The 11th International Symposium on
Distributed Objects, Middleware, and Applications (DOA'09)

Vilamoura, Algarve-Portugal, Nov 02 - 04, 2009

Proceedings will be published by Springer Verlag

Chaired by:

• Mark Little, Red Hat, UK
• Jean-Jacques Dubray, Premera, USA
• Fabio Panzieri, Bologna University, Italy

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) and Web Oriented Architectures (e.g. REST). 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. Moreover, component-based design is being deployed in the development of distributed, real-time services, in view of the reusability property of component-based technology.

Common to all these approaches are goals such as openness, reliability, scalability, awareness, distribution transparency, security, ease of development (e.g. component assemblies or architecture refactoring capabilities ), 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, peer-to-peer systems, 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).

About DOA

DOA 2009 is part of a joint event on the theme "meaningful Internet systems and ubiquitous computing". This federated event (OnTheMove) 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 (IS). 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
• Application Protocols (REST, MVC,...)
• Architecture Refactoring (Volta)
• Aspect-oriented approaches for distributed middleware
• Component-based distributed systems
• Content distribution and multimedia streaming
• Dependency injection
• 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
• Microcontainers
• Middleware for mobile and ad-hoc networks
• Middleware for Presentation, Process and Information federation
• Migration of legacy applications to distributed architectures
• Novel paradigms to support distribution
• Object-based, component-based, resource-oriented, event-oriented and service-oriented middleware
• Operations and Management
• Peer-to-peer and decentralized infrastructures
• Performance analysis of distributed computing systems
• Programming models for middleware or middleware for programming models?
• 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
• Security and Privacy in a connected world
• Testing and validation of distributed infrastructures
• Ubiquitous and pervasive computing
• Web services

IMPORTANT DATES

Paper Submission Deadline:  June 15, 2009   DEADLINE EXTENSION June 22, 2009
Acceptance Notification:  August 05, 2009
Camera Ready Due:  August 15, 2009
Registration Due:  August 20, 2009
OTM Conferences:  November 1 - 6, 2009
  

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Papers submitted to DOA'09 must not have been accepted for publication elsewhere or be under review for another workshop or conference.
All submitted papers will be carefully evaluated based on originality, significance, technical soundness, and clarity of expression. All papers will be refereed by at least three members of the program committee, and at least two will be experts from industry in the case of practice reports. All submissions must be in English.

The final proceedings will be published by Springer Verlag as LNCS (Lecture Notes in Computer Science). Author instructions can be found at:
http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html
Submissions must not exceed 18 pages in the final camera-ready paper style.

The paper submission site is located at:
http://www.onthemove-conferences.org/index.php/submitpaper/doasub/
Failure to comply with the formatting instructions for submitted papers will lead to the outright rejection of the paper without review.
Failure to commit to presentation at the conference automatically excludes a paper from the proceedings.

ORGANISATION COMMITTEE

OTM'09 General Co-Chairs
Robert Meersman, VU Brussels, Belgium
Tharam Dillon, Curtin University Perth, Australia

DOA'09 Program Committee Chairs
Mark Little, Red Hat, UK
Jean-Jacques Dubray, Premera, USA
Fabio Panzieri, Bologna University, Italy
 

Program Committee Members

Giorgia Lodi, Università de Bologna, Italy
Subbu Allamaraju, Yahoo!
Mark Baker, Coactus Consulting, Canada
Judith Bishop, University of Pretoria, SOUTH AFRICA
Gordon Blair, Lancaster University, UK
Harold Carr, Sun, USA
Geoffrey Coulson, Lancaster University, UK
Frank Eliassen, University of Oslo, Norway
Patrick Eugster, Purdue University, USA
Pascal Felber, Université de Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Benoit Garbinato, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Medhi Jazayeri, University of Lugano, Switzerland
Eric Jul, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Nick Kavantzas, Oracle, USA
Joe Loyall, BBN Technologies, USA
Frank Manola, OBJS, USA
Gero Mühl, Berlin University of Technology, Germany
Nikola Milanovic, Technical University Berlin
Graham Morgan, Newcastle University, UK
Rui Oliveira, University of Minho, Portugal
Jose Orlando Pereira, University of Minho
Francois Pacull, Xerox Research Centre Europe
Fernando Pedone, University of Lugano, Switzerland
Arno Puder, San Francisco State University, USA
Michel Riveill, Université de Nice, Sophia Antipolis – France
Luis Rodrigues, INESC-ID/IST