Please note that the submission deadline for ICDCS 2009 has been extended to Nov 22, 2009. ******************************************************************************** ICDCS 2009 The 29th International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems Montreal, Canada June 22-26, 2009 <http://www.cse.ohio-state.edu/icdcs2009/ICDCS_2009.html> Sponsored by The IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Distributed Processing ******************************************************************************** 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 and parallel computing. Topics of particular interest include, but are not limited to: o Data Management and Data Centers o Distributed Algorithms o Distributed Operating Systems and Middleware o Reliability and Dependability o Security and Privacy o Network and Internet Support for Distributed Applications o Multimedia Systems o Wireless and Sensor Networks WORKSHOPS Workshops will be held in conjunction with the conference. Workshop proposals should be submitted to Workshops Co-Chair Paul Sivilotti (<mailto:paolo@cse.ohio-state.edu>) by August 15, 2008. Notification of acceptance will be made by October 1, 2008. Please see the conference web page for details. PAPER SUBMISSION Format of Manuscript: All paper submissions should follow the IEEE 8.5" x 11" Two-Column Format with 11 point font. The submissions should be in PDF Format. Each submission can have 8 pages plus up to 2 over-length pages. If the paper is accepted for publication, an over-length fee will be charged to each of the over-length pages in the final camera-ready version. Electronic Submission: Submissions will be handled via the conference web page. The proceedings of the conference and the workshops will be published by the IEEE Computer Society Press. IMPORTANT DATES Paper Submission - November 22, 2008 Author Notification - February 5, 2009 Final Manuscript Due - March 20, 2009 For further information, please contact the program chair, Professor Xiaodong Zhang at <mailto:zhang@cse.ohio-state.edu>. ICDCS 2009 - Organizing and Program Committees ---------------------------------------------- General Chair: Tarek S. Abdelrahman, University of Toronto, Canada Program Chair: Xiaodong Zhang, Ohio State University, USA Program Vice Chairs: Distributed Algorithms Vijay Garg, IBM India Research Lab, India Data Management and Data Centers Cristiana Amza, University of Toronto, Canada Operating Systems and Middleware John Douceur, Microsoft Research, USA Reliability and Dependability Roberto Baldoni, University of Rome, Italy Security and Privacy Peng Ning, North Carolina State University, USA Networking and Internet Support for Distributed Computing Guohong Cao, Pennsylvania State University, USA Wireless and Mobile Computing in Distributed Systems Tarek Abdelzaher, University of Illinois, USA Workshops Co-Chairs: Paul A. G. Sivilotti, Ohio State University, USA Dong Xuan, Ohio State University, USA Award Co-Chairs: Ben Wah, Univeristy of Illinois, USA Wei Zhao, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA Local Arrangements Co-Chairs: Bettina Kemme, McGill University, Canada Xue Liu, McGill University, Canada Publication Chair: Baochun Li, University of Toronto, Canada Publicity Co-Chairs: Ashvin Goel, University of Toronto, Canada Antonio Casimiro, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal Registration Chair: Dongyu Qiu, Concordia University, Canada Webmaster: Feng Qin, Ohio State University, USA International Liaison Co-Chairs: Ten H. Lai, Ohio State University, USA Makoto Takizawa, Seikei University, Japan Michel Raynal, IRISA-IFSIC, France Finance Chair: Dong Xuan, Ohio State University, USA TCDP Chair: Jie Wu, National Science Foundation, USA Steering Committee Chair: Ming T. (Mike) Liu, Ohio State University, USA