DeMiST 2016 - International workshop on Distributed Computing: Mixing Systems and Theory

The goal of this invite-only workshop, in a nutshell, is to bring together researchers from the two ends of the distributed computing spectrum?theory and systems. Over the years, given the way these two communities have evolved, we have learned to live with the facts that theoretical gems go unnoticed by systems researchers and industry practitioners, while many crisp theoretical problems in systems and networks remained unexplored by theoreticians. We feel it is critical to address this, and the time is now.
This workshop is intended to catalyze discussions between these communities, with the aim of seeding researchers from theory and systems (and industry) with new ideas for research problems, research projects, open source software, and startups.
We are inviting:
Theoreticians to talk about what folks in both industry and in systems researchers should be paying attention to, among the many theory areas, trends, and active result areas. What would transform the landscape of industry and systems research over the next 5, 10, and 25 years?
Systems researchers and industry practitioners to talk about what theoretical challenges that, if solved, would advance the state of systems (and thus theory!) research significantly over the next 5, 10, and 25 years?
Researchers who straddle both theory and systems communities to talk about how to address both questions above.
Besides presentations, the workshop will also feature a panel. If you accept, we will ask you to submit a title and short abstract. We are considering letting participants submit a (short) white paper (deadline TBD). We expect all attendees to pay for their own registration and logistics at the workshop.
The workshop is co-located with ACM PODC 2016 (Principles of Distributed Computing). It will be held in Chicago, on Friday July 29, 2016. (The workshop will be held the day after PODC, and might include a discount for the first day of PODC).
This is an invite-only workshop.
PC Co Chairs
Indranil Gupta (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)
Fabian Bustamante (Northwestern University)
Web and Publications Chair
Muntasir Raihan Rahman (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)