Call for Demo and Posters
The 41st IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS 2021) will include poster and demonstration sessions to provide the community a platform to communicate early results and prototypes, to facilitate exchange of ideas, and promote collaborations. We solicit demonstrations of distributed computing systems and applications and posters presenting research and development results in distributed computing systems and applications. Early implementations, prototypes, and work-in-progress systems/applications are equally welcomed. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, distributed computing, cloud computing, edge computing, distributed analytics tools and applications, Internet of Things, mobile and wireless systems, privacy and security in distributed computing systems, crowdsourcing, blockchains, machine learning applications, and industry implementations/demonstrations. are welcome. We are especially looking for work that has the potential of creating interactions with the audience.
Submission Guidelines and Selection Criteria
The authors are asked to submit a brief proposal that includes a description of the contribution of the poster/demonstration. The proposal for the poster/demo should include a brief abstract that should emphasize clearly the motivation and technical contribution of the submission, highlights of the technical contribution at a sufficient level of details to judge their merit, and any preliminary results (desired but not required). Submissions for demonstration should clearly outline the features of the demonstration that the audience can interact with and their potential in stimulating interesting discussions with the audience. The demonstration submissions should also explicitly outline any specially needed accommodations that the committee has to be aware of when making a decision on the appropriateness of the proposal.
All submissions should use the IEEE 8.5″ x 11″ Two-Column Format. The demos submissions are limited to 4 pages and the posters are limited to 2 pages, including all figures, tables, and references. All demos posters and demos should be submitted via the conference submission link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icdcs2021 Please choose Poster and Demo track when submitting.
All accepted poster papers (up to 2 pages) and demonstration papers (up to 4 pages) will be included in the conference proceedings and will be published on IEEE Xplore (IEEE Digital Library). Each accepted poster or demo must have at least one author registered to attend and present the accepted poster or demo at the conference. Posters or demos not presented at the conference will not be included in the proceedings.
As a flagship conference, ICDCS will adhere to the general merit criteria, including soundness and correctness, technical novelty, and quality of the writing. Moreover, given the nature of the submission, a significant weight will be assigned to the potential of the submission to generate interesting engagement and discussion with the audience, as well as our ability to accommodate any special requirements for demonstration proposals.
Best Poster and Demo Awards
There will be up to one best poster award and one best demo award selected from the posters and demos presented at the conference.
Demos and Posters Chairs
Anne-Cécile Orgerie, IRISA
Sheng Wei, Rutgers University
Important Dates
| Submissions deadline: | March 26, 2021 |
| Notifications deadline: | April 13, 2021 |
| Camera-ready: | April 20, 2021 |
