<div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><pre style="white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:14px;width:260px;min-width:100%;word-break:break-word;font-family:Montserrat,sans-serif">*** Please accept our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this call for participation***</pre></div><div style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0)">IEEE<span style="margin:0px"> </span><span style="margin:0px">ICDCS</span><span style="margin:0px"> </span><span style="margin:0px">2022</span><span style="margin:0px"> </span>Call for Research Papers</div><div style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div style="margin:0px"><br></div><div style="margin:0px">Scope:</div><div style="margin:0px">The annual IEEE<span style="margin:0px"> </span><span style="margin:0px">ICDCS</span><span style="margin:0px"> </span>conference is a premier international forum for researchers, developers and users to present, discuss and exchange the cutting edge ideas and latest findings on topics related to any aspect of distributed computing systems. We invite you to submit your original contributions to<span style="margin:0px"> </span><span style="margin:0px">ICDCS</span><span style="margin:0px"> </span><span style="margin:0px">2022</span><span style="margin:0px"> </span>(https://<span style="margin:0px">icdcs</span>2022.<span style="margin:0px">icdcs</span>.org/).</div><div style="margin:0px"><br></div><div style="margin:0px"><b>Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:</b></div><div style="margin:0px"><br></div><blockquote style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><div style="margin:0px">• Cloud Computing and Data Centers</div><div style="margin:0px">• Distributed Algorithms and Theory</div><div style="margin:0px">• Distributed Big Data Systems and Analytics</div><div style="margin:0px">• Distributed Fault Tolerance and Dependability</div><div style="margin:0px">• Distributed Operating Systems and Middleware</div><div style="margin:0px">• Edge Computing</div><div style="margin:0px">• Internet of Things and Cyber-Physical Systems</div><div style="margin:0px">• Mobile and Wireless Computing</div><div style="margin:0px">• Security, Privacy, and Trust in Distributed Systems</div><div style="margin:0px">• Blockchain</div><div style="margin:0px">• Machine Learning on or for Distributed Systems: Applications of machine learning to enhancing and optimizing systems, or using systems techniques to scale and improve machine learning applications.</div><div style="margin:0px">• Insights from Industrial Experience: Case studies, data analysis, and empirical evaluation of distributed systems deployed in real-world production settings.</div></blockquote><div style="margin:0px"><br></div><div style="margin:0px"><b>Paper Submission</b></div><div style="margin:0px">Papers must be original and unpublished, and must not be submitted for publication elsewhere concurrently. All paper submissions should follow the IEEE 8.5″ x 11″ Two-Column Format. Each submission can have up to 11 pages (including references). Papers exceeding this page limit or with smaller fonts will be rejected without review. The submitted manuscripts should include author names and affiliations.</div><div style="margin:0px"><br></div><div style="margin:0px">Electronic submission site：<a href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=" target="_blank">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=</a><span style="margin:0px">icdcs</span>2022</div><div style="margin:0px"><br></div><div style="margin:0px">If the submission is accepted for publication, up to 2 over length pages may be purchased for the final camera-ready version. Each accepted paper must have at least one author registered and be presented during the conference. No-show paper will be reported to the publisher and deleted from the conference publication. For authors with multiple papers accepted by the conference, a separate author registration is required for each paper.