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 CALL FOR ABSTRACTS AND PARTICIPATION

1st Workshop on New Challenges in Distributed Systems

April 6-9, 2009

ISCV Valparaiso

http://www.distributed2009.cmm.uchile.cl/

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The first workshop on New Challenges in Distributed Systems, organized with the support of CMM (Centro de Modelamiento Matemático www.cmm.uchile.cl) will be held in Valparaiso, April 6-9 2009.

The workshop will combine invited talks given by international experts in distributed systems as well as technical presentations given by young Latin American scientists. The event is aiming at bringing together both young and expert researchers in the area of distributed systems to discuss the new challenges arising with the evolution and deployment of technologies such as wireless networks, sensors networks, online social networks, etc. The technical presentations will be selected upon submission of a one page abstract.

A restricted number of grants to help cover the travel and accommodation expenses is available for students and postdocs wishing to participate in the workshop. Priority will be given to participants selected to give a talk.

The topics covered by this call for abstract include, but are not restricted to, the following list:
- Algorithms for distributed systems
- Distributed computing
- Dynamic networks
- Game theory in networks
- Sensor networks
- Social networks
- Wireless ad hoc networks
- Distributed applications

Additional information will soon be available at the webpage of CMM
http://www.distributed2009.cmm.uchile.cl/

Participation:
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Students about to start their phd program, phd students and postdocs are particularly encouraged to participate in the workshop. More experienced researchers wishing to participate in the event are also welcome. Participation application should be sent by email to elebhar@dim.uchile.cl and karol@suchan.info.
In case of students, it should contain a description of the applicant's university education, names of advisors, and research interests. It should be pointed out if the applicant wants to give a talk - in this case an abstract should be attached. It should also be mentioned whether the applicant requires accommodation support (approx. 120 USD) and/or travel support (approx. 230 USD).

Submission:
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At most one page long abstracts should be sent by email to elebhar@dim.uchile.cl and karol@suchan.info by February 20. They should present the research context and explain briefly the results. Selected abstracts will be published in workshop
proceedings edited by CMM.

Confirmed invited speakers:
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Antonio ALfredo F. Loureiro, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil.
José R. Correa , University of Chile, Chile.
Pierre Fraigniaud, CNRS and University of Paris, France.
Eric Goles, Adolfo Ibañez University, Chile.
Zvi Lotker, Ben Gurion University, Israël.

Organizing committee:
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Karol Suchan, Aldolfo Ibañez University
Emmanuelle Lebhar, CNRS and CMM-University of Chile
Marcos Kiwi, CMM-University of Chile (CMM-liaison)

Important dates:
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February 20, 2009: deadline for participation application
and abstract submission.
March 2: acceptance notification.
April 6-9, 2009: workshop in Valparaiso ISCV (www.iscv.cl)