CALL FOR PAPERS
36th International Symposium on Reliable Distributed Systems, SRDS 2017
26 - 29 September 2017. Hong Kong, China.

http://srds2017.comp.polyu.edu.hk/

The 36th Symposium on Reliable Distributed Systems (SRDS 2017) is a forum for researchers and practitioners interested in distributed systems design, development and evaluation, particularly with emphasis on reliability, availability, safety, dependability, security, and real-time.
We welcome Research Papers describing original research as well as design, development and experimental results of operational systems, Practical Experience Reports describing on-going industrial projects, prototype systems and exploratory or emerging applications, and Tool Papers describing architecture, implementation and usage of substantive tools to aid the research and practice of reliable distributed systems. Papers will be assessed with criteria appropriate to each category.

IMPORTANT DATES
Abstract submission (extended): 23 April 2017 (but appreciated if submitted ASAP)
Full Paper Submission (extended): 23 April 2017
Authors Notification: 25 June 2017
Camera-ready: 16 July 2017
Workshops: 26 September 2017
Conference: 27-29 September 2017

TOPICS OF INTEREST
The major areas of interest include, but are not limited to, the following topics:
. Dependability and security of distributed systems and systems of systems including, but not limited to, cloud, cyber-physical, Internet-of-Things, vehicular, robotic, mobile, multimedia, data management, machine learning and AI systems.
. Methods and tools for the design, implementation, verification, validation and benchmarking of dependable and secure applications, middleware and operating systems.
. Foundations, algorithms, middleware and applications advancing the state-of-the-art of reliable distributed systems through their non-functional properties and programming abstractions, such as, fault tolerance, fault recovery, timeliness, robustness, autonomy, self-stabilization, self-healing, transactional semantics, etc.
. Analytical, simulative and experimental assessment of dependable, secure, high-assurance, and safety-critical distributed cyber-physical systems


SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Papers must be written in English.
Research Papers, Practical Experience Reports, and Tool Papers should be no longer than 10 pages, following the IEEE two-column format for conference proceedings.
All necessary details to substantiate the main claims of the paper should be included in a clearly marked appendix.
Authors are requested to first register their submissions and then submit their manuscripts in PDF format at the Easychair page (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=srds2017)

BEST PAPER AWARD
The symposium will highlight the best paper.
As a tribute to the memory of Prof. Chittoor V. Ramamoorthy, the SRDS Best Paper Award is named “Prof. C. V. Ramamoorthy Best Paper Award”.
He was instrumental for IEEE SRDS from the 80’s and many of his students have contributed to this conference.
All papers accepted for presentation at the symposium will be evaluated for the Best Paper award.

PHD FORUM
SRDS 2017 will organize a PhD Student Forum. It provides an opportunity
for PhD students and graduate students to present their research to a
renowned audience, receive live feedback and exchange their ideas.

WORSHOPS
The 36th Symposium on Reliable Distributed Systems (SRDS 2017) will run pre-conference workshops (half-day or full-day) on 26 September 2017.
Workshops have been a successful tradition of SRDS for several years.
Researchers interested in organizing a workshop on topics related to dependability and security of distributed systems are invited to submit proposals.
Extended versions of best papers from SRDS 2017 Workshops will be published at ACM Operating Systems Review.
http://srds2017.comp.polyu.edu.hk/workshops.html


SYMPOSIUM CO-CHAIRS
. Jiannong Cao, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
. Michael R. Lyu, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

TECHNICAL PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS
. Andrea Ceccarelli, University of Florence, Italy
. Michel Cukier, University of Maryland, USA
. Jogesh Muppala, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong

WORKSHOP CO-CHAIRS
. Sara Bouchenak, INSA Lyon, France
. Elias P. Duarte Jr., Federal University of Paraná, Brazil

DOCTORAL SYMPOSIUM CO-CHAIRS
. Sandeep Kulkarni, Michigan State University, USA
. Haruo Yokota, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan

“PROF. C.V. RAMAMOORTHY BEST PAPER AWARD” COMMITTEE
. András Pataricza, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary (Chair)

PUBLICATION CHAIR
. João Paulo, University of Minho & INESC TEC, Portugal

PUBLICITY CHAIR
. Valerio Schiavoni, Université de Neuchâtel, Switzerland

STEERING COMMITTEE LIAISONS
. Andrea Bondavalli, University of Florence, Italy
. Rui Oliveira, University of Minho & INESC TEC, Portugal

LOCAL ARRANGEMENT CHAIR
. Carmen Au, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong

TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE
. Saurabh Bagchi, Purdue University, USA
. Sonia Ben Mokhtar, CNRS, France
. Bruno Bogaz Zarpelao, State University of Londrina (UEL), Brazil
. Borzoo Bonakdarpour, McMaster University, Canada
. Silvia Bonomi, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
. Bojan Cukic, West Virginia University, USA
. Anwitaman Datta, Nanynag Technological Univeristy, Singapore
. Tadashi Dohi, Hiroshima University, Japan
. Elias Duarte, FUP, Brazil
. Roy Friedman, Technion, Israel
. Ilir Gashi, City University of London, UK
. Vincent Gramoli, Sydney University, Australia
. Helen Gu, North Carolina State University, USA
. Maurice Herlihy, Brown University, USA
. Matti A. Hiltunen, AT&T Labs Research, Bedminster, NJ, USA
. Chunming Hu, Beihang University, China
. Chin-Yu Huang, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
. Zbigniew Kalbarczyk, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
. Vana Kalogeraki, Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece
. Kyungbaek Kim, Chonnam National University, Korea
. DongSeong (Dan) Kim, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
. Ignacio Laguna, LLNL, USA
. Patrick P. C. Lee, Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
. Joao Leitao, Nova University of Lisbon, Portugal
. Fumio Machida, NEC, Japan
. Istvan Majzik, BME, Hungary
. Silvia Mazzino, INTECS, Italy
. Hein Meling, University of Stavanger, Norway
. Mikhail Nesterenko, Kent State University, USA
. Alessandro Vittorio Papadopoulos, Lunds Universitet, Sweden
. Fernando Pedone, University of Lugano, Switzerland
. José Pereira, University of Minho, Portugal
. Alirio Sá, University of Bahia, Brasil
. Valerio Schiavoni, University of Neuchatel, Switzerland
. Alex Schwarzmann, University of Connecticut, USA
. Jiwu Shu, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
. Sébastien Tixeuil, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France
. Katinka Wolter, FU Berlin, Germany
. Shalini Yajnik, Avaya Labs, USA
. Haibin Zhang, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA