The 38th IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS 2018)
July 2 - 6, 2018 - Vienna, Austria          http://icdcs2018.ocg.at/

Call For Research Papers -- ICDCS 2018
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The ICDCS conference provides a forum for engineers and scientists in academia,
industry, and government to present their latest research findings in current
and emerging areas of distributed computing. Topics of interest include, but
are not limited to:

  * Cloud Computing and Data Center Systems

    Vice Chairs:
    Dejan Kostic, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
    Marco Canini, KAUST, SA

  * Distributed Big Data Systems and Analytics

    Vice Chair:
    Hans-Arno Jacobsen, University of Toronto, Canada

  * Distributed Operating Systems and Middleware

    Vice Chairs:
    Angela Demke Brown, University of Toronto, Canada
    Dushyanth Narayanan, Microsoft Research Cambridge, UK

  * Distributed Algorithms and Theory

    Vice Chairs:
    Keren Censor-Hillel, Technion – Israel Instititute of Technology, Israel
    Gregory Chockler, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK

  * Distributed Fault Tolerance and Dependability

    Vice Chairs:
    Pramod Bhatotia, University of Edinburgh, UK
    Christof Fetzer, TU Dresden, Germany

  * Distributed Green Computing and Energy Management

    Vice Chairs:
    Erik Elmroth, Umea University, Sweden
    Di Wang, Microsoft Research, USA

  * Internet of Things and Cyber-Physical Systems

    Vice Chair:
    Gian Pietro Picco, University of Trento, Italy

  * Mobile and Wireless Computing

    Vice Chairs:
    Aruna Balasubramanian, Stony Brook University, USA
    Joerg Ott, TU Munich, Germany

  * Edge Computing

    Vice Chairs:
    Abhishek Chandra, University of Minnesota, USA
    Mahadev Satyanarayanan, Carnegie Mellon University, USA

  * Security, Privacy, and Trust in Distributed Systems

    Vice Chairs:
    Herbert Bos, VU Amsterdam, Netherlands
    Mathias Payer, Purdue University, USA

  * Social Networks and Crowdsourcing

    Vice Chairs:
    Daniele Quercia, Bell Labs, UK
    Ilias Leontiadis, Telefonica Research, Spain

The technical program consists of research tracks in 11 focused areas. In
addition, there are three special topic tracks: the Industry and
Experimentation track, the Applications and Experiences track, and the Vision
and Blue Sky Thinking track. We invite authors to submit your original work to
the research and special tracks.

Important Dates
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  * Abstract registration: Dec 5, 2017, 23:59 UTC-12 (Anywhere on Earth)
  * Paper submission: Dec 12, 2017, 23:59 UTC-12 (Anywhere on Earth)
  * Author notification: Mar 28, 2018
  * Camera-ready deadline: May 3, 2018

All submissions should follow the IEEE 8.5" x 11" Two-Column Format. Each
submission can have up to 10 pages without references. Papers exceeding this
length limit or with smaller fonts will be rejected without review. Submissions
should NOT be blinded for review.

Organisation
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  * General Chair: A Min Tjoa, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
  
  * Program Chair: Peter Pietzuch, Imperial College London, UK