This minitrack will focus on development techniques that support improved capabilities for adapting software. This can take the form of dynamic adaptation at run-time (such as meta-programming and reflection techniques as applied to middleware), as well as static design/compile-time techniques (such as aspect-orientation, generative programming, model-driven architecture, and frameworks).

Website for Minitrack: http://www.cis.uab.edu/HICSS-AESS/

Minitrack Co-Chairs
Jeff Gray (Primary Contact)

Department of Computer and Information Sciences

The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)

126 Cambell Hall

1300 University Blvd.

Birmingham, Alabama 35294-1170

TEL: +1 205 934 8643 (Office)

FAX: +1 205 934 5473

WEB: http://www.gray-area.org

gray (at) cis.uab.edu

Raymond Klefstad

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

The Henry Samueli School of Engineering

University of California, Irvine (UCI)

TEL: +949 824 1901

FAX: +949 824 3203

WEB: http://doc.ece.uci.edu/~klefstad

klefstad (at) uci.edu

Coordination Abstractions for Programming Large-Scale Distributed Computations

This minitrack solicits original research contributions in the following (non-exhaustive) list of topics:

- Programming models and languages for worldwide computing.

- Coordination abstractions for large-scale distributed computations.

- Dynamic program reconfiguration and adaptation through migration based on adaptive run-time architectures.

- Generic libraries for high-performance messaging over heterogeneous networks.

- Middleware infrastructure to deal with non-functional or para-functional aspects of distributed applications.

- Fault-tolerance models and strategies for computing over unreliable networks.

- Heterogeneous devices and standards for interoperability (e.g. XML, Web services).

- Dependable distributed computing with quality-of-service guarantees (e.g., real-time, predictable execution).

- Software evolution in long-lived computations, version control.

- Security infrastructures for safe open distributed systems.

MinitrackCo-Chairs

CarlosVarela (Primary Contact)

Department of Computer Science

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute,

1108th Street,

Troy,NY 12180, USA

HomePh: (518) 756-8323

Ph:+1 (518) 276-6912

Fax:+1 (518) 276-4033

cvarela@cs.rpi.edu

Paolo Ciancarini

Dipartimento di Scienze dell 'Informazione

Univ.di Bologna Mura Anteo Zamboni 7

47127Bologna - Italy

Tel.+39051 2094506

Fax:+39051 2094510

ciancarini@cs.unibo.it

Kenjiro Taura

University of Tokyo

Graduate School of Information Science and Technology

Department of Information and Communication Engineering

http://www.logos.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~tau

Phone: +81-3-5841-6081

tau@logos.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp

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Distributed Object and Component-based Software Systems

This minitrack is based upon experience reports of researchers and practitioners actively involved in development of distributed object and component software technology. It covers a wide range of topics applicable to different software engineering problems in this area. It focuses on practical issues of design and implementation of distributed object and component software as an element of software engineering practice.

Specific topics to be addressed include but not limited to:

- Object and Component Models for Distributed, Real-Time and/or Embedded Systems

- Design Patterns for Distributed, Real-Time and/or Embedded Systems

- Middleware and its Mapping for Distributed, Real-Time and/or Embedded Systems

- Object and Component Quality, Reliability and Assurance

- Distributed, Real-Time and/or Embedded Systems Integration

- Adaptive Resource Management, Distributed Real-Time Scheduling and Scalability

- Programming Languages and Environments for Distributed Object and Component Systems

Minitrack Co-Chairs

Barrett R. Bryant (Primary Contact)

Department of Computer and Information Sciences

The University of Alabama at Birmingham

Birmingham, Alabama 35294-1170, U. S. A.

Tel.+1 205 934 2213

FAX:+1 205 934 5473

bryant@cis.uab.edu

Rajeev R. Raje

Department of Computer and Information Science

Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis

Indianapolis, IN 46202-5132, U. S. A

Tel.+1 317 274 5174

FAX:+1 317 274 9742

rraje@cs.iupui.edu

Vana Kalogeraki

Department of Computer Science and Engineering

University of California, Riverside

Riverside, CA 92521, U. S. A.

