This workshop is a joint technical discussion (“GI Fachgespräch”) of the GI special interest groups on Communication and Distributed Systems (KuVS) and Operating Systems (FGBS). We look into protocols and frameworks that are robust against Byzantine faults. The focus is on necessary concepts and infrastructure to enable (Byzantine) fault tolerance, but can also include the operation of such systems. Selected areas in the field are given by the following, not necessarily complete, list:
- Agreement protocols (e.g., broadcast, consensus)
- State machine replication and other replication protocols
- Checkpointing, recovery, and reconfiguration protocols
- Frameworks for aforementioned protocols
- Hybrid fault models
Call for Contributions
We look for presentations on your work, including preliminary results and open questions. We plan with presentations of about 25min length joined by 15min of discussion, so that there is plenty of time for a substantial exchange.
If you want to give a presentation, please submit an abstract describing your talk before the deadline. We accept up to two pages in the Lecture Notes on Informatics (LNI) format (CTAN, Overleaf), including bibliography. Submissions are not blind. We recommend English submissions and English presentations, as far as possible. Accepted submissions will be made available in public on the workshop website, but would not be part of official proceedings. Submissions have to be sent to the following email address:
robust2025@lists.kit.edu
Important Dates
- Submission Deadline: February 2, 2025, 23:59 UTC
- Notification: February 17, 2025
- Workshop: March 17 (Noon) to 18 (Noon), 2025
Program Committee
- Franz J. Hauck, Ulm University (Chair)
- Hannes Hartenstein, KIT, Karlsruhe (Local Organiser)
- Tobias Distler, FAU, Erlangen
- Rüdiger Kapitza, FAU, Erlangen
- Hans P. Reiser, Reykjavík University
- Christian Berger, UP, Passau
Registration
If you intend to participate in the workshop, please briefly register here and tell us if you also like to join the social event (evening program) on Monday evening.
Venue
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
InformatiKOM 2 (Bldg. 50.28), Room SR2
Adenauerring 10
76131 Karlsruhe
Accommodation
For your accommodation during the workshop, we recommend considering hotels conveniently located near station “Durlacher Tor / KIT Campus Süd” (workshop venue), “Marktplatz” (city center), or “Rüppurrer Tor” (in between). Here are some options to choose from:
- Durlacher Tor
- Marktplatz
- Rüppurrer Tor
Program
The event is planned from lunch to lunch so that there is time to arrive and depart on the same days. In the evening, there will be a social event in form of a joint dinner.