International Journal of Distributed Systems and Technologies (IJSDT)

To be published by IGI Global (Inaugural issue: January 2010)

Regular submissions are welcomed at any time (open call).


IJDST Description:
The IJDST is dedicated to the timely publication of top-quality original and scholarly research related contributions to the theory, modeling, specification, implementation, evaluation and use of distributed systems, technologies and their integration (including data, agent and mining technologies). Areas of interest include next generation technologies, next generation grid, distributed and throughput computing concepts, theories, and applications and their integration at various levels (conception, theory, back-end, middleware level and front-end developments). Special attention is given to research papers focusing on the integration techniques, methods and tools employed in applied distributed systems and technologies. The IJDST pays particular attention to this dimension as a means to diversify it and broaden the applicability and scope of the current body of knowledge in the area of distributed systems and technologies. The IJDST is also dedicated to push boundaries of typical developments and publish cutting-edge developments related to science-to-science, science-to-business, business-to-business, business-to-customer, or customer-to-customer interactions. Although its primary goal is to provide an international forum for the dissemination of state-of-the-art theories, practices and empirical research results in distributed systems, technologies and their integration, it also prompts future direction for the development of the community as a means of promoting and sustaining a network of excellence in the area.

Mission:
The IJDST is dedicated to the timely publication of top-quality original and scholarly research contributions and thus, publishes papers in all aspects of the traditional and emerging areas of distributed systems, technologies and integration research. The IJDST is a multi-disciplinary outlet, and welcomes submissions from all relevant fields of research.

CALL FOR PAPERS
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Editor-in-Chief:
Nik Bessis, University of Bedfordshire, UK

Associate Editors:
Viktor Abrukov, Moscow State Open University, Russia
Malcolm Atkinson, University of Edinburgh, UK
Mark Baker, University of Reading, UK
Roberto Barbera, Catania University, Italy
Rajkumar Buyya, The University of Melbourne, Australia
Geoffrey C. Fox, Indiana University, USA
Dariusz Król, Wrocùaw University, Poland
Pierre Kuonen, University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland (Fribourg), Switzerland
Carsten Maple, University of Bedfordshire, UK
Iain Phillips, Loughborough University, UK
Rob Procter, University of Manchester, UK
R. Ponalagusamy, National Institute of Technology, India
Alain Roy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
Richard O. Sinnott, University of Glasgow, UK
Carsten Trinitis, Technical University of Munich, Germany
Rainer Unland, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Theodora Varvarigou, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
Chengdong Wu, Northeastern University, China
Yong Yue, University of Bedfordshire, UK

Editorial Review Board:
Habib M. Ammari, Hofstra University, USA
Vassiliki Andronikou, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
Eleana Asimakopoulou, formerly Loughborough University, UK
Tatiana Atanasova, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria
Mehmet Aydin, University of Bedfordshire, UK
Marina Burakova-Lorgnier, University of Montesquieu-Bordeaux IV, France
Jessica Chen-Burger, University of Edinburgh, UK
Marc Conrad, University of Bedfordshire, UK
Rogério Costa, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Violeta Damjanovic, Salzburg Research - University of Belgrade, Austria
Alicia Diaz, La Plata University, Argentina
James Dooley, City University, UK
Marco Fargetta, Consorzio COMETA - Catania University, Italy
Tim French, University of Bedfordshire, UK
Pedro Furtado, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Michael Gardner, University of Essex, UK
Jeni Giambona, Reading University, UK
Sergei Gorlatch, University of Münster, Germany
Ye Huang, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
Valery Kuriakin, Intel, Russia
Krzysztof Kurowski, Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center, Poland
Dimosthenis Kyriazis, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
Rania Labaki, University of Montesquieu Bordeaux IV, France
Maozhen Li, Brunel University, UK
Wen-Yang Lin, National University of Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Lu Liu, University of Leeds, UK
Zaigham Mahmood, University of Derby, UK
Areti Manataki, University of Edinburgh, UK
Sati McKenzie, University of Greenwich, UK
Milan Milanovic, University of Belgrade, Serbia
Anton Minko, OKTAL, France
Navonil Mustafee, Brunel University, UK
Jovita Nenortaitë, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania
Peter Norrington, University of Bedfordshire, UK
Mariusz Nowostawski, University of Otago, New Zealand
Panayotis Petratos, California State University - Stanislaus, USA
Miltos Petridis, University of Greenwich, UK
Simon Polovina, Sheffield Hallam University, UK
Paul Sant, University of Bedfordshire, UK
Muhammad Sarfraz, Kuwait University, Kuwait
Vitaly Schetinin, University of Bedfordshire, UK
Hala Skaf-Molli, University of Henri Poincaré, France
Rob Smith, Newcastle University, UK
George Spanoudakis, City University, UK
Konstantinos Tserpes, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
Scott Turner, University of Northampton, UK
Hossana Twinomurinzi, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Steven Warburton, King's College London, UK



