[ ARCHIVE ] The 10th International Symposium on Distributed Objects, Middleware, and Applications

Monterrey, Mexico, Nov 10 - 12, 2008

Proceedings 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, 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 2008 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.cs.rmit.edu.au/fedconf .

  
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
  • 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
  • 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'08 General Co-Chairs

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

DOA'08 Program Committee Chairs

Mark Little, Red Hat, UK
Alberto Montresor, University of Trento, Italy
Greg Pavlik, Oracle, USA

  
Program Committee Members

Santosh Shrivastava, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
Nick Kavantzas, Oracle, USA
Stuart Wheater, Arjuna Technologies
Aniruddha S. Gokhale, Vanderbilt University
Michel Riveill, Université de Nice, Sophia Antipolis – France
Gero Mühl, Berlin University of Technology, Germany
Fernando Pedone, University of Lugano, Switzerland
Graham Morgan, Newcastle University, UK
Barrett Bryant, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
Michael Stal, Siemens, Germany
Jose Orlando Pereira, University of Minho
Luis Rodrigues, INESC-ID/IST
Francois Pacull, Xerox Research Centre Europe
Aad van Moorsel, University of Newcastle, UK
Gordon Blair, Lancaster University, UK
Pascal Felber, Université de Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Joe Loyall, BBN Technologies, USA
Mark Baker, Coactus Consulting, Canada
Rui Oliveira, University of Minho, Portugal
Harold Carr, Sun, USA
Fabio Kon, University of São Paulo, Brazil
Judith Bishop, University of Pretoria, SOUTH AFRICA
Arno Puder, San Francisco State University, USA
Shalini Yajnik, Avaya Labs, USA
Benoit Garbinato, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Calton Pu, Georgia Tech, USA
Geoff Coulson, Lancaster University, UK
Hong Va Leong, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
Nikola Milanovic, Technical University Berlin
Jean-Bernard Stefani, INRIA, France
Andrew Watson, OMG, USA
Gregory Chockler, IBM Haifa Labs, Israel
Gian Pietro Picco, University of Trento, Italy
Patrick Eugster, Purdue University, USA
Eric Jul, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Jeff Gray, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
Medhi Jazayeri, University of Lugano, Switzerland
Richard Soley, OMG, USA
Frank Manola, OBJS, USA
Isabelle Rouvellou, IBM Research
Frank Eliassen, University of Oslo, Norway