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                       LADC 2005
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   2nd Latin American Symposium on Dependable Computing
                    Salvador, Brazil
                   October 25-28, 2005
           http://www.lasid.ufba.br/ladc2005


Sponsored by: SBC - Brazilian Computing Society

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

LADC is the major Latin-American event dedicated exclusively to
discussing the many issues related to computer system dependability.
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 first LADC
was very successfully held in São Paulo, Brazil, in October 2003. The
next one will be held in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, also in October.
The symposium program will include technical sessions, tutorials and
keynote talks from top international experts in the area. 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


INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS

We invite potential authors to submit proposals for full-day
and half-day tutorials which survey mature and currently relevant topics in the area
of dependable computing. Proposals must contain:
i) presenter's name and contact information
ii) tutorial title
iii) a 100-150 words abstract, for tutorial publicity, describing 
the tutorial, its focus, prerequisite knowledge and intended
audience
iv) 1-paragraph presenter biography, suitable for tutorial publicity
v) tutorial duration (6 hours for full day and 3 hours for half-day
tutorials); and
vi) synopsis (approx. 1000-3000 words describing tutorial goals
and outline, including a syllabus and schedule).

Authors of accepted proposals must provide a 15 to 30 page long material
(handouts, text) to support their tutorial presentation. A printed copy
of such material will be provided to all atendees.

Both the proposals and the support material must be
written in English.


SUBMISSION ADDRESS
Authors are requested to submit their manuscripts electronically following the
instructions at the web site: https://submissoes.sbc.org.br/ladc2005

IMPORTANT DATES
 
Submission deadline: May 16 2005
Author notification: July 1 2005
Tutorial abstract due: July 30 2003
Tutorial notes due: September 15 2003


TUTORIAL CO-CHAIRS
Elias P. Duarte Jr. (UFPR, Brazil)
Sergio Rajsbaum (UNAM, Mexico)

GENERAL CO-CHAIRS
Aline Santos Andrade (UFBA, Brazil)
Flavio Assis Silva (UFBA, 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


LADC ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:
PUBLICATION CHAIR
George Lima (UFBA, Brazil)

PUBLICITY CHAIR
Luciano Porto Barreto (UFBA, Brazil)

FINANCE CHAIR
Sergio 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)