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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>- Call for Papers: SSS 2012 -</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>14th International Symposium on Stabilization,
Safety, and Security<BR>of Distributed Systems</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>October 1-4, 2012<BR>Toronto, Canada</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A
href="http://www.cs.uwaterloo.ca/sss2012/">http://www.cs.uwaterloo.ca/sss2012/</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The SSS symposium is a prestigious international
forum for researchers and<BR>practitioners in the design and development of
fault-tolerant distributed<BR>systems with self-* properties, such as
self-stabilizing, self-configuring,<BR>self-organizing, self-managing,
self-repairing, self-healing, self-optimizing,<BR>self-adaptive, and
self-protecting systems. Research in distributed systems is now<BR>at a crucial
point in its evolution, marked by the importance of dynamic<BR>systems such as
cloud networks, social networks, peer-to-peer networks, large-scale<BR>wireless
sensor networks, mobile ad hoc networks, etc., and many new applications
such<BR>as grid and web services, banking and e-commerce, e-health and
robotics,<BR>aerospace and avionics, automotive, industrial process control,
etc. have<BR>joined the traditional applications of distributed
systems.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The conference provides a wide spectrum of topics,
covered in the following<BR>tracks:<BR>* Self-Stabilization<BR>* Ad-Hoc and
Sensor Networks<BR>* Fault-Tolerance and Dependable Systems<BR>* Safety and
Security<BR>* Cloud Computing<BR>* Formal Methods<BR>* Social Networks<BR>*
Peer-to-Peer, Self-Organizing and Autonomic Systems</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>===============<BR>IMPORTANT
DATES<BR>===============</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>* Abstract Submission: April 16, 2012<BR>* Paper
Submission: April 23, 2012<BR>* Notification: June 6, 2012</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>================<BR>PAPER
SUBMISSION<BR>================</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Papers must be submitted in PDF format and be
prepared using the LNCS style.<BR>Detailed instructions for submitting papers
will be available later.<BR>Two types of papers can be submitted: Regular Papers
and Brief Announcements.<BR>Submissions for regular papers should be no longer
than 15 pages<BR>(including the title, authors, abstract, figures, and
references) in LNCS<BR>style; a submission may have an appendix of at most two
pages beyond the<BR>15 page limit. Brief announcements are restricted to two
pages using the<BR>LNCS style, with no appendix. Submissions deviating from
these guidelines<BR>will be rejected without consideration of their
merits.<BR>If requested by the authors on the submission system, a regular
submission<BR>that is not selected for a regular presentation will also be
considered for<BR>a brief announcement. Such a request will not affect
consideration of the<BR>paper for a regular paper.<BR>A paper submitted at this
forum is expected to be original research not<BR>previously published. A
contribution can be submitted to one track only and<BR>may not be concurrently
submitted to another conference, workshop, or journal.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial
size=2>===========<BR>PUBLICATION<BR>===========</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The proceedings of the conference will be published
in the<BR>Springer Verlag Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series.<BR>A
special journal issue for selected SSS 2012 papers is under
negotiation;<BR>please see the website for more information.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>==================================<BR>BEST PAPER
AND BEST STUDENT AWARDS<BR>==================================</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The program committee will select two papers for
best paper and best<BR>student paper awards. A paper is eligible for the best
student paper<BR>award if at least one of its authors is a full-time student at
the time of<BR>submission, and if the student made a major contribution to the
paper.<BR>This must be indicated by marking an appropriate box in<BR>the
submission system.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial
size=2>============<BR>ORGANIZATION<BR>============</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>General Chair:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sukumar Ghosh, The University of Iowa,
USA</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Program Co-Chairs:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Andrea Richa, Arizona State University,
USA<BR>Christian Scheideler, University of Paderborn, Germany</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Program Vice Chairs:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Self-Stabilization<BR>Sylvie Delaet, LRI,
University of Paris-Sud 11, France<BR>Maria Gradinariu Potop-Butucaru,
University of Paris 6, France</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ad-Hoc and Sensor Networks<BR>Murat Demirbas, SUNY
Buffalo, USA</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Fault-Tolerant and Dependable Systems<BR>Rida
Bazzi, Arizona State University, USA</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Safety and Security<BR>Felix Freiling,
Friedrich-Alexander-University, Germany</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Cloud Computing<BR>Mohamed Gouda, University of
Texas at Austin, USA</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Formal Methods<BR>Borzoo Bonakdarpour, University
of Waterloo, USA</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Social Networks<BR>Sonja Buchegger, KTH,
Sweden<BR>Thorsten Strufe, TU Darmstadt, Germany</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Peer-to-Peer, Self-Organizing and Autonomic
Systems<BR>Fabian Kuhn, University of Lugano, Switzerlanad / University of
Freiburg, Germany<BR>Christian Schindelhauer, University of Freiburg,
Germany</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Local Arrangements:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Borzoo Bonakdarpour, University of Waterloo,
Canada<BR>Bernard Wong, University of Waterloo, Canada</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Publicity Chair:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Stefan Schmid, TU Berlin / Telekom Innovation
Laboratories, Germany<BR></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>