Call for Papers

To be held in conjunction with FMOODS'05

The joint conference webpage is hosted by the the Communication Networks Laboratory, University Athens, Greece
A printable pdf-version of the DAIS'05 call for papers can be downloaded from here

About the conference

The emergence of 4th generation communication systems, the evolution of the Internet technologies, the convergence of the telecom and datacom, wireless and fixed communication systems and applications pave the path for ubiquitous service and application provision. Innovative solutions are required for the development, implementation and operation of distributed applications in complex IT environments full of diversity and heterogeneity. Today, systematic application development support is lacking for the emerging wide spectrum of distributed systems ranging from ambient intelligence to global computing scenarios. Following the evolution of the field, DAIS'05 will focus on models, technologies and platforms for interoperable, scalable and adaptable distributed applications within all kinds of computing environments.

DAIS'05 is the fifth event in a series of successful international conferences, which started in 1997. DAIS'05 will provide a forum for researchers, application and platform service vendors and users, to review, discuss and learn about new approaches, concepts and experiences in the fields of distributed computing. DAIS'05 will include talks by invited speakers, full technical paper sessions, and work-in-progress presentations.

Conference themes

• new/extended software architectures and frameworks for application reconfiguration and adaptation,
• component frameworks (e.g. CORBA Components, EJB, .NET),
• autonomous systems and architectures,
• modelling, specifying, monitoring and management of context-aware and adaptive applications,
• support for self-organisation and autonomic behaviour in new/existing distributed platforms (e.g. CORBA, J2EE, .NET, WebServices),
• application infrastructures for Service-oriented Architectures and Web Services,
• application environments that exploit characteristics of specific technologies (e.g. GRID computing, mobile and wireless),
• issues in enterprise-wide and large-scale application integration,
• model-driven development and testing,
• application management and tuning,
• development methodologies for ambient intelligence and sensor net applications,
• semantic interoperability and semantic web services.

Submission guidelines

The DAIS'2005 conference solicits high quality papers reporting research results and/or experience reports. All papers must be original, unpublished, and not submitted simultaneously for publication elsewhere. Submissions will be electronically as postscript or PDF, using the Springer LNCS style.

DAIS2005 seeks:

• Full technical papers in no more than 12 pages (approximately 6000 words);
• Work-in-progress papers, describing on-going work and interim results, in no more than 5 pages.

Each paper will undergo a thorough process of review and the conference proceedings will be published by Springer Verlag in the LNCS series. More specific guidelines on the preparation of papers can be found on the conference website.

Important dates

• Abstracts (appreciated): January 24, 2005
• Full paper submission: February 1, 2005
• Work-in-Progress paper submission: February 15, 2005
• Notifications: March 15, 2005
• Cameraready versions: April 7, 2005
• Conference: June 14-17, 2005

Venue & Event

The 5th DAIS, organized by the Communications Network Laboratory of the University of Athens, will be held in Athens, Greece, colocated with the 7th IFIP International Conference on Formal Methods for Open Object-Based Distributed Systems, FMOODS'05. The accompagnying programme of shared satellite workshops - a call for workshop proposals is issued separately - will in particular include a Ph.D workshop giving young researchers an international platform to present their results.

Organization

General chair Lazaros Merakos CNL, U. of Athens, GR PC chairs Nancy Alonistioti CNL, U. of Athens, GR Lea Kutvonen U. Helsinki, FI Publicity chair Hartmut Koenig BTU Cottbus, GE Steering commitee Guy Leduc U. de Liège, BE Hartmut Koenig BTU Cottbus, GE Kurt Geihs University of Kassel, GE Elie Najm ENST, Paris, FR

Program commitee M. Ahamed Georgia Tech, USA M. Anagnostou National Technical University of Athens S. Baker IONA, Ireland Y. Berbers Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium A. Beugnard ENST-Bretagne, France D. Bourse Motorola Labs, Paris I. Demeure ENST, France F. Eliassen University of Oslo, Norway K. Geihs TU Berlin, Germany S. Gessler NEC Europe Ltd, Germany D. Hagimont INRIA, France S. Hallsteinsen Sintef, Norway P. Honeyman CITI, University of Michigan, USA J. Indulska University of Queensland, Australia E. Jul DIKU, Denmark A. Kaloxylos Univ. of Peloponnese, Greece V. Karamcheti New York University, USA

Program commitee (cont.) H. Koenig BTU Cottbus, Germany H. Krumm University of Dortmund, Germany W. Lamersdorf University of Hamburg, Germany C. Linnhoff-Popien University of Munich, Germany M. Virvou Univ. of Piraeus, Greece P. Merle INRIA, France E. Najm ENST, France G. Papadopoulos University of Cyprus, Cyprus K. Raymond DSTC, Australia D. Schmidt University of California, USA W. Schreiner Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria T. Senivongse Chulalongkorn University, Thailand J.-B. Stefani INRIA, France D. Zeghlache INT, France K. Zielinski UMM Krakow, Poland