Conference HighlightsConference Highlights
• 8 Workshopso 93 workshop papers
• 1 Tutorialo GENI
• 18 Technical Sessionso 61 conference papers
• 2 Keynotes
• IEEE TCDP o Annual Meeting
• 1 Panel Discussiono 1 moderator and 4
panelists
• Reception• Banquet
o Awards
Organizing CommitteeOrganizing 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 StojmenovicUniv. of Ottawa, Canada
AcknowledgementsAcknowledgements•Awards Co-ChairsMatt Mutka, Michgan State Univ.
Mukesh Singhal, UC-Merced
Wei Zhao, Univ. of Macau, Macau
•Publicity ChairLeszek Lilien, Western Michgan Univ.
Pedro M. Ruiz, Univ. of Murcia, Spain
Guojun Wang, Central South Univ., China
•International Liaison Co-ChairsChita Das, Penn State Univ
Michel Raynal, IRISA-IFSIC, France
Makoto Takizawa Seikei Univ., Japan
• Local Arrangements ChairChiu C. Tan, Temple Univ.
• Publication ChairFeng Li, IUPUI
• Registration ChairCarrie Stein, Ohio State Univ.
• Finance ChairDong Xuan, Ohio State Univ.
• TCDP ChairJiannong Cao, HK Polytechnic Univ., HK
• Steering Committee ChairXiaodtong Zhang, Ohio State Univ.
Thanks to all reviewers, authors, Thanks to all reviewers, authors,
presenters, and attendees of ICDCS presenters, and attendees of ICDCS
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We hope you enjoy the conference and Philadelphia!We hope you enjoy the conference and Philadelphia!
Vice Chairs
Jon Howell
Faith Ellen
Aleksandar Kuzmanovic
Ricardo Bianchini Manuel Costa
Cristina Nita-Rotaru
Krishna Kant
Zhi-Li ZhangYu-Chee Tseng
Roy Friedman
David Du
Tracks & Topics• Algorithms and Theory• Security and Privacy• Fault Tolerance and Dependability• Wireless, Mobile, Sensors, and Ubiquitous Computing• Big 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
Energy Management and Green Computing
Crowdsourcing, Social Networks, and Reputation Systems
Big Data
Cloud Computing
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 timeo In a few cases, we changed the track of a submission
• First review roundo Each paper assigned to 4 PC memberso Vast majority of reviews completed
• Second review roundo Additional reviews for papers with < 4 first-round reviewso Supplementary reviews for papers with highly divergent
opinionso VCs assigned more reviews to selected papers
Review Process (2)• PC members ranked the order of assigned papers
o Instead of accept/reject recommendationso 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 tracko Papers partially ordered within each track
• TPC meeting – February 22nd in Redmond, WA – 8 hourso 10 vice chairs and program chairo Loose merge-sort of top papers from all trackso Determined cutoff point for acceptanceo 61 papers accepted – acceptance rate below 14%
Program Overview• 18 technical sessions – in parallel pairs• Two keynote speakers
o Kai Li (Princeton)
Research vs. Innovationo Philip A. Bernstein (Microsoft Research)
Rethinking Eventual Consistency
• Panel session – Is my Toaster Lying? Security, Privacy and Trust Issues in Internet of Thingso Krishna Kant (NSF, Moderator)o Roy H. Campbell (UIUC)o Jianqing Zhang (Intel)o Sajal Das (U. Texas – Arlington)o Matt Blaze (U. Penn)