SCNDS 2018 - 2nd Workshop on Storage, Control, Networking in Dynamic Systems (SCNDS 2018)

We are excited to announce the 2nd workshop on Storage, Control, Networking in Dynamic Systems (SCNDS). The workshop is interdisciplinary and touches storage systems, control systems, distributed computing as well as networking. It is intended as a forum where people from different backgrounds can learn from each other. We want to attract both industry relevant papers as well as papers from academic researchers working on the foundations of dynamic systems.
"Dynamic system" is defined broadly, such as peer-to-peer networks, large-scale sensor networks, mobile ad-hoc networks, and cloud computing. Researchers are encouraged to submit original research contributions in all major areas, which include, but not limited to:
Storage in dynamic networks, e.g., MANET, VANET
Control in dynamic systems
Erasure-code based storage systems
Consistency and erasure-codes
Consistency in dynamic networks
Web caching
Storage in data-centers
Big Data in clouds for IoT
Data storage in Fog/Edge Computing
Archival storage systems
Cryptocurrency systems
Cloud storage
Gossip algorithms
Design, implementation, evaluation, and deployment of storage systems
Performance evaluation of networked storage systems
Fault-tolerant storage in dynamic networks
New directions on networking techniques
Submissions Guidelines and Proceedings
We invite submissions of extended abstracts describing recent results relevant to the workshop. We especially welcome extended abstracts describing new insights and/or application studies even if these are not fully formed. A major goal of the workshop is to explore new directions and approaches; thus, we encourage the submission of ongoing work. Selected contributors would be asked to present, discuss and defend their work at the workshop.
By default, the submissions will be evaluated for either oral or poster presentation, though authors may indicate in their submission if it should be only considered for one of the presentation types.
Submissions should be in PDF and include title, author information, and a 2-page extended abstract (plus references). Shorter submissions are also welcome, particularly for poster presentation.
Please use the following EasyChair submission link: TBA
Important Dates
Sep. 5, 2018 - Abstract submission deadline
Sep. 25, 2018 - Decision notification
Oct. 19, 2018 - Workshop
HIGHLIGHTS
- Keynote "Putting Distributed Ledgers Together" by Antonio Fernández Anta (IMDEA)
- Tutorial "Erasure Coding in Consistent Object Stores: Advantages, Challenges, Theory and Practice" by Prakash Narayana Moorthy and Kishori Konwar (MIT)
- Several invited talks (TBA)
Program/Organizing Committee
Viveck Cadambe, PSU
Diana Gonzalez, RLE, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Aria Hahn, University of British Columbia
Kishori Konwar - Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Co-Organizer)
Nicolas Nicolaou, Algolysis Ltd & KIOS Research and Innovation Center of Excellence, U. of Cyprus
Hsin-Hao Su - Boston College
Lili Su, RLE, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Lewis Tseng - Boston College (Co-Organizer)
Moayad Aloqaily, Gnowit Inc.