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Author Archives: Disc2014
10-June: Dijkstra prize winners announced!
The Dijkstra Prize Committee has selected Kanianthra Mani Chandy and Leslie Lamport as the recipients of this year’s Edsger W. Dijkstra Prize in Distributed Computing. The prize is given to them for their outstanding paper “Distributed Snapshots: Determining Global States of Distributed Systems”, published in ACM Transactions on Computer Systems, Vol. 3, No. 1, 1985, pages 63–75.
07-May: CFP for BDA workshop
=========================================================== The 2nd Workshop on Biological Distributed Algorithms (BDA 2014) October 11-12, 2014 in Austin, Texas USA - in conjunction with DISC 2014 http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~saketn/BDA2014/ =========================================================== We are excited to announce the second workshop on Biological Distributed Algorithms (BDA). BDA is focused on the relationships between distributed computing and distributed biological systems and in particular, on analysis and case studies that combine the two. Such research can lead to better understanding of the behavior of the biological systems while at the same time developing novel computational algorithms that can be used to solve basic distributed computing problems. The first BDA workshop, BDA 2013, was collocated with DISC 2013 (the 27th International Symposium on Distributed Computing) in Jerusalem. BDA 2014 will be collocated with DISC 2014 in Austin, Texas. It will take place just before DISC, on Saturday and Sunday, October 11-12, 2014. Like BDA 2013, BDA 2014 will include talks on distributed algorithms related to a variety of biological systems. However, this time we will devote special attention to communication and coordination in insect colonies (e.g. foraging, navigation, task allocation, construction) and networks in the brain (e.g. learning, decision-making, attention). =========== SUBMISSIONS =========== We solicit submissions describing recent results relevant to biological distributed computing. We especially welcome papers describing new insights and / or case studies regarding the relationship between distributed computing and biological systems even if these are not fully formed. Since a major goal of the workshop is to explore new directions and approaches, we especially encourage the submission of ongoing work. Selected contributors would be asked to present, discuss and defend their work at the workshop. Submissions should be in PDF and include title, author information, and a 4-page extended abstract. Please use the following EasyChair submission link: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=bda2014 Note: The workshop will not include published proceedings. In particular, we welcome submissions of papers describing work that has appeared or is expected to appear in other venues. =============== IMPORTANT DATES =============== July 18, 2014 - Paper submission deadline August 18, 2014 - Decision notifications October 11-12, 2014 - Workshop ================ INVITED SPEAKERS ================ Dmitri Chklovskii - HHMI Janelia Farm Anna Dornhaus - University of Arizona Ofer Feinerman - Weizmann Institute Deborah Gordon - Stanford Nancy Lynch - MIT James Marshall - University of Sheffield Saket Navlakha - CMU Stephen Pratt - Arizona State University Andrea Richa - Arizona State University ================= PROGRAM COMMITTEE ================= Ziv Bar-Joseph - CMU (co-chair) Anna Dornhaus - University of Arizona Yuval Emek - Technion (co-chair) Amos Korman - CNRS and University of Paris Diderot (co-chair) Nancy Lynch - MIT Radhika Nagpal - Harvard Saket Navlakha - CMU Nir Shavit - MIT -- Yuval Emek, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Industrial Engineering and Management Technion - Israel Institute of Technology http://ie.technion.ac.il/~yemek/
07-May: Submission deadlines extended!
Abstract submission: 14th of May (instead of 9th)
Paper submission: 18th of May (instead of 14th)
Acceptance notification: 12 of July (instead of 11th)