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 (see LADC major topics in the LADC Call for Papers). 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 2005
Tutorial notes due: September 15 2005

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