Tel.+1 909 787 2556

FAX:+1 909 787 4643

vana@cs.ucr.edu

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Fault-Tolerant and Dependable Distributed Systems

The focus of this interdisciplinary minitrack is dependability of distributed software systems of any kind and how to engineer them. The topics of particular interest include, but are not limited to:

Architectural and infrastructural principles for FT and dependable distributed systems.
Data replication strategies.
FT and dependable databases.
FT and dependable distributed operating systems.
FT and dependable distributed embedded and realtime systems.
FT and dependable networks.
FT and dependable middleware including transparency of FT and faulttolerant naming and location services.
Faulttolerant componentbased systems and container services including deployment, composition and substitution of components in dependable distributed systems and building trusted systems from untrusted components.
Comparison of detection, containment, recovery, and FTstrategies for distributed systems.
Trading of dependability with other nonfunctional requirements as performance, consistency, and security.
Software engineering methods and tools for dependable distributed systems including UML and MDAsupport for dependable distributed systems.
Aspectoriented programming for dependability.
Dependability in GRIDcomputing, P2Psystems, and group communication.
Metrics for trustworthiness.
Experience reports of dependable distributed systems from various application areas such as context-aware pervasive computing, safetycritical CNS systems (communication, navigation, and surveillance), and others.

Website: http://gutemine.ict.tuwien.ac.at/hicss/

Minitrack Co-Chairs

Karl M. Göschka (Primary Contact)

Vienna University of Technology

Gusshausstrasse2729

A1040Vienna, Austria

phone: +43664 180 6946

fax: +43664 188 6275

goeschka@acm.org

Heinz W. Schmidt

Monash University

Center for Distributed Systems and

Software Engineering

VIC 3800,Australia

phone: +613 99032332

fax: +61 399032863

Heinz.Schmidt@infotech.monash.edu.au

Robert Smeikal

Vienna University of Technology

Gusshausstrasse2729

A1040Vienna, Austria

phone: +43 158801 38414

fax: +43 1 5880138499

smeikal@acm.org

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Peer-to-Peer Infrastructures and Applications

The purpose of this one-day mini-track is to provide a forum for researchers and practitioners to discuss software technology issues related to the emerging peer-to-peer paradigm. We envisage an interdisciplinary forum that brings together participants with technology background and practitioners from the industry, open source and research communities to discuss and evaluate the technology aspect as well as the interplay between technological capabilities and new emerging forms of commercial electronic interaction. Examples of applications abound: Multi-Media Content sharing (Napster, FreeNet, Morpheus, LimeWire,Kazaa, etc.), Shared national real estate listings (National Association ofRealtors (USA)), Management of Service Station Concessions (National Association of Convenience Stores (USA)), Tutorial Assistance for students from teachers (University of Malta), Instant messaging (myJxta), grid computing,collaboration (Internet Access Methods), replicated document archives of scientific data (Jet Propulsion Laboratories), distributed disk storage(Replicus, Ocean Store), Ad-hoc Awareness on WLANS (Siemans), Multi-AgentSystems (Global InfoTek, Inc), and sensor networks (BBN Technologies), to name just a few.

Minitrack Co-Chairs

Bill Yeager (Primary Contact)

Formerly of Sun Microsystems, Stanford University,

and is now semi-retired (He is still active in the P2Presearch community)

620 Berkeley Avenue, Menlo Park, Ca. 94025 USA

Tel: 1-650-329-9973, Fax:1-650-323-1983

Email: byeager@fastmail.fm

Karl Aberer

EPF Lausanne, Dept. of Communication Systems

Ecublens, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland

Tel: +41 (21) 693 4679

Fax: +41 (21) 693 8115

E-mail: karl.aberer@epfl.ch

Jean-Henry Morin

University of Geneva - CUI,

24 rue General-Dufour, CH-1211 Geneva 4,

Switzerland

Tel: +41 (22) 705 7661

Fax: +41 (22) 705 7780

E-mail: Jean-Henry.Morin@cui.unige.ch

Aris Ouksel

The University of Illinois at Chicago

College of Business Administration (M/C 294)

601 South Morgan

Chicago, IL 60607

Tel: 1-312-996-0771, Fax: 1-312-413-0385

E-mail: aris@uic.edu

IT CLUSTER

Advance Computational Approaches and IT Techniques in Bioinformatics
Main topics covered in the mini-track include development of Bioinformatics algorithms using advanced computational, mathematical and statistical methods (such as graph theory, Bayesian networks, machine learning), effective use of novel computational approaches and environments (such as computer clusters and grid computing), as well asutilization of advanced IT techniques (such as data warehousing, integration of information) in addressing Bioinformatics related problems.

