Call for Fast Abstracts

Fast Abstracts are short presentations, either on new ideas or work in progress, or opinion pieces that can address any issue relevant to dependable systems and networks. Because they are brief and have a later deadline, they enable their authors to:

• Summarize work that is not yet complete
• Put forward novel or challenging ideas
• State positions on controversial issues
• Suggest new approaches to the solution of open problems

A Fast Abstract is a lightly reviewed, two-page technical article. Fast Abstracts are aimed at academics and practitioners, and junior and senior researchers, promoting a rich and timely exchange of experiences. Complete research and development results are not necessary, hence they provide an excellent opportunity to introduce new work, or present radical opinions, and receive early feedback from the DSN community. Contributions are particularly solicited from industrial practitioners and academics who may not have been able to prepare full papers due to time and work pressure, but nevertheless seek an opportunity to engage with the DSN community.

Deadlines:

Submission: April 16, 2012
Notification: April 27, 2012

Submission guidelines

Fast Abstract Submission Site: ClickHere

Fast Abstracts should be at most two pages in length, must be formatted using standard two-column IEEE format, and must be submitted by the deadline of April 9th. Since there is no revision cycle, the submitted Fast Abstracts must be in PDF format and completely ready for printing.

The two-column IEEE format layout guide is available at http://www.computer.org/portal/web/cscps/submission.

Selection and Notification

Submissions will be refereed primarily on the basis of relevance to DSN and also on their capacity to stimulate and intrigue the reader. Accepted contributions will be published in the supplementary volume of the 2012 International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks.

For each accepted contribution, one of the authors will deliver a short talk (usually five minutes) in Fast Abstracts tracks. (Submission of a contribution indicates an agreement to have one author to present the work, if accepted, at the conference). Decisions will be notified by April 23, 2012.

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