International Journal of Distributed Systems and Technologies (IJDST)

Call for Papers: The Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Distributed Systems and Technologies (IJDST) would like to invite you to consider submitting a manuscript for inclusion in this scholarly journal. The following describes the mission, coverage, and guidelines for submission to IJDST. Mission The mission of the International Journal of Distributed Systems and Technologies (IJDST) is to be a timely publication of original and scholarly research contributions, publishing papers in all aspects of the traditional and emerging areas of applied distributed systems and integration research (including data, agent, and mining technologies) such as next generation technologies, next generation grid, and distributed and throughput computing concepts, as well as related theories, applications, and integrations at various levels. Targeting researchers, practitioners, students, academicians, and industry professionals, IJDST provides an international forum for the dissemination of state-of-the-art theories, practices, and empirical research in distributed systems and prompts future community development as a means of promoting and sustaining a network of excellence. Coverage Topics covered by the International Journal of Distributed Systems and Technologies (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, services 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 (e-) 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: Distributed concepts, systems, applications, technologies, and advanced paradigms for early warning systems, evacuation processes, climate changes, 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 Distributed systems, system architecture and design, technologies and applications, and their integration methods and tools for performance analysis, verification, testing, and benchmarking and their empirical results Distributed technologies for science or business process, models, and application integration and management such as in operational research, economic models, and supply chain Distributed technology applications and system integration solutions in diverse collaborative environments including but not limited to science, engineering, management, and business Forensics, security, cryptography, threat detection, business continuity, trust, identity management, policies, and quality of service management 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, and synchronization and concurrency theory and programming Matching, mapping, and other novel techniques for the integration, management, and interoperability of distributed data, systems, technologies, services, architectures, applications, and legacy systems 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 Representation techniques like semantics, meta-data, tagging, clouds, ontologies, and knowledge bases in distributed environments Theories 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 Theories, 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 Theory and use of distributed technologies for collaborative work, resource sharing, and problem solving Theory of distributed systems and technologies such as parallel or integration algorithms User and community led systems and application development, software engineering modeling, architecture, description, deployment, packaging, interfaces, and distribution Other implications, including scientific or business models, and human and/or market dynamics influencing decisions and transitions within small and large virtual communities or organizations Submission Prospective authors should note that only original and previously unpublished articles will be considered. Interested authors must consult the journalÕs guidelines for manuscript submissions at http://www.igi-global.com/development/author_info/guide.asp prior to submission. All article submissions will be forwarded to at least 3 members of the Editorial Review Board of the journal for double-blind, peer review. Final decision regarding acceptance/revision/rejection will be based on the reviews received from the reviewers. All submissions must be forwarded electronically. All submissions and inquiries should be directed to the attention of: Nik Bessis Editor-in-Chief International Journal of Distributed Systems and Technologies Email: nik.bessis@beds.ac.uk Associate Editors Viktor Abrukov, Moscow State Open University, Russia Ezendu Ariwa, London Metropolitan University, UK Malcolm Atkinson, University of Edinburgh, UK Mark Baker, University of Reading, UK Roberto Barbera, Catania University, Italy Rajkumar Buyya, The University of Melbourne, Australia Dickson K.W. Chiu, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Geoffrey C. Fox, Indiana University, USA Andrzej Jordan, State College of Computer Sciences and Business Administration, Poland Ned Kock, Texas A&M International University, USA Dariusz Kr—l, Wrocaw 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 Sergio Toral Marn, University of Seville, Spain Carsten Trinitis, Technical University of Munich, Germany Emmanuel Udoh, Indiana University-Purdue University, USA Rainer Unland, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany Theodora Varvarigou, National Technical University of Athens, Greece Michael Vassilakopoulos, University of Central Greece, Greece Chengdong Wu, Northeastern University, China Yong Yue, University of Bedfordshire, UK