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IEEE ICDCS 2013
Philadelphia, PA
Conference Highlights
• 8 Workshops
o 93 workshop papers
• 1 Tutorial
o GENI
• 18 Technical Sessions
o 61 conference papers
• 2 Keynotes
• IEEE TCDP
o Annual Meeting
• 1 Panel Discussion
o 1 moderator and 4 panelists
• Reception
• Banquet
o Awards
Organizing Committee
• General Chair
Jie Wu
Temple University
• Program Chair
John Douceur
Microsoft Research
• Workshops Co-Chairs
Hai Jin
Houazhong Univ. of Sci. and
Tech, China
Ivan Stojmenovic
Univ. of Ottawa, Canada
Acknowledgements
•Awards Co-Chairs
Matt Mutka, Michgan State Univ.
Mukesh Singhal, UC-Merced
Wei Zhao, Univ. of Macau, Macau
•Publicity Chair
Leszek Lilien, Western Michgan Univ.
Pedro M. Ruiz, Univ. of Murcia, Spain
Guojun Wang, Central South Univ., China
•International Liaison Co-Chairs
Chita Das, Penn State Univ
Michel Raynal, IRISA-IFSIC, France
Makoto Takizawa Seikei Univ., Japan
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Local Arrangements Chair
Chiu C. Tan, Temple Univ.
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Publication Chair
Feng Li, IUPUI
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Registration Chair
Carrie Stein, Ohio State Univ.
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Finance Chair
Dong Xuan, Ohio State Univ.
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TCDP Chair
Jiannong Cao, HK Polytechnic Univ., HK
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Steering Committee Chair
Xiaodtong Zhang, Ohio State Univ.
Philadelphia, PA
Capital of U.S.A, 1790 - 1800
Local Attractions
Double Tree by Hilton
Philadelphia Center City
Hotel Layout
Conference Volunteers
Thanks to all reviewers, authors,
presenters, and attendees of ICDCS 2013
We hope you enjoy the conference and Philadelphia!
Welcome to ICDCS 2013
Philadelphia
John Douceur, “JD”, Program Chair
Microsoft Research
Vice Chairs
Ricardo Bianchini
Manuel Costa
David Du
Faith Ellen
Roy Friedman
Jon Howell
Krishna Kant
Aleksandar Kuzmanovic
Cristina Nita-Rotaru
Yu-Chee Tseng
Zhi-Li Zhang
Tracks & Topics
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Algorithms and Theory
Security and Privacy
Fault Tolerance and Dependability
Wireless, Mobile, Sensors, and Ubiquitous Computing
Big Data
Data, Data Management, and Analytics
Cloud Computing and Data-Center Systems
P2P, Distributed OS, and Middleware
Web-based Systems and Applications
Energy Management and Green Computing
Crowdsourcing, Social Networks, and Reputation Systems
More emphasis on Distributed Computing Systems
Review Process (1)
• 234 Program Committee members, 149 external reviewers
• Received 464 submissions
o Authors chose track at submission time
o In a few cases, we changed the track of a submission
• First review round
o Each paper assigned to 4 PC members
o Vast majority of reviews completed
• Second review round
o Additional reviews for papers with < 4 first-round reviews
o Supplementary reviews for papers with highly divergent opinions
o VCs assigned more reviews to selected papers
Review Process (2)
• PC members ranked the order of assigned papers
o Instead of accept/reject recommendations
o Goal: eliminate bias from narrow view of conference’s submissions
• Online discussion among reviewers
• Each track selected a set of top papers
o 5 to 13 papers per track
o Papers partially ordered within each track
• TPC meeting – February 22nd in Redmond, WA – 8 hours
o 10 vice chairs and program chair
o Loose merge-sort of top papers from all tracks
o Determined cutoff point for acceptance
o 61 papers accepted – acceptance rate below 14%
Program Overview
• 18 technical sessions – in parallel pairs
• Two keynote speakers
o Kai Li (Princeton)
Research vs. Innovation
o Philip A. Bernstein (Microsoft Research)
Rethinking Eventual Consistency
• Panel session – Is my Toaster Lying? Security, Privacy
and Trust Issues in Internet of Things
o Krishna Kant (NSF, Moderator)
o Roy H. Campbell (UIUC)
o Jianqing Zhang (Intel)
o Sajal Das (U. Texas – Arlington)
o Matt Blaze (U. Penn)