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Subject: Middleware2003: Call for Contributions: Deadline: 20 February Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2003 18:56:34 -0300 (Hora padrão leste da Am. Sul) From: "Fabio M. Costa" fmc@inf.ufg.br To: fmc@inf.ufg.br
ACM/IFIP/USENIX INTERNATIONAL MIDDLEWARE CONFERENCE http://middleware2003.inf.puc-rio.br Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 16-20 June 2003
CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS
The deadline is closing for submitting papers to Middleware2003 in the following categories (please see details below):
* Work in Progress Papers * Workshop Papers * Posters
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 20 February 2003
WORKSHOPS ========= 1) Middleware for Pervasive and Ad-Hoc Computing http://www.smartlab.cis.strath.ac.uk/MPAC/ 2) Reflective and Adaptive Middleware Systems http://tao.doc.wustl.edu/~corsaro/RM2003/ 3) Middleware for Grid Computing http://virtual01.lncc.br/mgc2003 4) Model-driven Approaches to Middleware Applications Development (MAMAD) http://www.dstc.edu.au/mamad-2003/ 5) QoS-enabled Component-Oriented Programming - Supporting Composable QoS http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~nanbor/QOSCOP/
WORK-IN-PROGRESS ================ Work-in-Progress (or WiP) papers should describe on-going work and interim results. Submissions should be no longer than 2500 words. All submissions will be peer reviewed. Accepted papers will have a short presentation slot in the conference program and will be published in IEEE Distributed Systems Online.
Further information: http://middleware2003.inf.puc-rio.br/wip.htm
POSTERS ======= Posters are meant for publicizing current research initiatives as well as interesting new systems implemented using middleware technology. Reports of preliminary experience from middleware use cases are solicited. A 500-word summary of the poster's contents should be submitted by February 20th, 2003. Along with the notification of acceptance, authors will receive formatting instructions for the posters to be presented at the conference.
Further information: http://middleware2003.inf.puc-rio.br/posters.htm
ORGANIZATION ============
General Chair: Carlos J.P. Lucena (PUC-Rio, Brazil) Program co-Chairs: Douglas Schmidt (UC Irvine, USA) Markus Endler (PUC-Rio, Brazil) Local Arrangements co-Chairs: Alexandre Sztajnberg (UERJ, Brazil) Renato Cerqueira (PUC-Rio, Brazil) WiP and Posters Chair: Guruduth S. Banavar (IBM T.J. Watson, USA) Advanced Workshops Chair: Gordon Blair (Lancaster University, UK) Tutorials Chair: Frank Buschmann (Siemens AG, Germany) Publicity co-Chairs: Fabio Costa (UFG, Brazil) Fabio Kon (IME-USP, Brazil)
FOR MORE INFORMATION ====================
For further information, please visit the conference home page: http://middleware2003.inf.puc-rio.br or http://gsd.ime.usp.br/middleware2003. For questions regarding the conference program, contact the PC chairs, Douglas Schmidt (schmidt@cs.wustl.edu) or Markus Endler (endler@inf.puc-rio.br). For other questions contact the local arrangements chairs, Alexandre Sztajnberg (alexszt@uerj.br) or Renato Cerqueira (rcerq@inf.puc-rio.br).
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