CFP: 2007 International Conference on Complex Open Distributed Systems (CODS'2007)

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                          Call For Papers

2007 International Conference on Complex Open Distributed Systems
(CODS'2007)
                   Chengdu, China, 22-24 July 2007

               http://xiaglow-research.org.uk/CODS2007/

                      Technical Co-Sponsored by
            IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society (pending)
    System and Information Sciences Notes (SISN Journal, ISSN 1753-2310)
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students. Thank you!


One of the most distinguishing requirements upon Information and
Communication Technologies is today's ever-changing, highly open dynamic
environments in which large-scale ICT systems are placed to operate.
Challenges for ICT systems engineering immediately arise including, e.g.,
systems scalability, systems ultra-dependability, systems convergence
against uncertainty and emergence, and so forth. In recent years, emergence,
adaptation, self-organization, self-management, etc. have received extensive
interests in both academics and industries of software, computing and
communications.

As a timely response to these developing trends both in ICT academics and
industries, the 2007 International Conference on Complex Open Distributed
Systems (CODS'2007) aims to provide a focal forum for active researchers,
practitioners, developers, and industrial professionals and academics from
diversified domains and with diversified backgrounds to get together, to
share latest research achievements and practical experiences, to exchange
in-depth findings and innovative ideas, and in particular to harness the
greatest challenges and think seriously into the future.

We have been looking forward to seeing you at CODS'2007. Chengdu welcomes
you!



Publication

Accepted and registered papers of the Conference will be published in the
international journal: System and Information Sciences Notes (ISSN
1753-2310), both in CD-ROM and print which are available for all
participants at the Conference. After the Conference, authors are invited to
submit fully expanded and revised versions of their original papers to
International Transactions on Systems Science and Applications (ISSN
1751-1461), for possible further publication.



Important Dates

15 April 2007       Full-paper Submission
                          (cutoff: your local time 24:00 o'clock)
04 May 2007         Return of Peer Review (IPC members)
11 May 2007         Notification of Acceptance/Rejection
25 May 2007         Proposals on Tutorials
08 June 2007        Camera Ready Version (accepted papers) & Early-Bird
Registration
                         (cutoff: your local time 24:00 o'clock)
22-24 July 2007     Conference



Submission of a manuscript should be in a PDF file and be sent to <
sisn@xiaglow-research.org.uk >, explicitly indicating  "CODS2007" and the
Technical Track # to which your paper is submitted. Proposals on tutorials
should be sent to the Tutorial Chairs.


Scope

Areas of particular interest include 12 thematic Technical Tracks: 
Track 1          Grid Computing, and Virtual Organization Systems 
Track 2          Service Oriented Architectures in Computing and Communications 
Track 3          High Performance Autonomous Computing 
Track 4          Internet, and Web Services 
Track 5          Emergence, Self-Organization, and Adaptation 
Track 6          Open Dynamic Multi-Agent Systems
Track 7          Distributed Intelligence and Systems 
Track 8          Self-Organization and Self-Management in Distributed and Grid Computing 
Track 9          High Performance Autonomous Networking 
Track 10        Wireless Networks, and Mobile Communications and Computing 
Track 11        Self-Organization and Self-Management in Communications 
Track 12        Industrial System Applications


Full lists of indicative topics in each Technical Track are downloadable on
the Conference website.


General Chair
H Tianfield, UK
<tianfield@ieee.org>

Program Chairs
A Y. Zomaya, Australia

Porgram Vice Chairs
Track 1
J C Cunha, Portugal

Track 2
J N de Souza, Brazil
N Agoulmine, France

Track 3
W Tong, China

Track 4
H Yang, UK
Z Huang, New Zealand

Track 5
G Spezzano, Italy

Track 6
J Denzinger, Canada
S Hassas, France

Track 7
B K M Sim, Hong Kong, China
H Zhu, Canada

Track 8
A Sztajnberg, Brazil
A Andrzejak, Germany

Track 9
H Jin, China

Track 10
J Cao, Hong Kong, China

Track 11
J Strassner, USA

Track 12
D Greenwood, Switzerland

Tutorial Chairs
N Xiao, China

Publicity Chairs
R Kowalczyk, Australia
R Unland, Germany

Organizing Chair
J Tian, China




Eduardo R Gomes
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PhD Candidate

Centre for Intelligent Agents and Multi-Agent Systems
Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies
Swinburne University of Technology
John St, Hawthorn, VIC 3122
Australia

Phone: +61 3
Fax: +61 3
Office: EW 304