INFORMATION FOR AUTHORS
Abstracts are mandatory for all papers
except panel proposals.
Author response: authors have the opportunity to
comment on reviews before program committee meeting.
Abstracts and papers must be submitted through the DSN 2009 submission
page.
Important
Dates
Abstract submission
(mandatory): Dec 8, 2008 (11:59PM EST or
UTC/GMT-5h)
Full
paper submission: Dec 15, 2008 (11:59PM EST or
UTC/GMT-5h)
Author
response period: February 5-6, 2009
Author
notification:
February 28, 2009
Please note that all
submission deadlines are hard - there will be no
extensions!
Please refer to the international times for the
deadline.
Paper
categories
Manuscripts in
the following categories will be considered for publication in the IEEE
Proceedings of the 2009 International Conference on Dependable Systems
and Networks:
Regular papers (max. 11 page
submission; 10 pages in proceedings): full paper describing a research
contribution to dependable computing, including experimental work
focused on implementation and evaluation of existing dependability
techniques.
Practical experience reports (max. 7
page submission; 6 pages in proceedings): a short paper describing
practitioner experiences or lessons learned applying tools and
techniques to real-world problems.
Tool
descriptions/demonstrations (max. 7 page submission; 6 pages in
proceedings): descriptions of the architecture, implementation and
usage of substantive tools to aid the research and practice of
dependability.
Panel proposals (2 page submission; 2 page
panel summary in proceedings): descriptions of the proposed panel,
including the proposed topic(s); the panel objectives; the panel
organization; and the names, addresses and background of probable
panelists.
Please contact your program
chairs (Felicita Di Giandomenico for PDS and Matti Hiltunen for DCCS)
in case you have any questions concerning to which category your paper
should be submitted.
Abstract
submission
The authors of
all papers are required to submit the paper title, an informative
abstract, and author contact information by the abstract deadline.
Papers submitted without an abstract will not be processed for
reviewing.
Paper
submissions
The title page
must include the title of the paper, author names, affiliations,
mailing address, phone/fax numbers, and email address, a maximum
150-word abstract, five keywords, the submission category (see above),
an approximate word count, and a declaration that the material has been
cleared through the author affiliations. For multi-authored
submissions, the contact author must be
indicated.
Submissions must adhere to the IEEE
Computer Society camera-ready 8.5"x11" two-column camera-ready format.
This format includes 10 point font on 12 point spacing for body text,
and other details described in the author guidelines below. Pages must
be numbered. The templates are reproduced below for your convenience,
and further details can be found at http://www.computer.org/portal/site/cscps/
.
- 8.5" x 11" Two-Column Author Guidelines: (PDF,
DOC,
LaTeX,
PS)
- 8.5"
x 11" Two-Column Format Layout Sheet: (PDF,
DOC,
PS)
Each
paper
must be submitted as a single Portable Document Format (PDF)
file. We recommend that you embed fonts where possible to improve
portability. We also strongly recommend you print the file and review
it for integrity (fonts, symbols, equations etc.) before submitting it.
A defective printing of your paper can undermine its chance of
success.
Submissions that do not conform to the
above deadlines and formatting guidelines (e.g., are too long, use
excessively small fonts or line spacing) or are unoriginal, previously
published, or under submission to multiple venues, will be
disregarded.
Author
Response
Submissions are
reviewed by multiple experts in the field including at least three
Program Committee members and generally several non-PC experts. Papers
are subject to discussion at a face-to-face paper selection meeting of
the full Program Committee.
After the paper has been
reviewed, but prior to the Program Committee meeting, the reviews will
be made available to the authors to provide a forum for responding to
any factual errors in the reviews. Please note that this is NOT a forum
to add any additional information on the paper, to submit an updated or
revised paper, or to list changes the authors promise to include in the
final version. Author responses will be made available to all PC
members before the paper is discussed for selection in the PC meeting.
The submissions website will contain full author-response
guidelines.
William C. Carter
Award
The William C. Carter
Award is presented annually since 1997 to recognize an individual who
has made a significant contribution to the field of dependable
computing through his or her graduate dissertation research. The award
honors the late William C. Carter, a key figure in the formation and
development of the field of dependable computing. The award is
sponsored by IEEE Technical Committee on Dependable Computing and
Fault-Tolerance and IFIP Working Group on Dependable Computing and
Fault Tolerance (WG 10.4). To qualify, a paper based on the student's
Ph.D. dissertation must have been submitted within DSN as a regular
paper with the student as the first author. Both current and former
graduate students, no more than two years past completion of their
dissertations, are eligible. All nominated submissions accepted as
regular papers to DSN in both the PDS and DCCS tracks are evaluated by
the Steering Committee of the
Conference.
Consideration for an award requires a
nomination. Dissertation advisors wishing to nominate a student should
submit, until February
10, a plain ASCII nomination e-mail to [email protected]
with
the following:
Student name, paper title,
track (DCCS or PDS), and paper submission ID.
PhD defense
(or expected defense) date of student, confirming no more than two
years have passed since dissertation completion as of December
2008.
A paragraph explaining why this student is deserving
of the award.
All nomination submissions
will be confirmed via return e-mail. If you do not receive a
confirmation within 24 hours of sending the e-mail please contact the
General Chair (Paulo
Verνssimo).
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