IEEE ICDCS 2013IEEE ICDCS 2013

Philadelphia, PA

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.

Philadelphia, PAPhiladelphia, PA Capital of U.S.A, 1790 - 1800

Local AttractionsLocal Attractions

Double Tree by HiltonDouble Tree by HiltonPhiladelphia Center CityPhiladelphia Center City

Hotel LayoutHotel Layout

Conference VolunteersConference Volunteers

Thanks to all reviewers, authors, Thanks to all reviewers, authors,

presenters, and attendees of ICDCS presenters, and attendees of ICDCS

20132013

We hope you enjoy the conference and Philadelphia!We hope you enjoy the conference and Philadelphia!

Welcome to ICDCS 2013Philadelphia

John Douceur, “JD”, Program Chair Microsoft Research

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)