Call for Demos and Posters

Scope

The 44th IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS 2024) 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:

  • Experimental platforms and infrastructures for distributed computing research
  • Fundamental understanding of distributed computing
  • Distributed networking
  • Distributed OS and middleware
  • Cloud computing
  • Edge computing
  • Distributed analytics tools and applications
  • Internet of Things
  • Mobile and wireless systems
  • Crowdsourcing
  • Distributed computing for healthcare
  • Video and XR applications
  • Privacy and security in distributed computing systems
  • Blockchains
  • Applications of machine learning to distributed systems
  • Industrial implementations/demonstrations of distributed systems

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 follow the IEEE 8.5″ x 11″ two-column format using 11pt fonts and the IEEE Conference template (downloadable by selecting “Conferences” in the IEEE-Template Selector https://template-selector.ieee.org/). The demos submissions are limited to 4 pages and the posters are limited to 2 pages, including all figures, tables, and references. All posters and demos should be submitted via the conference submission link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icdcs2024. 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

Jiadi Yu, Shanghai Jiaotong University

Muhammad Shahzad, North Carolina State University

Important Dates

Submission deadline:April 12, 2024  May 1, 2024
Notification of acceptance:April 26, 2024 May 5, 2024
Camera-ready:May 10, 2024 May 17, 2024