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International Journal of Communication Networks and Distributed Systems

 

Special Issue on: "Nature Inspired Distributed Computing"

Lead Guest Editors:
Dr. Emilio Corchado, University of Burgos, Spain
Dr. Hongbo Liu, Dalian Maritime University, P. R. China
Dr. Millie Pant, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India

Co-Guest Editors:
Dr. Ajith Abraham, Machine Intelligence Research Labs (MIR Labs), USA
Dr. Sabu M. Thampi, IIITM-K, India

Computer systems are distinguished by an eternally mounting complexity and distinct distributed nature. Decentralized distributed architectures P2P, Grid etc., are becoming increasingly popular. These systems call for novel algorithms to be proficiently managed.

Nature-inspired computing (NIC) is one that intends to build up new computing methods after getting ideas by observing how nature behaves in different circumstances to solve very complex problems. Research on NIC has opened new branches such as evolutionary computation, neural networks, artificial immune systems, swarm intelligence, cellular automata and so on. Techniques based on nature-inspired techniques can offer efficient solutions to a wide variety of issues in distributed computing.

The aim of this special issue is to highlight the most significant recent advances in nature-inspired distributed computing. We invite authors to submit original research papers that will enhance the research efforts in this area.

Subject Coverage
Topics to be covered in this special issue include but are not limited to:

• Adaptive and self-healing network architectures
• Artificial immune and self-healing systems
• Nature-inspired deployment of software over distributed systems
• Collaborative self-organizing systems
• Multi-agent based complex systems
• Nature-inspired access control and information flow control in computer networks
• Nature-inspired algorithms for data distribution, discovery, service composition, etc.
• Nature-inspired algorithms for energy saving in distributed networks
• Nature-inspired algorithms for P2P, Grid and Cloud systems
• Nature-inspired algorithms for social networks
• Nature-inspired and cognitive strategies for cyber defense
• Nature-inspired design patterns for distributed computing
• Nature-inspired fault-tolerant communication systems
• Nature-inspired interaction mechanisms
• Nature-inspired intrusion-tolerant systems
• Nature-inspired machine learning
• Nature-inspired mechanisms for network security
• Nature-inspired networking for pervasive communication environments
• Nature-inspired signal processing
• Parallel and distributed evolutionary algorithms
• Quantum computing and distributed systems
• Self-* properties in nature-inspired systems

Notes for Prospective Authors

Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. (N.B. Conference papers may only be submitted if the paper was not originally copyrighted and if it has been completely re-written).

All papers are refereed through a peer review process. A guide for authors, sample copies and other relevant information for submitting papers are available on the Author Guidelines page

If the file is larger than 1MB, the authors are encouraged to use WINZIP.

Important Dates

Submission deadline: 30 January, 2012

First rejection/revision/acceptance notice: 30 April, 2012

Revision submission deadline: 15 September, 2012

Final acceptance/rejection notice: 30 November, 2012

Final manuscript due: 15 December, 2012