<div>===================================================================== </div><div> Call for Submissions: </div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> Industry Track</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> Demonstrations Track</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> Posters Track</div><div><br></div><div> Middleware 2 0 1 3</div>
<div> 13th International Conference on Middleware</div><div><br></div><div> December 3 - 7, 2012 </div><div> Montreal, Canada</div><div><br></div><div>All accepted submissions are included in a proceedings published to the ACM Digital Library.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Industry Track Web: <a href="http://middleware2012.cs.mcgill.ca/doku.php?id=industry">http://middleware2012.cs.mcgill.ca/doku.php?id=industry</a> </div><div>Demos and Posters Track Web: <a href="http://middleware2012.cs.mcgill.ca/doku.php?id=poster">http://middleware2012.cs.mcgill.ca/doku.php?id=poster</a></div>
<div>=====================================================================</div><div>Call For Industrial Track Papers</div><div><br></div><div>***</div><div>The Industrial Track of the Middleware 2012 Conference solicits papers for presentation at the</div>
<div>conference and inclusion in the ACM Digital Library. </div><div>The topics of interest are similar to those in the general conference call for papers. </div><div>However, the purpose of the Industrial Track is to emphasize practical experience and to disseminate </div>
<div>information of particular interest to developers and others involved in real-world systems. </div><div><br></div><div>Please visit the web page for further information:</div><div><a href="http://middleware2012.cs.mcgill.ca/doku.php?id=industry">http://middleware2012.cs.mcgill.ca/doku.php?id=industry</a> </div>
<div><br></div><div>***</div><div>Key deadlines for Industry Track (dates for other tracks will differ)</div><div><br></div><div>August 17 - Submission Deadline</div><div>September 19 - Acceptance Notification</div><div>
October 8 - Final Version Due</div>
<div>***</div><div>Industrial Track Co-Chairs:</div><div><br></div><div>Mike Spreitzer, IBM Research, USA (<a href="mailto:mspreitz@us.ibm.com">mspreitz@us.ibm.com</a>)</div><div>Jan de Meer, SmartSpaceLab, Germany (<a href="mailto:demeer@t-online.de">demeer@t-online.de</a>)</div>
<div><br></div><div>=====================================================================</div><div>Call for Demonstrations and Posters</div><div><br></div><div>***</div><div>New this year Middleware will provide a forum for live software demonstrations of middleware applications, </div>
<div>systems, tools, etc… Demos could take many forms, typical examples include: (i) presentation of an </div><div>application which leverages advanced middleware concepts, (ii) working through coding of an example on a </div>
<div>novel middleware platform, or (iii) real-time visualizations of middleware system metrics under simulated workloads. </div><div>Although the form may vary, demo presenters should take advantage of not being constrained by the format </div>
<div>of a traditional slide presentation. Demos are encouraged for both early prototypes and mature technology.</div><div><br></div><div>As in previous years, posters will provide an opportunity for conference attendees to learn about innovative </div>
<div>work in progress and to preview late-breaking research results. Poster sessions will provide an informal </div><div>setting for presenters to communicate ideas or results and also to collect feedback from attendees. </div>
<div>Demo or poster contributions are solicited in all areas of middleware research and applications. </div><div>Demos or posters related to work accepted at one of the paper tracks are also encouraged.</div><div><br></div>
<div>Please visit the web page for further information:</div><div><a href="http://middleware2012.cs.mcgill.ca/doku.php?id=poster">http://middleware2012.cs.mcgill.ca/doku.php?id=poster</a></div><div><br></div><div>***</div>
<div>Key deadlines for Demos or Posters Track (dates for other tracks will differ)</div><div><br></div><div>September 12th - Submission Deadline</div><div>September 28th - Acceptance Notification</div><div>October 8 - Final Version Due</div>
<div>***</div><div>Demos and Posters Chair:</div><div>Eric Wohstadter, Univ. of British Columbia, Canada (<a href="mailto:wohlstad@cs.ubc.ca">wohlstad@cs.ubc.ca</a>)</div><div>============================</div><div><br></div>
<div>Topics of interest (all tracks):</div><div><br></div><div>MIDDLEWARE PLATFORMS:</div><div><br></div><div>Middleware for emerging cloud computing, datacenters, and server farms</div><div>Middleware for traditional clusters and grid computing</div>
<div>Middleware for mobile devices, ubiquitous, and mobile computing</div><div>Middleware for sensor networks and embedded systems</div><div>Middleware for Internet applications and social networks</div><div>Middleware for Web services, Web service composition, and SOA</div>
<div>Middleware for data-intensive computing</div><div>Event-based, publish/subscribe, and message-oriented middleware</div><div>Middleware support for multimedia and tele-immersion</div><div>Reconfigurable, adaptable, and reflective middleware approaches</div>
<div>Middleware solutions for distributed databases</div><div>Peer-to-peer middleware solutions</div><div>Middleware for social computing, social software, and crowdsourcing</div><div><br></div><div>SYSTEMS ISSUES FOR MIDDLEWARE:</div>
<div><br></div><div>Reliability and fault-tolerance</div><div>Scalability and performance</div><div>Energy- and power-aware techniques</div><div>Virtualization, auto-scaling, provisioning, and scheduling</div><div>Security, Privacy, and Information assurance</div>
<div>Storage and file systems</div><div>Parallelized execution and techniques</div><div>Dynamic configuration and self- or autonomic- management of middleware</div><div>Real-time solutions and quality of service</div><div>
Case studies on the evaluation and deployment of middleware: challenges, techniques, and lessons learned</div><div><br></div><div>DESIGN PRINCIPLES AND TOOLS:</div><div><br></div><div>Programming frameworks, parallel programming, and design methodologies for middleware</div>
<div>Empirical and deployment studies for middleware solutions</div><div>Debugging, diagnosis and distributed debugging of middleware</div><div>Probabilistic techniques and approaches for middleware</div><div>Methodologies and tools for middleware design, implementation, verification, and evaluation</div>
<div>Formal methods, verification, and software engineering for middleware</div><div>Security and privacy</div><div>========================================================</div>