ME 2010 - The 2nd IEEE International Workshop on Middleware Engineering (ME 2010)

The 2nd IEEE International Workshop on Middleware Engineering (ME 2010)

Held in conjunction with COMPSAC, the IEEE Signature Conference on Computers, Software, and Applications. COMPSAC 2010 will be held in Seoul, Korea, July 19-23.

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Research in middleware systems has evolved from simple client server models to distributed systems, peer-to-peer (P2P) systems, mobile devices, service oriented computing, grid computing, agent based computing, smart devices, and sensors. Each of the above areas in distributed computing, peer-to-peer computing, service oriented computing, sensor networks, grid computing, agent based computing and smart devices poses its own unique challenges in the design, development and deployment of middleware, its components and applications using such middleware.

We solicit papers dealing with design, development and deployment of middleware and its systems. We are also interested in specific components of middleware systems, the way they interact with other modules, components design and development, models of the components, middleware system issues and also novel applications using middleware systems.

The topics include, but are not limited to:
Middleware for collaborative applications
Middleware for agent based systems
Middleware for service oriented systems
Middleware for mobile and ubiquitous computing
Middleware for computational sciences applications
Middleware for high performance computing applications
Middleware for embedded systems and sensor networks
Middleware solutions for Security, Privacy and Trust
Middleware for distributed systems including databases, P2P, and grid based systems
Middleware issues for real time systems
Software engineering techniques for middleware
Novel applications using middleware
Evaluation metrics and bench mark systems for middleware
Specific components of middleware such as : device discovery, directory service, execution service, listening service, communication service, and data access service

Invited Participants
Researchers and practitioners working in middleware systems with topics ranging from different areas such as distributed computing, grid computing, service oriented computing, pervasive computing, P2P computing, agent based systems and sensor networks are invited to propose papers and attend the workshop. The aim is to bring them all under one roof with the goal of encouraging the exchange of ideas and experiences amongst these diverse communities.