Distributed Computing - IWDC 2003

Keynote Talk I.- Scalable Group Rekeying for Secure Multicast: A Survey.- Session I: Distributed Algorithms.- A Note on Modalities for Nonconjunctive Global Predicates.- A Synchronous Self-stabilizing Minimal Domination Protocol in an Arbitrary Network Graph.- Decomposable Algorithms for Computing Minimum Spanning Tree.- Clock Synchronization Algorithms and Scheduling Issues.- Estimating Checkpointing, Rollback and Recovery Overheads.- Session II: Internetworking and Web.- Analysis of BGP Update Surge during Slammer Worm Attack.- TMS: A Scalable Transition Multicast Scheme.- User Relevancy Improvisation Protocol.- Characterizing Web Workloads - A Transaction-Oriented View.- A. K. Choudhury Memorial Lecture.- Internet Auctions: Some Issues and Problems.- Session III: Parallel and Distributed Systems.- Transaction Management in Distributed Scheduling Environment for High Performance Database Applications.- Gridscape: A Tool for the Creation of Interactive and Dynamic Grid Testbed Web Portals.- Agent-Based Fair Load Distribution in Linux Web Server Cluster.- Session IV: Wireless and Mobile Networking.- Location Management by Movement Prediction Using Mobility Patterns and Regional Route Maps.- Towards "Always-Connected" Wireless Network: A Framework of Infrastructureless Networks.- Multi-path Transmission Algorithm for End-to-End Seamless Handover across Heterogeneous Wireless Access Networks.- Global Mobility Management: A Three Level Architecture for Next Generation Wireless Networks.- Distributed Certified E-mail System for Mobile Users.- Keynote Talk II.- Models of Self-Stabilization and Sensor Networks.- Session V: Ad hoc and Sensor Networks.- Performance of a Collaborative Target Detection Scheme for Wireless Sensor Networks.- Improving End-to-End Delay through Load Balancing with Multipath Routing in Ad Hoc Wireless Networks Using Directional Antenna.- A Power-Efficient MAC Protocol with Two-Level Transmit Power Control in Ad Hoc Network Using Directional