CALL FOR PAPERS

                       2nd International Workshop on
                   Mobile Distributed Computing (MDC'04)

                    http://www.comp.polyu.edu.hk/~mdc04

          In conjunction with the 24th International Conference on
                 Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS¡¦04)

                     Tokyo, Japan, March 23 ¡V 26, 2004


   With the advance in mobile wireless communication technology, research
   in  distributed  computing is beginning to extend its scope to address
   problems  relevant to mobile environments. The special characteristics
   of   mobile   environments,  such  as  highly  variable  connectivity,
   disconnection,    location-dependency,   and   energy   and   resource
   sensitivity,  and  the  diversity and flexibility introduced by mobile
   systems  bring  new  challenges for research in distributed computing.
   Existing   solutions,   tailored   primarily   for  wired  distributed
   environments,  need to be modified/extended, and new solutions need to
   be  created.  Mobile distributed computing has emerged as a discipline
   of  distributed  systems  research  and  practice  toward  support for
   mobility.  It  is  concerned  with  creating  solutions  using  mobile
   communication  networks  and  mobile  computing  devices to enable the
   sharing  of  distributed  resources/services  and to facilitate remote
   collaborations   while   people   work  away  from  the  fixed,  wired
   facilities.

   Following   the  success  of  the  first  workshop  MDC¡¦03,  held  in
   conjunction  with  ICDCS¡¦03  in Providence, Rhode Island USA, MDC¡¦04
   provides a forum for scientists and engineers in academia and industry
   to  exchange  and  discuss  their  experiences,  new  ideas,  research
   results,   and  products  about  all  aspects  of  mobile  distributed
   computing.  Topics of particular interest include, but are not limited
   to:
     * Distributed  algorithms  for  communication,  synchronization  and
       coordination in mobile computing environments
     * Cooperating mobile agents
     * Environments,  middleware  and tool support for mobile distributed
       computing
     * Fault tolerance and security in mobile distributed environments
     * Location-based services and applications
     * Pervasive computing
     * Mobile   cluster   computing   /  Mobile  grid  computing/  Mobile
       Peer-to-Peer computing
     * Resource/service  sharing  and  management  in  mobile distributed
       environments
     * Mobile distributed transactions
     * Distributed applications in mobile environments


   Paper Submission:
   MDC  2004  invites  authors  to  submit original and unpublished work.
   Papers  must  be  written  in English and should not exceed 6 pages in
   IEEE  proceedings  style. Authors should submit a PostScript (level 2)
   or  PDF  file  that  will  print  on  a PostScript printer. Electronic
   submission through the submission website is strongly encouraged. Hard
   copies will be accepted only if electronic submission is not possible.
   Submission  implies  the willingness of at least one of the authors to
   register  and  present the paper. Accepted papers will be published by
   IEEE Computer Society Press.

   Important Dates:
   Papers due                   Sep. 20, 2003
   Notification of acceptance   Nov. 1,  2003
   Camera-ready papers due      Dec. 20, 2003
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   Further Information:
   For  further  information regarding the workshop and paper submission,
   please  contact  Dr. Jiannong Cao at csjcao@comp.polyu.edu.hk or Prof.
   Jie Wu at jie@cse.fau.edu