</div><div style="margin:0px"><br></div><div style="margin:0px"><b>Important Dates</b></div><div style="margin:0px"><b><br></b></div><div style="margin:0px"></div><table style="font-size:15px;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(221,221,221);margin:0px 0px 1.625em;outline:0px;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px;width:1017.62px;color:rgb(55,55,55)"><tbody style="margin:0px;outline:0px"><tr style="margin:0px;outline:0px"><td style="border-width:1px 0px 0px;border-top-style:solid;border-top-color:rgb(221,221,221);outline:0px;padding:6px 10px 6px 0px">abstract Submission:</td><td style="border-width:1px 0px 0px;border-top-style:solid;border-top-color:rgb(221,221,221);outline:0px;padding:6px 10px 6px 0px"><s style="margin:0px;outline:0px">January 17, 2022</s><span style="margin:0px"> </span>January 24, 2022 (23:59, UTC-5, EST)</td></tr><tr style="margin:0px;outline:0px"><td style="border-width:1px 0px 0px;border-top-style:solid;border-top-color:rgb(221,221,221);outline:0px;padding:6px 10px 6px 0px">Full Paper Submission:</td><td style="border-width:1px 0px 0px;border-top-style:solid;border-top-color:rgb(221,221,221);outline:0px;padding:6px 10px 6px 0px"><s style="margin:0px;outline:0px">January 24, 2022</s><span style="margin:0px"> </span>January 31, 2022 (23:59, UTC-5, EST)</td></tr><tr style="margin:0px;outline:0px"><td style="border-width:1px 0px 0px;border-top-style:solid;border-top-color:rgb(221,221,221);outline:0px;padding:6px 10px 6px 0px">Notification of Acceptance:</td><td style="border-width:1px 0px 0px;border-top-style:solid;border-top-color:rgb(221,221,221);outline:0px;padding:6px 10px 6px 0px">April 4, 2022</td></tr><tr style="margin:0px;outline:0px"><td style="border-width:1px 0px 0px;border-top-style:solid;border-top-color:rgb(221,221,221);outline:0px;padding:6px 10px 6px 0px">Camera-ready Paper Submission:</td><td style="border-width:1px 0px 0px;border-top-style:solid;border-top-color:rgb(221,221,221);outline:0px;padding:6px 10px 6px 0px">April 25, 2022</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="margin:0px"></span></div><div style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="margin:0px"><br></span></div><div style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="margin:0px">------------------------------------------------------------------</span>------------</div><div style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="margin:0px"><b>ICDCS 2022 Workshops</b></span></div><div style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="margin:0px"><b><a href="https://icdcs2022.icdcs.org/workshops/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="margin:0px">https://icdcs2022.icdcs.org/workshops/</a></b></span></div><div style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="margin:0px"><br></span></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;margin:0px"></div>EAI: Workshop on Efficient Artificial Intelligence For Edge Computing <ul style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><li style="margin-left:15px">Submission Deadline: Mar 1, 2022</li></ul><div><div style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="margin:0px"><div style="margin:0px">DINPS: Decentralized Internet, Networks, Protocols, and Systems </div><ul><li style="margin-left:15px">Submission Deadline: Mar 5, 2022</li></ul><div style="margin:0px">NES: Networked Entertainment Systems </div><div style="margin:0px"><ul><li style="margin-left:15px">Submission Deadline: Feb 15, 2022</li></ul></div><div style="margin:0px">NGMobile: Next-Generation Intelligent and Resilient Mobile Networking and Computing</div><div style="margin:0px"><ul><li style="margin-left:15px">Submission Deadline: Feb 15, 2022</li></ul></div><div style="margin:0px">Block6G: Intelligent, Scalable, and Efficient Blockchain for 6G Networking and Communications</div><div style="margin:0px"><ul><li style="margin-left:15px">Submission Deadline: Mar 7, 2022</li></ul></div><div style="margin:0px">ICNet: Sustainable and Resilient Industrial Communication Networks</div><div style="margin:0px"><ul><li style="margin-left:15px">Submission Deadline: Mar 7, 2022</li></ul></div><div style="margin:0px">SocialMeta: Social and Metaverse Computing and Networking</div><div style="margin:0px"><ul><li style="margin-left:15px">Submission Deadline: Mar 1, 2022</li></ul></div><div style="margin:0px">DISCOLI: DIStributed COLlective Intelligence</div></span></div><div style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><ul><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="margin:0px">Submission Deadline: Mar 4, 2022</span></li></ul></div></div></div>