ICDCN 2019

Doctoral Symposium, ICDCN 2019

ICDCN 2019 will host a Doctoral Symposium for research scholars to present their research works, practices and methods, and to promote networking and collaboration with peers in their fields. The Symposium will provide an opportunity for students to obtain helpful feedback on their research from academics and practitioners from leading universities and industries.

Call for Proposals

PhD students working in the following areas can submit their research proposals for consideration for the symposium, following guidelines listed below.

Distributed Systems: design, analysis, development and experiments
Distributed database and Big Data platforms
Distributed computing platforms for cloud computing
Mobile and pervasive computing
Embedded systems, many/multi-core architectures, and High Performance Computing
Data center and enterprise cloud network infrastructure
Formal methods for distributed Computing and network assurance
Distributed algorithms for big data analytics
Overlay and P2P networks and services
Ad-hoc, sensor, PAN and mesh networks
Network function virtualization and Mobile edge computing
Network security and privacy
Internet of Things and Cyber Physical Systems
Pricing and network economics
Network robustness, Fault tolerance, and Delay tolerant networks
Cellular networks (4G/LTE and 5G) and Aerial Platforms
Next generation and converged network architectures
Software-defined and cognitive networks
Emerging “challenge” applications for distributed systems and networking

Eligibility

Those who are enrolled as a full-time student in a PhD program at any university as on date of submission of the proposal are eligible. PhD students who are in the 2^nd to pre-final year of their program with a well formulated problem and initial technical approach/results are particularly encouraged to apply as they would benefit from the feedback from the symposium. Exceptional students enrolled in a Bachelors' or Masters' program working towards a dissertation and with a research problem defined and results available may also be considered.

Submission Guidelines

Proposal submissions to the PhD Symposium should include the following:

Research Proposal not exceeding 4-pages, including references, in standard ACM format available here:
Curriculum Vitae (1-2 pages)
Advisor's Recommendation Letter

The research proposal must include a clear problem statement of the research with motivation and examples, novelty of the problem and related work, scientific and technical approach, and the results obtained so far. The student author should be clearly indicated, and the advisor(s) should be listed as co-authors.

All submissions must be made electronically in PDF format through HotCRP.

Symposium Details

The proposals will be reviewed, and students of proposals that are accepted will have the opportunity for giving a short oral presentation (10 minutes) followed by a poster presentation of their work at ICDCN. Award(s) for best presentation/posters will be given. The accepted submissions will be included in the ICDCN proceedings.

Financial Support