[ecoop-info] CFP: DEBS'07 -- International Conference on Distributed Event-Based Systems

[Peter Pietzuch]

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Inaugural International Conference on
Distributed Event-Based Systems (DEBS 2007)

Toronto, Canada, June 20-22, 2007
http://debs.msrg.toronto.edu

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The Inaugural International Conference on Distributed Event-Based 
Systems is following on the success of the previous five DEBS Workshops 
held from 2002 to 2006 in companion with major conferences sponsored by 
IEEE and ACM such as ICDCS, ICSE, and SIGMOD/PODS. The conference is 
organized in cooperation with USENIX, IEEE (pending), and ACM (pending).

Event-based systems have been established in industry and research for 
many years.  They are now gaining increasing momentum as witnessed by 
current efforts in areas including event-driven architectures, business 
process management and modeling, Grid computing, Web services 
notifications, and message-oriented middleware.  Events represent 
asynchronous state transitions in the environment and event-based 
computing refers to the computational support and abstractions required 
to adequately manage and process events.

Continuing DEBS as an independent conference aims to satisfy this 
growing and interdisciplinary interest in event-based computing.  The 
objectives of the DEBS Conference are to provide a forum dedicated to 
the dissemination of original research, the discussion of practical 
insights, and the reporting on relevant experience relating to 
event-based computing that was previously scattered across several 
communities.

The scope of the conference covers all topics relevant to event-based 
computing ranging from those discussed in related disciplines (e.g., 
coordination, software engineering, peer-to-peer systems, Grid 
computing, and streaming databases), over domain-specific topics of 
event-based computing (e.g., workflow management systems, mobile 
computing, pervasive and ubiquitous computing, sensor networks, user 
interfaces, component integration, Web services, and embedded systems), 
to enterprise related topics (e.g., enterprise application integration, 
real time enterprises, and Web services notifications).

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Conference Scope
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The topics addressed by the conference include, but are not limited to:

   Models, Architectures, and Paradigms

     * Event-driven architectures
     * Complex event processing
     * Basic interaction models
       (publish/subscribe, register/notify, hybrids etc.)
     * Event schemas and type systems
     * Languages for event correlation and patterns, streaming and
       continuous queries, and data fusion
     * Performance modeling and prediction based on analytic approaches
     * Design and programming methodologies (e.g., MDA-based approaches)
     * Event-based business process management and modeling
     * Experimental methodologies (e.g., design of simulations and
       experiments)
     * Models for static and dynamic environments (e.g., client mobility
       models, distribution of clients and their behavior)

   Middleware Infrastructures for Event-Based Computing

     * Federated event-based systems (e.g., scoping and transforming)
     * Middleware for actuator and sensor networks
     * Algorithms and protocols (e.g., data diffusion, content-based
       routing, subscription merging, matching, pattern detection, etc.)
     * Event dissemination based on peer-to-peer routing substrates
     * Implementations of streaming queries, transformations, or
       correlation engines
     * Fault-tolerance, reliability, availability, and recovery
     * Security issues (e.g., confidentiality, integrity, privacy, trust)
     * (Self-)Management (e.g., reconfiguration, adaptation, and
       organization)
     * Context and location awareness
     * Mobility and resource-constrained device support

   Applications, Experiences, and Requirements

     * Use cases and applications of event-based systems
     * Real-world application deployments using event-based middleware
     * Domain-specific deployments of event-based systems
     * Real-world data characterizing event-based applications
     * Benchmarks, performance evaluations, and testbeds
     * Seamless integration of event-based mechanisms into middleware
       platforms
     * Application requirements for next-generation event-based solutions
     * Relation to other architectures such as SOA
     * Enterprise application integration
     * Event-driven business process management
       (e.g., using RFID in logistics and healthcare)
     * Information logistics

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Important Dates
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Paper Submission:           March 14, 2007
Author Notification:        May 7, 2007
Final Manuscript due:       May 28, 2007
DEBS Conference:            June 20-22, 2007

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Conference Location
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The conference will be held at the University of Toronto, Canada.

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Program Committee
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Jean M. Bacon, University of Cambridge, UK
Roger S. Barga, Microsoft Research Redmond, USA
Tim Bass, TIBCO Software Inc., USA
Sumeer Bhola, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, USA
Alejandro P. Buchmann, Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany
Antonio Carzaniga, University of Lugano, Switzerland
Ugur Cetintemel, Brown University, USA
Gianpaolo Cugola, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Opher Etzion, IBM Research Laboratory in Haifa, Israel
Ludger Fiege, Siemens, Germany
Johannes Gehrke, Cornell University, USA
Rachid Guerraoui, EPFL, Switzerland
Ling Liu, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
Lakshmish Ramaswamy, University of Georgia, USA
David Rosenblum, University College London, UK
Kurt Rothermel, University of Stuttgart, Germany
Karsten Schwan, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
Joe Sventek, University of Glasgow, UK
Peter Triantafillou, University of Patras, Greece

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Organization
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General Chair
   Hans-Arno Jacobsen, University of Toronto, Canada

PC Chair
   Gero Muehl, Berlin University of Technology, Germany

Organizing Chair
   Michael A. Jaeger, Berlin University of Technology, Germany

Publicity Chair
   Peter R. Pietzuch, Imperial College London, UK

Demo Chair
   Annika Hinze, University of Waikato, New Zealand

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Submission Guidelines
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All papers must represent original and unpublished work that is not 
currently under review.  Each paper will be reviewed by at least three 
independent referees.  Papers will be evaluated according to their 
significance, originality, technical content, style, clarity, and 
relevance to the conference.  At least one author of each accepted paper 
is expected to attend the conference.

Three types of paper submissions will be accepted: research papers, 
industry papers, and demo papers.  Submitted papers should clearly 
indicate their type. Accepted papers will be published by ACM.

The conference proceedings will be published as part of the ACM 
International Proceedings Series and will be disseminated through the 
ACM Digital Library.

The conference adopts a **double blind** review process, where neither 
authors nor reviewer know each others' identities.

Papers must not exceed the given number of pages for the respective 
paper type (see below).  The required format for the submission is the 
ACM SIG Proceedings Style.  The author(s) name(s) and address(es) must 
not appear in the body of the paper, and self-reference should be in the 
third person.  This is to facilitate a double-blind review process. 
Please apply the ACM Computing Classification categories and terms.  The 
ACM Computing Classification scheme can be found at 
http://www.acm.org/class/1998/.  The author kit containing the Latex 
templates for the required style can be found at: 
http://www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/proceed/template.html.  More detailed 
submission instructions will be posted at the conference web site.

Research Papers: (max. 12 pages)
   A research paper describes new results that advance the
   state-of-the-art in basic or applied research.  Short papers (max. 6
   pages) presenting work-in-progress are also welcome.

Industry Papers: (max. 8 pages)
   An industry paper describes the design, the experience (in building,
   deploying and running), or the performance of an industry system.
   Commonly, the majority of authors on the paper are from industry.
   Product marketing will not be accepted as paper.

Demo Papers: (max. 4 pages)
   A demo paper reports on an existing research prototype by clearly
   identifying the original contributions and ideas demonstrated.  The
   authors are expected to prepare a poster, give a short presentation,
   and perform a live software demonstration on their own laptop during
   an exhibit-style conference reception.  Any special requirements
   should be identified in the appendix of the paper.

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Dr Peter R Pietzuch
Department of Computing, Imperial College London
South Kensington Campus, 180 Queen's Gate, London SW7 2AZ, UK
Telephone: +44 (20) 7594 8314    http://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~prp