[Air-l] CFP: Workshop on Economics of P2P Systems

[jeremy hunsinger]

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> Workshop on Economics of Peer-to-Peer Systems
> Berkeley, California
>
> June 5-6 2003
>
> http://www.sims.berkeley.edu/p2pecon
>
>  From file-sharing to distributed computation, from application layer
> overlays to mobile ad hoc networking, the ultimate success of a
> peer-to-peer system rests on the twin pillars of scalable and robust
> system design and alignment of economic interests among the
> participating peers. The Workshop on Economics of Peer-to-Peer Systems
> will bring together for the first time researchers and practitioners
> from multiple disciplines to discuss the economic characteristics of 
> P2P
> systems, application of economic theories to P2P system design, and
> future directions and challenges in this area. Topics of interest
> include, but are not limited to:
>
> - incentives and disincentives for cooperation
> - distributed algorithmic mechanism design
> - reputation and trust
> - reliability, identity, and attack resistance
> - network externalities and scale economies
> - public goods and club formation
> - accounting and settlement mechanisms
> - payment and currency systems
> - user behavior and system performance
> - measurement studies
> - leveraging heterogeneity without compromising anonymity
> - economic impact to network providers
> - interconnection of P2P networks
>
> The program of the workshop will be a combination of invited talks,
> paper presentations, and discussion. Workshop attendance will be 
> limited
> to ensure a productive environment. Each potential participant should
> submit a position paper that expresses a novel or interesting problem,
> offers a specific solution, reports on actual experience, or advances a
> research agenda. Participants will be invited based on the originality,
> technical merit and topical relevance of their submissions, as well as
> the likelihood that the ideas expressed in their submissions will lead
> to insightful discussions at the workshop. Accepted papers will be
> published on the workshop website.
>
> Submission guidelines:
> Submissions of position papers are due March 27, 2003, and should not
> exceed 5 pages. Two column papers are acceptable, but the font size
> should be no smaller than 11pt. Papers must be submitted electronically
> in postscript or PDF format to <p2pecon at sims.berkeley.edu>.
>
> Important Dates :
>
> Submission due: March 27
> Notification of acceptance: April 25
> Revised version due: May 22
> Workshop: June 5-6
>
> Program Committee:
> John Chuang, UC Berkeley (chair)
> Roger Dingledine, The Free Haven Project
> Ian Foster, University of Chicago and Argonne National Lab
> Bernardo Huberman, HP Labs
> Ramayya Krishnan, CMU (co-chair)
> H.T. Kung, Harvard University
> David Parkes, Harvard University
> Paul Resnick, University of Michigan
> Scott Shenker, ICSI
> Michael D. Smith, CMU
> Hal Varian, UC Berkeley
>
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