Last CFP - Deadline Extension: 5th Workshop on Distributed Data and Structures (WDAS'2003)

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5th Workshop on Distributed Data and Structures (WDAS'2003)
June 12-13, 2003                       Thessaloniki, Greece
        http://delab.csd.auth.gr/wdas2003
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ORGANIZATION
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The Department of Informatics of the Aristotle University, in cooperation with 
the
Department of Applied Informatics of the University of Macedonia, are 
organizing the
5th Workshop on Distributed Data and Structures (WDAS'2003) at Thessaloniki, 
during
12-13 of June 2003. The main scope of the conference is to bring together 
computer
scientists interested in Distributed Data and Structures.

TOPICS
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Distributed data and structures are at the basis of modern computer science. 
Advances in 
the domain are fundamental to performance and scalability of various types of 
storage
and database systems, as well as to emergence of P2P and of Grid Computing 
Systems. The
WDAS  workshops examine the state-of-the-art in the area:
- Fundamental Theoretical Advances
- Access Methods and Algorithms
- Programming Languages
- Architecture
- Prototypes and Applications
- Demos of Prototypes and of new Algorithms for the Management of various 
Scalable
Distributed Data Structures


WDAS'2003 is the 5th workshop in the WDAS series. Previous workshops took place 
in 
Orlando (1998), Princeton (1999), L'Aquilla (2000) and Paris (2002). The 
attendance will be 
limited to 50 participants. Besides of the presenters, requests for 
participation will be dealt with 
in the order of  the received paid registrations.


INFORMATION FOR AUTHORS
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Extended abstracts, 5 pages long, with original, English-language research 
contributions
not concurrently submitted elsewhere must be submitted electronically at the 
conference
website: delab.csd.auth.gr/wdas2003 in PDF format. Additionally, authors first 
should
electronically submit a paper abstract containing: title, author name(s), 
abstract, keywords.
Submitted papers will undergo a peer review process, coordinated by the Program 
Committee 
Chair. 

A fully electronic review process is being planned. Notification and reviews 
will be communicated via email. Accepted papers will be presented at the 
workshop 
and included in the proceedings that will be published by a local publisher and 
distributed at workshop location. 

Selected papers will be included in post-proceedings published by an 
international publisher
(e.g. Carleton-Scientific or Springer Verlag). Proposals for tutorials are also 
invited on 
topics within the conference area. Tutorial proposals must be at most 3 pages 
and they must 
give enough material to provide a sense of what will be covered. Tutorial 
proposals should be 
submitted electronically in postscript or PDF format by Monday April 28, 2003 
to the 
address <wdas03-KvxHk+jYVUj33ue98Ry3zlAUjnlXr6A1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>.


IMPORTANT DATES
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Abstract submission for papers: March 17, 2003 (Monday-Extension)
Extended Abstract submission:   March 17, 2003 (Monday-Extension)
Notification of acceptance/rejection:   April 21, 2003 (Monday)
Camera-ready copy due:                May 12, 2003 (Monday)


CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION
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Program Committee
Yannis Manolopoulos, Aristotle University, Chair -- Karl Aberer, EPFL Lausanne 
- Michael Adiba,
University Joseph Fourier-IMAG Paris -- Yuri Breitbart, Bell Labs -- Witold 
Litwin, University
Paris 9, Dauphine -- Fabrizio Luccio, University of Pisa -- Enrico Nardelli, 
University of
L'Aquila -- Panayiotis Bozanis, University of Thessaly -- Gerard Levy, 
University Paris 9,
Dauphine -- Tore Risch, University of Uppsala -- Maya Satratzemi, University of 
Macedonia --
Tomas Schwartz, University of Santa Clara -- Paul Spyrakis, University of 
Patras --
Witold Staniszkis, Rodan Warsaw -- Ugo Vaccaro, University of Salerno -- 
Patrick Valduriez,
University of Paris 6 -- Peter Widmayer, ETHZ Zurich

Organizing Committee
George Evangelidis, University of Macedonia -- Yorgos Grigoriadis, Aristotle 
University --
Yannis Karydis, Aristotle University -- Petros Kefalas, CITY College -- 
Apostolos Papadopoulos, 
Aristotle University -- Katerina Raptopoulou, Aristotle University -- Antonis 
Sidiropoulos,
Aristotle University -- Michael Vassilakopoulos, Higher Technology Educational 
Institute of
Thessaloniki


CONFERENCE VENUE
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The venue for WDAS'2003 is the CITY Liberal Arts College (at downtown 
Thessaloniki).
Travel: Currently there are direct international flights connecting 
Thessaloniki with Amsterdam,
Beograd, Bucharest, Budapest, Brussels, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Larnaca/Cyprus, 
London, Milano, Munich, Paris, 
Prague, Stuttgart, Vienna, Zurich. More international connections 
are expected to exist during June 2003, since the official EU summit will take 
place at Thessaloniki.
Accommodation: Plenty of hotels exist at downtown Thessaloniki. Limited number 
of rooms may be available 
in the guest house of the Aristotle University. More information about 
registration,
hotel accommodation and travel schedules can be found in website developed at
delab.csd.auth.gr/wdas2003
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