Expanded list of topics:

· Advanced Alignment Algorithms

· Annotation Tools

· Data Mining Techniques

· Gene Prediction Algorithms

· Protein Networks

· Genome Assembly and Interpretation

· Integrating Biological Databases

· Searching and Pattern Recognition in Biological Databases

· Sequencing and Physical Mapping

· Structural Prediction Techniques

· Visualization Tools

· Computer-aided drug design

· Bioinformatics application of grid computing

Website: http://nicls.unmc.edu/conference_Hawaii_2004.cfm

Minitrack Co-Chairs

Hesham H. Ali (Primary Contact)

Professor of Computer Science

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

College of Information Science and Technology

University of Nebraska at Omaha

Omaha, NE 68182

Email: hesham@unomaha.edu

Voice: (402) 554-3623

Fax: (402) 5540-3284

Simon Sherman

Director, Nebraska Informatics Center for the Life Sciences

Professor, Eppley CancerInstitute, UNMC

986805 Nebraska Medical Center

Omaha, NE 68198-6805

E-mail: ssherm@unmc.edu

Voice: (402) 559-4497

Fax: (402) 559-4651

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Integrating Humans with Intelligent Technologies: Merging Theories of Collaborative Intelligence and Expert Cognition

This minitrack is a combination of collaborative intelligence and expert cognition, focusing on the interface between humans and intelligent technologies.

We solicit topics in:

- user interfaces developed from knowledge of human behavior and human

- interaction with agents, robots, and sensors

- metrics for evaluation of collaborative intelligence systems

- theories of expertise

- skill acquisition

- mechanisms and models of expert cognition

- adaptive and routine expert performance

- expert-novice differences in complex real world tasks

- mixed- initiative interaction

- mixed human-computer initiative with adjustable autonomy

- architectures to support symbiotic interaction

- case studies of user interfaces/interactions with intelligent systems

- affective user interfaces

- teams of users and intelligent systems

- development of models of computers for users and development of models of users for computers

- issues of trust and privacy in symbiotic interfaces

- social implications of physiological measures of humans

- determining and monitoring cognitive status of users

- multi-modal interfaces for input and output

- domains such as intelligence analysis or tutoring systems where intelligent systems may be employed

- issues that may arise with intelligent systems and modeling expertise

Minitrack Co-Chairs

Jean Scholtz (Primary Contact)

National Institute of Standards and Technology

100 Bureau Drive, MS 8940

Gaithersburg, MD 20899

301-975-2520

Fax: 301-975-5287

jean.scholtz@nist.gov

Martha Crosby

Department of Information and Computer Sciences

University of Hawaii

1680 East West Center Road

Honolulu, HI 96822

808-956-3493

crosby@uhics.ics.hawaii.edu

Paul Ward

Skill Acquisition Laboratory

Department of Psychology

Mississippi State University

PO Box 6161

Mississippi State, MS 39762

662-325-2481

Fax: 662-325-7212

pw99@ra.msstate.edu

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Strategic Software Engineering

This minitrack is focused on the application of strategic decision-making to software development. Strategic decisions help plan for particular project-wide cost/schedule/quality goals and benefit/value/risk factors.

Topics include but not limited to:

· COTS assessment, acquisition, and management

· economic models of software development

· return-on-investment decisions

· allocation of project resources in constrained environments

· options valuations for decision-making

· cost/schedule/benefit/quality estimations and processes

· “howmuch is enough” decisions e.g. how much inspection is enough, how much defect reduction is enough, etc.

· goal-question-metric

· portfolio management of software development projects

· value-based software engineering

· effort estimation

· project monitoring and control

· product lines

· reusable architectures

· architecture frameworks

· software development process generators

· software engineering decision-making processes

· composable processes

Minitrack Co-Chairs

Rick Kazman (Primary Contact)

Department of Information Technology Management

University of Hawaii

2404 Maile Way

Honolulu, HI 96822

808-956-6948

Fax: 808-956-9889

kazman@hawaii.edu

Dan Port

Department of Information Technology Management

University of Hawaii

2404 Maile Way

Honolulu, HI 96822

dport@hawaii.edu

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MOBILE AND WIRELESS CLUSTER

Energy Management in Mobile and Pervasive Computing Systems

The minitrack will focus on strategies for reducing the energy consumption in portable devices. Of particular interest to the minitrack are papers presenting techniques for managing energy in networking activities since the wireless interface is the main responsible for energy consumption in small-size devices. Results related to systems that have been implemented are particularly welcome.

