Call For Papers International Journal of Distributed Systems and Technologies (IJDST) http://www.igi-global.com/ijdst Editor-in-Chief: Nik Bessis, University of Bedfordshire, UK 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, clouds, crowds, 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 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 journal?s guidelines at http://www.igi-global.com/Bookstore/TitleDetails.aspx?TitleId= 1164&DetailsType=GuidelinesForSubmission All submissions must be forwarded electronically to: Nik Bessis Editor-in-Chief International Journal of Distributed Systems and Technologies (IJDST) Email: nik.bessis@beds.ac.uk Review Board Associate Editors Viktor Abrukov, Moscow State Open University, Russia Nikolaos Antonopoulos, University of Derby, UK 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, Wrocaw 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 Fatos Xhafa, Universitat Politcnica de Catalunya, Spain Yong Yue, University of Bedfordshire, UK International 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 Rogrio Costa, University of Coimbra, Portugal Alfredo Cuzzocrea, University of Calabria, Italy 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 Mnster, Germany Ye Huang, University of Fribourg, Switzerland Ejub Kajan, State University of Novi Pazar, Serbia Samee U. Khan, North Dakota State University, USA 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 Athanasios Loukopoulos, TEI of Lamia, Greece Lu Liu, University of Derby, UK Zaigham Mahmood, University of Derby, UK Areti Manataki, University of Edinburgh, UK Roco Martnez Torres, University of Seville, Spain Sati McKenzie, University of Greenwich, UK Milan Milanovic, University of Belgrade, Serbia Anton Minko, OKTAL, France Navonil Mustafee, Swansea University, UK Jovita Nenortait, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania Peter Norrington, University of Bedfordshire, UK Mariusz Nowostawski, University of Otago, New Zealand Elpiniki Papageorgiou, TEI of Lamia, Greece Panayotis Petratos, California State University - Stanislaus, USA Miltos Petridis, University of Greenwich, UK Simon Polovina, Sheffield Hallam University, UK Shansi Ren, Ohio State University, USA Paul Sant, University of Bedfordshire, UK Muhammad Sarfraz, Kuwait University, Kuwait Vitaly Schetinin, University of Bedfordshire, UK Hala Skaf-Molli, University of Henri Poincar, 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