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=========================== Call for Papers ===========================

LADC'2005 - Second Latin-American Symposium on Dependable Computing

Salvador - Bahia, Brazil - October 25-28, 2005
http://www.lasid.ufba.br/ladc2005

ORGANIZED BY: LaSiD/DCC - Federal University of Bahia, Brazil
SPONSORED BY: SBC - Brazilian Computing Society

IN COOPERATION WITH:

- IFIP Working Group 10.4 "Dependable Computing and Fault-Tolerance"
- (tentative) IEEE TC on Fault-Tolerant Computing
- SCCC - Chilean Computer Science Society
- SADIO - Argentine Society for Informatics and Operations Research
- (tentative) SMCC - Mexican Society for Computer Science

LADC is a major Latin-American event dedicated to discussing the many
issues related to computer system dependability. This symposium succeeds
the well established Brazilian Symposium on Fault Tolerant Computers;
its first edition was held in São Paulo, Brazil, in October 2003.
Its objective is to provide a forum for international and Latin-American
scientists and engineers to present their latest research results and
application experience in this very dynamic field. The LADC program will
present technical sessions, tutorials and keynote talks from top
international experts in the area, as well as on-going research.
The symposium scope spans system, software, and hardware issues.
Major topics include, but are not limited to:

- Architectures for Dependable Systems
- Dependability Evaluation
- Dependability in Mobile Computing
- Dependability Modeling and Prediction
- Dependable Applications
- Dependable Real-Time Systems Dependability in Networking
- Dependability in Multimedia Systems
- Design for Testability
- Fault-tolerant Distributed Algorithms
- Intrusion Tolerance
- Middleware for Fault Tolerance
- Safety-Critical Systems
- Security of Computing Systems
- Software Engineering of Dependable Systems
- Software Fault Tolerance
- Survivability of Computing Systems

Only original papers (not published or under review elsewhere) can be
submitted.

INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS

Papers should be written in English and can be submitted in the
following categories: Regular Papers describing original research, and
Practical Experience Reports describing an experience or a case study.
Regular Papers and Practical Experience Reports should be no longer than
20 and 12 double-spaced pages, respectively, including figures, tables,
references, and appendices. The font size should be 12 points. The first
page should include an abstract, authors' names, addresses and
affiliations, and specify whether the submission is a Regular Paper or a
Practical Experience Report. The full mailing address, telephone and FAX
number and e-mail address of the author for correspondence should also
be indicated.

TUTORIALS

Proposals for full day and half-day tutorials are also requested.
Proposals  should include the lecture outline, assumed background of
audience, and CV of the presenter.

SUBMISSION ADDRESS

Authors are requested to submit their manuscripts electronically,
following the instructions described at the conference web site.

IMPORTANT DATES

- Regular Papers and Practical Experience Reports
  Submission deadline: May 2nd, 2005
  Author notification:     July 1st, 2005

- Tutorials
  Submission deadline: May 16, 2005
  Author notification:     July 1st, 2005

GENERAL CO-CHAIRS

Aline Santos Andrade, UFBA, Brazil
Flávio Assis Silva, UFBA, Brazil

PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS

Carlos Maziero, PUCPR, Brazil
João Gabriel Silva, UCoimbra, Portugal

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Publication Chair:
George Lima UFBA, Brazil
Publicity Chair:
Luciano Porto Barreto, UFBA, Brazil
Finance Chair:
Sérgio Gorender, UFBA, Brazil

Local arrangements Co-chairs:
Marcela Santana, UFBA, Brazil
Sandro Santos Andrade, UFBA, Brazil

Registration Co-chairs:
Frederico Barboza, UFBA, Brazil
Ivo Carvalho Peixinho, UFBA, Brazil

Tutorials Co-chairs:
Elias Duarte Jr., UFPR, Brazil
Sergio Rajsbaum, UNAM, Mexico

Workshops Chair:
Raul Ceretta Nunes, UFSM, Brazil

STEERING COMMITTEE

Francisco Brasileiro
Joni da Silva Fraga
Rogério de Lemos
Raimundo Macêdo
Eliane Martins - Chair
Carlos Maziero
Sergio Rajsbaum
Flávio Assis Silva
Taisy Silva Weber

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Pedro Mejia Alvarez, Mexico
Lorenzo Alvisi, USA
Pedro d´Argenio, Argentina
Jean Arlat, France
Marinho Barcellos, Brazil
Andrea Bondavalli, Italy
Francisco Brasileiro, Brazil
João B. Camargo Jr, Brazil
Ricardo Cayssials, Argentina
Jose Contreras, Chile
Xavier Defago, Japan
Mariela Curiel, Venezuela
Elmootazbellah Elnozahy, USA
Joni da Silva Fraga, Brazil
Paulo Lício de Geus, Brazil
Michel Hurfin, France
Ravi Iyer, USA
Jörg Kaiser, Germany
Johan  Karlsson, Sweden
Rogério de Lemos, UK
Raimundo Macêdo, Brazil
José C. Maldonado, Brazil
Eliane Martins, Brazil
Fernando Pedone, Switzerland
Ricardo Jiménez Peris, Spain
Ingrid Jansch Porto, Brazil
Kane Kim, USA
Jean-Claude Laprie, France
Ravi Prakash, USA
Michel Raynal, France
Cecília M. Rubira, Brazil
William H. Sanders, USA
Richard Schlichting, USA
Paulo Veríssimo, Portugal
Pedro Gil Vicente, Spain
Raul Weber, Brazil
Taisy Weber, Brazil

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