The Internet as ubiquitous infrastructure and the widespread use of mobile and wireless devices have laid the foundation for the emergence of innovative network applications. In addition, the advances of sensor technologies are facilitating cyber-physical systems, i.e. the integration of the digital world with the physical environment, and the advent of the Internet of Things. Large-scale networked systems, real-time data streams from sensors and widespread use of mobile devices are contributing to the Big Data phenomenon. Intelligent and efficient approaches are required to turn the wealth of data available from the network into useful and actionable knowledge. The conference programme will focus on emerging models, paradigms, applications and technologies related to Internet-based distributed systems, including Internet of Things, cyber-physical systems, wireless sensor networks, next-generation collaborative systems, extreme-scale networked systems, and the modelling, interactions and simulations of Multi-Agent Systems. The target audience includes researchers, PhD students and practitioners that have a general interest in the different aspects of the Internet and Distributed Computing Systems with a more specific focus on practical and theoretical aspects of the cyber-physical systems built with the integration of computer networks, distributed systems, wireless sensor technology and innovative human-computer interfaces. The symposium also has a special interest in novel architectures, systems and methods that facilitate the design, deployment and management of network applications for complex real-life problems.

• Track 1: Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks
  • Middleware for Wireless Sensor Networks
  • Networked Sensing and Control
  • Sensor Fusion, Tracking and Localisation
  • Embedded Software for Sensor Networks
  • Environmental Sensing Applications
  • Body Sensor Networks
  • Vehicular Ad-Hoc Networks
  • Network Protocols
  • Software-defined Networking
     
• Track 2: Internet and Web Technologies
  • Internet Architectures and Protocols
  • Modeling and Evaluation of Internet-based Systems
  • Internet Quality of Service
  • Real-time Multimedia Communication Systems
  • Web services and Mash-ups
  • Internet and Web of Things
  • Social Networks
     
• Track 3: Network Operations & Management
  • Energy Efficiency in Large-scale Distributed Systems
  • Security of Network-based Systems
  • Network-based Applications (VoIP, Streaming)
  • Network Traffic Engineering
  • Tools and Techniques for Network Measurements
  • Management of Extreme-scale Systems
     
• Track 4: Information Infrastructure
  • Next Generation Content Delivery Network
  • Grid, Cloud, and P2P Computing
  • Distributed Computing Applications
  • Autonomic Computing
  • Cognitive Networks
  • Computational Economy for Distributed Systems
  • Collaborative Technology and Applications
     
• Track 5: Resilience, Fault tolerance, and Availability
  • Fault Tolerant and Self-managing Distributed Systems
  • Dependability and Dependable Systems
  • Computing Models for Resilient Distributed Systems
  • Principles for Resilient Software Architecture
  • Availability Design