DAIS 2012 - 12th International IFIP Conference on Distributed Applications and Interoperable Systems

The DAIS conference series addresses all aspects of distributed applications, including their architecture, design, implementation and operation, the supporting middleware, appropriate software engineering methodologies and tools, as well as experimental studies and practice reports. DAIS'12 is the 12th event in a series of successful international conferences started in 1997. It will provide a forum for researchers, application and platform service vendors, and users, to discuss and learn about new approaches, trends, concepts and experiences in the fields of distributed computing.
Topics of interest
DAIS'12 solicits high quality papers reporting research results and/or experience reports in the area of distributed applications and interoperable systems. Submissions will be judged on their originality, significance, clarity, relevance, and correctness. DAIS'12 conference topics include, but are not limited to:
Novel and innovative applications and systems: mobile and context-aware applications, ubiquitous and pervasive computing, Internet of services, Internet of things, service-oriented computing, autonomous and self-adaptive systems, cloud computing, peer to peer systems, sensor and ad-hoc networks, systems of systems, collaborative intelligent devices, social networks, apps for smartphones and pad-computers.
Architectures, architectural styles, middleware, platforms, distributed computing infrastructures, application level protocols, and devices (e.g., smartphones) supporting distributed applications.
Properties and design goals: Security, trust, privacy, dependability, resilience, safety, performance, scalability, usability, efficiency, sustainability, green computing, interoperability, autonomy, self-* properties.
Engineering and tools: modeling, model-driven architecture, domain-specific languages, design, patterns, development, deployment, validation, testing, benchmarking, operation, management, adaptation, evolution.
Challenges: change, evolution, complexity, large and ultra large scale, dynamism, mobility, heterogeneity.