Topics of interest include but are not limited to:

Energy-efficient architectures for mobile and pervasive computing systems
System-level solutions for energy saving in mobile and pervasive computing
Middleware support to energy saving in mobile and pervasive computing
Cross-layer design of energy-efficient systems
Energy-aware applications
Energy saving in mobile Web access
Energy management in infrastructure-based networks
Energy management in ad hoc and sensor networks
Energy-aware routing
Energy saving and security
Performance evaluation of energy management solutions
Measurement studies

MinitrackCo-Chairs

Giuseppe Anastasi (Primary Contact)

University of Pisa

Dept. of Information Engineering

Via Diotisalvi 2, I-56122 Pisa – Italy

+39050 568 559

Fax:+39 050 568 522

g.anastasi@iet.unipi.it

Marco Conti

Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche

Istituto Informatica e Telematica (IIT)

ViaG. Moruzzi 1, 56124 Pisa – Italy

+39050 315 3062

Fax:+39 050 315 2593

marco.conti@iit.cnr.it

Mohan Kumar

Dept.Of Computer Science and Engineering

The University of Texas at Arlington

Box19015, Arlington TX 76120

+1(817) 272 3610

Fax :+1 (817) 272 3784

kumar@cse.uta.edu

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Mobile Computing Architectures, Design and Implementation

Mobile communication systems and handheld consumer appliances (cellular phones, MP3 players, digital cameras, etc) are rapidly increasing areas in computer and communication applications, which present new challenges for its designers: these devices must be multifunctional, provide high computational performance and be very energy efficient.

The new applications demand new technology. An emerging design approach is to use an adaptive computing platform that aims at implementing algorithms in a computational space consisting of a large number of elementary computing cells. Such space can be configured, or adapted, for solving a given problem. The adaptive computing approach integrates the flexibility of programming conventional computers, with the efficiency of dedicated hardware devices on ASICs.

The list of topics includes but are not limited by the following:

Reconfigurable computing architectures.
Compiling high-level languages for reconfigurable platform
Run-time configuration and process management
Energy efficient adaptive architectures
Communication system algorithms and protocols
Image and signal processing algorithms
Data compression and security algorithms in mobile systems
Other topics related to wireless communication systems

Minitrack Chair
Toomas P. Plaks (Primary Contact)

FBCIM

London South Bank University

103 Borough Road

London SE1 0AA

United Kingdom

+44 20 7815 7495

Fax: +4 20 7815 7495

Email: plakst@lsbu.ac.uk

Philip Leong

Chinese University of Hong Kong

China

Email: phwl@cse.cuhk.edu.hk

Michael J. Wirthlin

Bringham Young University

USA

Email: wirthlin@ee.byu.edu

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Quality of Service in Mobile and Wireless Networks

This minitrack focuses on fundamental challenges and issues arising in the process of QoS provisioning in mobile and wireless networks, including cellular, ad-hoc, satellite, and IP-based networks.

Topics may include but not limited to:

Resource allocation and management
Location management
Pricing issues related to QoS provisioning
QoS control and scheduling
Call admission strategies
QoS issues related to Mobile IP and Mobile TCP
Mobile Ad-Hoc NETworks (MANET)
QoS in mobile and wireless multimedia
QoS in infrastructure-based and ad hoc wireless networks
Satellite networks
Multiple access issues in multimedia LEO satellite networks
Dynamic QoS control in multimedia LEO satellite networks
Performance evaluation
Implementation -- practice and experience

Minitrack Co-Chairs
Stephan Olariu (PrimaryContact)

Dept of Computer Science

Old Dominion University

Norfolk, VA 23529-0162

olariu@cs.odu.edu
Website: http://www.cs.odu.edu/~olariu/q-minitrack.html

Andreas Kassler

School of Computer Engineering

Nanyang Technological University

Singapore

kassler@ieee.org

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WirelessPersonal Area and Ad-hoc Networks

The minitrack concentrates on research in wireless personal area and ad-hoc networking. Areas of interest include but are not limited to:

Bluetooth based networks (e.g. Inquiry, Scatternet-Routing, Profiles, Applications, …)

· Mobile Ad-hoc Networks (e.g. Routing, Scalability, Address-Assignment, ...)

· Performance evaluations

· Security issues

· Service discovery and usage

· Interoperability between different wireless networking technologies and heterogeneous wireless infrastructures

· Applications

· New forms of communications in WPANs and MANETs (e.g. using the P2P paradigm in MANETs)

Minitrack Co-Chairs
Gergely Záruba (Primary Contact)

Box 19015; 416 Yates, 300 Nedderman Hall

Arlington, Texas 76019-0015

(817) 272 3602

Fax: (817) 272 3784

zaruba@uta.edu

Frank Kargl

University of Ulm

Albert-Einstein-Allee 11

89081 Ulm

Germany

frank.kargl@informatik.uni-ulm.de

Elaine Lawrence

Dept of Computer Systems Faculty of Information Technology

University of Technology

P O Box 123, Broadway

Sydney, 2007 NSW

Australia

Work phone +61 2 9514 1861

Work fax +61 2 9514 4535 CRICOS Provider

elaine@it.uts.edu.au

Wireless Sensor Networks

This minitrack focuses on fundamental challenges and issues arising in wireless sensor networks and their applications. Wireless sensor networks differ from other wireless networks in the need for unattended and very low-energy operation, in the possibility of collaboration and distributed sensor calibration, and in the mission oriented nature of most sensor networks.

