CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS
The International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks (DSN-2004)

Palazzo dei Congressi, Florence, Italy
June 28-July 1, 2004
http://www.dsn.org <http://www.dsn.org> 
Sponsored by:
  IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Fault-Tolerant Computing and
  IFIP WG 10.4 on Dependable Computing and Fault Tolerance
In cooperation with:
  AICA Italy, IBM USA, ISTI-CNR Italy, LAAS-CNRS France, U. of Coimbra
Portugal, U. of Florence Italy, U. of
  Piemonte Orientale  Italy, U. of Pisa  Italy, OCG Austria

Important Dates:
Papers and Panels: November 14, 2003            
Workshop Proposals: October 10, 2003    
Workshop Submissions: January 12, 2004          
Tutorials: January 12, 2004
Student Forum: April 26, 2004
Fast Abstracts: April 26, 2004

DSN 2004 will be held in Florence, Italy. DSN 2004 represents the
continuation of over three decades of tradition in the field of dependable
computing. The conference will have multiple tracks of refereed papers,
including the Dependable Computing and Communications Symposium (DCCS) and
the Performance and Dependability Symposium (PDS). There will also be
Workshops, Tutorials, a Student Forum, and Fast Abstracts to highlight
late-breaking research. DSN is the premier forum for researchers,
practitioners, and users to learn and exchange information on the latest
research results in dependable systems and networks.
DSN-2004 invites you to contribute to its broad-based program by submitting
in one or more of the categories outlined below:

*	Regular Papers report on recent research results.
*	Practical Experience Reports provide in-depth description of an
        experience or a case study.
*	Software & System Demonstrations and Tool Demonstrations describe
        the software, the system, or the tool, its context and objective, 
        and the planned demonstration.
*	Panels discuss and debate topics of high interest in the community.
*	Workshops provide opportunities for focused discussion on selected
        topics in a small group setting.
*	Tutorials provide a short course on dependability practice,
        techniques and theories.
*	Student Forum provides an opportunity for Ph.D. students to present
        their research.
*	Fast Abstracts present work-in-progress.


Topics (include, but are not limited to):


*	Analytical and Simulation Techniques for Performance and
        Dependability Assessment
*	Architectures for Dependable Computer Systems
*	Dependability Benchmarking
*	Dependability of High-Speed Networks and Protocols
*	Dependability Modeling and Prediction
*	Dependability in VLSI
*	E-commerce Dependability
*	Fault Tolerance in Transaction Processing
*	Fault Tolerance in Distributed & Real-Time Systems
*	Fault Tolerance in Multimedia Systems
*	Fault Tolerance in Mobile Systems
*	Internet Dependability and Quality of Service
*	Survivable and Intrusion-Tolerant Systems
*       Measurement Techniques for Performance and Dependability 
        Assessment
*       Safety-Critical Systems
*       Software Testing, Validation, and Verification
*       Software Reliability
*       Tools for Performance and Dependability Assessment

For complete information on DSN-2004 please visit our website at
<http://www.dsn.org <http://www.dsn.org> >.