CFP: Special Issue on Dependable Distributed Systems (DSEJ)

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Date: Thu, 7 May 1998 10:04:02 -0700
From: Christof Fetzer <cfetzer@cs.ucsd.edu>
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Subject: CFP: Special Issue on Dependable Distributed Systems (DSEJ)
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                            Call For Papers

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                 DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS ENGINEERING JOURNAL

               Special Issue on Dependable Distributed Systems
                          -- December 1999 --


                     Guest Editors: F. Cristian and C. Fetzer


Co-published by The British Computer Society,
                The Institution of Electrical Engineers and
                The Institute of Physics Publishing

The Distributed Systems Engineering Journal (DSEJ) is planning a
special issue on dependable distributed systems. Papers are sought 
in all aspects of dependable distributed systems, including, but 
not limited to:  
1) Algorithms and techniques for fault-tolerant, real-time, 
   secure, distributed systems 
2) Critical application areas such as transportation and 
   medical systems, process and power industries 
3) Practical experience reports

                            Important Dates

     Nov. 31, 1998: Submission Deadline
     June 31, 1999: Acceptance Notification
     Aug. 15, 1999: Final Manuscript Deadline

Prospective authors may access instructions for submissions and an html 
version of this Call for Papers at: http://www.cs.ucsd.edu/~cfetzer/dsej.html


          Scope of the Distributed Systems Engineering Journal


The area of interest of this journal centers on the integration of
processing, storage and communication subsystems within a distributed
or networked system. The emphasis is on distributed rather than
parallel processing and on practical engineering papers rather than
theoretical approaches. Hence it particularly welcomes papers from industry
and those which are based on implementation experience.

Distributed Processing

        Distributed processing architecture
        Distributed operating systems and environments
        Standards and open distributed processing (ODP)
        Configuration and management of distributed systems
        Computer architecture support for distributed processing
        Language support for distributed processing
        Algorithms and protocols to support distributed processing


Computer Networks

        Local, metropolitan and wide area networks
        Network architectures and protocols
        Network management
        Communications and network standards
        Open networking and open systems interconnection (OSI)
        Multiservice networks


Storage and Databases

        Data modeling
        Distributed data bases
        Distributed transaction processing
        Information retrieval and transformation
        Object stores
        Information and file servers
        Hypermedia systems


Information Systems & Applications

        Distributed multimedia systems
        Advanced home, business and industrial systems
        Computer support for cooperative work
        Distributed programming support environments
        User Interface design

These four main areas would be linked by consideration of system
dependability, fault tolerance, security, performance engineering,
timeliness or other architectural issues.



                         Brief guide for authors

Contributions must be in English and should not exceed 25 printed pages
in length, including figures.  Text should have 12-point font and
18-point spacing and should not normally exceed 5000 words.  Manuscripts
will be considered for publication if they have not been published
previously and are not under consideration for publication elsewhere.
Title page must include (i) the title of article, (ii) the name(s) and
affiliations of author(s), and (iii) abstract of not more than 200
words. On a separate cover page specify the title and the contact author
for correspondence (giving postal address, telephone number, fax number,
and e-mail address). Details of format for final submission will be
provided for accepted papers.


          Instructions for Submitting Papers for the Special Issue

Authors should email an electronic Postscript copy of their paper to
cfetzer@cs.ucsd.edu by Oct. 31, 1998.  If email submission is
inconvenient, then four (4) copies of their paper (double-sided if
possible) and a single copy of the cover page should be sent to Christof
Fetzer by the due date.  Paper submissions will be acknowledged
by email.

    C. Fetzer                            Email: cfetzer@cs.ucsd.edu
    University of California, San Diego  Voice: +(619) 822-2577
    Dept. of Computer Science & Eng.     Fax:   +(619) 534-7029
    9500 Gilman Drive 0114
    La Jolla, CA  92093-0114
    U.S.A.


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