DSN-2005 Conference Structure

Conference Structure

DSN 2005 features 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 Abstracts. We invite you to contribute to this premier forum by submitting in one or more of the categories outlined below:

Regular Papers: report on recent research results
Practical Experience Reports: provide in-depth description of an experience or a case study
Demonstrations: Software, System and Tools: describe the software, system, or tool, its context and objective, and the planned demonstration
Panels: discuss and debate topics of high interest to the community
Workshops: provide opportunities for focused discussion on selected topics in a small group setting
Tutorials: provide a short course on dependability practice, techniques, and theories
Student Forum: provides an opportunity for Ph.D. students to present their research
Fast Abstracts: present work-in-progress

(include, but are not limited to):

Architectures for Dependable Computer Systems
Dependability Benchmarking
Dependability of High-Speed Networks and Protocols
Dependability Modeling and Prediction
Dependability in VLSI
E-Commerce Dependability
Fault-Tolerance in Transaction Processing
Fault-Tolerance in Distributed and Real-Time Systems
Fault-Tolerance in Multimedia Systems
Fault-Tolerance in Mobile Systems
Internet Dependability and Quality of Service
Survivable and Intrusion-Tolerant Systems
Safety-Critical Systems
Software Testing, Validation, and Verification
Software Reliability
Analytical and Simulation Techniques for Performance and Dependability Assessment
Measurement Techniques for Performance and Dependability Assessment
Tools for Performance and Dependability Assessment