UPGRADE-CN WORKSHOP 2009 - The 4th UPGRADE-CN Workshop on Content Management and Delivery in Large-Scale Networks with ACM/IEEE HPDC

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Category UPGRADE-CN WORKSHOP 2009

Deadline: February 20, 2009 | Date: June 10, 2009

Venue/Country: Munich, Germany

Updated: 2010-06-04 19:32:22 (GMT+9)

Call For Papers - CFP

Large-Scale Networks

to take place during

ACM/IEEE HPDC (High Performance Distributed Computing)

June 10, 2009, Munich, Germany

Content Distribution Networks (CDNs) have emerged to improve the

efficiency of static, time-dependent and rich media content delivery

atop large-scale IP-based networks. The main objective of current CDNs

is the efficient delivery and increased availability of content to the

consumers. However, modern applications do not just perform retrieval or

access operation on content but also create, modify and manage content,

and actively place content at appropriate locations. To deal with such

new requirements, more general Content Networks (CNs) are being

introduced. Design and implementation of robust and efficient CNs in

large-scale computing environments demand for emerging paradigms and

software technologies. Agent, P2P and Grid computing paradigms have

already demonstrated their suitability in supporting the development of

high-performance systems over large-scale, dynamic and heterogeneous

environments. Therefore their use, which accounts for dynamism (P2P),

robustness (Grid), and intelligence (Agents), can augment the

effectiveness and boost the efficiency of future content distribution

infrastructures. Moreover new interesting distributed computing

paradigms such as Service-Oriented Computing and Cloud Computing can be

used for effectively supporting CNs.

Areas of interest

In this workshop we are interested in the exploitation of P2P, Grid, and

Agent paradigms and technologies as well as service-oriented and cloud

computing to support the effective design and efficient implementation

of high-performance Content Networks. In particular, the areas of

interest are the following (although this list should not be treated as

exclusive):

* Architectures for general-purpose content networks

* Architectures for streaming content distribution networks

* Architectures for mobile dynamic CDNs

* Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)-based CDNs

* Grid/P2P/Agent-based content delivery and management

* Novel architectural models for Cloud Computing

* Content Delivery Networks using Storage Clouds

* Protocols and mechanisms for content management, delivery, discovery

and distribution

* Platforms and tools for content production

* Mechanisms for content-based request redirection

* Mechanisms for cooperative caching

* Frameworks and toolkits for the development of CNs

* Economics-oriented modelling in CDNs

* Novel applications based on CNs

* CDN pricing and support for market aware CDN services

* Experience with research content network test-beds

* Novel applications of cloud computing

* CNs for bio-informatics

* CNs for scientific computing

Program Chairs

Giancarlo Fortino, Universit? della Calabria, Italy, g.fortinounical.it

Carlo Mastroianni, ICAR/CNR, Italy, mastroianniicar.cnr.it

Mukaddim Pathan, University of Melbourne, Australia,

apathancsse.unimelb.edu.au

Athena Vakali, University of Thessaloniki, Greece, avakalicsd.auth.gr

International Program Committee

Jemal H. Abbawajy, Deakin University, Australia

Cyril Briquet, University of Liege, Belgium

James Broberg, University of Melbourne, Australia

Rajkumar Buyya, University of Melbourne, Australia

Vitalian Danciu, Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich

Giuseppe Di Fatta, University of Reading, UK

Marios Dikaiakos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

Kolja Eger, Siemens, Germany

Zongming Fei, University of Kentucky, USA

Alfredo Garro, Universit? della Calabria, Italy

Dimitris Katsaros, University of Thessaly, Greece

Jaime Lloret, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain

Carlos Palau, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain

George Pallis, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

Thomas Plagemann, University of Oslo, Norway

Wilma Russo, Universit? della Calabria, Italy

Giandomenico Spezzano, ICAR/CNR, Italy

Weisong Shi, Wayne State University, USA

Michael Schiffers, Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich

Ian Taylor, University of Cardiff, UK

Rainer Unland, University of Essen, Germany

Eugenio Zimeo, Universit? del Sannio, Italy

Web Site and contact email for inquiries

http://2009.upgrade-cn.org/

email: infoupgrade-cn.org

Submission Guidelines

Original papers from the above-mentioned or other related areas will be

considered. Please submit full papers: 10 pages maximum in ACM SIGS

publication style. Please follow this link to submit your paper:

http://www.lrz.de/hpdc2009/. Each submission will be reviewed by at

least three members of the International Program Committee.

Publication

The workshop proceedings will be published by ACM and distributed at the

conference.

Journal Special Issue

As for the past three editions, selected papers will be invited to a

special issue of an international journal. The special issue of the 1st

edition was published in FGCS (Elsevier), the special issue of the 2nd

edition is going to be published in MAGS (IOS Press), and the special

issue of the 3rd edition will be published in JNCA (Elsevier).

Important Dates

February 20, 2009: Submission of Papers

March 20, 2009: Notification of Acceptance/ Rejection

April 10, 2009: Submission of Camera-Ready Copies

June 10, 2009: Workshop Takes Place