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                       ICDCS 2013

The 33rd International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems Philadelphia, USA, July 8-11, 2013 http://www.temple.edu/cis/icdcs2013

                      Sponsored by

IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Distributed Processing

ICDCS 2013 will feature:

KEYNOTE TALKS

• “Research vs. Innovation” Dr. Kai Li, Princeton University

• “Rethinking Eventual Consistency” Dr. Philip A. Bernstein, Microsoft Research

PANEL SESSION

• “Is my Toaster Lying? Security, Privacy and Trust Issues in Internet of Things” Organized by Dr. Krishna Kant, NSF

TUTORIAL

• GENI Tutorial. Organized by Mark Berman. More information available at: http://groups.geni.net/geni/wiki/Tutorials/ICDCS2013

TECHNICAL SESSIONS

• 18 tracks, 61 full papers

• Major topics include:

A1: Monitoring & Diagnostics B1: Caching A2: Scheduling & Optimization B2: System Security A3: Energy Management B3: Data Structures A4: Localization B4: Replication & Byzantine Fault Tolerance A5: Online Social Networks B5: Think Globally, Act Locally A6: Data Dissemination B6: Data-Center Economics A7: Networking B7: Parallel Data Processing A8: Resource Provisioning & Load Balancing B8: Thwarting Adversaries A9: Network Security B9: Theory

WORKSHOPS

• Workshop on Assurance in Distributed Systems and Networks (ADSN 2013)
• Workshop on Wireless Ad hoc and Sensor Networking (WWASN 2013)
• Workshop on Resource Management of Cloud Computing (CCRM 2013)
• Workshop on Network Forensics, Security and Privacy (NFSP 2013)
• Workshop on Hot Topics in Peer-to-peer computing and Online Social Networking (HotPOST 2013)
• Workshop on Mobile Cloud and Social Computing (MCSC 2013)
• Workshop on Cyber-Physical Networking Systems (CPNS 2013)
• Workshop on Data Center Performance (DCPerf 2013)

TRAVEL & REGISTRATION

• Registration available at: https://www.icdcs-registration.com/icdcs13/

• Hotel reservations (special rate) available at: http://www.temple.edu/cis/icdcs2013/hotel.html

Note: Deadline for special rate is June 7

• Visa issue instructions can be found in http://www.temple.edu/cis/icdcs2013/hotel.html

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

• General Chair Jie Wu, Temple University, USA

• Program Chair John Douceur, Microsoft Research, USA

• Program Vice-Chairs Faith Ellen, University of Toronto, Canada Cristina Nita-Rotaru, Purdue University, USA Roy Friedman, Technion, Israel Yu-Chee Tseng, National Chiao-Tung University, Taiwan David Du, University of Minnesota, USA Manuel Costa, MSR-Cambridge, UK Jon Howell, MSR-Redmond, USA Aleksandar Kuzmanovic, Northwestern University, USA Ricardo Bianchini, Rutgers University, USA Krishna Kant, National Science Foundation, USA Zhi-Li Zhang, University of Minnesota, USA

• Workshop Co-Chairs Hai Jin, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China Ivan Stojmenovic, University of Ottawa, Canada

• Awards Co-Chairs Matt Mutka, Michigan State University, USA Mukesh Singhal, UC-Merced, USA Wei Zhao, University of Macau, Macau

• Local Chair Chiu C. Tan, Temple University, USA

• Registration Chair Carrie Stein, The Ohio State University, USA

• Finance Chair Dong Xuan, The Ohio State University, USA

• Publicity Co-Chairs Leszek T. Lilien, Western Michigan University, USA Pedro M. Ruiz, University of Murcia, Spain Guojun Wang, Central South University, China

• Publication Co-Chairs Feng Li IUPUI, USA

• International Liaison Co-Chairs Chita Das, Penn State University, USA Michel Raynal, IRISA-IFSIC, France Makoto Takizawa, Seikei University, Japan

• TCDP Chair Jiannong Cao, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong

• Steering Committee Chair Xiaodong Zhang, The Ohio State University, USA

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