[DMANET] ICDCN 2015: Call For Papers

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CALL FOR PAPERS - DEADLINE July 25, 2014

16th International Conference on Distributed Computing and Networking
BITS Pilani, K K Birla Goa Campus
Goa, India, January 4-7, 2015
http://www.icdcn.org/

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ICDCN is a premier international conference dedicated to addressing
advances in Distributed Computing and Communication Networks, which
over the years, has become a leading forum for disseminating the
latest research results in these fields. ICDCN 2015 will be hosted by
BITS Pilani K K Birla Goa Campus. ICDCN 2015 will be organized in two
tracks: Distributed Computing and Networking, and will comprise a
highly selective technical program consisting of refereed concise
papers, panel discussions as well as focused workshops on emerging
topics. Papers describing original research work and practical
experiences/experimental results are solicited on topics including,
but not limited to:
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I. Distributed Computing Track

- Distributed algorithms & concurrent data structures: design, analysis,
and complexity
- Distributed operating systems
- Distributed database systems
- Embedded distributed systems
- Experiments and performance evaluation of distributed systems
- Fault-tolerance, reliability, and availability
- Multiprocessor & multi-core architectures & algorithms
- Self-organization, self-stabilization, & autonomic computing
- High performance computing, grid computing, & cloud computing
- Security, cryptography, & game theory in distributed systems

II. Networking Track

- Integration of heterogeneous wireless & wired networks
- Internetworking protocols & Internet applications
- Mobile and pervasive computing, context-aware distributed systems
- Next generation & converged network architectures
- Overlay & peer-to-peer networks and services
- Home Networking & Services
- Resource management & quality of service
- Network security & privacy
- Energy-Efficient Networking & Smart Grids
- Sensor, PAN & ad-hoc networks
- Traffic engineering, pricing, network management

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Submission Instructions:

Papers must be unpublished and must not be submitted for publication
elsewhere. All papers will be reviewed by Technical Program Committee
members and other experts active in the field to ensure high quality
and relevance to the conference. Papers should be written in English
and should not exceed 17 pages (double-spaced) in 10 point Times Roman
font, inclusive of any cover sheet. No paper templates are provided in
this phase. You may use your own template. Authors are encouraged to
submit papers in Adobe Acrobat pdf electronic format only. Each
submission must be accompanied by a paper title, a short abstract, a
complete list of authors and their affiliations, a contact person for
correspondence with email and postal address, and a list of at least
one or more relevant topics selected from the conference topics listed
in the CFP. Conference attendance by at least one author of an
accepted paper is mandatory. Questions from authors may be directed to
the General Chairs/Vice-chair or the PC co-chairs.


Important Dates

- Submission Deadline: July 25th 2014
- Notification: September 26th 2014
- Camera-Ready: October 15th 2014

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GENERAL CHAIRS

- Sajal K. Das, Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA,
(Co-chair)
- Dilip Krishnaswamy, IBM Research, Bangalore, India, (Co-chair)
- Santonu Sarkar, Infosys, Bangalore, India, (Vice-chair)

PC CHAIRS

Distributed Computing Track
- Amos Korman, CNRS and University of Paris Diderot, France, (Co-chair)
- Srikanth Sastry, Google, New York, USA, (Co-chair)

Networking Track
- Mohan Kumar, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA, (Co-chair)
- Marius Portmann, University of Queensland, Australia, (Co-chair)

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

- Bharat Deshpande, BITS-Goa campus, India, (Chair)

PUBLICITY CHAIRS

- Doina Bein, Pennsylvania State University
- Stéphane Devismes, University of Grenoble
- Prashant Nair, Amrita University, India
- Nirmalya Roy, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
- Pushpendra Singh, IIIT Delhi,

STUDENT SYMPOSIUM CHAIRS (FORMERLY PHD FORUM)

- Kishore Kothapalli, IIIT Hyderabad, India
- Sathya Peri, IIT Patna, India

STEERING COMMITTEE

- Sajal K. Das, Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA,
(Co-chair)
- Vijay Garg, University of Texas at Austin, USA
- Sukumar Ghosh, University of Iowa, USA, (Co-Chair)
- Dilip Krishnaswamy, IBM Research, Bangalore, India
- Sanjoy Paul, Accenture, India
- David Peleg, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
- Michel Raynal, IRISA, France

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