The 37th IEEE International Symposium on Reliable Distributed Systems (SRDS 2018) is a forum for researchers and practitioners interested in distributed systems design, development and evaluation, particularly with emphasis on reliability, availability, safety, dependability, security, and real-time. We welcome Research Papers describing original research as well as design, development and experimental results of operational systems, Practical Experience Reports describing ongoing industrial projects, prototype systems and exploratory or emerging applications, and Tool Papers describing architecture, implementation and usage of substantive tools to aid the research and practice of reliable distributed systems. Papers will be assessed with criteria appropriate to each category.

TOPICS OF INTEREST

The major areas of interest include, but are not limited to, the following topics:

• Dependability, security and privacy of distributed systems including, but not limited to, cloud, blockchain, Internet of things, vehicular, robotic, cyber-physical, mobile, multimedia, data management, machine learning and AI systems.
• Methods and tools for the design, implementation, verification, validation and benchmarking of dependable and secure applications, middleware and operating systems.
• Foundations, algorithms, middleware and applications advancing the state-of-the-art of dependable and secure distributed systems through their non-functional properties and programming abstractions, such as, fault tolerance, fault recovery, robustness, autonomy, self-stabilization, self-healing, timeliness, transactional semantics, etc.
• Analytical, simulative and experimental assessment of dependable, secure, high-assurance, and safety-critical distributed cyber-physical systems and systems of systems.

IMPORTANT DATES

Abstract submission: 15 April 2018. extended to 22 April 2018
Full Paper Submission: 22 April 2018. extended to 29 April 2018
Authors Notification: 22 June 2018.
Camera-ready: 13 July 2018. extended to 20 July 2018.

SUBMISSION

Papers must be written in English. Research Papers, Practical Experience Reports, and Tool Papers should be no longer than 10 pages, following the IEEE two-column format for conference proceedings. All necessary details to substantiate the main claims of the paper should be included in a clearly marked appendix. Authors are requested to first register their submissions and then submit their manuscripts in PDF format at the Easychair page.

BEST PAPER AWARDS

The symposium will highlight the best paper. As a tribute to the memory of Prof. Chittoor V. Ramamoorthy, the SRDS Best Paper Award is named “Prof. C. V. Ramamoorthy Best Paper Award”. He was instrumental for IEEE SRDS from the 80’s and many of his students have contributed to this conference. All papers accepted for presentation at the symposium will be evaluated for the Best Paper Award.



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