The 18th International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems
Center of Mathematics and Computer Science (CWI) Amsterdam, The Netherlands May 26 - 29, 1998
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The purpose of this conference is to bring together developers and researchers from universities, industry and government to advance the science and technology in distributed computing. The technical areas of the conference include:
Distributed Multi-media and Digital Libraries Mobile Systems Internet Applications Multi-agent and Market-oriented Computing Distributed Databases and Information Systems Interoperable Systems Communication Protocols Distributed Operating Systems Distributed Software Engineering & Languages Distributed Algorithms and Verification Techniques Fault Tolerance, Availability and Security Cooperative and Groupware Systems Distributed Real-Time Systems
Papers in these areas are sought. Of particular interest are papers on novel applications, such as digital libraries, Internet applications including electronic commerce, multi-media information servers, and virtual-reality systems, that are made possible by ultra high-performance and high-capacity networks and distributed systems. In addition to research papers, case-study reports detailing experiments and evaluations of, and open problems in, the specification, design, development and validation of advanced distributed computing and communication systems are also sought.
INFORMATION FOR AUTHORS
To submit papers, please send six copies of double-spaced manuscripts in English, 5,000 words or less in length, to Michael Papazoglou by October 1, 1997. The submission letter should indicate which technical area is most relevant to your paper and whether your paper is an experience paper. Authors will be notified of acceptance by February 1, 1998. Final, camera-ready manuscripts will be due by March 15, 1998. Outstanding papers will be eligible for publication in IEEE Computer Society journals. Submit papers to:
Michael Papazoglou Tilburg Univ. INFOLAB PO Box 90153 5000 LE Tilburg The Netherlands Phone: +31-13-466-23-49/30-20 Fax: +31-13-466-30-69 Email: M.P.Papazoglou@kub.nl http://infolabwww.kub.nl:2080/infolab/
Authors are also required to send an abstract of the paper by e-mail to the above address by September 24, 1997. The message should be in ASCII format and contain the title of the paper, author names, the abstract and the name of one or two areas most relevant to the paper.
TUTORIALS
Proposals for one-day tutorials in technical areas of the conference are solicited. Tutorial proposals should be submitted by October 1, 1997. Submit tutorial proposals to: Jaco de Bakker CWI Kruislaan 413 1089 SJ Amsterdam The Netherlands Phone: +31-20-5924136 Fax: +31-20-5924199 Email: jaco@cwi.nl FOR MORE INFORMATION, please contact:
Bernd Kraemer FernUniversitaet D-58084 Hagen, Germany Phone: +49-2331-987 371 Fax: +49-2331-987 375 WWW: http://www.fernuni-hagen.de/DVT/dept.html Email: bernd.kraemer@fernuni-hagen.de
or see the Conference home page URL http://www.fernuni-hagen.de/DVT a mirror Conference home page is kept at: http://cdr.stanford.edu/~petrie/ICDCS-CFP.html
ORGANIZING AND PROGRAM COMMITTEES
Honorary Chairs Andy Tanenbaum, Vrije Univ., The Netherlands Raymond Miller, Univ. of Maryland, USA
General Co-Chairs Bernd Kraemer, FernUniv. Hagen, Germany Samuel Chanson, Hong Kong Univ. of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
Program Co-Chairs Michael Papazoglou, Tilburg Univ., The Netherlands Makoto Takizawa, Tokyo Denki Univ., Japan
Distributed Multi-media and Digital Libraries Vice Chair, Ralf Steinmetz, TH Darmstadt, Germany
Mobile Systems Vice Chair, Alexander Schill, TU Dresden, Germany
Internet Applications Vice Chair, Charles Petrie, Stanford Center for Design Research, USA
Distributed Operating Systems Vice Chair, Partha Dasgupta, Arizona State Univ., USA
Communication Protocols Vice Chair, Eric Wen-Shyen Chen, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan, ROC
Multi-agent and Market-oriented Computing Vice Chair, Toru Ishida, Kyoto Univ., Japan
Distributed Databases and Information Systems Vice Chair, Matthias Jarke, RWTH Aachen, Germany
Interoperable Systems Vice Chair, Peter Apers, University of Twente, The Netherlands Distributed Real-Time Systems Vice Chair, Alex Stoyen, NJIT, USA
Distributed Software Engineering & Languages Vice Chair, Gail Kaiser, Columbia Univ., USA
Distributed Algorithms and Verification Techniques Vice Chair, Teruo Higashino, Osaka Univ., Japan
Fault Tolerance, Availability and Security Vice Chair, Reind van der Riet, Vrije Univ., The Netherlands
Cooperative and Groupware Systems Vice Chair, Anish Arora, The Ohio State Univ., USA
Tutorial Co-Chairs Jaco de Bakker, CWI, The Netherlands Steve T. H. Lai, The Ohio State Univ, USA Awards Co-Chairs Wojciech Cellary, EFP - The Franco-Polish School, Poland Joseph E. Urban, Arizona State Univ., USA
Publicity Co-Chairs Philip K. McKinley, Michigan State Univ., USA Hans Weigand, Tilburg Univ., The Netherlands
International Liaison Co-Chairs Athman Bouguettaya, Queensland Univ. of Technology, Australia Mohamed Gouda, Univ. of Texas, USA Wei Zhao, City Univ. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Local Arrangement Chair Jan Friso Groote, CWI, The Netherlands
TC on Distributed Processing Chair Joseph E. Urban, Arizona State University
Steering Committee Chair Ming T. (Mike) Liu, Ohio State University
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