[ ARCHIVE ] The 9th International Symposium on Distributed Objects, Middleware, and Applications (DOA)

Vilamoura, Algarve, Portugal, Nov 26 - 28, 2007

Proceedings will be published by Springer Verlag 

  

Many of the world's most important and critical software systems are based on distributed object and middleware technologies. Middleware is software that resides between the applications and the underlying operating systems on every node of a distributed computing system. It provides the "glue" that connects distributed objects and applications and is at the heart of component-based systems, service-oriented architectures, agent-based systems, or peer-to-peer infrastructures.

Distribution technologies have reached a high level of maturity. Classical distributed object middleware (e.g., CORBA, .NET and Java-based technologies) and message-oriented middleware (e.g., publish/subscribe systems) have been widely successful. We are now witnessing a shift to coarser-grained component-based and service-oriented architectures (e.g., Web services). Middleware for mobile applications and peer-to-peer systems (e.g., JXTA) is also gaining increasing popularity, as it allows bridging users without reliance on centralized resources.

Common to all these approaches are goals such as openness, reliability, scalability, awareness, distribution transparency, security, ease of development, or support for heterogeneity between applications and platforms. Also, of utmost importance today is the ability to integrate distributed services and applications with other technologies such as the Web, multimedia systems, databases, or Grids. Along with the rapid evolution of these fields, continuous research and development is required in distributed technologies to advance the state of the art and broaden the scope of their applicability.


Two Dimensions: Research & Practice

Research in distributed objects, components, services, and middleware establishes new principles that open the way to solutions that can meet the requirements of tomorrow's applications. Conversely, practical experience in real-world projects drives this same research by exposing new ideas and unveiling new types of problems to be solved. DOA explicitly intends to provide a forum to help trigger and foster this mutual interaction. Submissions are therefore welcomed along both these dimensions: research (fundamentals, concepts, principles, evaluations, patterns, and algorithms) and practice (applications, experience, case studies, and lessons). Contributions attempting to bridge the gap between these two dimensions are particularly encouraged. As we are fully aware of the differences between academic and industrial research and development, submissions will be treated accordingly and judged by a peer review not only for scientific rigor (in the case of "academic research" papers), but also for originality and relevance (in the case of "case study" papers).

As we are fully aware of the differences in environment for research and development that exist in academia and industry, submissions from each will be treated accordingly and judged by a peer review not only for scientific rigor (in the case of "academic research" papers), but also for originality and generality of applications and case studies (in the case of "case studies" papers).


About DOA

DOA 2007 is part of a joint event on the theme "meaningful Internet systems and ubiquitous computing". This federated event co-locates five related and complementary conferences in the areas of networked information systems, covering key issues in distributed infrastructures and enabling technologies (DOA), data and Web semantics (ODBASE), cooperative information systems (CoopIS), Grid computing (GADA) and Information Security (ISS). More details about this federated event can be found at http://www.onthemove-conferences.org.


TOPICS OF INTEREST

The topics of this symposium include, but are not limited to:

  • Application case studies of distribution technologies
  • Aspect-oriented approaches for distributed middleware
  • Component-based distributed systems
  • Content distribution and multimedia streaming
  • Development methodologies for distributed applications
  • Distributed algorithms and communication protocols
  • Distributed business objects and components
  • Distributed databases and transactional systems
  • Distributed infrastructures for cluster and Grid computing
  • Distributed middleware for embedded systems and sensor networks
  • Formal methods and tools for designing, verifying, and evaluating distributed middleware
  • Interoperability with other technologies
  • Middleware for mobile and ad-hoc networks
  • Migration of legacy applications to distributed architectures
  • Novel paradigms to support distribution
  • Object-based, component-based, and service-oriented middleware
  • Peer-to-peer and decentralized infrastructures
  • Performance analysis of distributed computing systems
  • Publish/subscribe, event-based, and message-oriented middleware
  • Reliability, fault tolerance, quality-of-service, and real time support
  • Scalability and adaptivity of distributed architectures
  • Self-* properties in distributed middleware
  • Service-oriented architectures
  • Software engineering for distributed middleware systems
  • Testing and validation of distributed infrastructures
  • Ubiquitous and pervasive computing
  • Web services

  
ORGANISATION COMMITTEE

OTM'07 General Co-Chairs

Robert Meersman, VU Brussels, Belgium
Zahir Tari, RMIT University, Australia

DOA'07 Program Committee Co-Chairs

Pascal Felber, Université de Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Aad van Moorsel, Newcastle University, UK
Calton Pu, Georgia Tech, USA

Publicity Chair

Jean-Marc Petit, INSA, Lyon, France


Program Committee Members

Mark Baker, Coactus Consulting, Canada
Guruduth Banavar, IBM, USA
Judith Bishop, University of Pretoria, SOUTH AFRICA
Gordon Blair, Lancaster University, UK
Barrett Bryant, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
Harold Carr, Sun, USA
Gregory Chockler, IBM Haifa Labs, Israel
Brian Cooper , Yahoo, USA
Geoff Coulson, Lancaster University, UK
Frank Eliassen, University of Oslo, USA
Tomoya Enokido, Rissho University, Japan
Patrick Eugster , Purdue University, USA
Benoit Garbinato, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Aniruddha Gokhale , Vanderbilt University
Jeff Gray, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
Kurt Geihs, University of Kassel, Germany
Franz Hauck, University of Ulm, Germany
Mehdi Jazayeri, University of Lugano, Switzerland
Eric Jul, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Fabio Kon, University of São Paulo, Brazil
Hong Va Leong, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
Joe Loyall, BBN Technologies, USA
Frank Manola, OBJS, USA
Nikola Milanovic , Technical University Berlin
Keith Moore, HP Labs, USA
Graham Morgan, Newcastle University, UK
Gero Mühl, Berlin University of Technology, Germany
Rui Oliveira, University of Minho, Portugal
Francois Pacull, Xerox Research Center Europe, France
Fernando Pedone, University of Lugano, Switzerland
José Pereira, University of Minho
Gian Pietro Picco, University of Trento, Italy
Arno Puder, San Francisco State University, USA
Andry Rakotonirainy, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Michel Riveill, University of Nice, France
Luis Rodrigues, Portugal
Isabelle Rouvellou, IBM, USA
Duncan Ruiz, Pontifical Catholic University of RS - Brazil
Caspar Ryan, RMIT University, Australia
Rick Schantz, BBN Technologies, USA
Douglas Schmidt, Vanderbilt university, USA
Heinz W Schmidt, RMIT University, Australia
Richard Soley, OMG, USA
Michael Stal, Siemens, Germany
Jean-Bernard Stefani, INRIA, France
Stefan Tai, IBM Research, USA
Vladimir Tosic, National ICT Australia Limited (NICTA), Australia
Spyros Voulgaris, ETHZ, Switzerland
Andrew Watson, OMG, USA
Shalini Yajnik, Avaya Labs, USA