[agents] 2nd call. CFP-Int. Conf. on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS-2014)

[Ernesto Jimenez Merino]

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                  2nd  Call for Papers

                      ICDCS 2014
  34th Int. Conf. on Distributed Computing Systems
                30th June-3rd July 2014
                    Madrid, Spain

             http://lsd.ls.fi.upm.es/icdcs2014
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SCOPE

The conference provides a forum for engineers and scientists in academia,
industry and government to present their latest research findings
in any aspects of distributed computing.
Topics of particular interest include, but are not limited to:

- Big Data, Data Management and Analytics
- Cloud Computing and Data Center Systems
- Distributed OS and Middleware
- Algorithms and Theory
- Fault Tolerance and Dependability
- Security and Privacy
- Social Networks, Crowdsourcing, and P2P systems
- Energy Management and Green Computing
- Sensor Networks and Systems
- Mobile and Wireless Computing
- File and Storage Systems

NOTE: To build a broad program and to encourage a diverse set of submissions,
a limited number of papers will be accepted within each topic area,
and every topic area will accept a minimum quota of papers.

WORKSHOPS
Workshops will be held in conjunction with the conference.
Workshop proposals should be submitted to Workshops Co-Chairs Prof.
Roberto Baldoni (baldoni at dis.uniroma1.it)
and Prof. Jason Gu (jasongu at sutd.edu.sg) by September 30th, 2013.
Notification of acceptance will be made by October 10th, 2013. Please see
the conference web page for details.

PAPER SUBMISSION
Form of Manuscript: All paper submissions should follow the IEEE 8.5” x
11” Two-Column Format.
Each submission can have 10 pages. If the paper is accepted for
publication, up to 2 overlength pages
may be purchased for the final camera-ready version. Submitted papers
should NOT be blinded for review.

Electronic Submission: Submissions will be handled via the conference web
page.

IMPORTANT DEADLINES

Abstract registration           22nd November 2013
Paper Submission		29th November 2013
Author Notification		17th March 2014
Final Manuscript Due		7th April 2014

For further information, please contact General Chair, Prof. Marta
Patiño-Martínez (mpatino at fi.upm.es) or
Program Co-Chair, Prof. Ricardo Jimenez-Peris (rjimenez at fi.upm.es).

ORGANIZING & PROGRAM COMMITTEES

General Chair
Marta Patiño-Martínez  (Univ. Politécnica de Madrid, Spain)

Program Co-Chairs
Ricardo Jimenez-Peris (Univ. Politécnica de Madrid, Spain)
Hui Lei (IBM Watson, US)

Program Vice Chairs
Big Data, Data Management and Analytics
Phillip Gibbons (Intel Labs, US)

Cloud Computing and Data Center Systems
Flavio Junqueira (MSR-Cambridge, UK)

Distributed OS and Middleware
Gustavo Alonso (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)

Algorithms and Theory
Antonio Fernandez-Anta (IMDEA, Spain)

Fault Tolerance and Dependability
Bettina Kemme (McGill Univ., Canada)

Security and Privacy
Elisa Bertino (Purdue, US)

Social Networks, Crowdsourcing, and P2P systems
Alberto Montresor (Trento Univ., Italy)

Energy Management and Green Computing
Tarek F. Abdelzaher (UIUC, US)

Sensor Networks and Systems
Tian He (University of Minnesota, US)

Mobile and Wireless Computing
Guohong Cao ( Pennsylvania State Univ, US)

File and Storage Systems
André Brinkmann (Meinz Univ., Germany)

Program Committee Members
http://lsd.ls.fi.upm.es/icdcs2014/pc-members

Workshops Co-Chairs
Roberto Baldoni (Univ. Sapienza, Italy)
Jason Gu (Singapore Univ., Singapore)

Publicity Chair
Ernesto Jimenez (Univ. Politecnica Madrid, Spain)

Publication Chair
Mikel Larra (Univ. Pais Vasco, Spain)

TCDP Chair
Jiannong Cao,(Hong Kong Polyt. Univ., HK)

Steering Committee Chair
Xiaodong Zhang (Ohio State Univ., USA)

Sponsors
Microsoft Research Cambridge