The StoDiS 05 deadline has been extended by 1 week to September 26 (Monday),
2005 -  11.59 PM Pacific Time)! Please consider submitting a 4 page paper
(white paper or brief technical paper) to the workshop. For submission, CFP
and confirmed keynote speakers please see www.stodis.org or below.


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                        CALL FOR PAPERS
  StoDiS 2005 - Workshop on Stochasticity in Distributed Systems
                 December 19, 2005, San Jose, California.
                         http://www.stodis.org 


  ---->>>>>  Submission Deadline (Extended): September 26, 2005  <<<<<<----
                    --->>> 11.59 PM Pacific Time <<<---

You are invited to submit 4-page position papers to be considered for
publication at the StoDiS workshop. The workshop is jointly co-sponsored by
ICST and Create-Net, in connection with the IEEE CollaborateCom conference
(http://www.collaboratecom.org/) in San Jose, CA, USA.  Workshop proceedings
will be printed as a part of the CollaborateCom 2005 proceedings.

This workshop is organized in connection with the IEEE CollaborateCom
conference (http://www.collaboratecom.org/) in San Jose, CA, USA. Workshop
proceedings will be printed as a part of the CollaborateCom 2005
proceedings.

All papers are due September 19th, 2005. This is a hard deadline.

* SCOPE AND SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:

Distributed systems such as the Internet, the Grid, peer to peer systems,
sensor networks, ad-hoc  networks, etc., have grown to be very complex and
very large. Stochasticity has emerged as an important principle in both
building and understanding better such systems. On one hand, researchers are
inventing new probabilistic techniques and randomized algorithms to replace
and outperform traditional deterministic approaches. On the other hand, the
behavioral characteristics of such distributed systems are also inherently
stochastic; their analysis and study can simplify our understanding of
systems complexity, and consequently our ability to solve problems.

Authors are invited to submit four-page papers (10 pt font or more) on
topics related to stochasticity in distributed systems. A submission can be
either a position paper that proposes a vision (new, provocative and/or
controversial ideas are encouraged), or be a brief technical paper that
points to fruitful new directions. Focus distributed systems of  interest
include (but are not limited to) the Internet, the Grid, peer to peer
overlays, embedded  systems, sensor networks, ad-hoc networks, and wireless
computing. Focus issues include (but are not limited to): 
  - Systems design
  - Foundations, theory, and modeling
  - Empirical studies and practical experiences
  - Scalability, Reliability, Security, Mobility
  - Complex Adaptive Systems, biologically-inspired, swarm and quantum
algorithms
  - Economics and rationality
  - Science of design of distributed systems
  - Stochasticity in end-user applications

Please visit the website http://www.stodis.org to submit your paper.


* CONFIRMED KEYNOTE TALKS:
  - Prof. Balaji Prabhakar, Computer Science, Stanford University, USA.
  - Dr. Robbert van Renesse, Computer Science, Cornell University, USA.

  There will also be a panel; panelist names and topic will be announced
later.

* WORKSHOP CHAIRS:
  Dr. Indranil Gupta (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
  Dr. Ozalp Babaoglu (University of Bologna) 

* PROGRAM COMMITTEE:
  Dr. Ozalp Babaoglu (University of Bologna)
  Dr. Indranil Gupta (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
  Dr. Alberto Montresor (University of Bologna)     
  Dr. Alessandro Panconesi (University La Sapienza of Rome)
  Dr. Mark Jelasity (University of Bologna)    
  
* IMPORTANT DATES:
  Papers due:                    September 19, 2005
  Notification of acceptance:    October 5, 2005 
  Revised versions due:          October 19, 2005
  Workshop Date:                 December 19, 2005 

stochastic [etymonline.com]: "pertaining to conjecture," from Gk.
stokhastikos "able to guess, conjecturing," from stokhos "a guess, aim,
target, mark".