[p2p-hackers] DAS-P2P Call for Papers, April 2006, Vienna

[Ian Clarke]

Oops, apologies, just realised that Sam Joseph had already posted this.

Ian.

On 16 Oct 2005, at 11:13, Ian Clarke wrote:

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> * The First International Workshop on
> * Dependable and Sustainable Peer-to-Peer Systems (DAS-P2P 2006)
> * http://das-p2p.wide.ad.jp/
> *
> * In conjunction with The First International Conference on
> * Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES 2006).
> * http://www.ifs.tuwien.ac.at/ares2006/
> *
> * Vienna University of Technology, Austria
> * April 20th-22nd, 2006
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>
> [CALL FOR PAPERS]
>
> The First International Workshop on Dependable and Sustainable Peer- 
> to-Peer
> Systems (DAS-P2P 2006) is the first workshop which focuses on  
> dependability
> and sustainability of peer-to-peer (P2P) systems, with respect to  
> their
> designs, operations, applications and social impacts.
>
> P2P can be a promising technology on which we can depend lives of  
> ours and our
> children, upon which we can build sustainable societies.
>
> Designs of P2P systems are characterized by their usage of overlay  
> networks
> such that there is symmetry in the roles among participants. This  
> implies
> distribution of authorities, not only preventing introduction of  
> single points
> of failure, but also assuring a level of autonomy which allows many  
> of us to
> spontaneously start, maintain, or recover from failures of, such  
> systems.
>
> Although difficulties exist, such as uncertainty in the trust among
> participants, one needs to be aware that such difficulties are, in  
> many parts,
> due to our own human nature; depending on P2P is, in fact and  
> literally,
> depending on ourselves and our friends, who seem to be the only  
> ones we can
> trust anyway, when it comes to our own survival.
>
> The goal of this workshop is to share experiences, insights and new  
> ideas, and
> set forth research agendas and suggestive future directions by  
> collaborations
> among researchers with different disciplines and with similar  
> interests toward
> dependability and sustainability.
>
> The following is a non-exhaustive list of relevant topics:
>
> * Designs and operations of dependable and sustainable P2P systems
>  - Self-organization and emergence
>  - Attack-resistance
>  - Fault tolerance
>  - Sustainable operations
>  - Sustainable mutual trust
>  - Sustainable reciprocal relationships
>
> * Applications and social impacts of dependable and sustainable P2P  
> systems
>  - Sustainable economy
>  - Sustainable governance
>  - Sustainable lifestyles
>  - Rescue activities
>  - Post-catastrophic recovery
>  - Tackling environmental problems
>
> The program of the workshop will be a combination of invited talks,  
> paper
> presentations and discussions.
>
> [SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS]
>
> The workshop invites your contributions of previously unpublished  
> papers, which
> will be selected based on their originality, technical merit and  
> topical
> relevance. Papers will also be selected by the likelihood that they  
> will lead
> to interesting and fruitful discussions at the workshop.
>
> Your contributions should be formatted acoording to the Springer- 
> Verlag LNCS
> Proceedings Author Guidelines: 10-point, single-spaced, one-column  
> format
> (see http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html for detail).  
> Each of your
> contributions should not exceed 10 pages.
>
> See the workshop web site (http://das-p2p.wide.ad.jp/) for the  
> submission
> procedure.
>
> [PUBLICATION]
>
> Proceedings of the workshop will be published as Lecture Notes in  
> Computer
> Science (LNCS) by Springer-Verlag.
>
> [IMPORTANT DATES]
>
> Paper submission due:       December 4th, 2005
> Notification of acceptance: January 15th, 2006
> Camera-ready copies due:    February 1st, 2006
> Author registration due:    February 1st, 2006
> Workshop:                   April 20th-22nd, 2006 (exact date is to  
> be decided)
>
> [REGISTRATION]
>
> Workshop registration will be handled by the ARES 2006 organization  
> along
> with the main conference registration.
>
> [PROGRAM COMMITTEE]
>
> * Stephane Bressan, National University of Singapore, Singapore
> * Bernard Burg, Panasonic Research, USA
> * Yusuke Doi, TOSHIBA Corporation, Japan (co-chair)
> * Debojyoti Dutta, University of Southern California, USA
> * Achmad Nizar Hidayanto, University of Indonesia, Indonesia
> * Sam Joseph, University of Hawaii, USA
> * Youki Kadobayashi, Nara Instritute of Science and Technology, Japan
>   (co-chair)
> * Anirban Mondal, University of Tokyo, Japan
> * Akiko Orita, Keio University, Japan
> * Omer F Rana, Cardiff University, UK
> * Kenji Saito, Keio University, Japan (co-chair)
> * Claudio Sartori, University of Bologna, Italy
> * Sheng Zhong, State University of New York at Buffalo, USA
>
> See the workshop web site (http://das-p2p.wide.ad.jp/) for any  
> updates.
>
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> For further information, please contact program co-chair Kenji Saito,
> Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University, 5322  
> Endo, Fujisawa,
> Kanagawa 252-8520 Japan, e-mail: ks91 at sfc.wide.ad.jp
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