Topics include but are not limited to the following:

· Hardware aspects of sensor design

· Self-organization and governance

· Work models for wireless sensor networks

· Location management and placement

· Energy-aware protocols

· Dependability issues

· Scalability of wireless sensor networks

· Infrastructure-based protocols

· Embedded, network-oriented operating systems

· MAC protocols for wireless sensor networks

· Interfacing with other wireless/mobile systems

· Efficient data transfer protocols, data combining, and prediction

· Visualization of sensor data

· Demos - prototypes - WSN architecture

· Implementation experience

Minitrack Co-Chairs
Stephan Olariu (Primary Contact)

Dept of Computer Science

Old Dominion University

Norfolk, VA 23529-0162

(757) 683-4417
FAX: (757) 683-4900
Website: http://www.cs.odu.edu/~olariu/s-minitrack.html
olariu@cs.odu.edu

Edoardo Biagioni

Department of Information & Computer Science

University of Hawai'i at Manoa

1680 East-West Roard

Honolulu, Hawaii 96822

808-956-3891

Fax: 808-956-3548

esb@hawaii.edu

Ashraf Wadaa

Dept of Computer Science

Education Bldg., Rm 251-3

Old Dominion University

Norfolk, VA 23529-0162

757-683-3915

wadaa@cs.odu.edu

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SECURITY CLUSTER

Security and Survivability of Networked Systems

This minitrack addresses issues of security and survivability in large, non-trivial, networked computer systems, with an emphasis on the Recovery and Adaptation. It considers systems and networks, including dynamic paradigms based on migratory agents and ad-hoc networks. Papers on Resistance and Recognition that address the need or capacity for safety critical software systems to “fail-safe” and “fail-secure” are also desired. Submissions will be sought from researchers in the area of system survivability, software dependability, computer and network security, fault-tolerance and intrusion tolerance, and economic or statistical modeling of secure/survivable systems.

Topics include, but are not limited to:

· System or software survivability

· Safety critical failure modes

· Network or system intrusion tolerance

· Modeling malicious behavior or attacks

· Survivability and security issues of mobile agent based systems

· Survivability and security issues of Ad-hoc networks

· Mathematical models for verification of vulnerability to malicious acts

· Models for measurement, evaluation, or validation of survivability

· Software and hardware fault tolerance

· Design for dependability and/or survivability

· PRA and hybrid fault models accounting for malicious acts and events

Website: http://www.cs.uidaho.edu/~krings/HICSS38.htm

Minitrack Co-Chairs
Axel W. Krings (Primary Contact)

Department of Computer Science
University of Idaho
Moscow, ID 83844-1010
Phone: 208-885-4078
Fax: 208-885-9052
krings@cs.uidaho.edu

Paul Oman

Department of Computer Science
University of Idaho
Moscow, ID 83844-1010
Phone: 208-885-6899
Fax: 208-885-9052

oman@cs.uidaho.edu

Azad Azadmanesh

Department of Computer Science

Office: PKI 282G

University of Nebraska

Omaha, NE 68182

Phone: 402-554-3976

Fax: 402-554-3400

azad@unomaha.edu

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Testing and Certification of Trustworthy Systems

The Testing and Certification for Trustworthy Systems minitrack focuses on research and applications that will drive widespread use of rigorous testing and certification technologies, particularly for large-scale systems that exhibit severe consequences of failure. Topics include new testing and certification techniques, scale-up to large systems, complexity reduction in testing, testing of trustworthiness properties such as reliability, security, and survivability, verification techniques for certification, development of engineering practices and tools, and case studies.

Topics include but not limited to:

· New techniques for testing and certification of software systems

· Testing and certification metrics

· Testing trustworthiness attributes such as reliability, security, and survivability

· End-to-end integration testing methods and tools

· Test case generation

· Existence and correctness of testing oracles

· Object-oriented testing methods and tools

· Integrating quality attributes into testing and certification

· Engineering practices for testing and certification

· Automated tools for testing and certification support

· Testing in system maintenance and evolution