Call for Contributions

Click here for the printable call for contributions mini-poster (2-page Acrobat file).

DSN 2011 will feature a number of coordinated tracks, including: The Dependable Computing and Communication Symposium (DCCS), the Performance and Dependability Symposium (PDS), several workshops, tutorials, a student forum, and fast abstract sessions. We invite you to contribute to this premier conference by submitting to any of the categories below.

• Regular Papers: Present recent research results with an archival quality conference publication (12 printed pages)
• Practical Experience Reports: Provide an in-depth description of practitioner experience or a case study (8 printed pages)
• Demonstrations: Describe and demonstrate a piece of software, system, or tool
• Panels: Discuss and debate topics of high interest to the dependability community
  
• Workshops: Provide opportunities for focused discussion on selected topics in a group setting (See individual workshop calls for papers)
• Tutorials: Provide short courses on dependability techniques and theories
• Fast Abstracts: Present a very brief abstract on a topic of interest (2 printed pages)
• Student Forum: For PhD students only -- mid-length presentations about works-in-progress (3 printed pages)
• Poster Papers: Present and discuss emerging research results in a highly interactive, individually based manner (4 printed pages)

Topics of interest for DSN include, but are not limited to: Architectures for Dependable, Secure and Resilient Computer Systems; Dependability Benchmarking, Modeling and Prediction; Dependability of High-Speed Networks and Protocols; Dependability and security of hardware technologies (VLSI, Systems and networks on chip, nanoarchitectures, etc.); E-Commerce Dependability; Fault-Tolerance in Transaction Processing Systems, Distributed Systems, Embedded and Real-Time Systems, Mobile Systems and Multimedia Systems; Internet Dependability and Quality of Service; Adaptable, Survivable and Intrusion-Tolerant Systems; Safety-Critical Systems and Critical Infrastructures; SoftwareTesting, Validation and Verification; Software Reliability; Performance and Dependability Assessment by means of Measurement, Analysis and Simulation Techniques,Tools and Results; Dependability and Security of Sensor, Wireless, and Ad-hoc Networks; Failure, Vulnerability and Threat Analysis and Assessment.

Please note that in all cases one of the paper authors must attend DSN to present the paper personally. Substitute presenters are not permitted.

Submission Links and Deadlines (No Extensions):

• Call for Workshop Proposals - Deadline: October 14th, 2011
• Dependable Computing and Communications Symposium (DCCS) - Deadline: December 7th, 2011
• Performance and Dependability Symposium (PDS) - Deadline: December 7th, 2011
• Tutorial Proposal Submission - Deadline: January 20th, 2012 Click Here to Submit a Proposal
• Workshops Submissions - Deadline: February 14, 2012
• Poster Paper Submissions - Deadline: March 29th, 2012
• Fast Abstract Submissions - Deadline: April 9th, 2012
• Student Forum Submissions - Deadline: April 13th, 2012
• BoF Call for Proposals - Deadling April 15th, 2012
• Student Travel Grants - TBD

What's The Difference Between PDS and DCCS?

There are two tracks for regular papers, practical experience reports, demonstrations, and panels: DCCS and PDS. Below is a summary of the main differences between these two tracks.

• The Dependable Computing and Communications Symposium (DCCS) emphasizes research and practice on all aspects of design and validation of system level dependability and security. This spans system lifecycle phases including architecture, design, verification/validation, and deployment. See the Call for Papers.

  The Performance and Dependability Symposium (PDS) emphasizes research and practice on all aspects of assessment and evaluation of dependable systems. This spans analytical, simulation, and measurement techniques for evaluating performance, dependability, and security assessment in computer and communication systems. See the Call for Papers.

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