* Scope and Background

The 11th International Symposium on Intelligent Distributed Computing (IDC 2017) will be held from 11 to 13 October 2017 in Belgrade, Serbia. The main objective of the IDC series of symposiums is to provide a forum for the dissemination of research accomplishments in the emergent field of Intelligent Distributed Computing, as well as to promote the collaboration between researchers from Intelligent Computing and Distributing Computing communities. Intelligent Computing covers a hybrid palette of methods and techniques ranging from classical artificial intelligence, computational intelligence and multi-agent systems to game theory. Distributed Computing develops methods and technology to build complex computational systems composed of collaborating software components scattered across diverse computational elements. The emergent field of Intelligent Distributed Computing focuses on the development of a new generation of intelligent distributed systems. It faces the challenges of adapting and combining research in the fields of Intelligent Computing and Distributed Computing. The symposium welcomes submissions of original papers on all aspects of intelligent distributed computing ranging from concepts and theoretical developments to advanced technologies and innovative applications. For its first time in Serbia, IDC 2017 will continue the successful tradition of previous IDC symposiums by providing a platform for researchers and practitioners to report recent trends and results highlighting benefits of intelligent computing techniques for distributed systems and vice-versa. IDC 2017 will consist of regular sessions with technical contributions reviewed and selected by an international program committee, as well as of special sessions focused on multi-disciplinary and cutting-edge topics.

* Topics

Symposium topics include, but are not limited to:

*** Intelligent Distributed Frameworks and Architectures
- Methodologies for intelligent distributed systems and applications
- Autonomous agents and multi-agent systems
- Distributed problem solving and decision making
- Hybrid systems involving software agents, robots and human actors
- Distributed frameworks and middleware for the Internet of Things
- Pervasive computing and Context-aware intelligent computing
- Virtualization infrastructures for intelligent computing

*** Organization and Management
- Self-organizing distributed and multi-agent systems
- Autonomous and adaptive distributed systems
- Emerging and collective behaviors in complex distributed systems
- Modeling and simulation of intelligent distributed systems
- Intelligent integration of heterogeneous data and processes
- Bio-inspired and nature-inspired distributed computing

*** Intelligent Distributed Knowledge Representation and Processing
- Information extraction and retrieval in distributed environments
- Knowledge integration and fusion from distributed sources
- Data mining and knowledge discovery in distributed environments
- Ontologies/meta-data for heterogeneous resources and services
- Distributed fusion of sensor data streams

*** Networked Intelligence
- Intelligence in mobile and ubiquitous computing
- Agent-based sensor networks
- E-service and web intelligence
- Intelligence in peer-to-peer systems
- Security, privacy, trust and reputation


*** Intelligent Distributed Applications
- Ambient intelligence
- Applications in e-business/e-commerce, e-learning, e-health, e-science, e-government
- Crisis management
- Intelligent grid and cloud infrastructure
- Simulations of groups and crowds
- Mobile robots


* Submission and Evaluation of Papers

Paper acceptance and publication will be judged on the basis of their relevance to the symposium themes, clarity of presentation, originality and accuracy of results and proposed solutions. All accepted papers will be included in the Symposium Proceedings, which will be published by Springer as part of the series Studies in Computational Intelligence. Submissions must conform to Springer's style for Proceedings and Other Multiauthor Volumes and should not exceed 10 pages. Submissions and reviews will be handled by Easychair (to be specified on the website). An author of an accepted paper must register to IDC 2017 in order to have the paper published. Each accepted paper must be presented at the symposium by one of the authors. Authors of the best papers presented in the Symposium will be invited to submit extended versions of their papers in the following Journals:
- ComSIS - Computer Science and Information Systems Journal, two-year impact factor (2015): 0.623
- Information Technology And Control, impact factor (2015): 0.633

* Further information
The IDC 2017 website: http://idc2017.pmf.uns.ac.rs

* Important Dates
- Paper submission: April 4, 2017
- Notification of acceptance: May 13, 2017
- Camera-ready papers: May 29, 2017
- Registration: July 15, 2017


* Committees

*** General Chairs
- Mirjana Ivanović, University of Novi Sad, Serbia
- Costin Bădică, University of Craiova, Romania

*** Program Committee Chairs
- Jürgen Dix, Clausthal University of Technology, Germany
- Michele Malgeri, University of Catania, Italy
- Zoran Jovanović, University of Belgrade, Serbia


* Venue

The symposium will be held in Belgrade at the School of Electrical Engineering. The School of Electrical Engineering, together with the School of Civil Engineering and the School of Architecture, is located in one of the most beautiful buildings of the University of Belgrade in Kralja Aleksandra Boulevard 73. The symposium venue is approximately
- 1km away from the House of the National Assembly of Serbia,
- 1km away from the Church of Saint Sava (one of the largest Orthodox churches in the world),
- 2km away from Square of the Republic (Belgrade's central square) and Knez Mihailova Street (the main pedestrian zone in Belgrade),
- 3km away from Belgrade Fortress and Kalemegdan Park (the largest park and the most important historical monument in Belgrade located on a cliff above the junction of the River Sava and the Danube)