Concurso de Teses e Dissertações

Important Dates

Paper submission: ~~02/05/2021~~ 16/05/2021
Author Notification: ~~06/06/2021~~ 16/06/2021
Camera-ready version: 27/06/2021
Event Date: 16/08/2021 a 20/08/2021 (online)

Presentation

The fourth edition of the Thesis and Dissertation Contest of the Brazilian Symposium on Computer Networks and Distributed Systems (CTD@SBRC 2021) aims to select and award the best doctoral theses and the best master's dissertations in the area. We invite researchers from the areas of computer networks and distributed systems to submit an article writing in summary form the results obtained in their theses and dissertations completed, defended, and approved in the period from January 1, 2020, to December 31, 2020. The event will award the three best theses and the three best dissertations.

Topics of Interest

The topics of the theses and dissertations must be related to any subject in the area of Computer Networks and Distributed Systems.

Instructions for Authors

Articles must be written in Portuguese or English as an abstract and must be limited to a maximum of 8 (eight) pages, including figures, references, and attachments. The formatting of the text must follow the SBC standard (http://www.sbc.org.br/documentos-da-sbc/category/169-templates-para-artigos-e-capitulos-de-livros).

The author must make clear the contribution of the work to the area and its originality. The text must include, necessarily, the title of the thesis or dissertation, the names of the author, the advisor and co-advisor (s) with the respective affiliations, abstract, characterization of the problem and motivation, objectives and contributions, related works, results obtained, and by-products of the work (such as scientific articles, patents, registered programs, as well as any other elements that make it possible to qualify the work).

Submissions will be made through the JEMS system https://jems.sbc.org.br/home.cgi?c=3743.

Each submission must contain three files: (1) summary of up to 8 pages of work, (2) minutes of the defense of the work, and (3) full text of the thesis or dissertation. The defense minutes must state explicitly that the candidate defended and had the work approved and must inform the location, the date of the defense, the name of the supervisor, and the board. You must send all the documents in PDF format.

The Thesis and Dissertation Contest proceedings will be published on the SBC OpenLib Platform (SOL), the digital library maintained by the Brazilian Computer Society (SBC), and free of charge to the society.

Evaluation

Each work will be evaluated by at least three evaluation committee members, who will analyze the material submitted by the authors. After the review and analysis phase, a discussion stage will be held among the evaluation committee members for the selection of accepted papers.

he selected works will be published in the Symposium Proceedings, and the main author must present his / her work in the SBRC CTD. For award purposes, the evaluation committee will take into account the complete work, including the scientific and technological results already generated and potential, as well as the impact in the area of computer networks and distributed systems (presentation at SBRC will not be considered in the award. However, all selected papers must be presented at the CTD). During the SBRC 2021 social event, the organizers will anounce the three (3) best works in each category.

Technical Program Committee