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         The Fourth International Conference on Advances 
           in P2P Systems 
             AP2PS  2012 
           September 23-28, 2012 - Barcelona, Spain   | 
       
     
          
       
         
             
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             - Colocated with other events part of NexTech 2012
 
             - Posters will be presented during the conference
 
             - A Work in Progress track is available for preliminary work
 
- A Research Ideas track is available for ideas in early stages
 
          
           due to several requests, the submission deadline is moved to: May 24 
           
             
               | Submission (full paper)  | 
               May 7 May 26, 2012  | 
              
             
               | Notification | 
               June 25, 2012  | 
              
             
               | Registration | 
               July 9, 2012  | 
              
             
               | Camera ready  | 
               July 17, 2012  | 
              
            
           ISBN: 978-1-61208-238-7  | 
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     All tracks/topics are open to both research and industry contributions.
     Tracks:
     Architectures and protocols
     
       - Search       protocols
 
       - Publish and       subscribe systems
 
       - Overlay based       multicast
 
       - Multilayer       systems
 
       - Locality       awareness
 
       - Gossip-based       and epidemic protocols
 
       - Integration       with network operators and service providers
 
       - Autonomic       computing and networking
 
       - Semantic P2P
 
       - Opportunistic       networking
 
     
     Applications
     
       - Content       delivery networks
 
       - Cloud computing
 
       - Public resource       computing
 
       - Aggregate       computing
 
       - Web services
 
       - Computational,       service, and storage Grids
 
       - Voice and video       streaming and IPTV
 
       - Collaborative       platforms and social networks
 
       - Network       management
 
       - Wireless sensor       networks
 
       - Scientific       computing and workflow management systems
 
       - Green computing
 
     
     Prototypes and simulations
     
       - Implementations
 
       - Comparative       performance analysis
 
       - Dependability,       resilience and availability
 
       - Scalability
 
       - Stability
 
       - Benchmarking       and optimization
 
       - Quality of       experience
 
     
     Security, trust and reputation
     
       - Privacy &       Anonymity
 
       - Trust and       reputation management
 
       - Free-riding       prevention 
 
       - Authentication       and identity management
 
       - Fairness and       Incentive models
 
       - Virtual       economies
 
       - Digital rights       management
 
       - Content       filtering
 
     
      P2P and wireless convergence
     
       - P2P in cellular       networks
 
       - P2P in wireless       networks
 
       - P2P in ad hoc       networks
 
       - Integrated       approaches
 
       - Energy       efficiency