2nd International Workshop on Peer-to-Peer Systems (IPTPS '03)
         20-21 February 2003 - Claremont Hotel, Berkeley, CA, USA.
           Paper submission deadline (extended): 1 November 2002
                       http://iptps03.cs.berkeley.edu/   

   The 2nd International Workshop on Peer-to-Peer Systems (IPTPS'03) aims
   to provide a forum for researchers active in peer-to-peer computing to
   discuss the state-of-the-art and to identify key research challenges
   in peer-to-peer computing. IPTPS'03 hopes to continue and build on the
   success of the first workshop, IPTPS'02.

   The goal of the workshop is to examine peer-to-peer technologies,
   applications and systems, and also to identify key research issues and
   challenges that lie ahead. In the context of this workshop,
   peer-to-peer systems are characterized as being decentralized,
   self-organizing distributed systems, in which all or most
   communication is symmetric. Topics of interest include, but are not
   limited to:
     * peer-to-peer applications and services
     * peer-to-peer systems and infrastructures
     * peer-to-peer algorithms
     * security in peer-to-peer systems
     * robustness in peer-to-peer systems
     * anonymity and anti-censorship
     * performance of peer-to-peer systems
     * workload characterization for peer-to-peer systems

   The workshops aims to bring together researchers and practitioners in
   the fields of systems, networking, and theory. The program of the
   workshop will be a combination of invited talks, presentations of
   position papers, and discussions. To ensure a productive workshop
   environment, attendance will be limited to about 50 participants who
   are active in the field. Each potential participant should submit a
   position paper that exposes a new problem, advocates a specific
   solution, or reports on actual experience. Participants will be
   invited based on the originality, technical merit and topical
   relevance of their submissions, as well as the likelihood that the
   ideas expressed in their submissions will lead to insightful technical
   discussions at the workshop. Please do not submit abbreviated versions
   of journal or conference papers.

Submission Guidelines:

   Submissions are due by 11:59:59 pm (Pacific time) on November 1, 2002,
   and should not exceed 5 pages. Two column papers are acceptable, but
   the font size should not be smaller than 11pt. Papers must be
   submitted electronically in printable postscript or PDF form. Use this
   link to submit your paper. (Note that you will be asked to create an
   user account on the conference web server before submitting your
   paper. Since we do not use the EDAS central database from Columbia,
   you will be asked to create an user account even if you have used the
   EDAS system at other conferences.)

Important Dates:

   Submissions due: 1 November 2002, Midnight, PDT
   (no other extensions will be granted)
   Notification of Acceptance: 20 December 2002
   Camera-ready copy due: 15 January 2003
   Workshop: 20-21 February 2003

Organizers:

   Program Committee:
   Miguel Castro, Microsoft Research
   Joe Hellerstein, UC Berkeley
   Richard Karp, UC Berkeley
   Frans Kaashoek, MIT (co-chair)
   Nancy Lynch, MIT
   David Mazieres, New York University
   Robert Morris, MIT
   Ion Stoica, UC Berkeley (co-chair)
   Marvin Theimer, Microsoft Research
   Amin Vahdat, Duke University
   Geoffrey Voelker, UC San Diego
   Ellen Zegura, Georgia Tech
   Hui Zhang, CMU
   Steering Committee:
   Druschel, Rice University
   Frans Kaashoek, MIT
   Antony Rowstron, Microsoft Research
   Scott Shenker, ICIR, Berkeley
   Ion Stoica, UC Berkeley
   Administrative Assistant:
   Bob Miller, UC Berkeley
   Web Page Administrator:
   Keith Sklower, UC Berkeley