<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0mm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:游明朝,serif"><span lang="EN-US">*** Please accept our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP ***</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0mm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:游明朝,serif"><span lang="EN-US">================================================</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0mm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:游明朝,serif"><span lang="EN-US">******************************************************************</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0mm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:游明朝,serif"><b><span lang="EN-US">The 43rd IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS 2023), </span></b><span lang="EN-US">18 July -21 July, 2023, Hong Kong, China</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0mm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:游明朝,serif"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://icdcs2023.icdcs.org/" target="_blank">https://icdcs2023.icdcs.org/</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0mm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:游明朝,serif"><span lang="EN-US">******************************************************************</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0mm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:游明朝,serif"><span lang="EN-US"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0mm;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:游明朝,serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Important Dates</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0mm;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:游明朝,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0mm;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:游明朝,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b>Abstract Submission: January 14, 2023 (23:59, UTC-5, EST)</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0mm;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:游明朝,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b>Full Paper Submission: January 21, 2023 (23:59, UTC-5, EST)</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0mm;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:游明朝,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Notification of Acceptance: April 3, 2023</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0mm;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:游明朝,serif"><span lang="EN-US"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0mm;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:游明朝,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Camera-ready Paper Submission: May 8, 2023</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0mm;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:游明朝,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0mm;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:游明朝,serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Call for Papers</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0mm;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:游明朝,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0mm;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:游明朝,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The 43rd IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS) is a premier international forum for researchers and practitioners to present, discuss and exchange cutting edge ideas and latest findings on topics related to any aspects of distributed computing systems. We invite you to submit your original contributions to ICDCS 2023 (<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/icdcs2023.icdcs.org/*__;Iw!!KjDnqvtInNPT!nTRjOF5gktbSrVuJT0yM1Kb4pQfpaOfh6UTXvRZGjbx0yhHyur7wQY0e-J5zA0rUdPfIQecf7oKZEAyt7P4$" target="_blank">https://icdcs2023.icdcs.org/</a>).</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0mm;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:游明朝,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0mm;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:游明朝,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0mm;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:游明朝,serif"></p><ul><li style="margin-left:15px"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Cloud Computing and Data Centers</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Distributed Algorithms and Theory</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Distributed Big Data Systems and Analytics</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Distributed Dependability and Resilience</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Distributed Operating Systems and Middleware</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Edge Computing</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Internet of Things and Cyber-Physical Systems</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Mobile and Wireless Computing</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Security, Privacy, and Trust in Distributed Systems</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Blockchain</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">AI for Distributed Systems and Distributed Systems for AI</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Insights from Industrial Experience</span></li></ul><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0mm;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:游明朝,serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">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 using 11pt fonts and the IEEE Conference template (downloadable by selecting "Conferences" in the IEEE-Template Selector </span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/template-selector.ieee.org/__;!!KjDnqvtInNPT!nTRjOF5gktbSrVuJT0yM1Kb4pQfpaOfh6UTXvRZGjbx0yhHyur7wQY0e-J5zA0rUdPfIQecf7oKZL_0OkyU$" target="_blank" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">https://template-selector.ieee.org/</a><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">). 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 be anonymized for double-blinded review.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0mm;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:游明朝,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0mm;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:游明朝,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Paper submission website: <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icdcs2023__;!!KjDnqvtInNPT!nTRjOF5gktbSrVuJT0yM1Kb4pQfpaOfh6UTXvRZGjbx0yhHyur7wQY0e-J5zA0rUdPfIQecf7oKZNwqniRA$" target="_blank">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icdcs2023</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0mm;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:游明朝,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0mm;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:游明朝,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">If your 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 removed from the conference publication. For authors with multiple papers accepted by the conference, a separate author registration is required for each paper.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0mm;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:游明朝,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0mm;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:游明朝,serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Important Dates</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0mm;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:游明朝,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0mm;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:游明朝,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Abstract Submission: January 14, 2023 (23:59, UTC-5, EST)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0mm;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:游明朝,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Full Paper Submission: January 21, 2023 (23:59, UTC-5, EST)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0mm;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:游明朝,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Notification of Acceptance: April 3, 2023</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0mm;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:游明朝,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Camera-ready Paper Submission: May 8, 2023</span></p></div>