Tuesday, April 12, 2011

CFP: 13th International Symposium on Stabilization, Safety, and Security of Distributed Systems (SSS 2011)

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                                - SSS 2011 -

                       13th International Symposium on
         Stabilization, Safety, and Security of Distributed Systems

                           October 10-12, 2011
                            Grenoble, France
                (Previously in Shinagawa (Tokyo), Japan)

                      http://www.jaist.ac.jp/sss2011/


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We are very saddened by the terrible tragedy that affects Japan and its people.
On behalf of our community, we express our support for the Japanese people,
especially to our colleagues and friends.
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The Symposium is a prestigious international forum for researchers and
practitioners in the design and development of fault-tolerant distributed
systems with self-* properties, such as self-stabilizing, self-configuring,
self-organizing, self-managing, self-repairing, self-healing, self-optimizing,
self-adaptive, and self-protecting.  Research in distributed systems is now
at a crucial point in its evolution, marked by the importance of dynamic
systems such as peer-to-peer networks, large-scale wireless sensor networks,
mobile ad hoc networks, robotic networks, etc. Moreover, new applications such
as grid and web services, banking and e-commerce, e-health and robotics,
aerospace and avionics, automotive, industrial process control, etc. have
joined the traditional applications of distributed systems.

The conference provides a wide spectrum of topics, covered in the following
tracks:
* Ad-Hoc, Sensor, and Dynamic Networks
* Fault-Tolerance and Dependable Systems
* Overlay and Peer-to-Peer Networks
* Safety and Verification
* Security
* Self-Organizing and Autonomic Networks
* Self-Stabilization

IMPORTANT DATES
* Abstract Submission: May 12, 2011
* Paper Submission: May 21, 2011
* Notification: July 8, 2011
* Camera Ready Submission: July 15, 2011


PAPER SUBMISSION
Papers must be submitted in PDF format and be prepared using the LNCS style.
Detailed instructions for submitting papers will be available later.
Two types of papers can be submitted: Regular Papers and Brief Announcements.
Submissions for regular papers should be no longer than 15 pages
(including the title, authors, abstract, figures, and references) in LNCS
style; a submission may have an appendix of at most two pages beyond the
15 page limit. Brief announcements are restricted to two pages using the
LNCS style, with no appendix. Submissions deviating from these guidelines
will be rejected without consideration of their merits.
If requested by the authors on the submission system, a regular submission
that is not selected for a regular presentation will also be considered for
a brief announcement.  Such a request will not affect consideration of the
paper for a regular paper.
A paper submitted at this forum is expected to be original research not
previously published. A contribution can be submitted to one track only and
may not be concurrently submitted to another conference, workshop, or journal.

PUBLICATION
The proceedings of the conference will be published in the
Springer Verlag Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series.

BEST PAPER AND BEST STUDENT AWARDS
The program committee will select two papers for best paper and best
student paper awards. A paper is eligible for the best student paper
award if at least one of its authors is a full-time student at the time of
submission. This must be indicated by marking an appropriate box in
the submission system.


ORGANIZATION
General Chair:
    Vincent Villain, University Picardie Jules Verne, France

Program Co-Chairs:
    Xavier Defago, JAIST, Japan
    Franck Petit, UPMC Sorbonne Universites, France

Program Vice Chairs:
 Ad-Hoc, Sensor, and Dynamic Networks
    Koichi Wada, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan

 Fault-Tolerance and Dependable Systems
    Shlomi Dolev, Ben-Gurion University, Israel
    Alex A. Shvartsman, University of Connecticut, USA

 Overlay and Peer-to-Peer Networks
    Stefan Schmid, T-Labs/TU Berlin, Germany
    Roger Wattenhofer, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

 Safety and Verification
    Tatsuhiro Tsuchiya, Osaka University, Japan

 Security
    Philippas Tsigas, Chalmers University, Sweden

 Self-Organizing and Autonomic Systems
    Paul Spirakis, University of Patras, Greece

 Self-Stabilization
    Colette Johnen, University of Bordeaux 1, France

Local Arrangements
    Karine Altisen, Ensimag, France
    Eddy Caron, ENS Lyon/INRIA, France
    Frederic Desprez, INRIA, France
    Stephane Devismes, University Joseph Fourier, France
    Alain Girault, INRIA, France
    Pascal Lafourcade, University Joseph Fourier, France

Publicity Chairs
    Doina Bein, Pennsylvania State University, USA
    Lelia Blin, University of Evry Val d'Essonne, France
    Naohiro Hayashibara, Kyoto Sangyo University, Japan