - Technion/MIT
Middleware.............. Douglas Schmidt - DARPA/U.C.Irvine
Mobile Comput/Commun.... David Johnson - Rice University
Multimedia Systems...... Klara Nahrstedt - University of Illinois (UIUC)
Network Protocols....... Jorg Liebeherr - University of Virginia
RT and Embedded Sys..... Lui Sha - University of Illinois (UIUC)
Security................ Douglas Maughan - DARPA/ATO
SE and Formal Methods... Connie Heitmeyer - Naval Research Lab
(Full program committee available at conference web site.)
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
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Honorary General Chair.. Andy van Dam - Brown University
General Co-Chairs....... Jack Stankovic - University of Virginia
Wei Zhao - Texas A&M University
Workshops Chair......... Jie Wu - Florida Atlantic University
Awards Chair............ Jim Kurose - U. Massachusetts, Amherst
International Liaison... Gerhard Fohler - Malardalen U., Sweden
Victor Lee - City University of Hong Kong
Allalaghatta Pavan - Honeywell Labs
Publicity Chair......... Lonnie Welch - Ohio University
Publication Co-Chairs... Sandeep Kulkarni - Michigan State U.
Mitch Theys - U. Illinois - Chicago
Poster Session Chair.... Tarek Abdelzaher - University of Virginia
Treasurer............... Steve Liu - Texas A&M University
Local Arrangements...... Tom Doeppner - Brown University
TCDP Chair.............. Nian Tzeng - U. Louisiana, Lafayette
Steering Comm. Chair.... Ming T. (Mike) Liu - Ohio State University
For further information - please contact: Philip McKinley at
mckinley@cse.msu.edu or Sol Shatz at shatz@cs.uic.edu
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