[[Call For Paper]](←日本語はこちら)~ &ref(dpsws-example.zip);(←the LaTeX style files or the MS Word template file(2014.05.23))~ ''DPSWS 2014: The 22nd Annual Workshop of IPSJ Special Interest Group ''~ ''on Distributed Processing System''~ ~ Hotel Gyokusen, Tamatsukuri, Shimane, Japan~ December 8 - 10, 2014~ ~http://www.dpsws.org/~ ~ The IPSJ Special Interest Group on Distributed Processing System ~ (SIG-ITS) offers a forum for active discussion concerning the following ~ research areas: distributed systems, communication networks, multimedia ~ communication, network protocols and so on. DPSWS has started since ~ 1993 as a stay-over workshop to discuss such research topics more ~ deeply than SIG-DPS quarterly forums. The latest three DPSWS were held ~ at Towada, Aomori in 2011, Oku-Dogo, Ehime in 2012 and Kusatsu, Gumma ~ in 2013, respectively. Many researchers have joined the workshop and ~ have achieved results through the discussions there.~ We are pleased to announce DPSWS 2014 that is taking place at ~ Tamatsukuri, Shimane this year, and we would like to invite you to join ~ the workshop.~ ~ The conference scope includes all areas of distributed processing ~ systems. Topics of interests include but are not limited to:~ -Distributed computing, processing, algorithms, and objects -Multimedia communication, processing, and systems~ -Cloud computing -Grid computing -Context aware systems -Mobile computing -Ubiquitous computing and systems -Ad-hoc networks -Peer-to-peer (P2P) and overlay networks - Communication protocols -Network architecture -Sensor networks -Emergent networks -Disaster communications -Route control and QoS (quality of services) -Network management -FMC (Fixed Mobile Convergence) -ITS (intelligent transport systems) -Kansei (affective) processing and systems -Participatory and people-centric sensing -Social network services -Web services and applications, and mashup (web application hybrid) -Web service platforms -SOA (Service-Oriented Architecture) -SaaS (Software as a service) -IMS (Information Management System) -Power management systems -Applied systems and social systems -Information security -System virtualization ~ [Paper Submission]~ (1) Regular papers~ - The workshop welcomes not only scientific papers but also case study ~ and papers about new issues.~ - Submitted papers should be formatted as DPSWS format: A4 portrait and ~ single-spaced two column style. Please download the LaTeX style files ~ or the MS Word template file (&ref(dpsws-example.zip);). We ~ expect that the number of pages of each paper is around 8 but it should ~ not be 8.~ // http://www.dpsws.org/2014/?Call%20For%20Paper~ -All paper submissions will be handled electronically. The submission ~ page will open soon. Please refer to the following URL:~ http://www.dpsws.org/2014/~ -All submitted papers will be judged based on their quality through ~ peer reviewing, and around 40 to 50 of the papers will be accepted to ~ be published. According to the review result, the committee will ~ select the best paper and several outstanding papers and will give the ~ paper award to each author. Moreover, the committee will nominate some ~ sophisticated papers of them to be published in Journal of IPSJ (JIP) ~ as a recommended paper by SIG-DPS.~ -At the end of the workshop, the committee will give several ~ presentation awards. Some of the presenters who make an excellent ~ presentation in English will be awarded another presentation award.~ -Please understand that according to the review results, some of the ~ submitted papers may be accepted as a poster paper or a short ~ presentation paper.~ ~ (2) Special session (Demonstration and Poster) papers~ -The workshop welcomes the introduction of a prototype system and a ~ product, an experiment at the workshop, and so on. We recommend that ~ the following works should be presented with a poster: the introduction ~ of a work-in-progress research or a work that needs interactive ~ discussion with participating researchers for a longer time than the ~ oral presentation.~ -Submitted papers should be formatted as DPSWS format: A4 portrait and ~ single-spaced two column style. Please download the LaTeX style files ~ or the MS Word template file(&ref(dpsws-example.zip);).~ Submitted papers should be no longer than 6 pages.~ // http://www.dpsws.org/2014/?Call%20For%20Paper~ -All paper submissions will be handled electronically. The submission ~ page will open. Please refer to the following URL:~ http://www.dpsws.org/2014/~ -After the special session, the committee will give several poster or ~ demonstration awards.~ -We cannot guarantee that the Internet access and large power supply for demonstration devices will be provided.~ ~ [Events]~ In the last two workshops, we have had the dinner session where each ~ wishing student got counsel from a few senior researchers of the same ~ research interests, and fortunately, this session is appreciated. Thus, ~ we will have the dinner session again in this year. We will be waiting ~ for students who wish to join the dinner session.~ Moreover, the panel session is also planed.~ ~ [Important Dates]~ -Regular Paper Submission due: August 11, 2014~ -Demonstration/Poster Paper Submission due: September 19, 2014~ -Notification of Acceptance: September 30, 2014~ -Camera-ready Paper Submission due: October 17, 2014~ ~ [Organizing Committee]~ -General Chair~ Ryozo Kiyohara (Kanagawa Institute of Technology, Japan) -Executive Chair~ Shinya Yamamoto (Tokyo University of Science, Yamaguchi, Japan) -Executive Vice Chair~ Ken Ohta (NTT DOCOMO Inc., Japan) -Financial Chair~ Akihito Hiromori (Osaka University, Japan) -Local Arrangement Co-Chairs~ Toru Watabe (Matsue National College of Technology, Japan)~ Satoshi Kato (Matsue National College of Technology, Japan) -Publicity Chair~ Tomoki Kajinami (Kanagawa Institute of Technology, Japan) -Special (Demonstration/Poster) Session Chair~ Masaaki Noro (Fujitsu Laboratory Inc., Japan) -Panel Session Chair~ Masashi Saito (Mitsubishi Electric Corp., Japan) -Publication Chair~ Masaaki Yamanaka (Hiroshima International University, Japan) -Advisor~ Akimitsu Kanzaki (Shimane University, Japan) ~ [Programing Committee]~ -Program Chair:~ Tomoya Kitani (Shizuoka University, Japan) -Program Vice Chair~ Tetsuya Shigeyasu (Prefectual University of Hiroshima, Japan) -Program Committee~ TBA~ ~ [History of the Workshop Places]~ Yufuin, Oita (Spring, 1993), Zao, Yamagata (Fall, 1993), ~ Iizaka, Fukushima (1994), Ise-Shima, Mie (1995), ~ Hachimantai, Iwate (1995), Aizu, Fukushima (1998), Beppu, Oita (1999), ~ Minami-Shinshu, Nagano (2000), Appi-kogen, Iwate (2001), ~ Hakodate, Hokkaido (2002), Aso, Kumamoto (2003), ~ Wakura, Ishikawa (2004), Naha, Okinawa (2005), ~ Kirishima, Kagoshima (2006), Kaga, Ishikawa (2007), ~ Hagi, Yamaguchi (2008), Sounkyo, Hokkaido (2009),~ Nichinan-kaigan (2010), Towada, Aomori (2011), Oku-Dogo, Ehime (2012),~ Kusatsu, Gumma (2013)~ ~ [NOTICE]~ The proceedings of the workshop will be published electronically and ~ as a printed book. The publication date is the one week before the ~ first day of the workshop. Please make sure if your work is related to ~ a patent.~ For more information, please refer to the following web page (in ~ Japanese):~ http://www.ipsj.or.jp/03somu/kinen_jigyo/50anv/d-library/dl-sig.html ----