PRAGMA — Pacific Rim Applications and Grid Middleware Assembly

CALL FOR PAPERS

THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DISTRIBUTED FRAMEWORKS & APPLICATIONS 2008 (DFmA 2008)
21-22 October 2008, Penang, Malaysia
Jointly Organized for the First Time in Conjunction with 15th PRAGMA Workshop & PRAGMA Institute

DFmA 2008 welcomes computer scientists, engineers, academicians, and practitioners throughout the world to present, discuss and exchange ideas and research results related to the design, use, analysis, and application of Distributed and Parallel Frameworks.

Topics of Special Interest:

Papers submitted may cover applications, algorithm, architecture, or technology of Distributed and Parallel System Frameworks. Relevant topics include (but are not limited to) the following:

- Peer-to-Peer Computing
- Grid Applications
- Distributed Artificial Intelligence
- Distributed Software Engineering
- Distributed Multimedia and Image Processing
- Distributed Systems Modeling
- Distributed Databases, Data Mining & Visualization
- Distributed Algorithms and Protocols
- Distributed Sensor Networks
- Distributed IHM for Multimedia Applications
- High-speed Communications
- Compilers and Optimizations for Parallel Processing
- Parallel and Network Computing and Algorithms
- Parallel Architecture and Processing Systems
- Network Routing and Communication Algorithms (wired, wireless, ad-hoc, etc.)
- Network Security Applications
- Wireless Networks and Mobile Computing

Each accepted paper will be considered as a candidate for the best paper awards. The best papers will be forwarded for consideration in a special issue of a journal.

Important Dates:

- Deadline for Submission of Papers: May 30th 2008
- Notification of Acceptance: July 31st 2008
- Final Manuscript Due: September 1st 2008
- Early Registration for Authors: September 1st 2008

Conference Venue: Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia

Submission Guidelines:

Please submit your complete paper(s) through our website at http://dfma08.cs.usm.my. Only .PDF or .DOC files will be accepted. All received papers will be acknowledged. The paper size should be so as not to exceed 8 A4- sized pages when it is converted to the camera-ready format (two columns, single spacing, Times New Roman style characters, 10-point font size) after acceptance.

All the manuscripts must be written in English. The top section of the first page of each paper should include the title of the paper, authors’ name, position, address, telephone and fax numbers, e-mail of the author responsible for correspondence and a list of four keywords. The deadline for submission of the full paper is May 30th, 2008 with notification of acceptance by July 31st, 2008. Submission of camera-ready paper is by September 1st, 2008.

Conference Fee:

Participant
Early Birds (before September 8, 2008)

Late/On Site Registration
Members Non-members Members Non-members
International USD 300.00 USD 400.00 USD 400.00 USD 500.00
Local RM 400.00 RM 700.00 RM 500.00 RM 800.00

The conference’s fee will include exclusively:

- One volume of the hard copy version of the Conference Proceedings. (If you are an author, you will receive the volume in which your paper is published)
- A CD-ROM version of the proceedings.
- Conference kit
- Conference dinner with cultural show
- Lunches and Coffee Breaks

Any other expenses must be afforded by the participants.

Co-location:

This year, the DFmA 2008 will be co-located with the 15th PRAGMA Workshop and PRAGMA Institute. This will include the tutorial on grid middleware and applications. Further details are available at (http://www.pragma-grid.net/events-calendar/)

Organizers and Committee:

Steering Committee
Hervé Guyennet, Professor, Universite de Franche-Comte, France
J.-Christophe Lapayre, Professor, Universite de Franche-Comte, France
Muhammad Idiris Saleh, Professor, USM, Malaysia
Rosni Abdullah, Professor, USM, Malaysia
Sureswaran Ramadass, Assoc. Professor, USM, Malaysia