The 1st International Workshop on Real Overlays And Distributed Systems (ROADS) -- held in Belem, Brazil as part of the 25th SBRC conference -- will bring together people who are (interested in) exploring the new challenges of building overlay networks and distributed networked systems. From a technical perspective, the ROADS workshop is a place to share new ideas, experiences, and work in progress. From a social point of view, one goal of ROADS in Belem is to nurture important face-to-face interaction among researchers of Latin America based Real Overlays And Distributed Systems builders.

The Real in ROADS refers to systems that are run on a real platform for a period of time. Such systems might be research projects, teaching exercises, or more permanent services, but they should address technical issues of actual overlays and distributed systems. We also welcome works that explore the extent to which results obtained from simulation (e.g., ModelNet) or testbed deployments (e.g., EmuLab) retain validity when transferred to more representative network environments. ROADS emphasis will be on overlays and distributed systems that are--intended to be--spread over a large number of sites (e.g., PlanetLab). The workshop program will include presentations of peer-reviewed papers and from invited speakers.

Authors are invited to submit an extended abstract to present a technical paper, demonstration, poster, or work in progress that exposes a new problem, advocates a specific solution, or reports on actual experience. Proposals are your chance to sell the topic to the review committee, which will assess the relevance of your topic to ROADS. Submit proposals in PDF format via email to roads-belem07-maps@lists.cs.princeton.edu.