Journal Coverage:
IJDST adopts an inclusive approach in its coverage. Topics covered by the IJDST include but are not limited to the heterogeneity and autonomy of Internet, web, peer-to-peer, service oriented, grid, next generation grid, next generation technologies and other distributed systems paradigms and concepts; algorithms, software, application and technologies integration methods; process, resource, service and data virtualization, sharing, and integration; process, resource, service and resource flow management; scheduling; aspects of quality provision, policies; trust, identity management, forensics and security; application developments centered on the integration and management of various science-to-science, science-to-business, business-to-business, business-to-customer, and customer-to-customer models.

Topics to be discussed in this journal include (but are not limited to) the following:

• Theory of distributed systems and technologies such as parallel or integration algorithms;
• Matching, mapping and other novel techniques for the integration, management and interoperability of distributed data, systems, technologies, services, architectures, applications and legacy systems;
• Innovative developments in distributed computer, operating systems, databases, middleware, networking and application architecture including design and analysis of distributed algorithms, programming languages, compilers, software tools and middleware environments; autonomy services; cloud computing, service oriented, grid, peer-to-peer, throughput and cluster programming interfaces; scheduling and fault-tolerance service and algorithms; synchronization and concurrency theory and programming;
• Forensics, security, cryptography, threat detection, business continuity, trust, identity management, policies and quality of service management;
• Representation techniques like semantics, meta-data, tagging, clouds, ontologies and knowledge bases in distributed environments;
• User and community led systems and application development, software engineering modeling, architecture, description, deployment, packaging, interfaces and distribution;
• Theory and use of distributed technologies for collaborative work, resource sharing and problem solving;
• Distributed technology applications and system integration solutions in diverse collaborative environments including but not limited to science, engineering, management and business;
• Distributed technologies for science or business process, models and, application integration and management such as in operational research, economic models and supply chain;
• Theory and applications of distributed computing such as algorithms and services, and their implementation in Internet, pervasive and utility computing, cloud computing, peer-to-peer, grid, next generation grid and next generation technologies;
• Theory, applications and technologies such as click stream, data mining, databases, data warehouses, web houses, web data centers and sites, mashups, intra-/inter-tagging and cloud computing for managing and integrating linked, streaming, media rich, multimedia, spatial, temporal data, services and resources;
• Distributed systems, technologies and applications and their integration methods and tools for performance analysis, verification, testing, and benchmarking and their empirical results;
• Novel algorithms, uses and implications of distributed concepts, models, architectures, technologies and practices for example in Internet, wireless communications, mobile, ad-hoc networks and sensors;
• Advanced distributed concepts, systems, applications, technologies and advanced paradigms for early warning systems, evacuation processes, climate change, disaster management, and threat detection including geographical information systems and health informatics;
• Distributed strategies and practices for e-society, global economies, developing countries and education;
• Other implications, including scientific or business models; human and/or market dynamics influencing decisions and transitions within small and large virtual communities or organizations;

Submission Guidelines:
Submissions should be between 5,500 to 8,000 words in length. All submissions must be forwarded electronically to nik.bessis@beds.ac.uk

Regular submissions are welcomed at any time (open call).

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